He's uncovered the fate of Atlantis, bested an infernal machine and rummaged through an emperor's tomb, but everybody's favorite Nazi-punching archaeologist faces his greatest challenge in a world made entirely out of toy blocks.
Lego Indiana Jones has arrived to fairly favorable reviews, with most critics approving of the game's silent, comedic send-up of classic movie moments. If you're not the only kid in the house and enjoy collecting lots and lots and lots of things, you could do worse than tossing the developer your idle cash.
- IGN (80/100): "Traveller's Tales has once again delivered an experience that boils down to smashing stuff over and over again while searching for secrets, while also managing to make that formula fun and addictive. It's certainly not a huge leap over the LEGO Star Wars titles, and in fact still has some of that series' issues, but it's no less enthralling and certainly a fun adventure worth taking on."
- 1UP (75/100): "Lego Indy's main quest isn't terribly expansive -- you can finish it in a weekend, and that's if you take your time -- but the game's unquestionably built for completists, with a ton of hidden treasure and extra characters (you can unlock pretty much every character in the films, right down to Last Crusade's castle butler). It's easy to dismiss as kids' fare, but Lego Indiana Jones is a light, enjoyable action game, especially if you've got a willing friend for co-op play."
- Eurogamer (70/100): "This is all starting to sound a bit grinchy, so at this point I feel I should point out that my five-year-old son, who helped me with the hands on preview, is currently at 99.7 percent completion on our second save game with just one character left to unlock. He's certainly commented on the absence of familiar features, and seems less enthused about collecting billions of LEGO studs now that there's not as much to spend them on, but he's still been happily replaying his favourite levels over and over, just as he did with Star Wars."
[Note: Listed reviews are for the Xbox 360 version. The game is also available on PS3, PS2, Wii, PSP, PC and DS.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
baby sea tuna @ Jun 5th 2008 8:47AM
I only thank god that this game has absolutely nothing to do with that retarded 4th movie. Even still, I'm likely going to wait until it hits $30 before picking it up.
While we're talking about it, any idea when LEGO Batman is coming out? Cause *that* looks pretty damned awesome.
nxtiak @ Jun 5th 2008 10:19AM
Actually in the secret level "Ancient City" (like Lego City/Lego Town in Lego Star Wars) there's an object that's in the 4th movie. It's a 3 letter acronym that starts with U and ends with O.
baby sea tuna @ Jun 5th 2008 10:23AM
Ugh. Well...at least it wasn't the world's toughest fridge.
Mr.ESC @ Jun 5th 2008 11:15AM
Without giving spoilers that movie is plain stupid. I don’t recommend it to anyone because it simply sucks.
To put it in this way the guy that came up with the argument probably thinks The Incas, Mayas, Aztecs, Colombian, Puerto Rican and all South American cultures existed (I know there are more South American cultures and sub-cultures but naming them all would take a while) at the same time in the magical place he calls Bean land, who is going to know? Is not like the people who watch all George Lucas movies know how to read or anything.
Facepalm.
Like in any Indiana Jones movie you expect the action but here it was pretty meh and well it seems George Lucas and Steven Spielberg just lost it. Some parts remind me of Star Wars Episode 1 for all the wrong reasons; I’m surprised the Crystal Skull didn’t belonged to Jar jar binks.
Also wassup with Jones bastard son? Really this stuff in the movies practically makes no sense why in movies like Superman Returns the father left the son without any adequate reason. Why it can’t be a whole family together? oh wait is a movie it won’t work I mean who had ever hear of a family in an adventure movie other than you know the Mummy a which didn’t sucked.
If this continues Indiana Jones 5 will be about Egyptian Pharaoh Yu-Gi-Moto and it will have Ancient Egyptian Lazers and starting probably the reanimated corpse of Harrison Ford.
JS Beckerist @ Jun 5th 2008 11:17AM
Are you kidding? I hate that people are complaining about that movie. Did you even see the first three? If Mr. Ford looked 10-15 years younger I would have guessed it was made the same time as the previous ones. Same style, same design, same funny quips, same characters, same setup, same crazy fights, same crazy deaths, same outrageous contraptions that work thousands of years after they were originally built...... Seriously, just stop whining. Definitely don't want to hear it.
baby sea tuna @ Jun 5th 2008 11:36AM
JS
I am glad you liked that movie. Personally, I wanted it to be awesome. Unfortunately I ended up thinking it was a ludicrous piece of fluff nonsense. Sure the previous entries in the series were a little on the silly side, but that was part of their charm. This just seemed like a big empty cartoon, not unlike the Star Wars prequels.
Honestly, as far as Speilberg productions go, I was more emotionally invested in the characters in Boom Blox, that I was in The Crystal Skull.
Mr.ESC @ Jun 5th 2008 12:23PM
I swear I proof read my comment above.
There are some words missing but sadly and the order or some words are incorrect. I would like to edit it but sadly there isn't an edit button.
JB seriously the plot sucked and it was plain stupid ,I’ve watched older Indiana Jones movies and as Baby Sea Tuna said they are a bit silly but this movie went to effing ridiculous.
chispito @ Jun 5th 2008 2:14PM
I'm with JS on this one. It wasn't the best of the four, but I definitely liked it more than ToD. If you guys are complaining about outlandish stuff happening, you probably are still viewing the first three movies with your kid glasses on.
'Crystal Skull was fun.
samfish @ Jun 5th 2008 9:10AM
'eh. I'm waiting for Lego Batman, anyway.
GatorSax2010 @ Jun 5th 2008 9:30AM
Silent characters=Silent Willie. Silent Willie=11/10.
jcmschwa @ Jun 5th 2008 11:09AM
ha! completely agree.
nxtiak @ Jun 5th 2008 9:37AM
Fun game. Short though. Took me probably 30 hours to get 100%. Need 2 more achievements for 1000 points on the 360.
baby sea tuna @ Jun 5th 2008 10:04AM
Did this game even release more than 30 hours ago?!
nxtiak @ Jun 5th 2008 10:16AM
Game came out Tuesday June 3rd. I rented it at 11am, been playing it pretty much nonstop.
xGeneral DEATHx @ Jun 5th 2008 10:24AM
Good lord...not trying to be a dick here, but go outside! You're going to need some sunlight to help process Vitamin D. On a side note, you totally make me feel like I never play games, ever.
Superstar90 @ Jun 5th 2008 9:42AM
Lego Batman can't come soon enough. I also would like to see a Lego beat em up/hack n slash with a deep combat system, with juggles and combos and stuff. Lego NG? Lego GOW? Lego DMC? Yes, give us more lego!
Karen @ Jun 5th 2008 10:01AM
I picked it up for $30 at amazon.ca they have it on sale and I used a $10 off coupon. The Lego Star Wars games were the most played games in my house by my kids next to the Nintendo first party games. I don't expect these lego games to get a 9 or 10 but I've had a lot of fun with them and have replayed it more the 4 times because they are short.
PojoMofo @ Jun 5th 2008 10:05AM
about what I expected. My 4 year old is actually played lego SW suprisingly well, so this sounds like a good game to pick for him next.
Blazur @ Jun 5th 2008 10:24AM
Does this game give any opportunities to nuke fridges or fly from vines like Tarzan? Because that would be mad-fly, yo.
Mr.ESC @ Jun 5th 2008 11:19AM
Or mix Mayas and Incas,cultures that never encounter, just to get to the conclusion that E.T did it.
Facepalmtastic.
xGeneral DEATHx @ Jun 5th 2008 1:24PM
Spoiler aler--ah, screw it...think I'll just wait 'til Netflix brings it to my mailbox.
chispito @ Jun 5th 2008 2:21PM
Mr Esc.: if that's the worst historical inaccuracy you can find in any of the Indy movies, then they're doing a lot better than I thought they were.
How about a 1000-year old French knight who speaks perfect modern english?
Kaonashi @ Jun 5th 2008 3:56PM
For anyone that's played the DS version, maybe someone can help me out. In the first level of the Temple of Doom section where Indy and Willie are trying to escape Club Obi-Wan, they end up in a room with a green control panel. For the life of me I can't figure out how to access this panel. The touch screen doesn't show anything needed to open it; I can't pull or push the lever; I can't shoot it or attack it as well. How do I access this panel?