Light-hearted, humourous fun. Plays just like the other LEGO games but is faithfully Indiana Jones 1-3. Best in Co-op.
User Rating: 7.5 | LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures PC
To be honest, I feel that there isn't much to say about this game. It's Lego. It's Indiana Jones, 3 films to be exact. It's a basic 3rd person, 'hack and slash' game which plays out faithfully to the original films. Puzzles disrupt the linearity and pacing. The enjoyable humour is littered throughout the game, whether it's the cut-scenes, animations or the vehicles and objects which you can interact with. After you complete the game, you can replay the game with the ability to switch characters. Different characters have different weapons (swords, whips, guns etc.) and different abilities such as higher jumps, translating languages etc. The incentive to replay the levels though is to pick up more treasure and to unlock secret areas. Doing so will give you more content to play with in the game's 'hub' which is the academy. Presentation in both visual and audio is excellent. Personality shines through the plastic appearances; Indiana is scared of snakes, looking like the enemy can gain you access to secret areas, Indiana will even kiss Marion if they get paired up at times. The game is simple and easy to get into but the developers at "Traveller's Tale" has struck a great balance in keeping things interesting so you don't get bored so easily. Admittedly however, playing this game on your own will very likely be a dull experience. The game really comes into its own with the co-op mode; the game feels like it's meant to be played with 2 people. Sections of the game require 2 people to be cooperative in order to progress. You can also hit each other intentionally or not, and 'killing' waves of enemies with a buddy by your side is always good fun. Be warned though that some of the platforming elements can be frustrating if one of you aren't good at judging distances and height, particularly when the camera pans out to accommodate 2 people far away from each other. Overall though, this is a good light-hearted game. If you do buy it, buy it with the intention of playing it with another person. 
