History YMMV / IndianaJonesAndTheInfernalMachine

* PolishedPort: The UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 version had to fowngrade the game in many ways to run on the weaker hardware but offers some advantages like aim strafing,making a nice alternative to ''Franchise/TombRaider'' for [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 N64]] and even to people who already played the PC version.However, it's prone to [[GameBreakingBug freezing]].

* PolishedPort: The UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 version, which went from awkward to control, [[ObviousBeta slightly buggy]], and slow on the PC, to actually making a nice alternative to ''Franchise/TombRaider'' for [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 N64]] players that even looked better than the PC version…. However, it's prone to [[GameBreakingBug freezing]].

* CoolButImpractical:Indy has to stop moving to use the whip, which was also ''incredibly'' slow to use, making it almost useless in a fight and difficult to use on puzzles and obstacles (''especially'' when you had several whip-swings in sequence and they had to be performed quickly). [[spoiler:And the boss battle at the end ''requires'' you to use the whip to injure Marduk.]]

* SoOkayItsAverage: The game wasn't ''bad'', but critical consensus was that it wasn't great, either, particularly due to difficult and imprecise controls. Indy had to stop moving to use the whip, which was also ''incredibly'' slow to use, making it almost useless in a fight and difficult to use on puzzles and obstacles (''especially'' when you had several whip-swings in sequence and they had to be performed quickly). [[spoiler:And the boss battle at the end ''requires'' you to use the whip to injure Marduk.]] Considering [[VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis what it followed]], ''Infernal Machine'' was a step back.

* TranslationConvention: When Dr Volodnikov refers to a 'plane' and his radio operator asks him if he means a Soviet, American or other type of plane, Dr Volodnikov upbraids him for not understanding he means a plane in the dimensional sense. As the two are - canonically - speaking Russian this exchange makes no sense. In Russian the word for a plane is самолет (pronounced sam-uh-lyot) whereas in the mathematical or physics sense the word for plane is уровень or слой (prounounced oo-ruh-vyen and sloy respectively) therefore there is no way the radio operator would ask whether such a plane was 'Soviet or American' but instead might ask how deeply they need to dig to reach this 'level' or 'layer.'

** The N64 version frequently freezes up, due to the game pushing waaay past the limit of N64 hardware.

* PortingDistillation: The UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 version, which went from awkward to control, [[ObviousBeta slightly buggy]], and slow on the PC, to actually making a nice alternative to ''Franchise/TombRaider'' for [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 N64]] players that even looked better than the PC version…. However, it's prone to [[GameBreakingBug freezing]].

* DemonicSpiders: [[ThreateningShark Sharks.]] The waters of Palawan Lagoon are infested with these bastards, they take six hits from the machete to kill, they take serious chunks out of Indy's health, they bite fast when they get close, and they swim faster than Indy. Your only practical recourse is to try and avoid them, which isn't always possible when you're underwater and your air is running low.
** Sharks, however, are bound by deep enough water. [[AIBreaker Nothing prevents you from whipping out Colt and simply shooting them when they are within range]] - it might be slow, but it's safe and reliable way of disposing them that doesn't cost ammo, too.

** The N64 version frequently freezes up.

* SugarWiki/GeniusProgramming: The game was ''way'' too big to fit on the N64's hardware, so what did Factor 5 do? They ''[[http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/10/bringing-indy-to-n64 used the cartridge itself as ram]]'', essentially streaming the data it needed! Also, instead of using standard microcode (what controlled the graphics hardware), they wrote their own to focus on real-time lighting and high polygon count.
** KnowWhenToFoldEm: despite everything else that was achieved, the game still skips Level 13 ([[spoiler:King Solomon's Mines]]) if you are playing on a console with no Expansion Pak, possibly due to the massive size of the area and the higher-than-usual speed of traversal, which would have made data streaming less feasible.

** KnowWhenToFoldEm: despite everything else that was achieved, the game still skips Level 13 ([[spoiler:King Solomon's Mines]]) if you are playing on a console with no Expansion Pak, presumably due to the massive size of the area.

