Can I first say that the driving sections are horrible in this game! In the other Lego games (Star Wars, Batman and Indiana Jones) the driving was somewhat simple you did not have to be very precise. Now with the new game the driving is frustratingly clumsy and my nieces would not be able to play this game. Another thing that I find so exasperating is the time you have to spend in a hub to get to the next section. In the hub you are not playing per se you are trying to find the next section to go to. Once you get there you only have about 5-10 minutes of game time. I personally liked the other games where the levels were much longer. Who wants to spend a lot of time in a hub not playing a game looking for the next section??? Also as another reviewer mentioned you have to chase down the characters you need in the hub for the next section you want to play it is maddening the amount of time you waste in the hub not actually playing the game. It seems like the developers skimped on designing the game sections and filled in the game with these tedious tasks in the hub, I find it so irritating. I was so disappointed a total waste I was expecting the same great quality!!!! On a positive note the game is visually pleasing the graphics are nice. I hope that the Harry Potter game is much better than this one, the previous Lego games were such a pleasure.

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Let me start by saying my son and I LOVE LEGO VIDEO GAMES!! We own all of the previous Lego games (star wars, Batman, and indy 1) We could not wait for this game to be released we finished 100% of all other lego games together and were looking forward to compleating this one also. OMG.....I couldn't believe how horrible this game was. I know that Tt made this games as well as all other Lego games, but the team that worked on this game must have been different.

This is such a drastic change from previous Lego games, Most of the leavels are way too short some of them have no bad guys or objective to them as well as no treasure chests and other collectables as per the origional Indy.

Some of these leavels can be compleated in a little as 5 min. We were left with the feeling of um....thats it?!?!

What was the purpose of that leavel?

The game is also very confusing we spent a lot of time trying to figure out where to go and what to do next.

The leavels are too spread out and sometimes "hidden" so it is unlike other Lego games where you finish a leavel and

go right to the next leavel and it is right there.

This does not have the usual platform where you go to the library or one particular spot to purchase characters/vehicles, in this indy there are certain people spread through out the game that sell one character/vehicle. They are also time consuming to look for....imo so unnecessary!

One of the MANY things that annoy me about this game is that you can ONLY bring one character into each leavel and ONLY that character is playable. Once again unlike indy 1 where you could bring in one character per player and they would give you several other characters that you could swap between.

Also collectable studs go away much faster in this game.

My son and I stopped playing it...it just sits there and collects dust. My son will even go back and play the other Lego games we already finished, but won't play this anymore he says it's and I quote "stupid and boring"

I could go on and on......about how bad this game is. I know it is Indy 2 and it should not be the exact same as Indy 1, but this is WAY TOO DIFFERENT. As they did with all previous Lego games they should have stuck with the same basic format that brought them so much success and just added some cool stuff.

If I were to give advice to someone who wanted this game I would say rent it first and save yourself some money.

I wish I did that, but I bought it on day 1 and there were no reviews for it yet and also based on all the previous lego games and how much we love them I would have never guessed this one would be so bad!

We are still looking forward to Lego Harry Potter (march 2010), but we hope that they go back to the origional lego format. Needless to say this time I will rent it first to make sure.

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Our entire family has loved the entire Lego Adventure series (Star Wars, Batman and the first Indy). We were so excited to see a new game out and couldn't wait to play. I don't think I have ever been more disappointed in a video game before.

It would seem to me that the programming and storylines were put together very sloppy. Definitely not up to the previous games standards. In previous games you could always find coins or something "special" hidden in the environment and architecture of the level you were playing. Most of the areas are now just graphic eye candy and very little is interactive.

To even try to explain how you enter the various levels is beyond me, other reviewers did it better. But you run around each level's entry areas aimlessly for eternity trying to find a level you haven't played yet.

As others have mentioned the replay value is nil. On all previous Lego games your aim was to get all the various characters and go back for "Free Play" to find the hidden items you couldn't get on the first round. Not applicable in this game.

There are WAY too many car levels. Basically, you jump in a vehicle and drive around destroying the environment or other vehicles. So boring and certainly not an adventure. Where are the puzzles? It really feels like they've dumbed this down or put it out too quickly to make a buck.

