At least there are multiple solutions to puzzles this time around – whether it's hacking, destroying items or lite-platforming sections, there are usually multiple paths through (and they’re not too obscure). But hey, this is a kids’ game first and foremost. Yeeting fuel tanks at Tusken Raiders as Obi-Wan and hearing them squeal as they break apart into pieces is – I’m sad to say – sadistically brilliant.īetween breaths, puzzles are still as integral as you’d expect in a LEGO game – and, yeah, these can still feel quite slow. Granted, those of us that remember the ‘silent comedy’ era of Lego games will mourn the goofy (albeit very specific) humour that came with it, but the scripting, impressionism and sly digs at iconic Star Wars moments here are just as worthy of praise as anything the studio has done before.īut what’s the point in poking every wall, breaking every item and replaying levels to take advantage of the new branching paths you can take if it’s all dull as dishwater? Offsetting some of the repetition of later Lego games, TT has packed Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga with new mechanics and moment-to-moment improvements: the combat has a combo meter, making it feel more like a ‘my-first-Arkham’ system and requiring more thought to break through enemy armour you can now get behind cover and aim down sights when it comes to gunplay and the abilities have each been re-thought to feel more authentic to the Jedi/Dark Side fantasy when you’re playing as either side. It’s ‘collect-em-all’ catnip, and to punctuate all that sniffing around you need to do to find everything worth finding, TT Games brings its penchant for puns, alliteration and wordplay into the fold, too. Similarly to Super Mario Odyssey and its power moons, experimenting with fun stuff in a cheeky way might unlock more Kyber bricks for you. On top of that, there are three tiers of rewards for collecting everything in a level, and sniffing out every last block and secret will net you Kyber bricks – a resource that will let you unlock more abilities per class (Hero, Jedi, Scoundrel, Scavenger, Bounty Hunter, Villais, Dark Side, Astromech and Protocol Droid) which can, in turn, let you new levels and secrets. Galactic.Įach level – as well as all the collectibles and secrets you’d expect from these game – has three unique level challenges you can complete a first for LEGO. Two levels and a little bit of the Tatooine hub world took me the better part of two hours to clear… and I rushed through that for the sake of wrapping my eyes around as much of the game as I could. In a hands-on demo, I got to feel around the intro to Episode 4 (all 9 mainline Star Wars episodes are present, with nods and bytes of spin-offs like Rogue One poking their heads in here and there for fun). There have been some pretty huge Lego games in the past, but this one takes the modular, build-it-yourself cake. So it’s a bloody good job Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has made this timeless aesthetic feel so damn fresh.įirst up, this is TT Games’ biggest game to date. And though the appeal of Lego in the real world might never get old, doing the same thing over and over again in games sure does. DC, Marvel, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, and Disney/Pixar properties have all had this ‘don’t-think-about-it-too-hard’ Lego mentality applied to them over the years. But, some 17 years later, something has to give: not only have there been four more Lego Star Wars games since this brilliant debut, there have also been all manner of other licensed titles beating the same ‘Age 4-99’ drum.
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