The Lego Movie Videogame

The Lego Movie Videogame

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Developer(s) TT Fusion
TT Games
Publisher(s) Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Feral Interactive (Mac OS X)[1]
Director(s) Jon Burton
Composer(s) Rob Westwood
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Nintendo 3DS
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
PlayStation Vita
Wii U
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Mac OS X
iOS
Release date(s) NA 7 February 2014
EU 14 February 2014
AUS 3 April 2014
JP 6 November 2014
Mac OS X
WW 16 October 2014
iOS
WW 22 January 2015
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Distribution Optical disc, download

The Lego Movie Videogame is an action-adventure video game developed by TT Games as part of the Lego series of video games. It follows the plot of the animated film The Lego Movie. The game was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and released alongside the film in 2014 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One,[2] and on 16 October 2014 for Mac OS X by Feral Interactive.[1]

Gameplay

Continuing the trend of gameplay from previous Lego titles by TT Games, the game puts players in control of various characters from the movie, making use of Lego pieces to make their way through several levels. For the first time in the series, environments are completely made out of Lego pieces. The game introduces two main new character types: Regular Builders (such as Emmet in earlier levels) and Master Builders (such as Batman, Benny, Princess Uni-Kitty, Vitruvius, and Wyldstyle). Regular Builders are unable to normally construct objects out of piles of Lego pieces and instead require instruction pages that are found throughout each level for the construction worker characters to use. Using these, players follow the instructions to build objects with specific pieces like real-life LEGO sets. Master Builders, on the other hand, have the ability to grab Lego pieces from the environment and use them to create something new. While Lord Business is known for using switches in either his Lord Business form or his President Business form, other known abilities for each of the characters include fixing machinery, hacking into computers, destroying gold bricks with lasers, destroying silver bricks with rockets or dynamite, starting fires, and putting out fires.[3]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(PS4) 71.67%[4]
(X360) 73%[5]
(XONE) 69.90%[6]
Metacritic(PS4) 73/100[7]
(X360) 71/100[8]
(XONE) 69/100[9]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Electronic Gaming Monthly8.5/10[10]
Game Informer8/10[11]
GameSpot7/10[12]
IGN6.5/10[13]

The Lego Movie Videogame has received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation 4 version 71.67% and 74/100,[4][7] the Xbox One version 69.90% and 69/100,[6][9] and the Xbox 360 version 73% and 71/100, respectively.[5][8]

Andrew Hayward of IGN gave the game a 6.5 out of 10, calling it "Okay". He said that some aspects of the game were "boring", and that the game's "diverse backdrops and heroes devolve into tedium and busywork."[13]

Game Informer's Andrew Reiner gave the game a positive score of 8 out of 10 in his review. He called it a "visual marvel" while praising the graphics, characters, and soundtrack.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Everything is awesome: The LEGO® Movie Videogame is out on the Mac today!". Feral Interactive. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Purchese, Robert (16 July 2013). "TT Games doing a Lego Movie video game • News •". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "The LEGO Movie Videogame at Comic-Con". Coin-Op Tv. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The LEGO Movie Videogame for PlayStation 4". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The LEGO Movie Videogame for Xbox 360". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The LEGO Movie Videogame for Xbox One". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The LEGO Movie Videogame for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The LEGO Movie Videogame for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "The LEGO Movie Videogame for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Camron, Marc (21 February 2014). "EGM Review: The LEGO Movie Videogame". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Reiner, Andrew (11 February 2014). "Formulaic And Awesome - The Lego Movie Videogame". GameInformer. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  12. ↑ Venter, Jason (10 February 2014). "The Lego Movie Videogame Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Hayward, Andrew (12 February 2014). "The LEGO Movie Videogame Review". IGN. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

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