Maybe not the comment you want on a review like this, but what are your thoughts on Lost Ark and Temple of Doom? Personally, I like Temple of Doom the most for its pulpiness, but enjoy Lost Ark and Last Crusade well enough (though I think Last Crusade the weakest of the three for the reason you mentioned, that it rehashes the Lost Ark formula and doesn't add much of anything substantial, but it's still fun).
I just rewatched the entire trilogy fairly recently, and found myself enjoying it mostly for the campiness and humor (in terms of action / horror / etc., it is obviously quite dated). I do wish the LucasArts people could take these aspects even further, so that the games would relate to the movies like Austin Powers relates to James Bond. But I guess maybe George Lucas as their nominal boss would take offense at that.
Maybe not the comment you want on a review like this, but what are your thoughts on Lost Ark and Temple of Doom? Personally, I like Temple of Doom the most for its pulpiness, but enjoy Lost Ark and Last Crusade well enough (though I think Last Crusade the weakest of the three for the reason you mentioned, that it rehashes the Lost Ark formula and doesn't add much of anything substantial, but it's still fun).
I just rewatched the entire trilogy fairly recently, and found myself enjoying it mostly for the campiness and humor (in terms of action / horror / etc., it is obviously quite dated). I do wish the LucasArts people could take these aspects even further, so that the games would relate to the movies like Austin Powers relates to James Bond. But I guess maybe George Lucas as their nominal boss would take offense at that.