I had an absolute blast playing this, I’m pretty sure I got it with Games With Gold last year and it’s been sitting patiently on my xbox since then. I haven’t played the first one, but this one has 3 Crystal Skull story arcs, then one for each of the original movies. The Crystal skull stuff was amazing and fits in with the rest of the LEGO games pretty well, so this might be the best version of the game, where atomic powered flying refrigerators fit in with the rest of the crazy stuff that LEGO adds in. There’s some big changes to all the stories as it’s difficult to justify nazis in a LEGO game, or having enslaved children, but the changes are all for the better imho.
For a 10 year old game, it definitely holds up.
I preferred the original. The new hub interface was confusing.
it’s not the best solution, but I enjoyed having all the characters roaming around. what I didn’t enjoy was having to find one of those stupid roamers when I needed their special character skills.