What an absolutely beautiful game that no one is talking about.
I played this on my RTX 2070 with all Ray tracing set to the absolute max and even other effects all the way on the top with DLSS 2.2 set on Performance mode at 1080p. The game ran between 30 and 60 fps. Played with the mouse.
I saw this in a Digital Foundry video looking absolutely amazing and decided to play it. The game is one of the most visually stunning games ever and the RT implementation is master class. You see reflections in reflections with the underside of the Lego blocks visible as well.
The music is sublime and very relaxing. Invokes Journey a lot.
Weirdly enough the thing I wanna focus on is the story and gameplay and how all of it works together.
The story is that you are a kid playing with your father as he teaches you life lessons and you learn more and more and are able to solve complex puzzles, the dad gets busier and busier with his job (a monotonous level with no need for any imagination or creativity which showcases the work life pretty well). One night you and your dad are making a castle and he is unable to finish it with you as he has to go work and you make a robot dog like thing that can make it's own pieces which adds it's own challenge to gameplay. It really communicates the satisfaction of playing with Legos in that sense.
Anyway you go to find your dad and there's a lot of levels with a split view with son and dad working together without knowing. Your father then tries to rescue you and in the end, in a rather touching moment, your dog creation sacrifices itself for you and your dad to meet. (This last part might have been added later as a lot of other reviews and gameplay don't mention or show this).
I found this super touching and the music the atmosphere and everything was great. I got the game for the DLSS 2.2 DLL file but ended up playing all the way through. Truly amazing.
Also a game being short is not a critique of the game. So thanks Apple arcade for this game I guess and not making it exclusive.
I played this on my RTX 2070 with all Ray tracing set to the absolute max and even other effects all the way on the top with DLSS 2.2 set on Performance mode at 1080p. The game ran between 30 and 60 fps. Played with the mouse.
I saw this in a Digital Foundry video looking absolutely amazing and decided to play it. The game is one of the most visually stunning games ever and the RT implementation is master class. You see reflections in reflections with the underside of the Lego blocks visible as well.
The music is sublime and very relaxing. Invokes Journey a lot.
Weirdly enough the thing I wanna focus on is the story and gameplay and how all of it works together.
The story is that you are a kid playing with your father as he teaches you life lessons and you learn more and more and are able to solve complex puzzles, the dad gets busier and busier with his job (a monotonous level with no need for any imagination or creativity which showcases the work life pretty well). One night you and your dad are making a castle and he is unable to finish it with you as he has to go work and you make a robot dog like thing that can make it's own pieces which adds it's own challenge to gameplay. It really communicates the satisfaction of playing with Legos in that sense.
Anyway you go to find your dad and there's a lot of levels with a split view with son and dad working together without knowing. Your father then tries to rescue you and in the end, in a rather touching moment, your dog creation sacrifices itself for you and your dad to meet. (This last part might have been added later as a lot of other reviews and gameplay don't mention or show this).
I found this super touching and the music the atmosphere and everything was great. I got the game for the DLSS 2.2 DLL file but ended up playing all the way through. Truly amazing.
Also a game being short is not a critique of the game. So thanks Apple arcade for this game I guess and not making it exclusive.