Video Games : Lego: Indiana Jones (Wii)

Rating: - as good as it gets?
I am not a video gamer and picked this one up by accident for the Wii platform.....woweeee!
Talk about addictive fun, after a hard days work, this sure as hell gets rid of the gremlins and is thoroughly enjoyable.
Tongue in cheek send up of the original series it may be, but it is also totally consuming and great fun.
There are lovely hidden touches throughout the game and graphics are good, as a clever modern day game based on the classic 3 Indiana Jones films it is a sure winner.

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Rating: - Problems with game freezing
Thoroughly enjoyed playing Lego Indy, apart from the game freezing in "Trouble in the Sky". Got no joy with the Activision when I sent them an email with the problem, tried telling me it was my disc then it was my Wii itself causing the problem. My friend has Lego Indy for his Xbox 360, he freezes too in free play mode. It appears that lots of people are having the same problems if you search the internet, although Activision won't accept that there is a general problem with the software. Apart from that what a great game. Completed it in just over a week, very addictive. Cant wait until Lego Batman arrives in September, have pre-ordered my copy!

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Rating: - Just as good as Lego Star Wars - why aren't there more two player games!
With a 5 year old son I am still struggling with adulthood and cannot resist the urge to have a play with my Wii on a far too regular basis. Lego Star Wars and now, Lego Indiana Jones, gives me a great excuse to spend quality time with my son and still be a kid with computer games ... fantastic! There are those who scorn children with computer games and yes, it should be limited. HOWEVER my son is now far more dextrous and solves puzzles and loves to read and build lego as a result of our "Wednesday Wii" afternoons.

The gameplay is nice and simple to understand and the team play works so well (there are puzzles where one person has to be in one place and the other player has to pull a lever at the same time in order to progress). Other occasions where we can work well as a team are where one of us can be duffing up the opposition while the other one dashes about gathering coins and discovering spades and secret panels etc.

As with Star Wars lego you can also create your own personalised character which is great and means that, even when you have completed the game in "Story Mode" you are really only half way through and can start from the beginning again and it never really gets boring. I have to confess though, I have searched on-line for a walk-through, y'know - just in case like! The walkthroughs and codes seem to be fairly easy to find (it's already available on wikicheats.com) and the fast build and fast fix codes are quite useful.

I heard a rumour that they may be doing a Lego Batman game too ... bring it on!

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Rating: - More lego fun !
After playing lego star wars i couldnt wait for this to come out. Ive been playing this a few days now and i havent been dissapointed, more great lego fun. Obviously the game is basically the same format to lego star wars with you playing your way through all 3 films. On first playing i have noticed that the levels seem to be more challenging than lego star wars, so for those who were dissapointed with the ease of lego star wars (i wasnt one of them) should find this more challenging. Again all the humour is present , which makes these lego games rise above similar titles. Ive played a few games on the wii but for me these lego games are te best. I think the beauty of them is that they dont take themselves too seriously. Its just a great romp of lego, humour , action and puzzle solving. enjoy !!

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Rating: - Indiana Jones and the Game of Great Fun
Lego Star Wars was a surprise pleasure when it came out, easy for kids to play, knowing enough to amuse their parents, with plenty of little bonuses and challenges. It made sense to continue that line of games butr after Star Wars Episodes I-VI were finished where was there to go..?

A timely rescue is provided by George Lucas' other great franchise, and Harrison Ford's other great role, the whip-cracking, fedora-wearing, artefact-unearthing pulp adventurer known as Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. The game itself doesn't deviate greatly from the Star Wars Lego concept. Run around and batter objects to collect little coins and become a "True Adventurer". Solve puzzles and work with a friend to access different parts of the environment at the same time. There's Prince of Persia style swinging and wall scaling and plenty of good old fashioned two-fisted adventuring. Some objects may only be uncovered by certain characters, some of whom you unlock, giving an incentive to play through twice in the "free play" mode where you can control several characters at once. The control system is easy to use and largely intuitive utilising the nunchuk's control stick for movement and the Wii Controller for jumping and smashing things.

Its all great one-dimensional fun and is great for mindless relaxation regardless of your age. If Lego Indiana Jones has any great flaw its the similarity of the characters. Where Star Wars had the broad range of Jedi and Sith, bounty hunters and droids, and all sorts of other character types there is a far smaller range available in Indy that makes it just that shade more samey. As criticisms go its not by any means damning... This is a great little game and highly recommended.