The LEGO® Movie - Videogame

My usual beat is twitch shooters and ranked ladders, so handing me a LEGO tie-in to assess is a bit like asking a Formula 1 driver to review a go-kart track. That said, the go-kart track question is still valid: is this worth your money right now? Short answer: it depends almost entirely on who is sitting next to you on the couch. The game follows Emmet, an ordinary construction-worker minifig who gets mistaken for the chosen one and dragged across fifteen levels spanning locations pulled directly from the film. You smash objects to harvest studs, solve light environmental puzzles using character-specific abilities, and collect Golden Instruction Manuals scattered across each stage. The Instruction Build mechanic is the one genuine addition to the TT formula: you hunt down manual pages, bring them to a control panel, and tap through a timed parts-selection mini-game to snap objects together. It is not deep, but it breaks up the standard brawling and stud-hoovering loop in a way that kids will find satisfying. There is also a local two-player co-op mode throughout the entire campaign, which is the game's strongest argument for purchase if you have a younger sibling or child in the room. Here is where I have to be straight with you, though. Character switching is the core mechanical ask, and each character carries one or two special skills used to unlock puzzle gates. The attacks, however, are so interchangeable that there is genuinely no combat reason to pick one character over another. The jump attack handles everything the game throws at you. The hub worlds are small compared to earlier LEGO titles like Batman 2 or Lord of the Rings, the campaign runs roughly ten to twelve hours on a first pass, and the collectible density is noticeably lighter than the series average. The PC version in particular has a known single-core CPU bottleneck that can cause stuttering when transitioning between areas, and older reports flag camera lock bugs and geometry soft-locks that required a full restart. None of this is catastrophic, but it is the kind of stuff that makes an already short game feel longer in the wrong way. The one area that genuinely works is presentation. Every object in the world is visibly constructed from real LEGO elements, not just selected props, and the aesthetic consistency is impressive. The game pulls actual film audio for its cutscenes, so the voice performances land. The humor has enough dry wit to keep adults from checking their phones, at least in the first half. The second half loses steam, and the game ends before it really develops a groove. Who is this for, then? Parents doing a co-op session with younger kids, LEGO completionists who want the whole TT catalog, or anyone who saw the film and wants a few hours of low-stakes interactive follow-up. If you are a solo adult looking for a meaty LEGO experience with real character variety and exploration, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes or LEGO City Undercover will serve you considerably better. This one is a functional, occasionally charming, noticeably thin entry in a long-running series.

Fred · Scout Team

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