i love this game. what else is there to say? there are lots of missions and it's fun too!

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My 5 year old LOVES this game and my 33 year old husband as well! They have a great time playing it.

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My 9 year old adores this game. Safe with no adult themes and he plays it a lot. Great game to play with the kids.

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I purchased this game for my 9 year old grandson as he had to have it for Christmas. He was thrilled and so was I.

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I purchased this game for my son's 9th birthday and he loves playing the game.

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When this game was announced I thought it would be a cheap revision of the first one (that was pretty good by the way). I thought it would be the first game with an additional hub for Crystal Skull movie, but NO! The game was made from scratch, with a much improved game engine. It's not so driven by the movie stories like the first one, but it freed the game developers to produce a serious LEGO madness... Indy style!

The co-op was improved as well, and now you and your partner can work on different parts of the stage without distance limitations, and that increases the fun in co-op play a lot.

In short, Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, is a great game for both Indy and LEGO franchises.

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My family loves this game. The differences from the other Indiana Jones game are good, we can drive more vehicles, (my son loves the tree cutter) the puzzles are more challenging, we actually have to target the items to shoot or whip, the solutions are not as obvious as before, the split screen is great, (no more dragging the other player) the boss fights are fun and my son has already spent hours building his own level. Changing up the formula is a good thing, it keeps the game interesting. I wouldn't want to buy a new version of the same game, please continue to make changes and improvements, good job developers. I'm looking forward to the Harry Potter game. Maybe they'll do a James Bond lego game too someday, think of the possibilities...

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The book is needed to play the game. Some of the area in the game would be hard to find without it.

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I'm really enjoying this game. There are a few spots with major "boss" fights where it's very unclear what you're supposed to do. This is a bit frustrating. Overall if you enjoy the Lego games, you'll like this.

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Game is full of clean humor and Lego action scenes that audiences have come to love. Right on par with the other games that Lego has released.

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When I heard that Lego Indiana Jones II (IJ2) was coming out I contemplated trading in The Original Adventures. After a night of playing I sure am glad that I didn't.

All Lego Games have had the same structure up until IJ2. You would start at a home base (Mos Eisley, The Bat cave, College) and pick which adventures you wanted to play. With IJ2 you still get to pick one of the four Indiana Jones movies and one of the 15 levels associated with each movie, but you do not walk into the level like previous Lego games (the levels are selected off the screen). And something weird is that each level has a bridge type level where you have to complete a random task like give a banana to a monkey or turn a key to open a door. These bridge levels act in the same way as a home base. I understand that Traveller's Tales is trying to shake up the formula, but it just does not flow well at all.

The puzzles are lame and the learning curve for kids I think will be difficult. The great thing about previous Lego games is that a child could die his/her way though a level and still win and adults could complete the semi-difficult challenges to get all the un-lockables.

The graphics are not good. It's been a year and a half since the first game and the graphics look like they have gotten worse not better.

Kingdom of Skulls should have been DLC for the original game. But Lucasarts tries to capitalize on the suckers who love Indiana Jones and will pick up anything they put out.

It's unfortunate that I own another bad Indiana Jones games. I'd say if you want more Indiana Jones fun, play the original over again.

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I was so excited when I heard that a second Lego Indy was coming out so imagine my disappointment when all of the things that I loved about the first one are not there.

The biggest disappointment is you can't cycle through the characters like before. If you have to do a challenge that requires specific characters, you have to wander throughout the entire level to find the ones that you need and then go back to complete the challenge. You also can't buy characters or vehicles anymore, you have to earn them after completing certain tasks.

Honestly I had to cave and buy the guide to go with it because I couldnt figure out how to access some of the challenges.

After playing it, I probably should have rented it instead of buying it. Not a repeat play for me like the first Lego Indy or Lego Star Wars.

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I am a huge fan of the Lego games overall but I have to say I am disappointed in this one. When you are not getting lost or doing driving/flying/boating challenges up the wazoo, the game play is brief. Further, in order to make up for a lack of story or challanges, there are tons of "bonus" levels for no real purpose. Unlike the first game, you cannot go back though the levels except for a "treasure mode" which is boring because there really is no reason to do them over again. I liked the old format of the challenge mode, selecting your characters, and then revisiting previous levels to collect all the goodies. I am now hesitant about purchasing Harry Potter - I will doubtless rent it first; if it is the same as Indy 2 I will not bother to purchase that one.

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It's hard to talk about this game without wanting to compare it to all the previous Lego adventure games, because initially it is set up quite differently from the rest, which I understand is a turn off for a lot of people who expected more of the same. But different doesn't necessarily mean worse, and it didn't take long at all for me to get comfortable with the new layout of Lego Indiana Jones 2. In fact in the end it isn't so different after all, and still proves to be a lot of fun.

As every other reviewer has mentioned, the game is divided into six hubs instead of the usual one - three for Crystal Skull and one for each of the first three movies. The levels are then located within these hubs, as are the bonuses (bricks), characters, and vehicles you can unlock for purchase. The hubs are large, free-roaming areas that could potentially get confusing when it comes to figuring out the side missions, but when it comes to advancing the story along green arrows will help to point you in the right direction. Good amounts of critical thinking and planning ahead are required since certain levels may require a character with a unique ability (high jumping, shovel, etc.) to complete it, and you'll need a good memory when it comes time to go back and fetch the item/person you want because once unlocked they inhabit a specific area of the hub. Hence real young children may need guidance. The cut scenes are humorous, and some creative license was taken with the design of several of the boss fights and I thought it worked out really well. (Irina Spalko, Mola Ram, and the "ant man" were pretty cool.) I found the gameplay to be more smooth and sharp and in the vein of Lego Batman, and a vast improvement over the 1st Indiana Jones Game, where characters seemed to move rather slow and clunky a lot of the time. My only gripe is that the vehicles are terribly hard to maneuver and are constantly getting stuck in corners or rolling over.

However, like may others, I too experienced several glitches and freezes during the first 1/3rd or so of the game which is inexcusable. I can't say much about the new feature that allows you to create your own levels; I only dabbled in it for a moment but it seemed to be a very convoluted system that didn't catch my interest, though I could see others enjoying it if they were willing to invest the time. Nor did I have a chance to try the new split screen 2-player mode, but in theory it sounds like a good idea.

For those who are curious, there is absolutely NO material repeated from the first Indiana Jones game, which is a great incentive to buy, but it's also the reason why in this game Raiders, Temple of Doom, and Last Crusade are much more abbreviated than Crystal Skull. In itself it's a great game, but probably should be looked at more as a companion piece, or extension, to part 1. I said in the beginning that different doesn't necessarily mean worse, but it also doesn't necessarily mean better, either. For the sake of replay value, I would hope that future Lego games reinstate the old format just because it had a more organized, linear flow to it. IJ2 was a welcome experiment, but at times felt like a work still in progress which is why I have to give it a less than perfect rating, though I'd still recommend it.

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Good game overall, the new split screen mode when the players get to far apart is pretty nice. On the down side, unlike past LEGO games they went with a hub world concept, this needlessly burns up a lot of time going from place to place in my opinion. Still my kids love it, but I've had to play many hours helping them figure it out.

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