Review of Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures for Playstation 3

If you jump directly into playing the newly released Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures for the Playstation 3, you may become a wee bit confused on what the heck is going on.

So before you pop this game disc into your console, I recommend you go and brush up on your Indiana Jones history by popping in the ol' DVD, because to be honest my Indy memory vault was also pretty blank, and playing the game listening to the little Lego men grunt at each other during cut scenes was more than confusing. I didn't know what was going on. Luckily my boyfriend was able to walk me through what the point was, because if he had not been there I wouldn't of truly grasped the plot.

With that said though, I must be completely honest...even if my boyfriend had not been there to help me figure out the grunting Lego dialog cut scenes, I still would of had a kick ass time just playing the game.

Lego Indiana Jones for the PS3 is basically all 3 Indiana Jones movies made into a game. The plot follows the same plots that the movies had, only they were more difficult to understand in the game as I have stated previously.

Game play:
 
I found myself seriously obsessed with this game for the entire weekend. Staying up till 4am to play was well worth it in my opinion.

In Lego Indiana Jones you start the game off using your main Lego character- Indiana, he however has a partner.

I was immediately taken back by this because I thought it was going to be another Shrek The Third type game, where you have to direct each character over a bridge, or over a mountain... only they won't follow you when you walk, instead they sit there, and you have to switch back and forth from character to character.

With Lego Indy, this was not the case. You have 2 characters, one character is of course always Indiana. The second character will be any random important character from the movies. You can switch from Indy to the other character by pressing the triangle button. Indiana who comes with a whip, and the other character who has amazing jumping abilities. All in all you need one another to finish certain scenes in the game.

If you want you can also plug in a second remote, and 2 people can play with one another.

In the game besides bashing your way thorough enemies, you also build things.

Randomly in the environment you will come across scattered pieces of Lego's; you can tell these Lego's are different from other Lego's, because they will slightly hop up and down.

By walking over to the pile and pressing the O button, you can have Indiana Jones build something out of those pieces. For instance making a boat to sail across a body of water, or creating a step ladder to climb. It is always interesting to see what is going to be made. Unfortunately you do not construct the object based on your own imaginations creativity. You pretty much just sit in front of the pile, press the O button, and see what comes of it.

Besides constructing objects out of loose objects your characters also have the ability to use weapons, and tools to help advance them further into the game.

Guns, cars, shovels, wrench's, and other objects will be used in the game to complete the missions main puzzle.

What I liked best about Lego Indiana Jones though was the fact that the game is an adventure and a puzzle all in one. It's as if you get two different platforms for the price of one.

In order to advance to the next level you must figure out how to do it. Not everything is written out in stone for you, and solving a puzzle is sometimes more difficult than one would imagine.

For instance, you may have to figure out how to open a gate while mobs of enemies are constantly trying to stop you from moving forward, or kill an extremely strong Lego enemy without actually hitting him by punching, or shooting him.

What I thought was particularly odd in the game though was the fact that even though my character would die, he would pop back up and start fighting right in the same spot he died. Basically this is awesome for young children who do not like to die, and start an entire mission over, but for older gamers there is really no sense of accomplishment if you die and just pick up right where you left off.

Pretty much, you can die in the same spot over and over, and over again and there will be no consequences except for the loss of a few coins here and there.

Another issue I had during game play was the cameras angles. At times there would be certain cliffs or mountains I would have to jump to, or areas where I'd have to swing on to a rope to make my way across to the other side. The camera angles though are relatively fixed on one spot, so positioning them to make it easier to view was impossible, and a little annoying.

Besides these minor drawbacks though Lego Indiana Jones is by far one of the funnest games I have played on the Playstation 3 so far. I was glad to see a game released that both girls and boys would enjoy. From a female stand point, there are just far too many war games and racing games out there for the console that are aimed at boys, and men. The titles with girls and women in mind are scarce.

Although some would label Indiana Jones a guy thing, I have to disagree. This game is aimed at everybody.
 
Graphics:
 
Although this is a Lego Video game, I must say that they did quite a decent job on the graphics. Some areas in the game are a bit dull, but you seriously get more glorified beauty in the game than you do dull scenes.

Cut scenes in particular are done up beautifully, and certain environments are also done up just as well, if not better than cut scenes.

Music:
 
The Indiana Theme song seems to play over and over again in the background. It's not bothersome when you are playing the game; in fact it fits perfectly. However as soon as you turn the game off, you will find yourself humming the theme song till you fall asleep.

Overall:
 
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures is the best game I have played for the PS3 since getting the console about a month ago. I've played quite a few titles, many with wicked gnarly graphics; but so far nothing has come close to being more enjoyable than Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.