* GameBreakingBug: Aside from the frequent freezing issues of the N64 version, the level "The Infernal Machine" has been known to fail to spawn an aether current which Indy is required to swim down to reach the final boss. Without it, it's impossible to finish the level, and restarting until it spawns correctly is required.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The game wasn't ''bad'', but critical consensus was that it wasn't great, either, particularly due to difficult and imprecise controls. Indy had to stop moving to use the whip, which was also ''incredibly'' slow to use, making it almost useless in a fight and difficult to use on puzzles and obstacles (''especially'' when you had several whip-swings in sequence and they had to be performed quickly). [[spoiler:And the boss battle at the end ''requires'' you to use the whip to injure Marduk.]] Considering [[Videogame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis what it followed]], ''Infernal Machine'' was a step back.

* PortingDistillation: The UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} version, which went from awkward to control, [[ObviousBeta slightly buggy]], and slow on the PC, to actually making a nice alternative to ''Franchise/TombRaider'' for [[UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} N64]] players that even looked better than the PC version…. However, it's prone to [[GameBreakingBug freezing]].
* SoOkItsAverage: The game wasn't ''bad'', but critical consensus was that it wasn't great, either, particularly due to difficult and imprecise controls. Indy had to stop moving to use the whip, which was also ''incredibly'' slow to use, making it almost useless in a fight and difficult to use on puzzles and obstacles (''especially'' when you had several whip-swings in sequence and they had to be performed quickly). [[spoiler:And the boss battle at the end ''requires'' you to use the whip to injure Marduk.]] Considering [[Videogame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis what it followed]], ''Infernal Machine'' was a step back.

* SoOkItsAverage: The game wasn't ''bad'', but critical consensus was that it wasn't great, either, particularly due to difficult and imprecise controls. Indy had to stop moving to use the whip, which was also ''incredibly'' slow to use, making it almost useless in a fight and difficult to use on puzzles and obstacles (''especially'' when you had several whip-swings in sequence and they had to be performed quickly). [[spoiler:And the boss battle at the end ''requires'' you to use the whip to injure Marduk.]] Considering the [[Videogame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis what it followed]], ''Infernal Machine'' was a step back.

* PortingDistillation: The {{Nintendo 64}} version, which went from awkward to control, [[ObviousBeta slightly buggy]], and slow on the PC, to actually making a nice alternative to ''Franchise/TombRaider'' for [[{{Nintendo 64}} N64]] players that even looked better than the PC version…. However, it's prone to [[GameBreakingBug freezing]].

* PolishedPort: The {{Nintendo 64}} version, which went from awkward to control, [[ObviousBeta buggy]], and slow on the PC, to actually making a good alternative to ''Franchise/TombRaider'' for [[{{Nintendo 64}} N64]] players that even looked better than the PC version.

* PolishedPort: The {{Nintendo 64}} version, which went from awkard to control, [[ObviousBeta buggy]], and slow on the PC, to actually making a good alternative to ''Franchise/TombRaider'' for [[{{Nintendo 64}} N64]] players that even looked better than the PC version.

* PolishedPort: The {{Nintendo 64}} version, which went from awkard to control, [[ObviousBeta buggy]], and slow on the PC, to actually making a good alternative to ''TombRaider'' for [[{{Nintendo 64}} N64]] players that even looked better than the PC version.

* PolishedPort: The {{Nintendo 64}} version, which went from awkard to control, [[ObviousBeta buggy]], and slow
on the PC, to actually making a good alternative to ''TombRaider'' for [[{{Nintendo 64}} N64]] players that even looked better than the PC version.

* PolishedPort: The {{Nintendo 64}} version, which went from hard to control on the PC, to actually making a good alternative to ''TombRaider'' for [[{{Nintendo 64}} N64]] players.

* PolishedPort: The {{Nintendo 64}} version, which went from hard to control on the PC, to actually making a good alternative to ''TombRaider'' for {{N64}} players.