This game throws you into a world of chaos where it is up to three characters (Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle) to save their friends and the world as they know it! You can freely change between these characters (and any other characters you bought by placing them on the portal) by briefly tapping the triangle button (on PS4).
The story unfolds as each of these three characters' friends are kidnapped by "Lord Vortech", the main antagonist in the game. The entire story in comprised of separate "missions", which, of course the story development continues from each mission you play, though with each mission comes a different world you are thrown into. Many of these worlds take place in real-life (well, fake-life :p) movies, TV shows, and games. The ones I had a lot of fun with were the Wizard of Oz level, the Portal level, and the Scooby-Doo level haha!
As you can see, there is a large variety of different genre movies/shows/games that all were released at different times, so I think anyone who plays this will recognize something (other notable levels were Ghostbusters, Doctor Who, Simpsons, and many Back to the Future references throughout the game). There's something for everyone!
I'm glad the games' developers decided to go this route with separate "missions" instead of an on-going story. It allowed players to dive into the worlds of these popular movies and games, as well as keep the attention of kids (which I think is this game's main target-audience) by letting them see and play in new environments and worlds instead of adventuring in the same world throughout the whole story. It keeps things interesting! :)
Gameplay-wise, it wasn't horrible! But it could've been better. The combat felt a little clunky, with a heavy influence toward using melee. I wouldn't mind that too much, expect like I said, melee/hand-to-hand combat felt kinda clunky and also a little boring by just hitting the square button over and over. I think the developers tried to "not" have you button mash every fight by implementing the circle button at certain times to do the special finisher. I would use the circle button more often if it was quicker/killed multiple enemies at once. But no, it's just a more elaborate animation and takes longer to kill multiple enemies. I came across a few environment glitches where the characters would get stuck in different things. Most of them I could get out of, expect for a major glitch early-on in the Simpson's level which I had to restart the checkpoint to get out of.
Speaking of checkpoints, that is probably my least favorite part of the game. You cannot save in this game, the only way you can save is by reaching a checkpoint in the mission you are playing. I'd be fine with this, expect checkpoints are given out very sparingly within each mission. I wish they'd either let you save when you want or generously provide checkpoints. :/
With that said, those are the only things I dislike about this game. And they really aren't that big of a deal, I have easily gotten over them. In my mind, where this game truly shines are the puzzles!
There are multiple puzzles in this game: some simple, some complex. A couple of the missions only focus on puzzles and problem-solving, like the Portal level. And some of the levels were actually pretty hard, at least for me lol!
Anyway, that is my review of Lego Dimensions. I freaking love this game, oh! And I also love how every single add-on and accessory you can buy is compatible with everything else. So the things I bought 5 years ago and the things I buy 5 years from now will all work together, I think that's so cool and awesome!
I hope this helps you decide as to whether you'd like to try this game out, I think it's a good casual game to play where you don't have to worry too much about strategy and such! If you like Skylanders than you will most-likely enjoy this game too!
Thanks for reading! <3
Emmeline
With that said, those are the only things I dislike about this game. And they really aren't that big of a deal, I have easily gotten over them. In my mind, where this game truly shines are the puzzles!
There are multiple puzzles in this game: some simple, some complex. A couple of the missions only focus on puzzles and problem-solving, like the Portal level. And some of the levels were actually pretty hard, at least for me lol!
Anyway, that is my review of Lego Dimensions. I freaking love this game, oh! And I also love how every single add-on and accessory you can buy is compatible with everything else. So the things I bought 5 years ago and the things I buy 5 years from now will all work together, I think that's so cool and awesome!
I hope this helps you decide as to whether you'd like to try this game out, I think it's a good casual game to play where you don't have to worry too much about strategy and such! If you like Skylanders than you will most-likely enjoy this game too!
Thanks for reading! <3
Emmeline
