Metareview: LEGO Indiana Jones

by David Hinkle { Jun 3rd 2008 at 8:00PM }

With LEGO Indiana Jones releasing this week, many of you were likely dying to get your hands on it. But, wouldn't you like to see what some reviews say before you decide if this is a rental or a purchase? Well then, check out the snippets of text below.

IGN (80/100) liked what they played, lauding the game for keeping the formula fun: "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."

Gamespy (80/100) says that the game is quite fun, even if a bit simplistic: "The gameplay may be relatively simplistic, but with their great sense of humor, clever level design, and tons of hidden secrets, gamers of all ages can enjoy them. Now the real question is, how long do we have to wait until we see a LEGO-ized "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"?"

Gamespot (80/100) found the game to be quite charming: "Lego Indiana Jones serves as the expected progression from the Lego Star Wars games. The great pacing, humorous cutscenes, and challenging-but-not-cheap puzzles make this the most enjoyable Lego game yet. It's not the hardest game, but it has enough hidden goodies to make you play through more than once. Both newcomers and diehard fans of Traveller's Tales' previous Lego offerings will find plenty to enjoy here."

Nintendo Power (75/100) says: "Ultimately, the main draw of LEGO Indiana Jones is playing through many of the movies' most memorable moments in the charming LEGO style, and the game definitely succeeds in doing that." [July 2008, p.87]

Gallery: LEGO Indiana Jones

Tags: indiana-jones, lego, lego-indiana-jones, travellers-tales

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

crazypenguin @ Jun 3rd 2008 8:26PM

why would nintendo power run a lower rating than everyone else? that seems sort of silly, unless of course they want people to buy 1st party games instead...

TheFreak @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:10PM

Wouldn't be the first time they placed a curious score in their mag (See Okam-Wii).

igorponweed @ Jun 3rd 2008 8:43PM

W00t! Unfortunatley, I hear the motion controls aren't good, so this will be a PS3 purchase.

Steven @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:46PM

I picked this up for my 9 year-old son today. WE had a blast tonight playing it. We did hit a glitch of the 3rd or 4th level that made us have to exit without saving. But overall it's a fun game.

gaboumafou @ Jun 4th 2008 9:49AM

Does anyone know if player 2 can use the GC controller in this game? This will make me decide if I get the Wii or PS2 version...

Michael Sliczniak @ Jun 4th 2008 10:04AM

My son saved his money for this. I picked it up for him yesterday. I'd say that the puzzles are trickier than those on the GC Lego Star Wars games. We got the PS2 version of Indy since it was $10 cheaper. The graphics for the PS2 version are much worse than they were on for the Lego Star Wars games on both the GC and PS2. Also that PS2 controller is complicated, somehow with the game cube controller you just 'know' what button to push. But with the PS2 I keep pressing the wrong button. I think it is because they are all the same while the GC buttons are different shapes. The should have let you use the GC controller in the Wii version. Actually there should have been a GC version period.

Oh my son loves it. We played maybe two hours last night with me jumping in and helping-out. I think it is a great game too, funny, tricky, not violent in any real sense, and that 'dad help me out' mode is great about it too.

Alex @ Jun 4th 2008 1:12PM

I am hopefully going to get this game this weekend, but I am a bit dissipointed you can't use the Classic Controller for the Wii version, I don't like the idea of having to dig and whip using motion.