A Wonderful Nostalgia Trip
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga may not have the best levels, the best gameplay, or a notable amount of gameplay challenges. BUT, the two things that make me love this game is its boatloads of charm and my intense nostalgia, (one may be stronger than other).
The gameplay is incredibly basic with little to no depth. The level design is also laughably easy, albeit, with several exceptions. Even after saying all of that, I find myself still loving this game. My appreciation of this title has definitely dwindled over the years but whenever I boot it up and jump back in, I forget all of that. I'm taken back to my childhood because of that wonderful LEGO charm. No matter how dated the levels and gameplay get over the years, that charm is timeless. I've made my bias clear here, I have no clue if this game is worth bothering with if it never was a part of your childhood. But if it was, I think we both know the verdict on this game.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga may not have the best levels, the best gameplay, or a notable amount of gameplay challenges. BUT, the two things that make me love this game is its boatloads of charm and my intense nostalgia, (one may be stronger than other).
The gameplay is incredibly basic with little to no depth. The level design is also laughably easy, albeit, with several exceptions. Even after saying all of that, I find myself still loving this game. My appreciation of this title has definitely dwindled over the years but whenever I boot it up and jump back in, I forget all of that. I'm taken back to my childhood because of that wonderful LEGO charm. No matter how dated the levels and gameplay get over the years, that charm is timeless. I've made my bias clear here, I have no clue if this game is worth bothering with if it never was a part of your childhood. But if it was, I think we both know the verdict on this game.
Review EN/PTBR
This is the place where it turns children into men
This is the place where you will remember and shed a tear
This is the place where you will say to yourself "good times"
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Esse é o lugar aonde transforma crianças em homens
Esse é o lugar aonde você ira se lembrar e soltar uma lagríma
Esse é o lugar aonde você diz para si mesmo "bons tempos"
This is the place where it turns children into men
This is the place where you will remember and shed a tear
This is the place where you will say to yourself "good times"
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Esse é o lugar aonde transforma crianças em homens
Esse é o lugar aonde você ira se lembrar e soltar uma lagríma
Esse é o lugar aonde você diz para si mesmo "bons tempos"
Honestly as close to perfect as these LEGO games can get. Stellar level design mixed in with addictive, easy to understand gameplay - the perfect "just pick up and play" game while also having enough depth to be enjoyable for nostalgic older folks. Very rarely are games like this accessible to literally everybody but if you are looking for a game to play with your kid/younger sibling and still enjoy it the same amount, this is it.
Plus it's as Star Wars as Star Wars can get, representing the first six movies with a great mix of humor and reverence. There is a love for the entire saga here so no matter which one is your favourite film you are gonna have a fun time here. A classic collectathon.
Plus it's as Star Wars as Star Wars can get, representing the first six movies with a great mix of humor and reverence. There is a love for the entire saga here so no matter which one is your favourite film you are gonna have a fun time here. A classic collectathon.
Lego games are...well, basically all identical with minor exceptions, so you probably know the drill. That said, Lego Star Wars TCS is the most iconic, and for good reason, being an enhanced port and compilation of Lego Star Wars and Lego Star Wars 2, combining all 6 movies into one game. With 6 levels per movie, this has a lot of value, but there are caveats.
The good first: the controls are responsive and simple, and are easy to master and utilise to locate the many (and there are many) hidden secrets all over. There are a ton of characters, but most of them handle identically to others - almost every blaster user handles the same, every Jedi handles the same, etc. As such, there's no disadvantage to using your favourite character - unless said character is the pit droid....
However, there are issues. Depth perception is very, very off in this game due to how the graphics are, it's easy to miss a jump due to this and that gets very, very frustrating. The levels are also incredibly long, and there are absolutely no checkpoints, so you HAVE to finish a level in one go.
The vehicle levels are much better than they were in the first Lego Star Wars (with the original versions included as bonuses) but they are still the most annoying elements of the game, with death impossible to avoid. Death may seem meaningless, you just respawn and lose money, but said lost money can cause you to lose out on the "True Jedi" meter, which is necessary for 100%.
Overall Lego Star Wars TCS is a fun, harmless romp throughout the main 6 Star Wars movies, but it's far from flawless.
The good first: the controls are responsive and simple, and are easy to master and utilise to locate the many (and there are many) hidden secrets all over. There are a ton of characters, but most of them handle identically to others - almost every blaster user handles the same, every Jedi handles the same, etc. As such, there's no disadvantage to using your favourite character - unless said character is the pit droid....
However, there are issues. Depth perception is very, very off in this game due to how the graphics are, it's easy to miss a jump due to this and that gets very, very frustrating. The levels are also incredibly long, and there are absolutely no checkpoints, so you HAVE to finish a level in one go.
The vehicle levels are much better than they were in the first Lego Star Wars (with the original versions included as bonuses) but they are still the most annoying elements of the game, with death impossible to avoid. Death may seem meaningless, you just respawn and lose money, but said lost money can cause you to lose out on the "True Jedi" meter, which is necessary for 100%.
Overall Lego Star Wars TCS is a fun, harmless romp throughout the main 6 Star Wars movies, but it's far from flawless.
I bought this game a few months ago because I had vivid memories of playing it as a kid over at a friend's house. I used to love it back then but never had the chance to play it on my own let alone finish it.
So, I used the power of adulthood and got what I didn't as a kid.
It was pretty decent fun for the first three episodes, but halfway through the game, it did start to overstay its welcome with its incredibly repetitive gameplay and exhausting collectathon aspects.
It's at best a very casual platformer re-telling abridged versions of 6 Star Wars films and at worst an incredibly mundane bore.
It also didn't run very well at points which is odd. Just random hiccups where the game froze or cutscene audio de-synced. It's not really a visually complex game, so I'm baffled by that.
So, I used the power of adulthood and got what I didn't as a kid.
It was pretty decent fun for the first three episodes, but halfway through the game, it did start to overstay its welcome with its incredibly repetitive gameplay and exhausting collectathon aspects.
It's at best a very casual platformer re-telling abridged versions of 6 Star Wars films and at worst an incredibly mundane bore.
It also didn't run very well at points which is odd. Just random hiccups where the game froze or cutscene audio de-synced. It's not really a visually complex game, so I'm baffled by that.
Finally after leaving this game dusting for a while I finally finished it. And yes it is deserved of all the praise and is still one of the best LEGO games ever made, hell one of the best licensed games ever made. The game graphically still holds up with it capturing the sets of the movies so well, the gameplay is simple for anyone to get into and it of course it has the personally of classic LEGO from not just the cutscenes but also the small details in the levels. Though I will say some levels are better than others with a few being pretty bad (looking at you 1-5 and 6-3) but the highs really do outweigh the bullshit ones. Overall it’s a game I recommend to even people who aren’t in to Star Wars and I strongly recommend playing with a friend, it adds more fun to the experience so yeah.
I mastered this game on 2011 when I bought it for the DS. It's quite silly as most of the LEGO games but it's just so much fun. I had a blast getting through all the SW saga (such good times, before the sequels). It's fast, very entertaining and it can be hilarious sometimes. Damn, I'm actually thinking I should play it again, it's been ages!