Lego: Indiana Jones Review

I have always been a fan of Lego, specifically Star Wars Lego, and have spent many a day building X-Wings, the Millennium Falcon, Star Destroyers etc. and so my childhood became totally filled, as did my bedroom, with the plastic blocks that inspired me to create. And as such when Lego Star Wars released I snapped up the oppurtuntiy and spent many a happy hour on my PS2 playing the game through with my brother. Granted that was six years ago and entertainment for an eleven year old is slightly easier to sort out, just make it simple. Since then I became a fan of the Indiana Jones series and so with the release of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Lego decided to release a game based on that.

It was one of the three games that came bundled with our Xbox 360, along with Halo 3 and the adaptation of Kung Fu Panda. By then I had grown up somewhat and so Lego wasn't that appealing to me in the first place any more and the game seemed to be exactly the same. Unappealing.

The story is a watered down tale of Indiana Jones's movies with out the death, or if there has to be done in such a way that it becomes comical and innocent. I remember trying it out with my younger sister, thinking it would hold the same amusement that my and my brother shared when we were younger with the star wars iteration but it was not to be. Instead of finding family happy time I became furious at the controls and the spawn system. Should you die it respawn you instantly next to your partner who, should it be A.I. or close to the cliff, instantly makes you fall to your death again without any means to over ride the event yourself.

Replaying back a couple of years later, and after having anger management classes and rehab for insane psychopathic gamers, I replayed the first level to refresh my memory for this review, and it isn't that bad. I mean, it's a kid game so won't have me hooked and I imagine it does better on a family orientated console like the wii but its got that factor that kids love and are happy to replay again and again. Lego seems to know what they are doing with these types of games. It is not something I would play too often but as a bit of fun for younger children it is up there with Lego: Star Wars and watching stupid, annoying, Disney cartoons that make any slightly mature person's eyes bleed.

6 out of 10

J Stanley