- Release Date: 5th April 2022
- Developer: Traveller’s Tales
- Publisher: Warner Bros
- Platform Played: Xbox Series S
- Platforms Available: PC, PS4/5, Xbox One/Series, Switch
Unfortunately, this game is a bit of a mess. The quality of the main campaign is all over the place, with some levels being extremely short, important moments skimmed over and some odd focus on stuff that barely matters (or even happens off screen).
The space part of the battle of Endor is completely missing. The game makes fun of the “It’s a trap” line yet misses the actual moment it happened. Then you have a mission where Jar Jar looks for the Gungans after returning to Naboo. The worst part about this mission is that you just walk around empty corridors and then return.
This is one of the many moments that take place in the “open world” component of the game. However, as you can’t access all parts until you unlock free play and can use abilities you can’t access during the story, so it’s better to just move on. This means long sections just walking around these open hubs. It really breaks up the gameplay and it feels like you spend more time slowly walking places rather than doing anything.
Ultimately, this makes the main story feel like a disjointed mess. The puzzles are quite rare and the gameplay itself just feels slow and plodding.
The freeplay section of the game, however, is filled with stuff. There are a lot of planets, each with at least one open world level of objects to collect. There are a ton of easter eggs, missions to complete and puzzles to solve. Unfortunately, this is hampered by how the stuff you unlock doesn’t unlock characters or ships, but instead just unlocks the ability to buy them with studs (the in-game currency). Having to grind to unlock the stuff you’ve earned sours the experience, especially with so much stuff.
If the gameplay was fun, this section would be great, but ultimately, it’s a very boring experience and didn’t hold my attention for long once I’d beaten the main story.
I also think that the game could have used a lot more LEGO in its world design.
Fine
