Some things, when combined, make something that is greater than the sum of its parts:
Chocolate and peanut butter, pizza and beer, hot dogs and baseball.
To just name a few.
While some things when combined make an experience that can ruin your memory of each thing: Whisky
and vodka, toasters and bathtubs, and scorpions and bikinis.
You get the picture.
So this is Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.
So, is Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures like a great time at the ballpark or a combination
that gets me in trouble every weekend, you can pick which combo I’m talking about.
Released in 2008 the game is luckily one of the good marriages of two products.
If you have played a Lego game before you will know what to expect.
It is an adorable combo of our favorite movies, mixed with out favorite childhood building
toys.
Actually, I was more of a K-nects guy, and I’m not talking about “the future of gaming”
that Microsoft is trying to constantly shove down my throat.
You run around the open locations and smash up everything and collect as many Lego pieces
as you can.
You can use these pieces to buy new characters to play as among other things.
The movies are recreated but just this time with Legos.
You will play through the missions, with each one being directly from the Indiana Jones
Trilogy.
Each mission starts with a Lego character recreation of the memorial scenes from the
movies.
Of course, Legos don’t have vocal chords so all the cut scenes are expressed with grunts
and taunts.
It works well, if you know the movies.
If you are new to the Indiana Jones series, you are going to be pretty lost.
But this shouldn’t really be your first experience with the films.
This game was created for the fans.
Another great thing about the Lego games is the drop-in drop-out multiplayer.
You are always joined by another character, whether it be human or AI controlled.
What’s nice is at any time someone can pick up a controller and play for a little bit,
without having to exit out and restart the level.
The game is a lot of fun with another person, so if you have someone that can join you,
I highly recommend it.
If not the computer does a decent enough job, or you can post an ad on Craigslist.
The levels are fun to play through.
Some things have been expanded from the movies to add more gameplay opportunities.
Such as in Raider, after the bar burns down, the two of you are left in the snowy landscape
and have to battle through enemies and escape.
Expanding these levels to include these new sections did not bother me too much.
I mean it’s not like they had Indy hide in a fridge to survive a nuclear attack.
Right?
That would be a little too ridiculous.
If you like Indiana Jones, or if you like Legos, or if you liked all the other Lego
game, or if you like in general the mixing of franchises, then you should buy this game.
Don’t expect a deep experience but expect to laugh at the cut-scenes and have fun with
the basics of being Indiana Jones.
You will find yourself going back through all the levels trying to collect as many Lego
pieces as you can so you can unlock all the characters.
And with the added fun of the multiplayer it is hard to not have at least some fun while
playing.
The game is like playing tennis naked.
It’s fun, it’s funny and made all the better when done with
a friend.