LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures Comments by Dan Whitehead

Edge didn't seem to like it very much. One to pick up for £15 perhaps.

But...but.... GTA4 got 10/10!!!

"The Indiana Jones movies are rather light on aliens"

Spoiler tag that!

Almost as good as MGS4

as good as NG2 then, maybe better!!

What do Edge know about fun? (tee hee)

It's a great game, just like all the Lego Star Wars games. I was playing it last night, and really enjoyed stuff like collectable weapons and the object-based puzzles. Feels a bit more like an old-school platform game in that regard.

More importantly, have they fixed the fecking tearing in this one?

It'd be good to play a Lego game without your eyeballs being raped.

Don't worry they'll have "Lego Indiana Jones the complete Saga" out by christmas

Ya see, reviews are like trials.... blah blah blah, eurogaymer, blah blah blah, cant believe shit like halo gets 10/10 blah blah blah.

Will prolly get this, loved the star wars games. One of the few games the missus will play with me in co-op. Must be the lack of realistic gore.

@bloodkult

Tearing seems to be a TV thing as opposed to the game. My samsung doesn't exhibit ant tearing at all on lego starwars.

Yes, I'd heard of tearing but never actually noticed it until playing LS:TCS recently. And I have to say.... Really, is that all there is to it??? There are bigger things to worry about, and I'd hardly liken it to my eyeballs being raped. Take a step back and remember what games used to look like 5/10 years ago.

And stop moaning.

Well, big kiddie nerd that I am, I'll pick this up, all be it just for some variety from playing GTAIV...

As Meng-Tse used to say: 'It takes a great man to embrace his childhood heart'

"my five-year-old son, who helped me with the hands on preview, is currently at 99.7 percent completion"

Thats not bad for a five year old. I always thouth the Lego games where a bit too hard for the youngest gamers.

This review is giving me deja-vu i'm sure i'd already seen it before.

More importantly, have they fixed the fecking tearing in this one?

There's now a v-sync option in the pause menu.

Thats not bad for a five year old. I always thouth the Lego games where a bit too hard for the youngest gamers.

Well, it's a shared save game, so a lot of the story level completion was done in tandem. He's been unlocking the characters and finding the bonus parcels though. And he has clocked up over 100 hours on LEGO Star Wars, so he hit the ground running with this one.

/cancelled my pre-order... May as well wait for it to hit the reduction sheves.

Tried the PC demo over the weekend... it's... OK... but it's so similar to the LEGO Star Wars games that it was hard to pluck up any enthusiasm for it having already played it THREE times before (if you include the Complete Trilogy) and, in fact, any I had came purely from the fact it was cool playing as Indiana Jones not the game itself. It seems to be more puzzle-based and you can now swap characters without them being next to each other, they're the only changes I could discern. I don't think I'll be buying this or LEGO Batman; it seems to be that Traveller's Tales have latched on to a money-making concept and just want to milk it to death.

It's got a lego monkey in it! 100% pure awesome!

My samsung doesn't exhibit ant tearing at all on lego starwars.

I have a Samsung as well, and it tears the fuck out of wasps, bluebottles and earwigs. Ants are fine though. Weird.

Is it me or did the score just change to an 8?

Refresh your cash / re-boot windows/ Smash your face into the monitor, and tell me I'm wrong...

There's now a v-sync option in the pause menu.

That should of just been the review right there \o/

@DanWhitehead - The PC version certainly has a V-Sync option but I didn't think the 360 or PS3 versions did as the IGN review specifically mentioned both those games had screen tearing. If there was an option to "fix" it then I'm sure they wouldn't have mentioned it. Mind you... they actually mentioned that the PC version had tearing in its review but that might be a result of it being a cut & paste job from the 360 (or PS3 version). This is the 360 version, right, not the PC version? Strikes me as strange to have a V-Sync option in the 360 game when the developers could leave it on and not bother with an option in the first place. :?

Certainly the tearing in LEGO Star Wars: TCS prompted me to contact Traveller's Tales about it to enquire if the game would be patched. I was basically told tough, the game engine wass pushing the Xbox 360 (don't laugh) hence the tearing! Given that their primary audience are young kids, I didn't think they'd be that concerned about it as they probably won't even notice it.

