Apart from TT fleshing out the hubs more than previously this LEGO game is a downgrade in every single aspect. Basing half the game on the worst movie is already a detriment, but the game itself isn't all that great as well.
Some baffling design decisions like making the vehicle missions (that everyone has complained about in every single LEGO game) even worse somehow. Traditional longer levels that included both puzzles and combat are now split into short ones that do one or the other which severely hurts the combat focused ones. Combat in LEGO games is there to give a touch of variety in between the puzzles or when you are moving along the level, but being dropped into an arena just to fight waves of enemies multiple times throughout the game is just boring. In addition every big section of the game is followed by a completely made up giant bosses that are all very similar and repetitive. This stands out esp. strongly because the adventure focused puzzle missions already have minibosses that are better every single time. Each of the 6 mission sets also follows a very rigid structure of 2 Puzzle levels (which are mostly great, but still worse than in previous games), 1 Brawl (boring), 1 Vehicle Mission (Bad) and 1 Big Boss (bad). It just becomes incredibly formulaic.
In the end the small glimpses of stuff done well like the traditional LEGO humor just don't do enough to make the game enjoyable.
Some baffling design decisions like making the vehicle missions (that everyone has complained about in every single LEGO game) even worse somehow. Traditional longer levels that included both puzzles and combat are now split into short ones that do one or the other which severely hurts the combat focused ones. Combat in LEGO games is there to give a touch of variety in between the puzzles or when you are moving along the level, but being dropped into an arena just to fight waves of enemies multiple times throughout the game is just boring. In addition every big section of the game is followed by a completely made up giant bosses that are all very similar and repetitive. This stands out esp. strongly because the adventure focused puzzle missions already have minibosses that are better every single time. Each of the 6 mission sets also follows a very rigid structure of 2 Puzzle levels (which are mostly great, but still worse than in previous games), 1 Brawl (boring), 1 Vehicle Mission (Bad) and 1 Big Boss (bad). It just becomes incredibly formulaic.
In the end the small glimpses of stuff done well like the traditional LEGO humor just don't do enough to make the game enjoyable.