- Platform: PS4
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Also Available On: Android, iOS, PC, 3DS, PS3, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
I’m a glutton for punishment when it comes to games with tiny little icons all over the map. Assassin’s Creed and its glut of side missions causes me to spend hours doing chores every time a new one of those comes out. Any open world GTA-style game I’m almost guaranteed to get sidetracked from the story while doing random shit all over the world. In Lego games, I have to collect every single little damn character minifig, and enjoy myself doing it. Lego TFA is no different, with characters and vehicles galore to collect, and I made damn sure to get my platinum trophy doing it.
If you’ve never played a Lego game before, they generally follow the same pattern. Take a movie, twist it a lot with comedic reinvisioning of the story, make everything explode into lego studs that act as currency, and good to go. They’re generally light hearted games, with good puzzle elements, and surprisingly fun combat for a simple game. They also generally have a LOT of side quests in open hub worlds, and upwards of a couple hundred character minifigs to find and purchase. Short version; this is a Lego fan’s dream, even moreso if they are a Star Wars fan.
All that said, as a standalone experience, this is still easily worth recommending. The combat is typical short-combo action game combat, but the variety of characters and difference in melee and ranged combat gives some nice flexibility. In addition, all characters can activate unique powers to help solve puzzles, so having a large crew of characters for post-game completion is also a big benefit. By the end, most free play levels going for completion, it wouldn’t be too uncommon for me to be rotating between 10-15 different characters to grab everything.
In the end, whether or not you’d like this style of game is entirely up to whether or not you enjoy sort of light-action and a lot of collecting. I wouldn’t lie and say it doesn’t get monotonous at times, but this is one of the best of this type of game that I’ve played of late.