Lego Worlds seems like a no-brainer: a Minecraft-style world-building game starring everyone's favorite plastic bricks. In practice, it's a disappointing hodgepodge that is missing a main point.You might think the building mechanic would be the focus...
Creating a custom world is also an entertaining feature, even though it’s purely tied to the Free Mode. In the end, though, LEGO Worlds had incredible potential to be the next Minecraft, especially considering the pedigree of LEGO, but it winds up being weighed down by a lack of vision.
LEGO, loved it as a child but even more as a grown up thanks to the amazing games that bring to life so much of the universes that make up my nerdliness. From Star Wars to DC and MARVEL Comics, LEGO Games have transported me to those worlds time and...
LEGO Worlds does an interesting job in standing out from the competition. It has had years to develop its own brand of digital block building, and for the most part it succeeds. Although its controls are a little fiddly, its freedom to build and explore...
Lego is best known for its construction toy sets, but in recent years the company has cemented its iconic status by branching out into films and games. Lego Worlds is the latest game set in the Lego universe. The game has a long history already, having...
Though ambitious and offering a powerful suite of creation tools for meticulous brick builders, LEGO Worlds is let down by its awkward controls, repetitive quests, an overlong trek to collect Gold Bricks, and a ton of technical...
LEGO Worlds is commendable for its environmental diversity and the power of its creative tools to build anything you can dream of or manipulate every castle, hillside, and forest in sight. Unfortunately, fiddly menus, a pretty terrible combat system, and at times clunky and unfriendly construction controls weigh down on the wonder of finding and creating. Despite all this, I still find myself drawn back into it to discover what more the designers have hidden in the world-generation code, as coming across a massive ruined castle or an active volcano for the first time is always a treat - and an inspiration for what I want to build next.
LEGO Worlds may not have a story mode that emulates the whimsy of its licensed tie-ins or a game engine that runs at a consistently smooth rate, but it may just be the purest LEGO game ever made thanks to a sandbox that has solid family-friendly...
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