An excellent game for any age. Puzzling, funny, impressive and a great offline cooperative play makes it a must-have!
LEGO Indiana Jones does very well. Firstly, the puzzles are brilliantly imaginative and mix a number of elements - building objects, revealing hidden keys and driving around in vehicles including speedboats and forklift trucks. Then there's Indy's famous bullwhip, which you use to swing across gaps and pull switches. The solutions require a reasonable amount of logical thinking, although since it's primarily a kids' game the puzzles are never really that taxing. Once we even noticed the game moving us to the next section after failing a few times - the most glaring example of which was the famous boulder chase from Raiders. We fell down a pit three times and suddenly a cutscene played indicating that we'd done it. We'd have liked the option to switch this off, rather than being shoved through like giant babies.
The best thing about LEGO Indy is its attention to detail. Key scenes from the movies have been lovingly recreated in LEGO, and the slapstick cutscenes do a brilliant job of telling the story without voice acting. You also get to explore Barnett College, where Indy teaches in the films. This serves as the game's hub, much like the Mos Eiseley Cantina and Dexter's Diner did in the LEGO Star Wars games. Here you can view collected treasures, explore interactive maps of all three films and create your own characters. As in previous games, there are an obscene amount of things to collect. Some are so well-hidden, you have to replay certain levels in 'free play' mode and employ other characters to get them - using Short Round, for example, to crawl through small gaps.
The bad things in it is the Al and the respawing of the enemies. I hate respawings!
In the general a must have for everyone of any age! Puzzling, funny, impressive and a great offline cooperative play makes it a must-have!