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Solid: Great Game For All

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 25 / 27
Date: June 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

LEGO Indiana Jones is a sweet game. Of course, this is in line with the LEGO Star Wars (LSW) series that kicked us off. Also, this release coincides with the movie release, just like the Star Wars series.

There are really three aspects of these LEGO video games that apply: ease of play (all ages), strategy, and hilarious humor. LEGO Indiana Jones (LIJ) definitely hits these aspects up - such a fun game.

If you have played the LSW series, you are familiar with the basic controls: four buttons for action, jump, attack, and special. When in Free Play mode, you use the character switch button as well. Same concept here. So easy a child can play and enjoy it, but therefore good for adults as well!

The strategy is more for the older kids (ages 10 and up), I think. The strategic elements of the game are primarily in the Free Play mode, such as deciding which characters to use for which scenarios. Also, a youngster may not fully comprehend the abilities of Indy and his whip. And that is a new feature in this LEGO video game (sort of... more like an expansion of an old theme, I suppose) - your character interacts with the environment differently. For example, in LIJ, you can use the whip to disarm enemies, activate levers, and perform puzzle solutions. It's just a tad different (kind of a mix, really) of the LSW strategies. But you will notice some similarities and understand what I mean by "an expansion of an old theme." Basically, if you played the LSW series, this will be familiar to you; if not, it won't be that difficult, especially for the older players.

Another cool aspect of the environment is that your players can fully interact with it now. This is new. Basically, you can now swim, climb, and pick up objects and whatnot. Also, you can use the objects that you pick up - like chairs, bottles, etc. - to inflict damage on your enemies. This makes the game even more entertaining as the possibilities are quite varied with each play.

In the LSW series, the graphics were very cool and true to the films that they represented (down to the sound effects and music). LIJ is no different - you will love the ambience as it recreates the places that Indiana visited in the movies. It is so cool interacting in the places that you watched on film at a younger age (some 20 years ago) - it's like watching the movie again, only it is more exciting now because you are in engaging in it!

Another thing that delighted me was the number of characters that you can unlock. I won't give away any secrets, but basically, if you saw them in one of the three movies, you will see them in LIJ, as well. It is super-cool to play with the good guys and villains, as each have their own specialty moves and whatnot. Plus, it brings back memories with all the rest of the game interaction. Very cool. (Interesting that Indy is the focus of the movie/game, and yet there are over 60 characters you will be unlocking!)

And like LSW2, you can "create" your own characters. That is, you can mix and match character body parts to essentially create new people to play with in the Free Play mode. Kinda cool if you like the whacky things, but I did not find it particularly cool - sometimes it is not practical: like putting female body parts with a male's head. Kind of like LSW2 where you could put C3PO's head on Princess Leia's body. It's funny, in some ways, but not necessarily the coolest. That is all I am saying.

Anyway, to wrap this up, LEGO Indiana Jones is a superb game. I recommend it for people who like to play vastly simple and exceedingly fun games. Also, if you have kids, the simplicity will make it a playable game for them. However, unlike the LEGO Star Wars series, they may not be as familiar with Indiana Jones (unless you showed them the latest movie that just came out or have the previous collection). My recommendation is that if your kid was not overly impressed with Indiana Jones in the movie(s), then LEGO Indiana Jones may not be too fun for them as a video game, even if they like the LEGOs. That is, the LEGO theme should not be the reason why you purchase this game - Indiana Jones should be. Just a recommendation.

But other than that, I love these sorts of games. They generally take about 40 hours to complete, and if you shelve them for a moderate amount of time, you will still enjoy picking them back up and playing them later on, trying to rediscover all the hidden spots for things. Very fun concept, easy gameplay, and good strategy - and you will crack up playing it, too. An easy 5-star rating.

(P.S. I recommend the Windows/PC version over the game console versions, by the way, because of greater capabilities and a generally lower price. However, if you already have the consoles and are not a big computer player, then you will still have as much fun.)

Dispenses with some of the more tedious activities in Lego Star Wars

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: June 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'll be drawing a lot of comparisons to Lego Star Wars OT in this review. I figure most people that are interested in this title are already familiar with the Star Wars titles.

First and foremost, you are going to want to make sure that your computer can handle the system requirements. This game requires a graphics card with shader model 2.0. Most GPUs in computers these days meet that requirement, but it is best to check beforehand. If you are unsure, a demo of the game is available online. If you can run the demo, you can run the full version of the game.

The game allows the use of the keyboard to control the game, but the controls become somewhat cumbersome during the jumping puzzles. I would also recommend using a gamepad. The game fully supports the X-box 360 controller and many others.

Lego Indy has one commanding plus over Lego Star Wars (L:SW), it is far less tedious. In L:SW, if you wanted to unlock everything the game had to offer you had to revisit each level multiple times. You also had to play all of the levels in story mode all over again one after the next to complete the Super Story mode.

