Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures | 
| From: LucasArts Entertainment
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 672
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: DVD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 33318
Model: 33318
UPC: 023272333188
EAN: 0023272333188
ASIN: B0012DS470
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Swim, climb, and shimmy | | • | Use a variety of weapons from the environment | | • | Use Indy's signature whip as a multi-purpose tool | | • | Unlock more than 60 playable characters | | • | Mix-and-match lego parts to create unique characters |
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Product Description
Imagine being able to play with Legos without having to get all the pieces. Now you can with Lego Indiana Jones. It takes the fun and creative construction of LEGO and combines it with the wits, daring and non-stop action from the original cinematic adventures. With a tongue-in-cheek take on these original adventures, LEGO Indiana Jones follows Dr. Jones's escapades through the jungles of South America to the mountaintops of India where you will build, battle and brawl your way through your favorite moments, from Indy's entanglements with snakes to his dashing boulder run.
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Your Favorite Hero in Lego Form LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures takes the fun and creative construction of LEGO and combines it with the wits, daring and non-stop action from the original cinematic adventures that enthralled audiences everywhere (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). With a unique tongue-in-cheek take on the original adventures, LEGO Indiana Jones follows Dr. Jones escapades through the jungles of South America to the mountaintops of India. Fans can build, battle and brawl their way through their favorite cinematic moments, from Indy’s entanglements with snakes to his dashing boulder run. Of course, pop culture’s most iconic archaeologist will whip through all the classic moments with the help of a host of supporting characters including Marion Ravenwood and Short Round. Players can also mix and match the body parts of more than 60 playable characters to create new heroes just as they could in the best-selling LEGO Star Wars games. | Key Features
- Everyone’s favorite fedora wearing hero returns to theaters this May in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and families can celebrate the humor and excitement of the original films with LEGO Indiana Jones.
- Tongue-in-cheek humor presents The Original Adventures in a manner only LEGO can whip up, with comical reinterpretations of classic Indiana Jones scenes and elements.
- Use Indy’s signature whip as a multi-purpose tool to attack, disarm, swing across gaps, activate levers and interact with a world of LEGO objects and puzzles.
- For the first time, LEGO Indy characters are fully immersed in their environment; swim, climb, shimmy across rock ledges and pick up and carry objects.
- Use a variety of weapons from the environment to fight enemies (e.g., chairs, guns, swords, bottles).
- Unlock more than 60 playable characters, including villains and supporting characters (Marion Ravenwood, Short Round, Rene Belloq, Willie Scott, Marcus Brody, Jones Senior and Mola Ram).
- Character specific abilities include excavation by Satipo, an umbrella slide by Marcus Brody, and monkey access by Marion Ravenwood.
- Create unique playable characters like Sallah Scott or Mola Round by mixing and matching the LEGO body parts of all playable characters.
- Explore the globe and solve puzzles that encourage creative thinking through the use of teamwork and unique building situations only possible in a LEGO world.
- Cooperative gameplay encourages parents to share the legacy of Indiana Jones with their children in a fun and humorous way.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Solid: Great Game For All June 7, 2008
Kevin R. Haughn (San Diego, CA)
25 out of 27 found this review helpful
LEGO Indiana Jones is a sweet game. Of course, this is in line with the LEGO Star Wars (LSW) series that kicked us off. Also, this release coincides with the movie release, just like the Star Wars series.
There are really three aspects of these LEGO video games that apply: ease of play (all ages), strategy, and hilarious humor. LEGO Indiana Jones (LIJ) definitely hits these aspects up - such a fun game.
If you have played the LSW series, you are familiar with the basic controls: four buttons for action, jump, attack, and special. When in Free Play mode, you use the character switch button as well. Same concept here. So easy a child can play and enjoy it, but therefore good for adults as well!
The strategy is more for the older kids (ages 10 and up), I think. The strategic elements of the game are primarily in the Free Play mode, such as deciding which characters to use for which scenarios. Also, a youngster may not fully comprehend the abilities of Indy and his whip. And that is a new feature in this LEGO video game (sort of... more like an expansion of an old theme, I suppose) - your character interacts with the environment differently. For example, in LIJ, you can use the whip to disarm enemies, activate levers, and perform puzzle solutions. It's just a tad different (kind of a mix, really) of the LSW strategies. But you will notice some similarities and understand what I mean by "an expansion of an old theme." Basically, if you played the LSW series, this will be familiar to you; if not, it won't be that difficult, especially for the older players.
