25.11.2006

i loved the original Lego Star Wars game. It was incredibly fun, very replayable and had a wicked sense of humor. Lego Star Wars II is just as fun, and covers Episodes IV-VI!It's very rare to find a game that kids can play, adults can play, and everybody truly loves it. This is one of those games. I'm sure kids enjoy the game quite a lot - but pretty much every adult gamer I know loves this series as well. It's fun, it has classic scenes from the Star Wars movies done in a VERY funny style, and you can keep replaying it. You can play it with friends! You can unlock new episodes, new ships, new characters, you name it.The first thing you notice when you enter the "Cantina" is that now you can MAKE NEW CHARACTERS!!!Yes, you can mix up Darth Vader's head, Princess Leia's torso and a stormtrooper's pants. You can mix pretty much any character you find in the game, and give them personalized names! Then you can bring 2 of your creations into the game with you on free play mode. Talk about fun!!The game gets even better. Yes, you work through all the classic scenes - Luke buying the droids, the Death Star blowing up, and so on from the "first 3 movies" (in release order at least). The cut scenes are VERY funny. Being able to play along as the various characters is amazingly fun in story mode, and even better in "free play" when you can randomly switch between a variety of characters to find all the hidden items.I love the stud finding system. You want more money? Just replay a mission a few times. You can get all sorts of fun "cheats" (not cheats, really, but fun add-ons), you can buy new characters to use, and much more. It really gives you incentive to keep playing.Is a youngster in the house having trouble playing? Just have an adult pop into the game for a while to help out, then the adult can pop out again, to let the child keep playing! It is just brilliant. I love this game.The graphics are superb, as last time, with little lego movements seeming just right. Their swaggers and sliders are incredibly funny. The sound, of course, is the real movie soundtrack and is superb. You couldn't ask for anything better.Even the tiny touches are funny. If C-3PO starts getting hit, he loses an arm, then another arm, then a leg. You have him hopping along valiantly behind you, trying to remain with your team. Chewie rips off arms from stormtroopers.Now of course, there are always a few things the game designers get wrong. While Chewie's arm-ripping is quite funny, it is REALLY annoying when he does it - very slowly - in the middle of a firefight when you wanted him to be blasting away. The characters automatically switch into close combat mode if they think someone is nearby, even if you really needed to fire away at someone with the blaster. Even more annoying, if you're blasting away at "destructables" (wall items, whatever) and your friend gets near you start bashing on him!The camera is also really annoying. You get a *slight* amount of view control, but not much. When you are craning around trying to find a mini-kit on the screen and the camera keeps swooping wildly exactly where you do NOT want to look, it can get very frustrating.Still, these are minor problems in a game that is so stellar. I highly, highly recommend this game for any gamer of any age. It's incredibly fun.

12.5.2008

I mostly use my Mac for web surfing, email, and working with documents, and have used a PC for many years for all my gaming needs from shooters to RTS. Unfortunately the Mac has always been notorious to childish imps like myself for being crap for games! So, given that I was getting a bit bored of seeing the same movies on airplanes I decided to give my Mac another chance and got this to try out. I played this on a Macbook 2.2ghz dual-core with 2gb of memory, so your mileage may vary.If you're not familiar with the concept of Lego Star Wars it's a charming 3-D platform game where you control a lego figure modelled on a Star Wars character. They interact in a world made entirely out of lego,where the currency is studs and a stray laser beam causes enemies to pop into their composite pieces. It's a very colourful, animated, and frenetic world where scenery is destructable and the emphasis is on fun over any semblance of realism.Puzzles generally consist of killing enemies and solving simple puzzles that require you to jump platforms or build things out of lego. On paper that sounds absolutely dull as dishwater. In practice though, there you are running down the corridors of the Death Star blasting at stormtroopers, building yourself a little laser turret to shoot at them or slashing at airvents to find hidden treasure behind. There are lots of cute comedy moments scattered around the place such as the ability to pick up stormtroopers with a giant crane and hurtling them off of balconies, or that C3PO gets his leg blown off and has to hop everywhere. Because this is a licensed Lucasarts product the production values are superb; all the sound effects and music are spot on, but it's had just the right amount of silliness injected into it.I personally haven't found many aspects to be all that challenging so it's a great little game to play on long journeys; I wasn't sure I'd sit down at my computer at home and play it for hours when I first got it but this weekend I was sat in front of my laptop in to the wee hours, swearing I'd finish after just one more chapter. There's some good replayability too in that you can go back through the levels with unlocked characters to unlock various new secrets and to play the game in a different way. It's not going to add decades to its lifespan or anything but it adds a different element to it and makes the tasks like collecting powerups more meaningful.If I had one criticism it's that the controls are a little awkward on a keyboard, this game clearly wants to be played with a joypad but who's going to bring one of those along with them with a laptop? Finally, if you do get this for your home iMac, especially if you've got kids, it's useful to know there's a cooperative play mode so two can play at the same time. I couldn't quite persuade anyone to sit that close to me for two of us to play on a laptop screen, but it looks like it'd be fun!