Sounds like a solid but uninspired game, I have fears for Batman now but my hope is that as Batman has much more character than Indy there'll be more of the Lego Star Wars type personality in it. Oh and TT had better put back the collecty bits or Batman will be a budget purchase for sure.

My wife asked me the other day when this game is out. She loved LEGO SW and has been looking forward to this since I told her about it ages ago.

It's a pity they didn't release this closer to the release date of the new film. The hype has kind of died down for me now.

@Darren

There is definitely a v-sync toggle in the pause menu. Even my son, obsessive that he his, noticed it because it's not in Lego Star Wars. I suspect the reason they left it as an option is because the frame rate seems to take a small hit when it's switched on.

Something DARK is behind this review! Sinister forces!

Will the Wii version get a separate review?

Or is it really bad?

For the Wii version, just make it a 6 for the lack of detail and the enforced gimmicky and horrid controls (ie Lego Star Wars).

THIS ISH INTOLERABLE!

Nah just kidding, still going to buy this once I move flat and get online again. Can't wait to play it with my other Indy-obsessed mate online.

There *is* online co-op....right?

No online co-op? Well, that sucks! :(

@DanWhitehead - That's me well and truly corrected then. Thanks for the info. Seems my email to Traveller's Tales didn't go ignored then. Kudos to them for including it and boo-hoo to IGN for not noticing an option in the game and mentioning tearing as an issue in the review sum up! :)

Sounds great! Can't wait to pick it up.

Was going to get this; not so sure now...

.... [sits and waits for LEGO Jackie Chan and the 1980s Adventures]

>Edge didn't seem to like it very much.

yeah. .but edge are pricks who didnt like mgs4 either...
:-)

@DanWhitehead

I have a Samsung as well, and it tears the fuck out of wasps, bluebottles and earwigs. Ants are fine though. Weird.

Hey I'm at work typing while trying to look busy writing a boring compression routine! I did laugh at your response though.

I bought a 360 for graphics like this! Actually, why aren't the environments in these Lego themed games made entirely out of Lego too? Boo!

"drop-in gameplay means that parents can easily offer as much assistance as is required"

Or, if you're like me, letting the wife show you why you're no good at logic puzzles.

This sounds as if it's as charming as LSW, if a bit lighter on content. Definate buy, though I'm starting to worry about how Lego Batman's going to turn out...

Glad they removed the superstory - unecessarily dragged on otherwise great games.

I don't remember my 360 version of SW: The Original Saga tearing at all. My nephew is currently playing through SW: The Complete Saga on PS3 and I played a couple of levels with him and that too seemed OK.

Have we now concluded that the TV makes a difference when it comes to tearing? The tearing techie debate lost me ages ago.

ps I *hate* teh tearing.

@peterfill

Pretty much seems to be the case. You get tearing in a lot of games but, it's much less noticable on newer sets. The samsungs with game mode almost eliminate it alltogether. 100hz modes make things super smooth but, also seem a little un-natural too. If you are just playing and enjoying a game you'll probably not notice the tearing even if it does occur. Not sure what that says about all those people who tend to flag it like a religion.

Ooh, I do disagree Mr Penhalion. Tearing can be so bad on some games it can come close to really spoiling the experience.

Some example that spring to mind : the PS3 GRID demo - v bad, and not good in a racing game. Unchartered: Drakes Fortune - on some levels v bad however it *just* gets away with it for being so lush otherwise. I remember Motor GP 07 on the 360 being one of the first games of this generation where the tearing was so bad it spoilt the experience.

I have a high-end 2006 model Bravia - it has a game mode - but no 100hz refresh.

I knew people would get bored of these Lego games quickly enough.
Not really anything special IMO.

No, they aren't. It'll sell cazillions..., just wait and see.

I really love Star Wars II, will definitely get it sooner than later, and it's going to go down nicely with my Indiana Jones fever.

i'm still waiting for Lego Debbie Does Dallas

i want lego alien vs. predator next please!

TT should try doing something new. But as demonstrated over the past 15+ years all their games are more about style than substance (remember Toy Story and its incredible graphics? Or Mickey Mania and its vivid animation?).. No hope for them to turn a new leaf.

@peterfll - Make that MotoGP 06... the 07 sequel eliminated the tearing completely and was a much more polished affair. ;)