Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Lego Indiana Jones




Even though the most recent Indiana Jones game is devoid of blood, heart-rip-outs, and *sniff* the Wilhelm Scream, it is still a lot of fun to play. Especially in two player.



The first thing I would like to point out is, the two player. All of the levels can be played by two people at once. From the very beginning. You can choose to be helpful, or not. You can blow your friend to pieces with most weapons you choose weather it be fists, rocket launchers, pistols, machine guns, hand grenades, swords, crossbows, spears, feet, or random objects kicking around the environment. You could also help out by building, holding bridges open, or fending off the Nazis/village people/crazed knight. Two player is definitely the best way to play (the computer that plays as the other guy when your not in two player has the IQ of a retarded ant.)



One thing that isn't so fun is the all to common glitches. In one level you must scare birds so they will collide with the enemies airplane. In order for it to be adapted to a video game there are three flocks of birds that you have to scare. But, if you accidentally scare them in the wrong order the game freezes up. Some of the items you carry can be dropped. If you drop it in the wrong spot it seems to be teleported to somewhere else in the space-time continuum and isn't able to be recovered, meaning you have to restart the entire level! Often you yourself will get stuck in weird grooves on the not flat ground. Most of these should have been wiped out when the game was tested.



Something that is very interesting is the way all of the movies have been made into Lego. Watching Indy stare down into the pit with Sallah and his Dad was funny in the movie and equally funny in the game. Some of the movies elements were even matched in the levels such as the temple of the grail.



If you enjoy having an inventory of almost sixty people, don't mind a few glitches, or are a fan of the series, this would be a good game to get. You can easily beat the game in several hours, but with tons of secrets and bounuses to unlock it has days, upon days of replay time.