27.2.2007

This game is unusual: the genre is a "space-opera/shoot 'em up/blow 'em up/sci-fi satire using lovable plastic figures/puzzle/gotta get them all" mixture. (Although this leaves out some important aspects, you probably get the idea).There are very few games that I love unconditionally, and this has now joined the list. (Others include "Thief I/II/III", "Civilization II", "Goldeneye", "Nethack", if you care). Many games are great, but have some irritations that make me think: "That was great but I don't think I'll play that again."Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LeSWIITOT) is not like that. I'll be getting it out of the attic in 5 years' time,

28.5.2013

Very very good game for my kids (10 and 7) who like me are big fan of Lego and Star Wars.Very numerous levels so a durable play (they still are playing with it since several months) a lot of hidden items to search and pick, they can rerun levels to earn more and choose the acquired heroes / vessels to play with it The cooperative mode is well done but you need to stick together. LST III adds more liberty on this issue.A lot of humor, I like very much the Lego interpretation and the possibility of playing fully in the universe of the 3 original films.Graphics are very well done. Also the "power" required from PC do not need to be a killer one so it can run on even "old" hardware which really nice (like an HP Mini 200 netbook).

8.4.2008

A few years ago, a mate of mine raved to me about Lego Star Wars I on the PS2, telling me I had to buy it, it was amazing etc etc. It wasn't I didn't believe him, it's just I was busy playing Vice City or something and in the end, forgot about it.Wind forward to a couple of Christmas's ago, and, as you always get rubbish presents when you're older, I got myself a copy of Lego Star Wars II on the PS2. I spent virtually the whole of the Xmas break glued to it, collecting everything I could, trying to complete all the extras, spending every spare moment, controller in hand.I liked it so much, when I got myself a PSP, I also got myself a copy of this on the PSP and, it's just as good,

24.9.2006

The 1st Lego star wars was a great blast and was more fun than the 3 films it was based on.Here the programmers at Travellers tales have really gone to town and introduced some subtle new angles.Keeping the countless Star wars fans happy is an impossible task but this is surely about as close as anyone is going to get while keeping the whole thing fun and playable.It was tempting to drop the game a star because in all honesty it is just a spruced up version of the first, but why change what aint broke?Launched straight into the opening scene of A new hope you find yourself hoofing it around your spaceship, blasting away and hunting for pieces. The characters are great fun,

30.12.2006

This is a game which allows you to escape from the captive Blockade Runner, traverse the crowded streets of Mos Eisley, take on the lumbering AT-ATs in a snowspeeder and fight your way through Jabba's dusty palace- but in Lego!You play through the original trilogy, with 6 chapters within each film. In story mode, each level has you playing alongside 2-4 other characters, allowing for cooperative play with a friend. In the first level for example, you can be playing as Leia, whilst player 2 is accompanying you as R2-D2. There are so many various characters in the game, but many of these are only playable in Free Play mode (where you can replay levels to obtain all hidden objects and can be whoever you want).

25.2.2007

Genius is the only word you can describe this game. The people at LucasArts (the creators) have come up with the best Star Wars game ever, even better than the first Lego Star Wars. Not only it is fun and has loads of characters and extras to unlock, but there are new features to the game which you don't get in the original.So what are these new features, you ask? Firstly, you get to play as vehicles in the veichle mission and when you complete a battle based mission, for example Battle of Hoth, you get a vehicle which for the Hoth battle is the snowspeeder. If you have the original Lego Star Wars trilogy on the same memory card you can transfer them on to Lego Star Wars 2.

