LEGO Indiana Jones is a phenomenal game
First of all, I’d like to tell my story, about when I first got this game. I was god knows what age, at Costco, with my Mother, and Brother. Back when there was a small video game isle, my Brother and I would always sneak off, to see the new games. There wasn’t any new ones that looked cool, besides a single game in the middle. It was the last copy, of LEGO Indiana Jones (for the Wii, of course). We begged, and begged, until finally, she was fed up, and couldn’t take it anymore. “Fine,” She said, “But I’m not getting you two anything else for a while.” We wrapped up shopping, shortly after, but beforehand, we all got the delicious, yet inexpensive, Costco pizza. Still to this day, I reminisce about that pizza. Soon, we got in the car, and after what felt like an eternity, were home. The second we got in the house, I tore open the plastic sealing, and my brother and I jumped down the small flight of stairs, to the family room. There, my brother opened the case to reveal the most gorgeous disc I’ve ever laid my eyes upon. He near instantly, inserted the disc into the Wii, and we were off. The game starts with a cutscene. More or less a retelling, of the first bit of Indiana Jones. The very first level starts off with, Indiana Jones, and a man, who I will refer to as “Shovel Guy”. As my brother was a fair amount a years older than me, he took Indy... While this story goes on, the rest is quite irrelevant to topic at hand. Fast forward about 7 years later, my brother, now and college, and me, in high school. present day, 2018. While I had played through, and 100%ed it multiple times, within that 7 years, It had been at least 2 years, since I had even seen the boxart. It had be chewed up by the dog and stepped on, scratched, and torn. Yet still functional, as a case. When I opened it, I found no manual, but a disc. That same disc I set my eyes upon years before. I took it out, only to see scratches. I prayed and hoped, it would work, and it did, for a short while. Half way through the first level of my childhood, everything went black, with a few words on the screen. “Please clean disc”. I followed the instructions, but alas, the disc could not prevail, it was lost forever. For a long moment, I fell into a depressive sloop. I shut down all contact, with my parents and friends, only to remember that I had a debit card, and eBay. Instantly, after searching for a bargain, I finally found the proper replacement for my childhood.
Days felt like years, waiting for the mail. However, one faithful Thursday, I arrived home, to see the mail truck, at the mail box. “Could it be?” asked myself. I raced to grab the key, and sprinted to the mail box. When I opened it, I initially saw nothing, until I looked under the newspaper, there it was, the package with my name on it.i grabbed the rest of the mail, and ran back inside, throwing the mail at my mother, before running away, and secluding myself in my room. After one long day, I finished the first six levels, each being as great as I remember.
Nowadays, while I haven’t 100%ed the game again (it’s a little tedious), I have dubbed myself “The #1 LEGO Indiana Jones fan. Nothing can compare to my love for this game. Nothing.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned