Product Description

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures takes the fun and creative construction of LEGO and combines it with the wits, daring and non-stop action from the original cinematic adventures that enthralled audiences everywhere (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). With a unique tongue-in-cheek take on the original adventures, LEGO Indiana Jones follows Dr. Jones escapades through the jungles of South America to the mountaintops of India. Fans can build, battle and brawl their way through their favourite cinematic moments, from Indys entanglements with snakes to his dashing boulder run.

Of course, pop cultures most iconic archaeologist will whip through all the classic moments with the help of a host of supporting characters including Marion Ravenwood and Short Round. Players can also mix and match the body parts of more than 60 playable characters to create new heroes just as they could in the best-selling LEGO Star Wars games.

• Everyones favourite fedora wearing hero returns to theatres this May in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and families can celebrate the humor and excitement of the original films with LEGO Indiana Jones.
• Tongue-in-cheek humour presents The Original Adventures in a manner only LEGO can whip up, with comical reinterpretations of classic Indiana Jones scenes and elements.
• Use Indys signature whip as a multi-purpose tool to attack, disarm, swing across gaps, activate levers and interact with a world of LEGO objects and puzzles.
• For the first time, LEGO Indy characters are fully immersed in their environment; swim, climb, shimmy across rock ledges and pick up and carry objects.
• Use a variety of weapons from the environment to fight enemies (e.g., chairs, guns, swords, bottles).
• Unlock more than 60 playab

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1132 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2008-06-17
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
• Platform: Xbox 360

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LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures takes the fun and creative construction of LEGO and combines it with the wits, daring and non-stop action from the original cinematic adventures that enthralled audiences everywhere (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). With a unique tongue-in-cheek take on the original adventures, LEGO Indiana Jones follows Dr. Jones escapades through the jungles of South America to the mountaintops of India. Fans can build, battle and brawl their way through their favorite cinematic moments, from Indy’s entanglements with snakes to his dashing boulder run.

Of course, pop culture’s most iconic archeologist will whip through all the classic moments with the help of a host of supporting characters including Marion Ravenwood and Short Round. Players can also mix and match the body parts of more than 60 playable characters to create new heroes just as they could in the best-selling LEGO Star Wars games.

Manufacturer's Description
interact with a world of LEGO objects and puzzles;For the first time, LEGO Indy characters are fully immersed in their environment; swim, climb, shimmy across rock ledges and pick up and carry objects;Use a variety of weapons from the environment to fight enemies (e.g., chairs, guns, swords, bottles);Unlock more than 60 playable characters, including villains and supporting characters (Marion Ravenwood, Short Round, Rene Belloq, Willie Scott, Marcus Brody, Jones Senior and Mola Ram);Character specific abilities include excavation by Satipo, an umbrella slide by Marcus Brody, and monkey access by Marion Ravenwood;Create unique playable characters like Sallah Scott or Mola Round by mixing and matching the LEGO body parts of all playable characters;Explore the globe and solve puzzles that encourage creative thinking through the use of teamwork and unique building situations only possible in a LEGO world;Cooperative gameplay encourages parents to share the legacy of Indiana Jones with their children in a fun and humorous way.

Customer Reviews

Lego AND Indiana Jones?! Fantastic!
Well Lego have done it again, taken a well known franchise and made a solid gold lego series out of it! Can there be a better combination?

This game is the most fun I have had from playing a video game in a LONG time! Everything about it is just right and you can tell that the developers (Travellers Tales) were huge fans of the films and not just game developers. A whole load of care and attention to detail has made it into this game.

The graphics are good, as good as the limitations of lego can go at any rate. The scenery and backgrounds are almost identical to those in the films and somehow seem to intergrate with the lego elements nicely whilst still making items easy to spot. Key artifacts, vehicles and other items from the three films are all replicated faithfully in lego! The characters are just wonderful! Especially Indy and Henry Jones Sr! Some of the female characters are not instantly recognisable mostly because lego decide they should all have typical female lips which limits individual detail to the face, but that's just being picky now!

Levels are fun and action packed. Mostly puzzle based involving building things out of lego to progress. Scenery can be broken up to reveal Lego studs which you need to collect to raise your score and buy new characters and other extras. All characters have different abilities and tools which react to different items in the game and you'll sometimes need to use more than one character at a time (There are always at least 2 in play) Henry Jones Sr. can translate symbols to open secret passages, Sallah can dig for items and Indy can use his whip to swing and pull on items. Vehicles can be driven including key vehicles from the films such as the German trucks, Short Round's car, motorbike and sidecar, speedboats in venice and also animals such as camels, elephants and horses.

Each film is split into 6 levels making a total of 18 seperate levels all jam packed with action, puzzle solving and storyline. You don't need to worry about violence as lego people just break appart into pieces and it's all very cartoonesque. Nazi's are replaced with "enemies" and "soldiers" and where possible some scenes have been filtered for violent content. Considering the dark themes of the films, Travellers Tales did a fantastic job at keeping the Indy spirit alive in a very lighthearted game.

The typical Indiana Jones humour is so similar to the humour used by Lego that some scenes have just been more or less pulled straight from the films! The cutscenes are an absolute treasure in themselves and a very suitable reward for playing through the levels. They depict the key scenes and not much detail is missed out. They do move rather fast and I wonder if non Indy watchers will be able to follow. (Are there such people?!) Wonderfully animated they will have you laughing out loud and remembering your favourite scenes from the films. Cutscenes lead on seemlessly to the next level and you'll forget that you're playing with Lego, it's a top notch Indiana Jones experience!

The replay value is immense, you'll need to go back and play again to find all the hidden artefacts as some special characters need to be used in order to find them. Love and care has gone into this game and die hard Indiana fans will have trouble finding fault. Even the names of the achievements will have you chuckling as they've truly picked the best lines to sum each level! This game has got a whole charm and appeal of it's own, the best £30 I've spent and well worth every penny! If you love Lego and love Indiana Jones... buy it now!

Jump, jump , jump...
Having played the Lego Star wars game I was really looking forward to this. Lego star wars was a lot of fun and very original. This is not anywhere near as good. It is still fun to play but could have been so much better. A lot of the original game play in star wars has been repetitively replaced by, at times near frustrating, jump sequences. Was this to pad out the game or did the creators genuinely run out of ideas? Anyway it is fun and will have replay value in the free play mode but it is not as original and varied as Star Wars. Wait until it comes down in price would be my advice.

Great Fun!!!
This is a great game! Lego Indy is better than Lego Star Wars because of the new additions to the gameplay. Most levels are great except for some longwinded ones but overall 4/5