The Lego formula, whilst effective, does start to take its toll here with far too many instances of repeated bugs and glitches cropping up.

For all the positives though, there are an equal amount of negatives. The level design is good too and aside from a few wonky frame-rate issues, the game is steady even when played with two players. In trademark Lego fashion, there’s a range of characters to choose from The actual World Map areas are nicely rendered though, with a mix between Lego pieces and sweeping landscapes integrated nicely on a well designed mini-map showing where the next task is located. This has always been a problem for past Lego games and its disappointing to see it carried across to this title too. Whilst its still fun to complete and satisfying to achieve another gold brick, it does feel unnecessarily tedious considering the inability to skip the dialogue before the quest starts. The miniquests are formulaic and do nothing to enhance the overall gameplay either, devolving most of them to simple fetch quests or destroying a certain number of enemies. With numerous quests and a 10 hour campaign, the array of characters is impressive although the over-reliance on past characters from other Star Wars titles doesn’t do much to enhance the experience. For those looking to collect 100% and see everything the game has to offer, expect the game time to rise to around 30 hours or so. There’s no denying that The Force Awakens has a lot going on and even more to collect. Much like in other games, there’s several world maps connected together complete with an array of mini quests and more collectables on top of the levels themselves. The beauty with the Lego games is of course the replayability and its here that The Force Awakens excels. Along with the standard 3D platform/puzzle areas, The Force Awakens boasts on-rail flying segments, cover-based shooting and the usual array of characters to beat and collectables to grab. This spans the entirety of The Force Awakens film and the levels are broken up into different sections. Much like other Lego games, the story starts with a campaign mode which involves taking control of different characters with different abilities across the levels available. The formulaic approach to the Lego games does make the title feel a little bland, give the unchanged control scheme and for all its fun and quirks, the usual bugs and issues crop up which sours an otherwise solid title.Ĭover-based shooting is a new mechanic this year Complete with Lego-inspired humour and cut scenes, the game is easy to pick up and play with an accessible control scheme and a fun multiplayer emphasis. Combining the usual Lego charm with the Star Wars universe, Lego Star Wars brings The Force Awakens to life with a faithful adaptation of the motion picture.

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