This...is how not to make an open world kids game. It is just really empty and boring. Also, the game has so many game breaking bugs and glitches that were never patched even well over a year after release.

Also, don't bother looking for collectables or exploring until you get all aliens. You can get them by doing the first 3-4 missions in every branch of the campaign.

For reference, I 100% this game (technically) in about 10 hours. See my far too in-depth review below:


Content - A pretty good size open world map...but there is nothing in it. The collectables are a thing. Some are just things, others are level ups for your powers. That's cool I guess. Out of my 10 hours (6 were spent just going where I needed to go). There is a fast travel system, but it is not helpful/useful really as you can only fast travel to/from very specific spots.

Achievements - They are completely busted. I 100% this game (as much as I could), however, researching online taught me that if you save and quit, then the achievements have a 50/50 shot of breaking. I am technically missing 4 achievements (all I should technically have). For me to get those, I have to restart from a fresh save and get them without quitting it seems. No thanks.

Sound Design - eh. There is sound. Although, halfway though the game, the voice acting just stopped working.

Level Design - Most of this game uses the open world as an excuse to not have level design. This is not good. There are platform/puzzle rooms to complete in music rooms. Those are decent. The rest of the level design is pretty bad. Although, you can get to areas outside of intended methods pretty often.

Controls - it is fine. The character select wheel works different than all other wheels. Letting go doesn't close the menu; You have to select your alien to close it. It is snappy though when used to it.

Art - Basic, and inoffensive, but horribly low texture resolutions. Also, tons of pop in from the environment.

Challenge - It is almost all very easy with a couple of exceptions. The exceptions are combat challenges where you fight 10 waves of enemies. I did these before upgrading a lot, and it was brutal, but I did it. There are just so many enemies on screen during those. I did one again after being fully powered up and it was very easy at that point.

Story - eh. The main missions are so short. You could beat the main story within 3 or 4 hours probably.

Bugs - So many. A few of the icons were not on the correct spot on the map. One collectable item never spawned where it was supposed to. Many achievements didn't appear because of me not playing in one sitting. I fell through the map a few times because I used an alien powerup too close to a wall.

Value - This game is really rough. If you are looking for an open world, collect-athon kid's game...just go with like Mario odyssey or Yooka Laylee.

This game is lovely. It takes about 3 hours to 100%, but despite the short play length, it has a lot of heart and passion. The game is very relaxing and the story is touching.

By the way, the story is pretty much only told through you moving and you learning about the person you are unpacking for by seeing where they move, and what they move with them.

Gameplay...well, it isn't complex at all. There are literally only 2 buttons used outside of moving the cursor around. Not a bad thing at all as the purpose of this game is to not be complex. Just simple, relaxing fun. The game is light puzzler where you try to find out what should go where and how it should be organized.

Also, the pixel art is lovely.

Good game overall, but there is just too much content to 100% the game for now. I may return to the game in a few years and wrap it up. After about 40 hours, I am at 60% completion.

I typically platinum Lego games. My favorite is Lego Jurassic World, which takes between 20-30 hours for me to 100%. In this game, the puzzles aren't unique enough from one another to justify platinum'ing this game. This game was a blast though for about 25-30 hours. Also, this game is actually genuinely funny.

I was originally excited for it because it just sounded like a fun concept. However, this is terrible and wasn't play tested at all it seems. First big issue is main menu, it says, "Press any button". On the Series X though, it turns out there is a bug where you have to completely reset your console to get past that screen (which I found out several hours later online). I reached out to the devs but never heard anything back.

Also, the game is ugly, controls very poorly, is very cheaply made, and has very severe input lag, even on the menus. There is about 0.3-0.5 second delay on all inputs it seems.

Also, the menu can only be navigated by the left stick and not the d-pad, which isn't a horrible thing, but just screams IDGAF by the dev team.

I know this is one of the most loved indie games, and I don't blame anyone for that. It is pretty awesome. The game does a lot right. Of all of the bosses I fought, I like how every boss had a different intended strat to kill that was challenging, but rewarding to pull off. There was only one thing I didn't care for that is kinda big. I personally couldn't get a handle on the touchy movement controls (adjusting your position in the air was the most difficult part for me). I just kept overshooting and undershooting my jumps constantly. Most don't seem to have this issue, so I may just not have much experience in platformers with these physics. Still worth playing as you will almost certainly have a more enjoyable time than I did.