Recommended friends are based on your interests. Make sure they are up to date. LEGO Dimensions PS4 Game Review - Reviewed by Kidzworld on ( Rating: ) LEGO Dimensions brings your creations to life! Check out Kidzworlds PlayStation 4 game review to see how well worlds mix and match! In a video featured on Kinda Funny Game's YouTube channel, Greg Miller was discussing how impressed he was with the attention to detail in LEGO Dimensions with a developer from the game. The developer's response: "Yeah, it's almost like we care." That care shines through every inch of LEGO Dimensions. LEGO Dimensions combines anything you like with LEGO. Do you like Batman? Are you a Lord of The Rings fan? Good news for you! How about The LEGO Movie? Oh, there's plenty of it. From Our World To Each Of Their Worlds LEGO Dimensions is a toys-to-life game similar to Disney Infinity or Skylanders, you'll assemble your LEGO characters and vehicles and pop them onto your LEGO portal, which you'll also build.
When you put a character on the LEGO portal - the base game comes with Batman, Gandalf the Grey, and Wyldstyle from The LEGO Movie- they appear in the game as one of your playable characters. There's a story tying each of these characters together and it's probably one of my favorite stories of any LEGO game. Our evil villain, Lord Vortech, is stealing elements and heroes from every different world. Robin, Frodo, and Metalbeard are all taken from their respective worlds and each of our heroes unties to get him back. To fight Lord Vortech, our protagonists needs to get the magical keystones and foundation elements which are hidden throughout the different worlds. And there are a lot of different worlds and each one is lovingly created. Take a quick look through the list of available worlds in the base game. Back to the Future The Lord of the Rings The Wizard of OzAnd each of them feature voice actors from their unique worlds. Elizabeth Banks reprises her role The Lego Movie as Wyldstyle, GLADOS's classic voice returns to Portal's world, even the voices of the original Ghostbusters has something to say.
While 9 out of 10 original voice actors returns, you'll notice whenever they're missing that one guy - I'm looking at you Gandalf. A New Meaning To Playing With LEGO In true LEGO fashion you'll need to switch characters to solve different puzzles. Wyldstyle's acrobatics will help you reach new heights, Gandalf's magic helps illuminate and levitate obstacles, and Batman's utility belt will have a solution for most other problems you'll see in the main game. These are the same obstacles you've seen in past LEGO games but the portal offers a new mechanic. I haven't built with LEGO since I was a little kid and LEGO Dimensions really took me back. While you won't do it much after the opening of the game it's fun to actually build with the LEGO that come with the game. Taking 30 minutes to build the LEGO portal was a fun break in the action and though you're building it once you'll be using it through the entire game. Puzzles involving your portal are used constantly. You'll need to move characters, swap spots on the Toy Pad, and add vehicles in every world.
There were moments when I was definitely annoyed with how often they would fall off and I would have to keep switching the players an obnoxious amount in the later levels. Occasionally I would also put a character slightly incorrectly off the pad and it wouldn't read it correctly, and there was one moment when the game wouldn't open the next path needing a reset - these moments slowed things down, but they were rare and didn't take away from my fun. LEGO Dimensions is the best LEGO game I've played in a long, long time. There isn't a single better game out there for families or young kids. There's care given to every second you play, from the music to the easter eggs. Kids love the LEGO and parents love playing in properties they grew up loving like The Simpsons or Back To The Future. If you're looking for a game to bridge the gap between parent and child, there's no better option. Awesome Attention To Detail Annoying Switching At Times A Couple of Bugs LEGO Dimensions Game Rating:
Available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Wii U Have you played LEGO Dimensions? Will you be picking up any of the add-on packs? Share your comments below! Feb 17, 2014 at 7:30 pm As a huge fan of the LEGO franchise as a whole, be it the building blocks or video games, you can imagine my excitement for a video game tie in to one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. With the promise of extending my experience beyond the big screen, I was excited to drive back home from the movie theater and continue my adventures as Emmet, the happy-go-lucky average minifigure turned Special. Except instead of extending my experience, I had to simply retread it. See, unlike movie licensed games that no longer follow the strict formula of "follow the script" and instead allow fans to see events prior to the movies or maybe even after, The LEGO Movie Videogame instead relies on a scene-by-scene retelling of the movie. Scenes which last only a few seconds in the film are made into full fledged levels.
They're still fun mind you, but the main problem is that I wanted to experience something new. Plus, playing the game before seeing the movie pretty much spoils the entire story for you. This is doubly true considering the game uses scenes taken directly from the movie. However, being a LEGO game, you can still expect a lot of fun shenanigans, even though we've seen them done many times before. You'll still be solving various environmental puzzles with different characters and their specialties. For instance, Emmet can drill holes into specific bricks, Wyldstyle can jump high and climb on walls, Vitruvius can use his blind courage (you know, because he's blind) to cross over dangerous terrain, Unikitty can break Rainbow LEGO objects, etc. You'll need to recruit a slew of characters and revisit previously completed levels to unlock everything in the game, but that's standard LEGO fare by now. The LEGO Movie Videogame introduces the Master Builder aspect, and also its counterpart, Emmet's unwillingness to build anything unless it comes with instructions.
Master Builders, or essentially, every character that's not Emmet, can at certain spots highlight three separate structures which can come apart and be rebuilt into something completely useful. It's a visual marvel to see all these random pieces come apart and then put themselves back together. On the other hand, Emmet can't build any objects at all unless he picks up their instruction and then uses it on a special base. This turns into a little minigame where you get to watch whatever structure you're meant to build at the time get constructed right before your eyes, piece by piece. The only input you'll have is to find a missing piece in order to finish the build. It's a bit tedious, but still cool to look at. The game also manages to be one of the most visually diverse when it comes to its environments. You'll get to explore LEGO City, Wild West, Cloud Cuckoo Land and even Lord Business' Lair. Of course, these four locations will serve as your main hubs, are fully explorable, and act as a portal to the main story missions.
When compared to the most recent LEGO release, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, LEGO Movie Videogame pales in terms of content. Since it follows the movie, you already know when and how it's going to end, and exploring the four main hubs isn't as interesting as it sounds, since they're all very small. The character variety is definitely appreciated, and you'll unlock some truly iconic minifigs on your adventure, from superheroes like Superman and Green Lantern to famous characters from history like Shakespeare and Cleopatra. It's all very silly, but the diversity of characters manages to one up any other LEGO game thanks to the fact that it doesn't stick to a single license. If there was one thing I wished the game emulated more closely, it's the charming yet fake stop-motion animation the movie went for. I admittedly hated it when I first saw the trailer for the movie, but it grew on me over time. The game tries to emulate it slightly, which can be seen with Emmet's goofy run, but it's still a smooth and slick presentation, much akin to previous LEGO games.