With Minecraft becoming an all-powerful creativity behemoth, it was no surprise to see its real world predecessor taking the move into video games with a similar idea. Enter LEGO Worlds, The LEGO Group’s attempt to break the Minecraft racket. Debuting last year through an initial trailer, the early access title from TT Games and Warner Bros. Interactive is now going to receive an update that makes it an even more enticing prospect for gamers. Warner Bros. Interactive, TT Games, and the LEGO Group have announced that LEGO Worlds is going to be adding online multiplayer functionality. The game already has split-screen co-op multiplayer, but allowing users to take the game online will no doubt prove popular with users. The new online multiplayer mode will allow two users to explore each other’s worlds, create together, and take part in competitive and cooperative gameplay experiences. “Building and playing with friends is at the core of LEGO play and we’re excited to bring online multiplayer into LEGO Worlds,” said Jonathan Smith, Head of Production over at TT Games.
The Head of Production went on to state that “The online multiplayer experience offers unlimited possibilities for players to explore one another’s worlds, build and share creations, and just have fun together.” The game is currently available for PC in early access, and apparently The LEGO Group is happy with how the title is progressing so far. “We are very please to see how LEGO Worlds has grown,” said Niels Jorgensen, the Vice President of Digital Games for LEGO. As it stands, the game offers up an open world where players can explore and build areas with a variety of themes, from cowboys, through to vampires, through the medieval kings. Although this move will no doubt improve the LEGO Worlds experience – indeed, some many argue that online multiplayer is a necessity in a game of this type – the game is facing some stiff opposition in the form of Minecraft. In fact, the Mojang title is going be getting some rather important updates. The developer announced during E3 2016 that the game is going to be receiving texture packs and add-ons to even further diversify what players can create, while The Friendly Update looks like it is aiming to bring cross-platform play across the entirety of Minecraft.
LEGO itself has had a fairly busy time during E3 2016. A new trailer for LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens was unleashed during Sony’s press conference, giving the latest iteration in the Star Wars franchise a LEGO makeover. Let’s see whether LEGO Worlds can emulate the success of its sci-fi spin-off cousin. LEGO Worlds is available in early access for PC.When my copy of Lego Batman landed on my front door, I was excited. As a big fan of the Lego Star Wars series, I thought Batman was the perfect franchise to bring to Lego. Great characters, varied settings, all sorts of cool vehicles... Batman is pretty much the stuff. Plus, with The Dark Knight making hojillions of dollars in the theaters, the interest in Batman has never been higher. So I grabbed the nearest six-year-old, handed him the second-player controller, and agreed to be Robin in exchange for his last four Skittles. What's odd is that the game isn't tied into any specific storylines. Not the movies, not the comics, so basically Traveler's Tales came up with an all-new Batman story.
It's not much of a story; a bunch of bad guys are out to do bad things, and Batman and Robin have to stop them. Each character is a caricature of who they are in the more fleshed-out versions of the mythos, so expect a lot of fan service. Everyone knew Two-Face was going to be in there, but the inclusion of characters like Nightwing and Hush is great for those of us who follow the modern comics. The problem with moving away from any of the films or known stories is that none of the scenes are as recognizable as the were in Lego Indiana Jones or Lego Star Wars; Lego Batman is just kind of a mish-mash of locales and villains. This makes Lego Batman the least cohesive of any of the games in the series. Mix that with the music from the 1989 Burton Batman movie, and you have some odd associations. The game play is very much like the past games: you jam on a single button to attack the waves of bad guys, you travel with an AI companion who can be taken over by a real-world friend at any time, and you try to solve the puzzles the game shoves at you... even if they're maddening.
Being able to control both the good guys and the bad guys changes things up, and each character has their own powers and animations, giving the game a ton of personality and flair. You'll want to play with a friend; the AI rarely does what you want it to, and unfortunately the game features no online co-op. It's disappointing, but playing the game with a friend—or a son or daughter—in the room with you is great. The vehicle sections are also much fun, and thankfully, they break up the action and are over quickly; they don't overstay their welcome. In Lego Batman, the formula of the Lego games isn't changed or even evolved, but the characters and the world of Gotham City carries the experience. Multiple characters, unlocks, and co-op give the game a ton of replay value as well. If it were anyone but Batman, this might not have flown quite as easily—and things like the demolition suit seem somewhat out of character for the world's greatest detective—but fans will enjoy the well-known super-deformed heroes and villains as well as the humor.
Verdict: Buy Developer: Traveller's Tales Publisher: Warner Bros. Platform: Xbox 360, PS3, dang near everything else Price: $49.99 Rating: E10 Other recent reviews: Lego City Undercover gets Nintendo Switch release date And a co-op mode. Former Wii U exclusive Lego City Undercover will launch for Nintendo Switch on 7th April in the UK.PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One editions of the game will also arrive on the same date. The latest trailer for the remake also reveals a new co-op mode, missing from the original game. Co-op play is a standard of the Lego game series, so it's good to see it back here. "Traveller's Tales' latest proves that Lego games don't need a licence to charm," Tom Bramwell wrote in Eurogamer's Wii U Lego City Undercover review.EditmeI was in the same boat, presumably. I'm a gamer, and always have been. I remember starting gaming with an NES and early PC games like Wolfenstein. So when I finally met my fiance and decided she actually liked me, I wanted her to like games too.
They're a pretty big part of my reality, and even if I don't play them that often, I'm still interested in them and still find time occasionally. I really didn't want to be that cliched "Oh, he plays games," kind of relationship.I started out by finding a few simple games that, rather than Chris Resro's answer, appealed to new gamers as opposed to girl gamers. I didn't want a girl who played games, I wanted a gamer girl.I introduced my fiance to Geometry Wars first for a few reasons:Consoles are inherently more friendly than PCGeometry Wars is played exclusively with the 'unique' features of a console, such as the thumbsticks and triggersUsing the thumbsticks and triggers is the hardest part of learning to play on a consoleThis introduced her to the core concept of "How do I use this thing" which is beneficial to getting anyone to want to play. If you know you can do it, it's not so hard to introduce other games that use that functionality.After Geometry Wars, we played couch co-op games.
As long as you aren't the kind of gamer who gets frustrated and throws things, these are great. Not only are they fun, but they're also good relationship-wise since you're spending time having fun together. Here's a list of games we played:Army of Two seriesRainbow Six: Vegas seriesHalo seriesBorderlands seriesPortal 2Gears of War seriesLeft for Dead seriesSports or Fighting gamesThen the evolution is natural and independent. My fiance owns her own console and games, sometimes games I absolutely hate, and some that we can play together (or versus) online with our consoles./U-S-Politics/Why-do-people-try-to-justify-seemingly-unjustifiable-public-policiesIs it legal to crowd fund campaign contributions?/Ryan-Borek/questionsThat depends on wich kind of genre your girlfriend likes (Terror, Aliens, Romance, Sword & Sorcery...) At first i think you need to find what kind of other enterteinment your girl like and try to find something similar. (I bet she liked the harry potter films or books)One game that worked for me was Trine 1 and 2Its Cooperative, simple and have nice visuals.