Hello. Yes, I got the official retail game early. I don't belive in piracy. And just to put some minds at ease, this game is awesome....one of the most fun wii games I've played yet.....and fully worth the price of admission (and it even comes with a free movie ticket if you preordered from gamespot).
The positives....
The full Fate of Atlantis, an amazing game, is packed in here, complete with upscaling options (to smooth out the pixels), and the original full voiceovers, which practically made this an instant purchase for me.
And for ppl paranoid about the stupid gamespot code to unlock, while yes, the code unlocks it, you have to put the code in every time to unlock it. The silly thing is, however, is that within beating the first level, sudan, you can have fate of atlantis unlocked normally and never need the code again, so it's kind of pointless.
The Staff of Kings itself is a fun, graphically good game, that really captures the feel of the indy world. Graphics look great, indy looks like young indy (this is set in 39, between the first two films), and while others may beg to differ, I think the voiceover work is great. The music is classic john williams, and the sound effects are excellent, with the whip being particularly potent. While I dread motion controls, they work well in this game, and the combat system offers so many options, that it keeps the motion controls fun and fresh, instead of annoying and tacked on.
Lastly, the game has a very cool rewards system, with glory awards (like achievements) that actually unlock cool features like a combat arena.
And last but not least, and I'm annoyed I can't play it, but there is a co-op mode with single story levels featuring indy and his dad....I was able to start one with two controllers, but obviously couldn't play. ...but it looks awesome and each level has a cool graphic picture beginning....
Any negatives?
yeah,
no lock on camera is annoying
enemy ai is pretty weak, but that's okay since the camera doesn't lock on enemies.
Overall though, I'm LOVING the game, and with the great non annoying controls, perfect FOA port, and super fun gameplay, I couldn't be happier with this purchase....
