Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
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| Developer(s) | Traveller's Tales |
| Publisher(s) | LucasArts |
| Engine | Modified Lego Star Wars II engine [1] |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360 [2] |
| Release date | NA June 3, 2008[3] AUS June 4, 2008 EU June 6, 2008[4] |
| Genre(s) | Action, Adventure[5] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E10+ PEGI: 7+ BBFC: U |
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures is a 2008 video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by LucasArts.[6] The game allows players to recreate moments (albeit more humorously) from the first three Indiana Jones films. It features the same drop in/out co-operative play mode as seen in the Lego Star Wars video games, although it is restricted to local console play. The game was released on June 3, 2008 in the United States and Canada, and June 6, 2008 in Europe. A downloadable demo for Windows was made available on May 13, 2008.
Like Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, new moves include clinging onto branches during a jump using Indy's whip.[7] As a promotion, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga features Indy as an unlockable playable character. [8]
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[edit] Development
The game is designed to be family friendly and unlike the films, the game follows the Lego Indiana Jones theme in avoiding references to Nazism.
It was initially reported that the game would allow up to four players in co-operative mode,[9] but this later turned out to be a miscommunication. While four characters may be visible on the screen, only two can be controlled by players. On the Nintendo DS, up to eight characters may be in the party, but only two may be visible on the screen.
The game incorporates character phobias; for example, if Indiana Jones sees a snake, Willie sees a spider (excluding giant tarantulas), Henry Jones Senior sees a rat, or Elsa sees any of the above, they will be frozen with fear and have limited movement capacity until the animals are gone.
[edit] Gameplay
The game follows the storylines from the original Indiana Jones films: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The objective of the levels is to get to the end, collecting Lego studs to earn the True Adventurer title along the way.
LucasArts has placed hidden treasure chests throughout the game to take the place of the minikits from Lego Star Wars. There are 10 chests in each level and if you collect them all, a bonus artifact will be in the artifact room at Barnett College. Some levels contain buried bonuses to help find the missing treasure chest. There are also red parcels that take the place of red bricks to unlock bonuses. Once you collect the parcel you must carry it to a red post slot to truly unlock it. There is a mail room for all the parcels the player has collected, with a special prize for players who have collected all parcels.
Each character featured in the game has his/her own unique ability. Satipo is able to dig things from the ground, female characters like Marion Ravenwood and Elsa Schneider are able to high jump unlike male characters. Willie Scott is also able to break glass with her screaming, and Thuggee characters can activate statues and find secret passages. Certain characters like Henry Jones, Sr., Rene Belloq, and Walter Donovan can solve hieroglyph puzzles to either progress through Story mode or find secret areas in Free Play. Lego Indiana Jones allows players to customize characters and make their own creation like Belloq Jones or Colonel Toht. [10]
Barnett College serves as the hub for all the missions. A new feature not seen in the Lego Star Wars series allows the player to interact with objects in their environment (e.g. bottles, swords and guns). Players can also build and ride vehicles (e.g. In the level "The Hunt for Sir Richard", players are able to hop on a boat in Venice, and ride an elephant in the "Pankot Secrets" level from The Temple of Doom).
Notable scenes have been recreated from the movies, such as the iconic boulder escape and the fight on the rope bridge, as well as Walter Donovan choosing the wrong Holy Grail.
Han Solo is a special unlockable character for free play, and can be unlocked by finding the following Star Wars characters in various levels: Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, R2-D2, and C-3PO. Finding these five minifigures unlocks Han Solo as a playable character. Also, Santa Claus and Dancing Girl 2 are playable characters for the Free Play mode if the "Secret Characters" extra is purchased. Santa is only playable in the "Into The Mountains" level, and Dancing Girl 2 is only playable in the "Shanghai Showdown" level.
[edit] Differences between the movies and the game
- The movie shows how Toht and Belloq found the Well of Souls, wheareas it is a mystery in the game.
- In the "Pursuing the Ark" level, Sallah gets on the truck with Indy, whereas Indy drives alone in the film.
- At the end of the "Pankot Secrets" level, Mola Ram does not remove the victim's heart before lowering him into the lava. In the movie, he does. Also, in the film the victim is burned in the pit and dies, but in the game he is still alive when he comes back up, which shows that his clothes were burned off of him, except for the underwear.
- In the middle of the "Desert Ambush" level, Henry Jones Sr. and Marcus Brody do not get captured in the tank, whereas in the movie they do.
- In the game, it is shown how Marcus was captured by Walter Donovan and Elsa, but not in the movie.
- In the game, Sallah shows up by accident, whereas in the film he meets up with the Jones's.
- In the game Donovon is alone when he chooses the grail, but in the film he is with Elsa.
- In the end of " The Lost Temple", Satipo does not die from the spike wall trap like he does in the film, instead he just sides with Belloq giving Indy a little grin.
- In the game, the Grail Knight attacks Indy while Indy's looking for the grail. This does not happen in the movie.
- In the film, Indy completes the challenges alone, but in the game he is with Sallah
[edit] Reception
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| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B |
| GamePro | 9/10 |
| GameSpot | 8/10 |
| IGN | 8/10 |
| Official Nintendo Magazine | 82% |
| TeamXbox | 8.5/10 |
| X-Play | 4/5 |
| Compilations of multiple reviews | |
| Compiler | Score |
| Metacritic | 77%[11] |
| Game Rankings | 77%[12] |
- IGN gave the game an 8/10 for the the Nintendo DS, XBOX 360, PS3, PS2 and the Wii[13][14] and 7.7/10 for the PSP.[15] which is about the same as the Lego Star Wars games.
- X-Play gave it a 4 out of 5, saying that it had everything an Indy fan could want, but it is not as fun as Lego Star Wars.[16]
- Official Playstation Magazine UK gave the game an 8/10, praising the immersive nature of the game, and praising the series's choices of source material.
- Official Nintendo Magazine gave the game 82%, just about the same as Lego Star Wars, saying it was very similar and not much has improved.
[edit] References
- ^ Lego Indiana Jones Q&A - Xbox 360 News at GameSpot
- ^ "LEGO Indiana Jones Video Game for 7 Platforms", TheRaider.net, 2008-01-22. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Eurogamer: Lego Indiana Jones dated for Europe June 6 - Joystiq
- ^ GoNintendo » Blog Archive » Play.com Live press release confirms June 6th Euro release for Lego Indiana Jones- What are you waiting for?
- ^ Lego Indian Jones: The Original Adventures Page. GamePro. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ Lego Indy: First concrete details (2008-02-07). Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- ^ SDCC 07: LEGO Indiana Jones: The Video Game. IGN.com (27 July 2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
- ^ Video confirming Indiana Jones at GameTrailers
- ^ ‘LEGO Indiana Jones’ Impressions, Including Four-Player Co-Op And Important Monkey Details. MTV (2008-02-18). Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ ‘LEGO Indiana Jones’ Fact Correction — Game Will Not Feature Four-Player Co-Op After All, Miscommunication Cited (2008-02-21). Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
- ^ LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (xbox360: 2008): Reviews - Metacritic
- ^ Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures Reviews - Gamerankings
- ^ IGN XBOX 360 Review
- ^ IGN PS3 Review
- ^ IGN PSP Review
- ^ X-Play Review
[edit] External links
- Official site
- LEGO Indiana Jones PC Review
- Games for Windows listing
- Look at some topics here to see the different glitches
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