Another cool aspect of the environment is that your players can fully interact with it now. This is new. Basically, you can now swim, climb, and pick up objects and whatnot. Also, you can use the objects that you pick up - like chairs, bottles, etc. - to inflict damage on your enemies. This makes the game even more entertaining as the possibilities are quite varied with each play.
In the LSW series, the graphics were very cool and true to the films that they represented (down to the sound effects and music). LIJ is no different - you will love the ambience as it recreates the places that Indiana visited in the movies. It is so cool interacting in the places that you watched on film at a younger age (some 20 years ago) - it's like watching the movie again, only it is more exciting now because you are in engaging in it!
Another thing that delighted me was the number of characters that you can unlock. I won't give away any secrets, but basically, if you saw them in one of the three movies, you will see them in LIJ, as well. It is super-cool to play with the good guys and villains, as each have their own specialty moves and whatnot. Plus, it brings back memories with all the rest of the game interaction. Very cool. (Interesting that Indy is the focus of the movie/game, and yet there are over 60 characters you will be unlocking!)
And like LSW2, you can "create" your own characters. That is, you can mix and match character body parts to essentially create new people to play with in the Free Play mode. Kinda cool if you like the whacky things, but I did not find it particularly cool - sometimes it is not practical: like putting female body parts with a male's head. Kind of like LSW2 where you could put C3PO's head on Princess Leia's body. It's funny, in some ways, but not necessarily the coolest. That is all I am saying.
Anyway, to wrap this up, LEGO Indiana Jones is a superb game. I recommend it for people who like to play vastly simple and exceedingly fun games. Also, if you have kids, the simplicity will make it a playable game for them. However, unlike the LEGO Star Wars series, they may not be as familiar with Indiana Jones (unless you showed them the latest movie that just came out or have the previous collection). My recommendation is that if your kid was not overly impressed with Indiana Jones in the movie(s), then LEGO Indiana Jones may not be too fun for them as a video game, even if they like the LEGOs. That is, the LEGO theme should not be the reason why you purchase this game - Indiana Jones should be. Just a recommendation.
But other than that, I love these sorts of games. They generally take about 40 hours to complete, and if you shelve them for a moderate amount of time, you will still enjoy picking them back up and playing them later on, trying to rediscover all the hidden spots for things. Very fun concept, easy gameplay, and good strategy - and you will crack up playing it, too. An easy 5-star rating.
(P.S. I recommend the Windows/PC version over the game console versions, by the way, because of greater capabilities and a generally lower price. However, if you already have the consoles and are not a big computer player, then you will still have as much fun.)
 Rush it Out, Patch it Later! June 12, 2008
John Keitz (Nevada)
13 out of 25 found this review helpful
Unfortunately, this game just wasn't ready to be released. Since the new movie is out, Lucas Arts had to capitlize on the momentum, and they released a partially functional game.
Out of the box, run the installer. Everything looks good until it refuses to run because I have an "emulator" running. Copy protection paranoia. I go to the support site, and there is information about a combination of Dell and Roxio which trips this block. I download the patch (even though I have an HP and Roxio) and the error message goes away. Fortunately, I know what I am doing, but I feel for the average parent who just wants to get a game for the kids.
OK, patch installed, nothing but a black screen for over fifteen minutes. The only way to get the game to start with the patch is to run the task manager and switch to the Lego Indiana Jones app. Again, I pity the uninformed.
Once the game finally runs, there is no sound, only music. The game plays, but the graphics are jerky and I have to turn the settings down (I have many games and a pretty advanced system, and this is the ONLY game I have EVER had to turn down anything on!).
At first, it insists that player one be the keyboard, while only player two may use the game pad. Nothing would let me change that. Today, I discover that whatever you touch when the game starts determines which control will be player 1. Seriously! Completely idiotic. Nevertheless, make sure if you can run this game that you DO NOT TOUCH THE KEYBOARD WHEN THE GAME STARTS!
The gameplay, graphics, and music are nearly equal to the Star Wars ones, but the lack of sound effects is irritating.
If you really must buy this game, wait until we are done beta testing it and the patches are all available.
