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This is one of the most unique titles released by Tt Games gameplaywise. The main thing that sets this game apart from Tt's Star Wars or Superhero titles is it giving the player temporal access to special abilities via items and headgear that can be equipped rather than restricting them to charaters only. This spices up the gameplay in a very welcome way.
The game doesn't have any issues with controls on keyboard except for that v-sync related bug that makes you unable to jump.
Level design is just OK. Some parts are frustrating, some are cool and exciting. If I was to point out which level most deseving of the first title, it would probably be Pursuing the Ark due to constantly respawning enemies which hinder your exploration of the second zone and that one artifact piece on a truck in the last section which needs to be obtained under a time limit or else you'll have to restart the level. The levels also feel like they have a lot more padding added to extend playtime compared to other lego games.
This game has an additional "collectible" alongside red bricks and minikit parts. That collectible being Lego Star Wars characters, which are present throughout all movies. There's 5 of them and they're all required to unlock and buy Han Solo.
The character roster isn't anything crazy. A large part of all entries here are just variants of characters that hold greater plot significance for the movies (there are like 11 variants of Indy himself).
In terms of character abilities, there also isn't a lot. In fact, you can do the first 2 levels of every movie to obtain at least one character that can do a given ability or just equip specific items to custom characters before you even start doing any levels.
There are 2 custom characters, which can be given any weapon in the game regardless of if you even unlocked the character that originally wields it. Torches are the only exception to this rule and bullwhips are permanently equipped to them alongside their main weapon.
Bonus content here is pretty standard for a Lego game. Three bonus levels, one for each movie:
- The first one is a standard bonus level akin to the 4th bonus level of TCS with a lot of studs to collect but no minikit parts nor red bricks.
- Second one is a one million studs level where you're supposed to build a track and somehow get money. You can cheese it by shooting the target practice shield to the right, preferably with a bazooka
- Third and the last level is another million studs level, this time a traditional one where you destroy objects and do puzzles to reach the goal amount.
Overall, Indy 1 is a good game but please for the love of god, get this game only on sale. Not only is Complete Saga much more enjoyable but it also gives you twice as much playtime for the same price. Indy's singular advantage over TCS is not having to complete any specials and speedruns to achieve 100%.