As you may or may not know, Lucasarts just released the demo for the upcoming PC version of Lego Indiana Jones. And having just played through it, I can say I am more then a little dissapointed.
Now you should download the demo and give it a go, but heres what I have found to be wrong with it.
For starters, the controls are odd to say the least but you'll get use to them quickly enough. At this point there isn't any widescreen support, hopefully this will change along w/ a few other grapic details before the release.
Where the trouble starts for me, is that for a game aiming to recreate the original adventures they fail in some regards. Again an issue w/ control but still an important one is Indy's jumping ability w/ edges and how if you misjudge a jump during say the boulder scene even slightly your toast and starting from the beginning. This would be fine except there are times where your jump is blocked by Satipo who is quicker then you and in the lead.
Satipo also created problems near cliff edges or bridges, I found myself constantly having to switch players to move him out of the way or he'd send my character off course and plummiting to his death like a lego lemming. There are certain issues for me as well with the universe. Why do I want to go 2 mintues out of my way and build a bridge for a few round little bricks that don't do anything for me?
I found myself asking why I was fighting giant tarantulas like something out of Lord of the Rings, or why Belloq was doing the robot dance, why was Jock running with me? In fact I wasn't running I was fighting hovitos while I looked for a wrench? What the hell scene did I miss in Raiders? Look I understand you have to include things to make the game longer but w/ that scene wasn't there enough action? I was expecting to find myself running through the jungle dodging spears and arrows and then swinging onto Jock's plane, instead I was doing maitnence and looking for a wrench, firing a bow and arrow. It took me right out of the game and I was not having fun.
Sorry Lego, no dice, Im passing. I can only hope the other Indy game turns out better.
Btw, I dunno what happened to the title of this thread, can a mod fix that for me...
Now you should download the demo and give it a go, but heres what I have found to be wrong with it.
For starters, the controls are odd to say the least but you'll get use to them quickly enough. At this point there isn't any widescreen support, hopefully this will change along w/ a few other grapic details before the release.
Where the trouble starts for me, is that for a game aiming to recreate the original adventures they fail in some regards. Again an issue w/ control but still an important one is Indy's jumping ability w/ edges and how if you misjudge a jump during say the boulder scene even slightly your toast and starting from the beginning. This would be fine except there are times where your jump is blocked by Satipo who is quicker then you and in the lead.
Satipo also created problems near cliff edges or bridges, I found myself constantly having to switch players to move him out of the way or he'd send my character off course and plummiting to his death like a lego lemming. There are certain issues for me as well with the universe. Why do I want to go 2 mintues out of my way and build a bridge for a few round little bricks that don't do anything for me?
I found myself asking why I was fighting giant tarantulas like something out of Lord of the Rings, or why Belloq was doing the robot dance, why was Jock running with me? In fact I wasn't running I was fighting hovitos while I looked for a wrench? What the hell scene did I miss in Raiders? Look I understand you have to include things to make the game longer but w/ that scene wasn't there enough action? I was expecting to find myself running through the jungle dodging spears and arrows and then swinging onto Jock's plane, instead I was doing maitnence and looking for a wrench, firing a bow and arrow. It took me right out of the game and I was not having fun.
Sorry Lego, no dice, Im passing. I can only hope the other Indy game turns out better.
Btw, I dunno what happened to the title of this thread, can a mod fix that for me...