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Category: Video Games
List Price: £39.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 302
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: action-games
Rating: Parental Guidance
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.4
UPC: 023272006686
EAN: 0023272006686
ASIN: B00140G0VI
Release Date: June 17, 2008
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Discover the Hidden Treasure that is Lego Indiana Jones!! July 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Carrying on from the best selling Lego Star Wars games, comes Indiana Jones!
In this game you play the throught the storylines of the three original films - sorry, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is not included. Each of the three films has been expanded to try and get more out of each storyline. As an example, in Raiders of the Lost Ark the bar brawl where Indy meets Marion moves beyond the bar into a mountain top level with more puzzles and action. In Temple of Doom there is a really nice level travelling to Pankot Palace where you ride elephants through more puzzles. And in The Last Crusade there is more made from the escape of Indy and his father when they use the motorbikes. But most importantly, they have kept in all your favourite parts of the film - the classic boulder dash in Raiders, the vehicle chase in Raiders, the mine cart escape in Temple of Doom, the fight on the bridge in Temple of Doom, the discovery of Sir Richard's tomb in the library in Venice from Last Crusade, and also the selection of the 'real grail' at the end of the Last Crusade.
As with Lego Star Wars you can play story mode where you are limited to which characters you can use, and free play mode where you can play with any character you have purchased or earned in an attempt to collect all the extras - such as the status of True Adventurer, the 10 artefacts (replacing the mini kit from Lego Star Wars) and posting all the parcels ( a very nice way of earning extras such as stud mulitpliers, invincibility, silly disguises and more!).
All your favourite characters from the films are here too. Indy is there of course but so is Marion, Sala, Belloc, Short Round, Dr Henry Jones, Marcus Brody and a whole host of minor characters and baddies you meet along the one. As a nod to the Lego Star Wars game there is one special hidden character you can earn too............
So, on to the game itself. How does it play? Well, it is very similar to Lego Star Wars in a lot of ways. You have certain characters who can perform certain actions. So you have a mechanic/engineer who permanently carries a spanner around to fix broken lifts, vehicles, machinery etc.... There are characters who carry spades who can dig up hidden artefacts, chests etc.. and these are a useful weapon too! They make a satisfying ring when you hit someone with it! You also get characters with major weaponry such as a rocket launcher or grenade carrier. These are all really enjoyable to play with, and replace the type of characters used in Lego Star Wars, such as Force characters, Droids who can speak to terminals and Bounty Hunters. All very nice.
Graphically it is much more lush than Lego Star Wars. The backgrounds are really well done, and are a vast improvement on any of the Lego games before it. Though i have one issue with it - the perspective. The backgrounds are 3d but it is very hard to judge where your character is in relation to the edge of a cliff, whether you are near to a rope, and most awkwardly of all, getting onto a ladder can be a real irritant! It is a minor gripe, but a fault with the game that you wish had been ironed out before release.
The music is perfect too - directly lifted from the films.
It plays really well too, and like Lego Star Wars is enjoyed most when playing in co-op mode with a friend.
As for the difficulty, anyone can pick this up from children to adults. The puzzles are generally straightforward (and better than Lego Star Wars in my opinion), but the fighting is not quite as exciting - the lightsabers were so enjoyable in Lego Star Wars, whereas this game has to rely on whips,guns, spades and rocket launchers. What is nice though are the character specific ways of brawling - Short Round has some kung fu moves, Indy has a rough and tumble style of fighting, and Willy has a Super Scream which is funny to use!
Onto the extras on this game - there are loads to discover and unlock. The game hub is set in the University where Indy works and this is where you set off on each of his adventures, buy characters, buy extras, view artefacts and earn some cool hidden stuff. I won't spoil my favourite hidden feature, but i will say that you want to earn all the artefacts........... It unlocks something really cool that will have you grinning from ear to ear!!
