LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (Warner)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, 4, Xbox 360 and One, PC
Great movie, great game. That pretty much sums up The Force Awakens – the Hollywood blockbuster and the new Lego adventure from Warner Bros Interactive.
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Anyone who has played a Lego title previously will know pretty much everything about this game already. Or, that’s what most people would think.
For the most part, the tried and true method of taking a movie franchise and converting it into an action-adventure game set in the Lego world has been done over many times before.
It works with gamers, but the experience has been – up until now – starting to wear a little thin. Shooting things that explode into a shower of Lego bricks can only take you so far.
Thankfully, with the Force Awakens, the strength of the movie itself works in the game’s favour. The characters, the gripping storyline (which this game follows to the letter) and one or two new clever little additions make this a welcome reinventing for the Lego game franchise.
They include a new ability where the in-game characters can shoot from behind cover – a welcome addition.
The other big tick for The Force Awakens is the brilliant flying missions, where you can pilot an X-Wing in a dogfight against the evil forces of the Empire’s TIE fighters. These scenes are brilliantly done.
In fact, the majority of the gameplay is excellent. The playable characters – reportedly numbering close to 200 from the entire Star Wars universe – are all fun to play, although for the most part you will only take control of eight during your first play-through of the story mode.
Character voices are taken straight from the cast of the movie, which is a real treat, so expect to hear plenty from Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Harrison Ford and Anthony Daniels.
There’s a lot to like about Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, particularly if you’re a fan of the Star Wars movies.
Plenty of action, plenty of fun and humour and a learning curve an eight-year-old should be able to handle quite comfortably.