The LEGO Movie Videogame

I know, I know, another Lego game. I was suckered into this one thinking it would be quick and easy when I saw that there were only 70 gold bricks. I was sort of right in some respects but very wrong in others. I didn’t pay for this one though, it was brought into my house by a child who was allowed to spend money for the first time. He could have got Skylander’s Trap Team but instead, I had to settle for a Lego game!

There’s not really a lot to say about the actual game. It follows the story of the movie to the letter, including cut scenes taken directly from the movie. The graphics are to be expected from a Lego game. The sound track is just as annoying as it was in the movie.

Gameplay mechanics introduce some new character traits but that is standard of any Lego game. It’s almost a pointless review in that that’s about all I have to say. There weren’t many annoying glitches and the bonus level wasn’t too onerous. Like I said above, there are only 70 gold bricks so compared to ones where there are in excess of 200, you would think it wouldn’t be too much like hard work. I would say it still takes 20 plus hours to complete though and it still suffers from the age old problem in that the levels are long and boring, you have to replay them to get everything and replaying them is a pain in the ass.

Achievements – 1,000 Points – 48 Achievements

So what’s difficult about these? The short answer is not a lot. The only real problem I had was figuring out when I needed to use a certain character’s ability to get to the next area and Lego games often have a habit of making what you have to do as clear as mud.

In terms of all the achievements, you get 17 for just playing through the main story. The majority of the others are obtained while striving towards 100%. There are a few that are not which involve you having to do something with certain Lego characters.

There are three annoying achievements, two of which are very similar. There are two sections where you have to perform dance moves to Everything is Awesome which you are scored on depending on when you press the correct corresponding button. In order to get these achievements you have to score ‘Awesome’ for every move and a lot of the time this felt like it was the game’s opinion of what an awesome move was rather than my ability to time button presses correctly.

The other one is one that I regularly complain about. Collect 1,000,000,000 studs. What the fuck is the point in collecting all of this money when you have absolutely nothing to spend it on?? It’s not challenging, it is repetitive and annoying. If the Lego creators are trying to make their games less enjoyable, introducing shit like this is a good way of doing it.

Downloadable Content – N/A

It’s a resounding meh experience. Again, it’s not the worst one I’ve played but not the best. I have Lego Batman 2 on my shelf but I need a long break from Lego games now so won’t be playing that for a while. I haven’t seen the kids play this Lego game for a while now come to think of it, so if it can’t hold the attention of 8 and 10 year olds, it’s clearly lacking something.