Lego Indy has removed the Super Story mode and the minimum stud collection requirement in Free Play (known as "True Jedi" in L:SW, and "True Adventurer" in Lego Indy). Lego Indy has also lowered the cost of all the unlockables. This makes the game feel much shorter, but also removes some of the more tedious elements found in L:SW. This ends up being a mixed blessing. On one hand I've found that it makes the game very short, on the other hand the game wouldn't be more enjoyable by making stud collection a drawn out process or by making you repeat the same levels over and over again.

As far as puzzles go, Lego Indy uses a combination of digging, repairing, high jumping (the jedi double jump in L:SW), exploding silver barriers, thugee (limited character entry only in L:SW), hieroglyph solving (limited character entry only in L:SW with the added caveat of solving a quick memory game), entering small tunnels (as in L:SW), using the whip to access areas, and guard stations (limited character entry only in L:SW). Power bricks are replaced by finding parcels and a post box to mail them in and there aren't any pure vehicle levels like there were in L:SW.

All the standard cheats that were available in L:SW are also present in Lego Indy. Lego Indy also has many characters that can be unlocked, but this time around they feel more generic, as the Indy universe has less unique characters to work with.

Some of the jumping puzzles are a bit tricky, as the controls are often inconsistent when jumping off ladders and ledges. A few jumping puzzles become frustrating, especially in story mode, as the distance that needs to be jumped is right at the character's jumping distance limit, meaning you'll probably have to try several times before you make that jump. This is especially frustrating in areas where you make several jumps just to miss that last one and have to go through an elaborate sequence to arrive at your next attempt.

There are a few kinks. I found myself in situations where my character would spawn over pits or other obstacles resulting in an endless cycle of dying until you revert control to the other character. Lego Indy also employs a new feature where one character remains stationary, like on a switch or movable block, while the other completes a puzzle or moves the block the other is standing on. The CPU controlled character often has problems staying put and doing what you would expect them to do. In most cases this is just an indication that you are solving puzzles out of sequence, but in some cases it's an obvious bug.

All in all this is a great game, one that shouldn't be missed. Lego Star Wars has the slight edge as far as variety goes, but this game makes up for it in avoiding much of L:SW's tedium.

Indiana Jones Lego PC Game Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: June 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm 9 years old and this is my first review. I have the game for Windows XP on a 3 year old laptop and had no problems installing it. I think Lego Indiana Jones is a great game. You can do more things than in Lego Star Wars. For example, you can pick things up and use them like dynamite, shovels, wrenches, and books. Also you can disarm people with your whip, and take the weapon they have from them. The only bad thing about Lego Indiana Jones is that it takes a while to load the scenes. I would highly recommend for anyone who likes a challenge and that enjoyed Lego Star Wars. But it is different in many ways than Lego Star Wars.

Another FANTASTIC Lego Game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: June 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Wow, this is another amazingly well done Lego game! Although I have the Star Wars games for the Gamecube and have played them on the Wii, I decided to try the new Indy Lego game on the PC, and I am REALLY glad I did. It installed with no problem and plays perfectly on my Vista SP1 Quad 2.4Ghz PC with nVidia 8800GTS and 4GB RAM. Connected to my 60" Sony HDTV, it looks and plays great, and the HD gaming at 1920 x 1080P just blows away the low-res 480P Wii. At about half the cost of the Wii game, this is quite the deal!

The game works just fine with two Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2 game controllers. Setting up the button assignments in the setup screen is very straightforward and obvious; just copy the buttons shown in the manual for the XBox 360 PC controller. Only drawback is that you seem to have to assign the second controller every time you start the game (e.g. after a PC reboot/powerup), but it's a minor point.

My kids and I have gotten through the first several levels with no major problems, although it can be challenging at times, but not too much so. The play is very similar to the Star Wars Lego games, along with the occasional humor thrown in just for fun.

This game is so good, I may actually get the Lego Batman for PC when it comes out, although I had not really considered it before.

This one's a real winner for all ages!!! :-)

Rush it Out, Patch it Later!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 24
Date: June 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Unfortunately, this game just wasn't ready to be released. Since the new movie is out, Lucas Arts had to capitlize on the momentum, and they released a partially functional game.

Out of the box, run the installer. Everything looks good until it refuses to run because I have an "emulator" running. Copy protection paranoia. I go to the support site, and there is information about a combination of Dell and Roxio which trips this block. I download the patch (even though I have an HP and Roxio) and the error message goes away. Fortunately, I know what I am doing, but I feel for the average parent who just wants to get a game for the kids.

OK, patch installed, nothing but a black screen for over fifteen minutes. The only way to get the game to start with the patch is to run the task manager and switch to the Lego Indiana Jones app. Again, I pity the uninformed.

Once the game finally runs, there is no sound, only music. The game plays, but the graphics are jerky and I have to turn the settings down (I have many games and a pretty advanced system, and this is the ONLY game I have EVER had to turn down anything on!).

At first, it insists that player one be the keyboard, while only player two may use the game pad. Nothing would let me change that. Today, I discover that whatever you touch when the game starts determines which control will be player 1. Seriously! Completely idiotic. Nevertheless, make sure if you can run this game that you DO NOT TOUCH THE KEYBOARD WHEN THE GAME STARTS!