The one original and nice addition is the ability to fly a plane. It is cute and well done. Frankly, I think they must have put all their efforts into the plane programming because everything else is sorely lacking.

I never thought I would say this, but if another Lego adventure game comes out, I will definitely rent before I buy. Shame on Lego for putting out a this substandard game.

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My son and I enjoyed the original LEGO Indiana Jones immensely and were very excited about the sequel. We preordered it months ago and counted down the last few days until it arrived. Unfortunately, this game lacks any of the charm or fun of the original.

There are a ton of lengthy cut scenes and simplistic levels. Unlike the Star Wars, Batman, and Indiana Jones (original) games, there is not a single base where you can buy stuff, see the artifacts you have collected, and choose to replay any of the levels. Instead, you wander around composite levels for each adventure with huge green arrows showing you where to go to enter one of the levels. Except when they don't show you the big green arrow and you are instead left to wander around until you happen to trigger a new level -- the whole thing makes no sense with no clear progression.

Within a few hours of starting, my son had already run into a bug that prevented him from being able to complete a level. One of the on screen characters magically teleported himself outside of his prison cell, and once there could no longer run to the back of his cell leaving you the opportunity to grab the key from him. After much frustration, I convinced my son that he had to quit the level, abandoning his progress, and return. Sure enough, when we returned to the level the bug was resolved and we were able to grab the key and move on. The Batman game showed similar quality assurance defects -- such as random lockups -- and this game is following the same downward trajectory.

The levels we have seen this far are largely free of puzzles. They generally involve smashing everything and collecting studs. The treasure chests that were so much fun to collect in the earlier game are not present here. Apparently there are some chests that can be collected in the base levels, but those are a tiny fraction of the number of puzzles in the earlier game.

Instead of puzzles, we have seen a number of levels where it is completely unclear what you are supposed to do. Sure, we run around smashing stuff, but collecting studs won't get you out of the level. Instead, you'll see icons for some number of vehicles that you need to destroy, but apparently there is some special way you need to destroy them in order for it to count. We have already seen two such levels where we have destroyed every vehicle we saw but for some reason those didn't count -- you had to be in the right vehicle (presumably mirroring the movie?) when smashing those other vehicles for it to count. For a child who doesn't think like a programmer, this is ridiculously frustrating.

One of the features we most looked forward to was the ability to split the screen so that two players could each explore different areas of a level. Unfortunately the implementation of this is so bad that it is actually a detriment to game play. When the screen splits, the programmers wanted to make sure that it could seamlessly rejoin, so they are always adjusting the perspective of the two halves so that they line up with one another. This means if you are standing still, lining up for a tricky jump and your partner is running around in another area, your half of the screen will rotate to reflect your relation to the other player and you will jump in a direction that you hadn't expected. Worse, the screen always splits with a diagonal line, which looks nice but makes it impossible to see where you are going when you need to drive upwards in one of the vehicle levels. It really feels like they advertised this feature before fully testing it... if they tested it at all.

When we preordered this game, we gave our copy of the Original Adventure to one of my son's friends, figuring that the new game would be a superset and include all the content from the prior game. Not so. Once we unlocked Raiders of the Lost Ark and tried starting that, we were horrified to discover that they had deleted the Temple Escape scene, replacing it instead with a lame cutscene where Indy tosses the idol to Marcus and a giant boulder rolls over him -- in the college.

Finally, a warning to parents. LEGO made the _same_ mistake with this game that they did with Batman. When my son discovered the Batman game, he really wanted some of the Batman sets, but LEGO pulled them all off the store shelves at about the same time and the aftermarket prices are absurd. This new game features the Crystal Skull and a lot of sets from that movie... just when LEGO has discontinued them and is selling off the remaining stock! So if you do buy this for your child, be prepared for the disappointment both in the game, and in the fact that it is a glorified advertisement for products that you won't be able to get your kids.

The worst thing about this game is explaining to my son that the problems are with the game, not with him. When he runs into bugs, levels where the objectives are completely unclear, or insanely hard challenges, he gets extremely frustrated and angry with himself. If you want you child to grow up with positive gaming experiences, skip this one and get a Mario game instead.

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