Comments on: Lego Indiana Jones Demo – Update

By: Rob Merritt

Rob Merritt — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:44:42 +0000

The controls are kind of funny in all the Lego games. I ran the demo on two machines with very different hardware and os.

One XP with AMD x2 4200, ati 3850 card and a Foxconn MB
Two Vista with intel 8400 and nvidia card on a Gigbyte motherboard

And both functioned the same way with a wired 360 controller. The controls for the game pad have to be manually programed in. Also if the gamepad is accidently unplugged while in game, you have to exit the game because replugging in the controller in game doesn’t work and you have to reprogram all the controls.

By: Pod

Pod — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:53:01 +0000

Hmph!
I only got 9/10 treasures, 1/3 “brown things” but I _DID_ manage to post the mail (WHAT?!).

Where is that last treasure? At the end of the boulder sequence?

By: Irish Al

Irish Al — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:45:26 +0000

The fact that the bloke in the demo with Werhmacht-style clothing was chucking ‘potato masher’ grenades sort of tipped me off.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:25:04 +0000

“@ Ryan: You appear to have missed this particular controversy.”

I was aware of it, but “Enemy Soldier” has everything but a swastika and the actual N-word. They’re still Nazis, unless the whitewashing gets really extreme in later portions of the game. It’s a decent enough solution, I think- it’s plenty obvious what they are to anyone old enough, while people who have problems with putting swastikas in what’s nominally a kids’ game (such as, presumably, the ESRB) are mollified.

By: Lunaran

Lunaran — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:13:48 +0000

I’d never played a Lego title before, but this one’s charm wore off fast as I became increasingly irritated with stuff like falling off a cliff and being respawned past the point on the slope where I’d have to be not to keep sliding off over and over, getting depth things like jumping sideways to vines all wrong like the OP mentioned, having to jump to get over altitude differences lower than the thickness of Indy’s foot, and lots of annoyances like having to be in exactly the right spot facing exactly the right angle to get an action to work (satipo wound up beating indy to death with the shovel more than once when all I wanted him to do was dig).

Felt really brambly and unpolished. I’ll give Lego Star Wars a try to see if that’s the norm, because I loves me some Indy (this site needs a memorial/retrospective feature on Fate of Atlantis), but based on this I’m not sure what the fuss is about.

By: Man Raised By Puffins

Man Raised By Puffins — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:51:33 +0000

@ The Shed: Earlier today, well yesterday now. Although some screenshots got leaked a few days ago. It might be adviseable to keep any further discussion in the comments for KG's Rare post.

By: calabi

calabi — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:32:24 +0000

Played it, and it looks like they’ve just added some new graphics to the previous games, I got fed up with the last one, I really cant play the same game three times in a row.

By: The Shed

The Shed — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:28:16 +0000

Since when the hell was there Banjo info kicking around?! That looks freakin banter! KG succeeds at contraptions. Although it has to be said, losing the typical running about as Banjo is a serious loss; one to always feel at the back of your heart as you look towards this shiny new game.

By: Man Raised By Puffins

Man Raised By Puffins — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:34:56 +0000

@ mrrobsa: You might want to check out the new Banjo Kazooie. Obviously not Lego, but it seems to be applying similar principles. Plus sticking a load of rocket boosters on your car would appear to have a commensurate effect. @ Ryan: You appear to have missed this particular controversy.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:58:07 +0000

Pretty sure this is the first E-rated title that lets you play as a Nazi. Or Sean Connery, for that matter.

Question: on my second “free play” playthrough, I’ve gotten to the bit where you have to bring out a Thuggee cultist to pray at the statue of Kali (E rating! woo!) and I’ve gone down into the little area below, used Sean Connery’s magical tile-matching powers to open up the door to the far left, used the Nazi’s magical hand-grenade powers to break the glass and get the…small red thing, now what do I do after I slot the small red thing into the big red thing?

By: mrrobsa

mrrobsa — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:37:05 +0000

Anyone else play ‘Lego Racers’? (I think I played it on PSX). I liked the ability to create your own car, you could put like 7 rocket boosters on it although I don’t think it made it go any faster. You could make some weird-ass vehicles, though it would have been better if they came flying apart when you hit a barrier.
They should update ‘Lego Racers’.

By: John Walker

John Walker — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:27:49 +0000

Well, I imagine this is more of yet another case where they haven’t bothered to offer full gamepad support. The 360 pad is quickly become default.