Lego Star Wars 2 Review (360)

Age Rating: 3+

What is it?

Lego Star Wars 2 – the original Star Wars trilogy, enacted with Lego people.

Is it fun?

Yes, if you intend to play most of it with other people. Otherwise, no.

Is it worth the money? £29.99

Yes.

Why?

It’s cute. It’s as adorable, quirky and funny as the original game. Travellers Tales have created all the little filler bits that you don’t see in the films and stamped each one with their own brand of humour. It’s a delight to explore the levels and find all the little hidden sections.

BUT…

Not by yourself. In optimising this game for multiplayer they have completely broken the single-player experience. Your computer-controlled buddies are still intelligent enough to pull levers and push buttons when you need them, but wow, they are rubbish at shooting. It’s like they all graduated from Stormtrooper Academy.

Essentially, there are lots of segments where you need to build structures, or use The Force on blocks in order to proceed. Invariably, these segments are next to an infinite supply of stormtroopers or sand people or other such rapid-spawning annoyances. When playing with someone else, this is not a problem because one of you can build while the other defends.

In single-player mode you don’t have a chance.

Your AI buddy will be standing at the back randomly shooting at air while you have to simultaneously build an entire AT-ST, collect millions of studs and defend yourself from the unending barrage of laser fire. Every time you get shot, not only do you lose a thousand studs, the item you were lifting with your Force power drops right back down to the ground and you’re right back where you started.

It’s immensely frustrating.

But hey, if you’re planning on playing it with your mates then buy it. It’s fun :)

[Lego Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy has also been developed for GameCube, PC, PS2, PSP and Xbox by Travellers Tales. The DS and GBA versions are made by Amaze, so may be substantially different]

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Related links:
Official Lego Star Wars II game site (requires Flash)

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