Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Year: 2008
Rating: E10+
Time Played: ~20 hours
Indiana Jones is one of those franchises that I enjoyed growing up, but was probably a bit too adult for me. Considering the amount of graphic violence that popped up in these films, it was easy to just “look away” during these intense moments. Heck, I hadn’t even seen Temple of Doom (1984) until I had moved out on my own. It then seems weird to me that there would be a Lego video game based on this trilogy that’s aimed at older children when the movies themselves probably should have been PG-13.
In terms of gameplay, Lego Indiana Jones is still the same fun, simple, and mindless kind of game that encourages multiple play-throughs of the levels to collect all the items from three movies’ worth of plot. This felt a bit more tedious in this game when compared to the six-film collection in Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga. It also felt like there weren’t nearly as many unique characters to choose from in this game compared to the Star Wars one that only came out a year prior.
Was this game fun? Sure, but I probably didn’t need to suffer through completing the whole thing. The fact that there was a sequel that came out a year later and only added The Crystal Skull made this game feel less necessary. Graphically, I also found this game to be lacking, even though I played it on a PS3 and the Star Wars game on a Wii. Still, if you have a young boy who has loved watching the parts of the Indiana Jones movies that aren’t too scary, this game should be right up their alley.
A little lacking compared to other Lego video games, but still fun, I give Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures 3.5 stars out of 5.
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