The most "unusual" puzzle (if you can even call it that) that I remember from my playthrough of Episode 1 consisted of rebuilding pipes to fill tanks with water on Tatooine and, despite being the most "unique" puzzle I encountered, was by far and away the most monotonous, boring, and frustratingly slow sequence of events and took a good 10 minutes, not from difficulty (it only gave you the pieces you need at a time, so a bit hard to mess up), but from the sheer length of the "challenge". The sheer quantity of the kyber bricks being kinda just spat all over the world, not in any really clever ways with cool puzzles or sequences like old lego games did, just in a "oh, didn't think one would be here" kinda way. Heck, it's hardly worth the hunt because all characters are basically just reskins of the same handful of classes (Jedi, hero, astromech, etc) with no gameplay variance between them. The way you unlock characters outside of the story (glorified fetch-quests of talking to the right people) is very, very annoying and not at all rewarding to pull off when you finally find the right joker to ask about the character you want. The mind-boggling amount of the EXACT same puzzle with little-to-no variation ( batteries, platforming, more batteries, character panel, and EVEN MORE BATTERIES) Easily one of the most disappointing parts of the game, especially considering how the fighter combat in the Lego The Force Awakens game worked. I found myself many times asking "Wait, another wave of enemies?" as i slowly steered my fighter to shoot the barely-moving fighters. Starfighter combat is janky, slow, and repetitive. Blaster combat, while having a nice, over-the-shoulder playstyle, feels clunky and monotonous. The aforementioned saber combat, while fun, is uncommon, at least if you're following the "story mode" As an added bonus, if there's characters talking, you are slowed to an absolute CRAWL for the duration of the area in order to avoid skipping any dialogue. This isn't even a joke, about 60% of episode one consists of traveling between locations where nothing happens (except some dialogue if you're lucky) and you can't fast travel to speed things up. (one of my favorites: Young Anakin: "That's a cool suit! Where can I get one?" Darth Vader: "Patience, child. Funny back-and-forth interactions between the characters you choose A leveling/powering up system that incentivizes finding Kyber bricks That Darth Maul fight was absolutely GLORIOUS Large open world(s) to explore and find collectables Faithful, yet humorous take on the Star Wars film plots, as is par-for-the-course in Lego games Amazing and dynamic graphics and cinimatics
Unfortunately, after months of not touching the game, I just haven't been able to bring myself to keep playing past Episode 1, and even completing that single episode felt like a chore more than a game. It’s safe to say that the LEGO game franchise is currently recording figures it has never seen before following the successful launch of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.īesides its attachment to the Star Wars brand, the game’s success can be attributed to its humor and surprisingly layered gameplay mechanics.Ĭheck out IGN’s review of the game below.I was uber hype for the game during development, even after the delays, because I grew up playing Lego games with my brothers, and I was more than ready to play this supposed "ultimate Lego Star Wars" when it dropped. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has CRUSHED the all-time concurrent players record for the Lego franchise on Steam The game enjoyed an all-time player peak of 62,667, followed by LEGO Marvel Super Heroes in second place with 5,953 players. YouTuber Benji Sales, meanwhile, tweeted last week that LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga managed to “crush” the all-time concurrent player record for the Lego franchise on Steam by over 50 thousand. As reported by GameIndustryBiz, the latest LEGO game has become the second fastest (boxed) selling game of the year in the UK, behind only Pokémon Legends: Arceus. For it to be beaten by a new LEGO game is quite surprising.Īpart from being a top seller on Steam, the game’s physical copies are doing just as well. Elden Ring was the top-selling game on Steam since its launch on February 25, which means it has stayed on top of the charts for over a month.