Overview- Critic & User
Reviews - Videos &
Screenshots
News- Codes
& FAQs - Gameplay
Controls - Similar
Games
Answers
Bundles
Critic & User Reviews
Sort by
Wow, Better than the New Movie
posted by DaMikeSC (COLUMBIA, SC) Oct 12, 2008
Member since Jul 2007
5 out of 6 gamers (83%) found this review helpful
Take the Lego Star Wars treatment to the pre-raped Indiana Jones movie trilogy and what do you have?
Gold. Duh.
I am well-known to love me some Star Wars games, having adored BOTH Star Wars games on the 360 to date. Lego Indiana continues the series with a game that is easy enough for young kids to complete, but with the usual insane amount of depth for the more hardcore of players. You have the usual categories of characters --- some can jump high and scream, some are small, some have weapons, et al. This is a brilliant game design that has proven to be remarkable durable as I figured I'd be a little sick of it by now, but I'm totally not.
The audio is, well, Lego. Lots of bricks hitting the floor. The usual avoidance of sub-par dialogue.
Visually, it's actually an improvement. The occasional perspective shots (don't know why, but when you have the out-of-focus distance shot, it just looks really cool to me) are really well done and everything looks smoothe. Admittedly, the visual requirements for a Lego title are a little less demanding than most games on the market, but they did nothing to fall down on the job here.
This is a great game for families and gamers alike. I am wondering if the Lego series will eventually hit the Crash level of tedium, but I'm starting to doubt it will, honestly.
Gold. Duh.
I am well-known to love me some Star Wars games, having adored BOTH Star Wars games on the 360 to date. Lego Indiana continues the series with a game that is easy enough for young kids to complete, but with the usual insane amount of depth for the more hardcore of players. You have the usual categories of characters --- some can jump high and scream, some are small, some have weapons, et al. This is a brilliant game design that has proven to be remarkable durable as I figured I'd be a little sick of it by now, but I'm totally not.
The audio is, well, Lego. Lots of bricks hitting the floor. The usual avoidance of sub-par dialogue.
Visually, it's actually an improvement. The occasional perspective shots (don't know why, but when you have the out-of-focus distance shot, it just looks really cool to me) are really well done and everything looks smoothe. Admittedly, the visual requirements for a Lego title are a little less demanding than most games on the market, but they did nothing to fall down on the job here.
This is a great game for families and gamers alike. I am wondering if the Lego series will eventually hit the Crash level of tedium, but I'm starting to doubt it will, honestly.
For Lego Maniacs
posted by Droppo (HOUSTON, TX) Jun 8, 2008
Member since Dec 2006
4 out of 5 gamers (80%) found this review helpful
Anyone who liked the Star Wars Lego games is assured of a good time with Lego Indiana Jones. It is the same gameplay almost exactly. This game covers the three original Indie movies, but not the new one gracing theaters this summer.
The game offers the same addictive stud collecting and the same sense of humor as the Star Wars Lego games. Puzzles abound and you can just enjoy solving the puzzles and watching the funny cut scenes if you don't want to worry about collecting studs or special artifacts. Kids could play this game pretty easily and you aren't punished too badly for falling off a cliff or getting shot too many times by those darn Nazis.
I haven't seen any kind of online play yet though. It appears that there is only multiplayer if you play with someone on the same console. That's not what I would hope for, but it only cost it one point in my rating. I have a friend from college who is a HUUUUGE Indie fan, and this is one time where we both actually have the same game at the same time. And... we can't play online. Maybe Lego Batman will come through in the online mode.
The game offers the same addictive stud collecting and the same sense of humor as the Star Wars Lego games. Puzzles abound and you can just enjoy solving the puzzles and watching the funny cut scenes if you don't want to worry about collecting studs or special artifacts. Kids could play this game pretty easily and you aren't punished too badly for falling off a cliff or getting shot too many times by those darn Nazis.
I haven't seen any kind of online play yet though. It appears that there is only multiplayer if you play with someone on the same console. That's not what I would hope for, but it only cost it one point in my rating. I have a friend from college who is a HUUUUGE Indie fan, and this is one time where we both actually have the same game at the same time. And... we can't play online. Maybe Lego Batman will come through in the online mode.
Sort by