18.9.2006

My son (10) saved his pennies knowing this title was to be released. He thinks it is great (and it is). The storyline is a bit different to the first Lego StarWars with a few different characters and plenty of them. There is no android General Grevious as the storyline loosely follows the first 3 films (IV to VI), so you get cuddly Ewoks and a token Wookie this time. It's pretty much more of the same though (Lego StarWars I) which is rather good as the original was great anyway. The game works very well on the PS2. Lego PC based games like RockRaiders, Island and AlpaTeam are always great but seem to crash regularly, none of that here.You can select and now even make your characters - and you don't have to have Jedi powers to make things move/open.

15.9.2006

The original Lego Star Wars covering chapters 1,2 and 3 (ie the not-so-good ones) of the saga was one of the surprise hits of last year, blending the combination of Lego and Star Wars perfectly, based on the successful Lego product line. Whilst a little easy and therefore a bit short, the game was very well received and managed to extend replayability with a host of hidden secrets and extra characters.Now the original trilogy has been given the same treatment, and it's all you would want to expect: bigger, longer, and harder! With three chapters of six episodes each, along with a few bonus bits and pieces, there's plenty that should keep you going - unlike the first one,

31.12.2010

My friend introduced me to these Lego games on the PS2 through the brilliantly fun and occasionally challenging Indiana Jones version.Packed with fun easy operable levels that represent the three films it was a joy to play and me being 22 loved it, a proper adventure and the great thing is this Lego Star Wars game packs an almighty equal punch.One of the biggest stories ever told this original trilogy contains all elements from a New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and as the films do, they pan out in a splendour of exciting features.The Lego universe has beautifully adapted a comic styling where there are short videos before each level that parody the film's classic elements,

19.12.2007

I have played many Star Wars games over the years (the arcade/adventure type, not the role playing strategy games) and although a lot of them drew on the stuff we like from the films there was never one that allowed us to play the story of the films until the Lego Star Wars games came out.I never played the original game featuring episodes 1-3 but bought the Original Trilogy game and was thrilled in every way.The thing that struck me first was that it was very playable as the characters get shot but they just come back to life, and the worst thing is that you lose some of the studs you pick up when you are shot,

24.6.2007

This is excellent; the chance to live out a lot of your favourite (original) Star Wars scenes, but best of all in a Lego-fied version, which may sound an odd concept at first but it adds a lot more fun to the whole thing; something that the more 'serious' Star Wars games over the years have been missing. Think of a cool scene in the history of the first three films and it's probably in there already (the Death Star bombing run, the Sarlaac Pit execution scene, the speeder bike chase on Endor). The sound effects are spot-on too; you'll never tire of the lightsabre or TIE fighter sound effects. The difficulty is set really well in the way that if you want to get through it easily,

23.2.2009

This game is pure genius, so much fun and the drop-in drop-out two player mode really works. See your kid struggling with a level, jump in and help him/her blast a few stormtroopers then go back to your gardening...It has humour, lots of "I remember that bit from the film" moments (the proper Star War films, that is!) and lots of replay value - trying to get the elusive mini-kits, red bricks and earn money for the extra characters.Whoever came up with Lego and Star Wars as a concept for a video game must have been on something, but I'm glad he was!My top tips for this game are:1) Save your money until you have completed Story mode, you can then spend it wisely in Freeplay mode.

6.10.2006

I'm not a huge Star Wars fan so I was dubious about playing this game to start with, but that soon faded as I realised what a great laugh it is! The characters are so cute, little Lego Leia is adorable with a grumpy little face and Lego bun hairdo - anyway I digress, and I doubt many people would play this game purely for the laughs to be had at the characters' appearances.Basically this game is so good because it appeals on different levels to different people. It's easy to get into, has a great storyline to follow, involves Lego violence (both intentional and otherwise), and for Star Wars fans you get to play as practically every character you can think of. Kids will enjoy it because the controls are easy,

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