I got my copy of Lego Indiana Jones for my Birthday yesterday and my brother and I are playing the Raiders co op. Its different to watch lego characters spoof the movies with no dialogue. My brother was Indy and I've been Sapito, Jock, and Marion. (My brother has died trying to whip across things so many times I told him I am the one true Jones lol.)
Anyway, its an interesting and fun game to play. The Tot fight scene in the Raven was interesting, the bad guys break apart whenever you hit them. We're in the Cairo scene now.
Does anybody else like Willie's song at the beginning of TOD? I wish they could've used the "Anything Goes" instrumental, but I think it was funny how she sang.
Finished everything a couple of days ago. I thought it was just really fun from start to finish. There was one puzzle that they very poorly implemented (TOD where you have to move a brick and a parcel across platforms) but overall this was the most fun I've had playing a game in a long while. I can chalk a lot of that up to being a longtime Indy fan and just having fun playing a new game in the original film's settings but I also found it fun, cute and humorous in all the right ways.
One of the three bonus levels was really really great but the other two were pretty uninspired from my point of view but it didn't tarnish the game.
I only wish my 1 billion+ treasure studs could still be used for something lol.
If you are an Indy fan I can't see how this isn't a must play and getting all the hidden stuff is just as much fun as the story mode imo.
One of the three bonus levels was really really great but the other two were pretty uninspired from my point of view but it didn't tarnish the game.
The Young Indy level from awesome and the Ancient City was okay, but the Warehouse sucked. To complete the Warehouse
all you have to do is get in the tank and drive to the target and the other side and keep shooting that target till you complete the level. And yes, I figured this out by myself. It was a joke of an extra level
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I wish we could control the raft in ToD as it goes down the mountain and I also wish we could fight Mola Ram on the side of the cliff after the bridge is cut instead of it just being a cutscene. The Motorcycle Escape should have been a more vehicle based level, instead of vehicles just being optional for the most part.
Regardless, I still love, love, love this game and it makes very few omissions to the Indy trilogy unlike SNES's Greatest Adventures (which is still a great game BTW).
Would y'all recommend this for someone who's not really a gamer but just wants everything Indy (and kicks butt at Desktop Adventures, which she did pay for back in 1997, thank you)?
I definitely would. The Lego games are great for non-gamers - they're complex enough to keep you busy and having fun, but still simple enough that you don't have to be the best gamer in the world to do well in them. A great balance.
Would y'all recommend this for someone who's not really a gamer but just wants everything Indy (and kicks butt at Desktop Adventures, which she did pay for back in 1997, thank you)?
The game's rated "E" for everyone. And the rating couldn't be any truer. It is seriously for anyone. Anyone could get into it. I'd say you're not an Indyfan if you DON'T have it.
Does anyone know if the Lego Indy game is out or coming out for the general PC/Mac? I don't have any new-fangled consoles and just think it's a waste of money to buy one just for a single game (plus in years to come, it'd be easier to re-play it on a new PC than not having an out-of-date console, right?)
Is it possible they may release it for the PC/Mac at a later date?
I got mine on pre-order, so it arrived two or three days prior to the release date.... and I finished Raiders pretty damn quickly!
It's the most fun game I've played in a long while. I love the fact that, while the game is fairly faithful in certain aspects to the films, it expands upon them as a whole to create a much more playable environment, and adds its own unique humour to the story, too.
I got the game a few days ago for the DS. I beat it in about 5 hours but it was still really fun. I'm going back to collect everything in the Free Play mode now.
It's a shame Crusade also includes the vaguely unbearable Motorcycle Chase level - maybe I'm just inexperienced, but the mechanics on those vehicles are unbearable, and the bazookas don't help. Only thing I can't stand in the game thus far (having played through the full story).
It's a shame Crusade also includes the vaguely unbearable Motorcycle Chase level - maybe I'm just inexperienced, but the mechanics on those vehicles are unbearable, and the bazookas don't help. Only thing I can't stand in the game thus far (having played through the full story).
My dad thinks the same. That is the only level we're having trouble with. Bazookas in this levels, are Awful
My least favorite level was the mine car chase. That took me a while to do. I ended up having to have someone help me with it. I'm just not good at switching cars. I still haven't found all the treasure chests, nor do I have "True Adventurer" status on that one (only one that I don't).
The "motorcycle" chase was a bad level though. Very little time is actually spent on the motorcycle.
The Car chase(the one that Short Round drives) and the Mine car chase really frustrated me. In the car chase, I got lodged in between a wall and some other object and I couldn't get out and in the mine car chase I kept blowing up.
Hrm, I am 82% done with the game. It's far shorter/easier than the SW games. It's still a blast! My dad actually gets a bigger kick out of it me. He usually makes me turn my games off but this one he lets me play and he can't get over how great of a concept it is. He rolled his eyes when he bought me the SW ones for Christmas one year.... lol
Did anyone else notice that in Shanghai Showdown, when you are trying to put together Short Round's getaway car, that while they play the music used in Emperor's Tomb, they also include the bird chirping? That is the exact same bird chirp from Emperor's Tomb since I listened to that music track several times while playing it. Just thought I'd point that out
