xchurchx said:
is there still customisation off charaters?
I always loved creating a rondom boba wokie jedi
This one lets you save over a dozen character creations, instead of the usual two.
Brainst0rm said:
Some of your problems might have to do with it being the Xbox version - guy on RPS didn't have nearly as many control problems as you with the PC version, although he did point out the terrible camera.
This isn't a game I would ever get anyway, but it's kind of fascinating to read this thumbs-down review and RPS' thumbs-up one and try to figure out what each reviewer is looking for to really have fun in a game.
There's something off about it. The LEGO series doesn't take a lot of chances with its core gameplay, but they're constantly trying out new variations... and sometimes it doesn't work super well.
The boss fights are both less complicated and more complicated. They tell you exactly what you need to do, but it comes across as more fiddlely. And certain droids have gotten upgrades which mean that unless you're playing as a Jedi or a rocket carrying clone trooper, you're just going to get killed over and over. The nature of the story also gets more repetitive than previous games. Instead of having one big General Grievous fight level, you're chasing the guy through several levels... with lots of mini-boss fights before you *finally* take him down.
I wasn't enjoying myself very much during story mode, but once I got the hang of the confusing hub system and got into Free Play, I started having a whole lot of fun. Most of the annoying boss fights are skipped in Free Play and there's lots of little nooks and crannies to explore... once you get the characters types to do so. The longer you play, the more LEGO it gets... but half-way through the campaign, my reaction to the game was almost exactly like this review. Just too much swapping between characters and doing the same thing over and over. And there are far too many spots where baddies endlessly respawn. In earlier games, this only happened in a handful of areas (and usually because you needed an enemy to proceed). Here, virtually every level does it and it's annoying as hell.
And there's one spot where the in-game tutorial failed me, because there's no obvious path through the episodes. In one of them, they explain how you can pick up a Super Battle Droid and use it to destroy certain obstacles... only I played that episode last, so the first time I had to do it, there was no instructions. I had to go on-line to find the answer.