Not hugely into the LEGO games other than LEGO Jurassic World, but this was a pleasant surprise. It's a GTA-clone bringing to mind family-orientated predecessor Simpsons Hit & Run, but unlike that game (and even many other LEGO games), this has its own original story. Lots of the story beats riff off other action-adventure and/or crime films and it's written very well. Genuinely humourous too. I can't recall when I've laughed out loud this much playing a game.

It's standard LEGO game gameplay of using different character types to puzzle and combat your way through the story. It's fairly rewarding but simplistic. The driving is decent if not a little sluggish. Probably let down the most really by its very lacklustre soundtrack. Very boring and repetitive, and I think the inclusion of a radio, with instrumental tracks, could have been a really great addition.

eu sempre adorei os lego da travelers tales na infância, e apesar de eu ter gostado do jogo eu não posso deixar de falar como a experiência a longo prazo fica muito truncada e repetitiva pelo simples fato do jogo não deixar você fazer ações básicas apenas pra vc ter que mudar de roupinha pra fazer uma ação simples, isso quebra o pacing de uma forma insana e dá uma puta preguiça de explorar qualquer coisa

mas como eu falei, eu acabei no fim gostando do jogo pq apesar do negócio encher a paciência lá pro final, o jogo tem uma aura tão simpática e um baita charme, que me lembra justamente os jogos deles que eu jogava na infância (tipo crash twinsanity, quem diria), a história é ultra básica mas a apresentação e os personagens são bem divertidos, tudo no jogo é bem humorado e a apresentação te fisga pelo jogo todo, tudo é super bem animado e apesar do problema do pacing, as missões do jogo são bem criativas e tem muito set piece bem maneiro

o jogo é falho mas ainda foi uma experiência que não me arrependo

The LEGO game that I was the least endeared by due to how grounded all of the mechanics felt compared to literally any one of the other LEGO Star Wars-styled games which, while fun when playing casually, consequently made 100-percenting it a bit of a chore. At least the story's pretty amusing.

Also, side tangent: It's really unfortunate that Chase McCain's lover (I forgot her name) didn't get as much screen time and plot relevance as I'd hoped she would get. The way she decided to do things on her own without Chase at a few points in the story and her one single idle animation where she accidentally stabs herself in the foot with a syringe made her WAY more endearing than I would have ever expected.

I've always been tolerant of the Lego games, they seemed to dominate the (Non-Mario) platformer genre for a while just by being competent, humorous games for all ages. As in, ALL AGES.

However, Lego City Undercover will always hold a special place as one of my favorite games ever. 10-year-old me was doubled over with cramps from laughing at just the first cutscene, and the game never stopped impressing me, even now I can barely remember all the characters and plot points.

This is really one of the funniest games I can think of, and probably has more fun crime movie references and things to do driving around its world than its 2013 counterpart GTA V. The latter game of course more cynical and grounded but nowhere near as fun or carefree. One of these days I'll 100% it and relive all the fun I had as a kid through all of its great chapters, from the dock to the dojo to the prison to the ice cream shop to the museum to the space station to... well I don't wish to spoil it, but the final confrontation between Chase McCain and Rex Fury.

This was my first time finishing a Lego game and maybe the formula just isn't for me. I found the gameplay loop very boring.

The game boils down to the same repetitive puzzles over and over, then every other mission you unlock a new costume which unlocks a new puzzle to add to the repetitive mix. I imagine this formula may be slightly more interesting when it's with a fun license containing characters that you know like the other Lego games. I can't say I was overly excited when I unlocked the "fireman" or the "miner". Every time I unlocked a new character I unfortunately thought "Great, another boring puzzle to add to the mix."

I will say, the humour was really stupid but got a chuckle out of me at times. Also the end... I really did not expect such a wild final sequence with a great music score.