Mike Bantick
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 18:03
Opinion and Analysis
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As Gamlen trekked through a jungle scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom she rattled off the features of the upcoming title.
* 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 using teamwork and unique building situations only possible in a LEGO world.
Gamelen showed off the more immersive environments, featuring such elements as mud and water adding to the complexity of the puzzles.
It’s all about teamwork, switching between characters to use their special abilities and avoiding their “phobias” (Indy, for example, is afraid of snakes} to achieve the level goals.
We saw Indy use his Whip to swing across chasms, while Willie Scott mastered her “scream” ability to clear a path to employ her (and all other female characters in the game) ability of the nimble double jump to get to hard to reach sections of the map.
Elephants were ridden across muddy areas and Short Round was employed to get into and walk around with a barrel over him – not for any actual puzzle solving sequence, but more as an emphasis on what the game can be for players. “No real point, just fun!”
Overall fans of the Lego Star Wars games will be getting more of the same fun game-play, with the continued focus on family team cooperation and puzzle solving.
