Introduction
This game probably doesn't need much introduction but here's one anyway:
Lego Star Wars is a mostly 3rd person shooter (and lightsabarer), set in the Star Wars universe of the latest three films and if it were made out of Lego. The story roughly follows the three - with some comedic additions - letting you play through some key moments from each.
Gameplay
You start the game armed with lightsabars and have to fight off droids armed with blasters. You must quickly learn how to deflect the blaster shots back at the enemy, which is not as hard as it first appears as button mashing seems to do the job quite effectively. Later in the game you get a blaster but it's not quite as fun. The fighting is mostly entertaining and due to you having infinite lives you can't get frustrated with dying and have to repeat a section, you re-spawn on the spot.
Something that becomes obvious right away is the amount of stuff there is it collect, all optional. Objects can be destroyed or horse manipulated producing a spray of shiny Lego studs and health. The studs can be used to buy extras from the shop: hints, unlock extra characters and game mods. Again, this is all optional and probably only of interest to the completist. I still enjoyed collecting as many of the shiny things as I could on my first and only play through the game. There is potential to re-visit earlier levels with characters you unlock in later ones, as there's obvious circumstances where these characters would be able to unlock additional doorways, etc.
Sights and Sounds
Being Lego the graphics are rudimentary and functional with the odd effect here and there. Although the levels are varied enough so this doesn't become boring and the animation in the cut-scenes as well as the more wild Jedi fighting moves all make up for the overall simplicity of the style.
There are is no voice-acting, only the odd child-like exclamation, which I think fit quite nicely with the style. The music of Star Wars is there, I guess, I can't say that I noticed it much.
Stuff that sucks
The only real problem I have with this game is that it's too short. But I suspect if it were longer it would either be frustrating or boring for it, so it's not really a problem.
Also the non-3rd person shooting sections can be a bit annoying but not damagingly so.
Conclusion
Overall I'd recommend this game to anyone, it's uncomplicated enjoyment. There's replay value for those that want to go back to previous levels with other characters to unlock the extra bits but for everyone else there's about 6 hours of fun.
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