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Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for PlayStation 2
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for PlayStation 2 is an action adventure beginning in 1939. Indiana Jones searches for his missing mentor Charles Kingston and becomes caught in a race for the Staff of Moses. The journey leads through San Francisco, Panama, Istanbul and Nepal. You fight with fists and whip, climb ledges and search rooms for switches and passages.
The whip pulls enemies closer, disarms them and reaches points in the environment. During fights you can use chairs, bottles and other objects. Shooting sections, chases and vehicle scenes interrupt the climbing and puzzles. The PS2 version uses ordinary controller inputs; the motion controls and cooperative elements of the Wii edition are not part of this disc.
The campaign is entirely for one player and has no local or online multiplayer. Progress is saved on a PlayStation 2 memory card. Chapters follow a fixed story route but leave room to search for collectibles and hidden rewards. This is a standalone adventure and not Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb. The bonus version of the old adventure Fate of Atlantis included with the Wii edition is not on the PS2 disc.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
LucasArts initially announced Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for a new generation of consoles. The final PlayStation 2 version was developed by A2M and appeared in 2009 alongside editions for Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS. The different platforms share the story and characters but differ in controls, scenes and additional features.
The creators set the story in 1939 between familiar film adventures and built a journey around the world around the Staff of Moses. Fistfights were intended to feel improvised because Indy could grab objects from the environment. The whip remained both weapon and tool. Chases and vehicles added variety without turning the game into an open world.
Staff of Kings became one of the final Indiana Jones games on PlayStation 2. The previously shown PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 version was never released. This edition must therefore be judged by its own platform features. The PS2 game offers the main adventure without Wii cooperation or Fate of Atlantis, but retains the journey, whip and cinematic combat environments. This disc is therefore not a reduced copy of a released HD version but a console edition in its own right.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings offers another standalone PS2 adventure featuring the same archaeologist and his whip. The later game makes prominent use of specially arranged combat environments where you turn objects against attackers. Emperor's Tomb puts more emphasis on the combination of free-form brawling, climbing routes and ancient mechanisms during its 1935 quest. These are different stories; the Wii bonus Fate of Atlantis is not part of this PS2 comparison.
Tomb Raider: Anniversary builds large ruins around precise jumps, climbing routes and multi-step puzzles. Staff of Kings also uses ancient locations and an adventurous archaeologist but places more emphasis on fistfights, the whip and cinematic chases. Lara explores independently for longer; Indy moves from scene to scene more often.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune combines shooting, climbing and a search for historical treasure, but appeared on PlayStation 3 and uses more modern cover and presentation. Staff of Kings offers a similar cinematic adventure on PS2 with more fistfights and whip use. The comparison concerns style; no PS3 features belong to this disc.
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition uses jungles, ruins and tools that open new routes. Its tone is lighter and the world works more like a connected platform area. Staff of Kings tells a more linear story with human opponents, fistfights and chases. Both send an adventurer with tools through dangerous excavations.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor also follows a cinematic treasure hunt with shooting, melee combat and ancient curses. Staff of Kings uses the whip more extensively on enemies and the environment and switches to chases more often. The Mummy chooses supernatural armies; Indiana Jones keeps the conflict closer to rival explorers.