The gameplay, graphics, and music are nearly equal to the Star Wars ones, but the lack of sound effects is irritating.

If you really must buy this game, wait until we are done beta testing it and the patches are all available.

The experience with this game has made me re-think my pre-order for Lego Batman. My son really wants that one, but he is frustrated with this experience too!

BUYER BEWARE! Game only supports 19-input controllers!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: June 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Dads, if you already own LEGO Star Wars I or II, and you are considering getting LEGO Indiana Jones for your kids, you need to know that the minimum requirements have changed, and you may need to decide whether this game is worth $80-$110 (explanation forthcoming)...

The game states on the outside of the box that it "Supports Xbox 360 Controller for Windows". (Little did I know that that meant that it ONLY supports controllers with similar capabilities.)

LEGO Star Wars always worked fine with my two Logitech Attack3 joysticks. But with LEGO Indiana Jones, they have added a number of relatively trivial controls to views that increase the required number of controller inputs to 19.

At configuration time, the game correctly detects my Logitech joysticks and prompts me with flashing line-items to manually configure the 19 control mappings. However, once I have exhausted my options (up-down-left-right-z high-z low-11 buttons), that only maps to 17 of the 19.

Those last two inputs will continue flashing and prevent you from saving your controller configuration, forcing you to exit and use the simpler keyboard interface instead. (If you don't mind paying $30 for a keyboard-controlled video game, more power to you.)

Unfortunately, I am not an expert on joysticks, but just doing basic math, it does not appear that even the high-end Logitech controllers have the 3-dimensions + 13 buttons required to map all 19 controls:

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/gaming/pc_gaming/&cl=us,en

So I can only conclude that in order to recover my $30 investment in this game, I am going to have to buy two XBOX 360 controllers (~$25 used, $40 new from Amazon):

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Controller-for-Windows/dp/B000BT4CF4/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I26VKZVF9O5DA5&colid=NW3NBGNMTM9

So my $30 purchase for one game is looking more like $80-$110. Is this unmarked "prerequisite" a ploy designed to boost sales of XBOX 360 controllers? Decide for yourself...

If you are a consumer who lacks the prerequsite controllers, and are not willing to spend $30 to play with a keyboard interface, I advise you to monitor the LucasArts forums to see if a patch is developed to allow the additional controls to go either unmapped or mapped to the keyboard before purchasing this product:

http://forums.lucasarts.com/forum.jspa?forumID=110

The last thing that I would add is that these kinds of tactics appear to be par for the course for LucasArts, who as of this writing has an "unsatisfactory" rating with the Better Business Bureau:

http://goldengate.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=99&bbb=1116&firm=56045

A very exciting game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

In this game you can play throughout the scenes of the classic Indiana Jones movies, but with the perspective of a LEGO Mini-Figure.
If you enjoy playing with LEGO Bricks, watching the Indiana Jones movies, or if you enjoy playing a fun and challenging game, then you would find LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures to be an interesting experience!

Like the LEGO Star Wars games, you can interact with LEGO Bricks, play through the movies, solve puzzles that are both challenging and fun, buy special characters and powers, collect special items, and battle enemies with your friend.
However, there are actions that you can't perform in the Star Wars games that you can perform in this game. You can pick up and carry objects, defeat enemies and solve problems with your whip, dig up objects, fix mechanical objects, climb,and shimmy along walls.

Certain characters have special abilities (Indy can use the whip, Willie can scream very loudly, etc). Some characters have phobias (Indy is afraid of snakes, so he would not perform well when he is close to snakes.) Bonus levels can be unlocked by collecting Artifacts (a new form of Mini-kits). There are also many secrets in the very levels of the game.

Overall, this is a very good game and I highly recommend it.
~Bricknave

Average game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i played it on a laptop computer and there were lots of glitches, times where i would have to make changes in the resolotion just to get past a certain point.
It was fun to play but without being able to use arrow keys it was also hard at times.

Don't buy it just yet!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: July 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Last Christmas we got our son the Star Wars game and he absolutely loved it! So when this one came out we got it too. Unless you are extremely computer literate, do not buy this game just yet. The game worked great for the first 3 days and after that (as you get higher in the levels) it starts acting up. My husband is a computer wiz, so I have great support at home, but even then it takes hours to figure out what now? The game itself is great, but it's so frustating that for the first time ever I thought about writing a negative review to warn people to wait. Again, this only applies to the Windows PC game.

Another Non-installer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: June 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I pre-ordered this at least a month ago (and what's up with Amazon not sending out pre-ordered items for at least a week after release now?), but we got so impatient we finally picked it up in the store (plus the guidebook). Brought it home and are having flashbacks to Lego Star Wars I - it won't install. SW I finally installed on one of the three computers in the house (and of course it's not the kids' computer), we've only tried Indiana Jones on the one with Vista so far. Note it says this works on Vista, but there are no requirements listed here on Amazon. We'll keep searching for a fix I'm sure, but this may be going back.

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