The experience with this game has made me re-think my pre-order for Lego Batman. My son really wants that one, but he is frustrated with this experience too!
 Dispenses with some of the more tedious activities in Lego Star Wars June 10, 2008
JBT (Reality, USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'll be drawing a lot of comparisons to Lego Star Wars OT in this review. I figure most people that are interested in this title are already familiar with the Star Wars titles.
First and foremost, you are going to want to make sure that your computer can handle the system requirements. This game requires a graphics card with shader model 2.0. Most GPUs in computers these days meet that requirement, but it is best to check beforehand. If you are unsure, a demo of the game is available online. If you can run the demo, you can run the full version of the game.
The game allows the use of the keyboard to control the game, but the controls become somewhat cumbersome during the jumping puzzles. I would also recommend using a gamepad. The game fully supports the X-box 360 controller and many others.
Lego Indy has one commanding plus over Lego Star Wars (L:SW), it is far less tedious. In L:SW, if you wanted to unlock everything the game had to offer you had to revisit each level multiple times. You also had to play all of the levels in story mode all over again one after the next to complete the Super Story mode.
Lego Indy has removed the Super Story mode and the minimum stud collection requirement in Free Play (known as "True Jedi" in L:SW, and "True Adventurer" in Lego Indy). Lego Indy has also lowered the cost of all the unlockables. This makes the game feel much shorter, but also removes some of the more tedious elements found in L:SW. This ends up being a mixed blessing. On one hand I've found that it makes the game very short, on the other hand the game wouldn't be more enjoyable by making stud collection a drawn out process or by making you repeat the same levels over and over again.
As far as puzzles go, Lego Indy uses a combination of digging, repairing, high jumping (the jedi double jump in L:SW), exploding silver barriers, thugee (limited character entry only in L:SW), hieroglyph solving (limited character entry only in L:SW with the added caveat of solving a quick memory game), entering small tunnels (as in L:SW), using the whip to access areas, and guard stations (limited character entry only in L:SW). Power bricks are replaced by finding parcels and a post box to mail them in and there aren't any pure vehicle levels like there were in L:SW.
All the standard cheats that were available in L:SW are also present in Lego Indy. Lego Indy also has many characters that can be unlocked, but this time around they feel more generic, as the Indy universe has less unique characters to work with.
Some of the jumping puzzles are a bit tricky, as the controls are often inconsistent when jumping off ladders and ledges. A few jumping puzzles become frustrating, especially in story mode, as the distance that needs to be jumped is right at the character's jumping distance limit, meaning you'll probably have to try several times before you make that jump. This is especially frustrating in areas where you make several jumps just to miss that last one and have to go through an elaborate sequence to arrive at your next attempt.
There are a few kinks. I found myself in situations where my character would spawn over pits or other obstacles resulting in an endless cycle of dying until you revert control to the other character. Lego Indy also employs a new feature where one character remains stationary, like on a switch or movable block, while the other completes a puzzle or moves the block the other is standing on. The CPU controlled character often has problems staying put and doing what you would expect them to do. In most cases this is just an indication that you are solving puzzles out of sequence, but in some cases it's an obvious bug.
All in all this is a great game, one that shouldn't be missed. Lego Star Wars has the slight edge as far as variety goes, but this game makes up for it in avoiding much of L:SW's tedium.
Indiana Jones Lego PC Game Review June 11, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'm 9 years old and this is my first review. I have the game for Windows XP on a 3 year old laptop and had no problems installing it. I think Lego Indiana Jones is a great game. You can do more things than in Lego Star Wars. For example, you can pick things up and use them like dynamite, shovels, wrenches, and books. Also you can disarm people with your whip, and take the weapon they have from them. The only bad thing about Lego Indiana Jones is that it takes a while to load the scenes. I would highly recommend for anyone who likes a challenge and that enjoyed Lego Star Wars. But it is different in many ways than Lego Star Wars.
It Looks Fun... June 8, 2008
Kayak Man (Seattle, WA)
7 out of 17 found this review helpful
I bought this for my son for his birthday. A week after buying it, we still can't get it to run correctly. We have already had to download a major patch from the manufacturer, but it still runs choppy and freezes.
You might want to wait for them to work all of the bugs out before you buy.
My son is still very disappointed.
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