PC REVIEWS
Active Windows
...Indiana Jones has really shown Lara just how it should be done. If you are expecting to see something graphically on par with the latest Tomb Raider game or Unreal then you would be better off looking else where as you won't find it here but what you will find is a game which is extremely enjoyable to play and will take a long time to complete, the level designs are the best you will see in this type of game and the puzzles will keep you on your toes. If you love Indiana Jones you'll love this....
Quandary Land
...ndiana Jones and the Infernal Machine will probably not appeal to many players. Most Quest/Adventure lovers will probably keep very well away from it, and with complete justification. Actioneers will probably turn their noses up at it since it is doubtless inferior to many others of its genre. True Indy groupies (like me) may play it, but even they may be disappointed since it lacks the charm and charisma of previous Indiana Jones computer games, to say nothing of the movies. It is not truly bad and can certainly fill in very many absorbing hours of gaming time; but it lacks the magic touch and originality that LucasArts have so often provided in the past....
Adrenaline Vault
...I am sorely disappointed with Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine. While I didn't find the release suffering from technical woes, incompatibilities or bugs of any sort, I also didn't find any compelling reason to play. With so many "me too" products already on the market, we certainly don't need another one. This title fails to capture the swagger behind its own star. It does not live up to its namesake and delivers weak performances in level design and AI. It also has one of the worst interfaces of any offering in its genre. With Infernal Machine, LucasArts has left gamers wandering through the desert, searching for the lost art of adventure...
Game Pro
...If you find the Tomb Raider games an exercise in frustration, then you might want to skip this one. But fans of those games will have a great time with Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine's addictive game play and interesting puzzles. The man in the hat is back to reclaim the role he never should have lost...
NINTENDO 64 REVIEWS
IGN
...Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is the Tomb Raider that Nintendo 64 owners never got. It's a complex, sometimes downright difficult puzzle-filled action-adventure with beautiful visuals and a fun storyline. Thankfully, the title is also much improved over its PC predecessor. LucasArts and Factor 5 have reworked the control scheme greatly so that it's much more intuitive and fitted toward console gaming. In addition, visuals have similarly been enhanced to allow for better lighting and particle effects, not to mention a spectacular degree of texture detail for a 64-bit cart. But not everything is happy and swell. The control scheme, while definitely fixed in many ways, still bears some resemblance to its PC forefather and because of that is still on the clunky side -- slow and very familiar to those who have controlled Lara Croft in her countless adventures. This is a shortcoming that's easily dealt with, though, and in fact it's one that some gamers have even grown to enjoy if sales of Tomb Raider are any indication...
Game Spot
...Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is a big game, to be sure, with enough levels to keep you busy over a three-day rental period. The puzzles within them aren't very original or entertaining, but seeing that this is the only Tomb Raider-style game to come to the Nintendo 64, it deserves at least a little leeway. Video game players went so long without an Indiana Jones game that they had to start going to other sources for their tomb-raiding fix - except for N64 owners. And they'll find that there's at least enough fun to be had by renting this game that they'll be able to work it out of their system...