So let's go through the good things about Lego Indiana Jones. The puzzles are much better than Lego Star Wars, the music is brilliant, the free play mode is great fun, the gentle humour is as good as ever, the extras are better (there is a trailer for Lego Batman that you can access from the main menu and this is a must to watch), the levels are well thought out and that they have crammed in all the good bits from the films.
However, there are some weaknesses in this game that stop me from giving it five stars.
Firstly, it is not as immediately fun and exciting as Star Wars was. Once i had played through all the stories and gone into free play, i was hooked but the story mode just didn't grip me for some reason. Secondly, the extra characters you can buy/earn just aren't different enough from each other. You always end up playing Indy because he is the most fun to play with, whereas Star Wars had more recognisable 'bit players' that you could enjoy from Bounty Hunters, to Droids and to those using the Dark Side of the Force. Thirdly, it is way too easy. Lego Star Wars was huge and challenging in finding all the hidden extras, and I'm afraid Lego Indiana Jones wasn't for me. I found everything and unlocked everything very quickly, and that was in only in a short span of gaming time. Having said that, the extras that ARE in this game are brilliant.
My final criticism is that the developers haven't really done anything new with Lego Indiana Jones. There is nothing that makes you go 'wow!' like Lego Star Wars did. There is no real innovation in this game - so it is really more of the same, and let's face it, that is not really a bad thing when Lego Star Wars was so good!
Who would like this ?Well, that is pretty simple. Anyone over the age of 5 and upwards who either likes, Lego, Indiana Jones or a fun platforming/collecting game!
I really enjoyed it from beginning to end, short though it was, and would recommend this as a great family game, or a fun game for hard core gamers want a break from serious games. For me it provided a nice break from intense, involving games - this was a pick up and play game with lots of fun for all included.
Roll on Lego Batman later in the year!!
Great simple fun June 21, 2008
Yes it a bit of a kids game but it is great fun to see another set of epic movies given the LEGO treatment. After a week or so I have completed the 18 main game missions and collected all the hidden artifacts and parcels - some of which were very tricky to find, requiring puzzels to be solved etc that younger players may not get. There are also 5 characters from the Star Wars games to unlock including a playable Han Solo. Once you've finished the main game you can explore the college and unlock 3 new missions including a Young Indy mission that is based on the opening scenes of the 3rd film. To complete the game to 100% will take me many more hours I'm sure but I will enjoy replaying many of the levels again.
All in all it's a game that any age group can enjoy and 2 player co-op means an older player can help a younger one progress through any tricky bits.
Lego Meets Tomb Raider July 5, 2008
Much like Star Wars this game is fun to play without being taxing. It must always be remembered that it is a kids game and my kids love it to bits. Hanging from ledges, running from boulders and beating baddies.
No online play so it lost a star.
Money well spent, now bring on Batman.
 Jump, jump , jump... June 8, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Having played the Lego Star wars game I was really looking forward to this. Lego star wars was a lot of fun and very original. This is not anywhere near as good. It is still fun to play but could have been so much better. A lot of the original game play in star wars has been repetitively replaced by, at times near frustrating, jump sequences. Was this to pad out the game or did the creators genuinely run out of ideas? Anyway it is fun and will have replay value in the free play mode but it is not as original and varied as Star Wars. Wait until it comes down in price would be my advice.
Not bad, but not what it is cracked up to be. June 8, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
From the second I first heard about this game a few months back I was intrested, my inner child excited about re-creating that Indy magic.
Its not a bad game, as such, it looks pretty and is sort of fun to play, and I am a huge fan of the way a second player can dip in and out at any point in the campaign, a feature sadly lacking from many games. Also although I am still in the fairly early stages of the game it is great playing through the Indy movies I have seen countless times. However somehow this game just isn't all that great to me. Somehow I just can't seem to enjoy a game where you can't die (you respawn exactly where you died, or at least so far in the game you do), which seems to take any feeling of risk, suspense and achievement out of the whole experience. Obviously this game is aimed at children mainly and I am sure most would enjoy it, but in my oppinion doesn't offer enough challenge to be of intrest to adult gamers (a view which seems to be in minority so maybe i am missing something).
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