LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures Comments by Dan Whitehead

No online co-op = Not buying

@gamecubeisbest - Don't you have any proper friends? With a name like yours, I'm surprised you're even complaining about the lack of online gameplay! ;)

Truk

Will there be a DS review at some point?

lol teh ds is for noob kids, its not even got next genz

I'm getting this (have been buying alot of games recently... cant believe the amount of games I want)... anyway I think my kids will love it, they love starwars lego, and have basically completed it... all i need to do now is get my son off Grid so i can play it, and all will be ok in the world.

@darren I stand corrected you are of course right.

I'm more excited about this than either MGS4, Ninja Gaiden or even Smash Brothers.

The Star Wars games were a load of fun to play through, so more of the same here is definitely a good thing. Most of the complaints don't seem that huge either, from what I've heard from other reviews, the levels are a lot bigger and more diverse than they were in Star Wars, so even though The Complete Saga had six episodes, this is apparantly just as long, if not longer.

The lack of super story mode isn't huge either, as playing through each chapter in a row, in one sitting isn't all that much fun, and besides, once you complete a level, you always get the option to continue on to the next anyway. I never understood why it was included as a seperate mode, it was the same as playing through the chapters, but without the prompt asking if you want to continue, or return to the hub. Likewise, the bounty hunter missions simply involved playing through cut down versions of the same levels until you found a particular character. They weren't all that fun, and all 20 missions could be completed in less than 15 minutes.

I can understand why some people are annoyed at the lack of online support, but I always thought this type of thing was far more enjoyable when being played with someone in the same room. It's like Mario Kart, it just loses its charm when it's being player online, super competively.

Getting this...for the kids...ahem.

Looks like one I can wait a while for, once it's on the reduction shelf I think.

I should really try and do the Super Story on Return of the Jedi, get that one last gold brick. Can I really be arsed to try and shave several minutes off my best time though?

"While there's certainly an art to crafting a level in such a way that players are challenged, encouraged and thrilled in an agreeable ratio, the skill that goes into creating the overall experience outside of the actual gameplay is less understood. I'm talking about overall structure, pace and reward - that arcane art of understanding the audience, delivering the right encouragement at just the right time and still managing to offer up delights and surprises along the way."

Seems like you just described level design twice.

5 points more than the latest movie then.

1 less for me... I thought the movie was an 8 out of 10er myself. :P

great little game, really enjoying it!

It's good but it's no Lego Star Wars unfortunately.
We had fun playing it but it wasn't as enjoyable as LSW maybe because the characters aren't as charming, memorable or differentiated and the stories don't have as much of a pantomime feel?. It's a good solid 7 but again i hope Batman has more in common with LSW than Indy.

In my opinion, the puzzles and the levels in general are far more interesting (and there's no crappy flying levels). But as you said, the characters aren't quite so charming. Most of the time you'll just want to play as Indy, it's still fun to unlock everyone, but it's not quite the same as with Star Wars, were you'd almost always be unlocking new characters you'd love and want to be using.

I'm enjoying this but not as much as the Star Wars once. I find myself getting exasperated by crappy collision, shoddy camera angles and stupid AI more than I did in the previous offerings.

And fuck those grenade guys. Seriously.

Also: The cutscenes are nowhere near a "masterclass in silent comedy" like they were in SW. The Indy films come with built-in humour anyway, unlike SW, and 90% of the "humour" in these cutscenes are either prat-falls or face-pulling, with few genuinely amusing moments.

Very dangerous, you go first!