After four years, LEGO Games has finally launched a new title, LEGO Star Wars: Legends of Skywalker. The last LEGO Star Wars series was the 2016 release of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which focused on the exploration of the game between the era of the Star Wars films Returning to the Jedi and The Force Awakens. This time, with the end of the movie, the game "Legend of Skywalker" once allows players to play a rich content covering the Star Wars canon trilogy, prequel trilogy, and postquel trilogy, a total of 9 movies. Not only that, the official statement said that in addition to providing players with a classic plot full of feelings, it also shows that the game has more than 300 available characters and thousands of collection elements to give players the best game experience. So, is Skywalker Legend expected to be fun? This time we will have a good talk about this new LEGO game.
Restore the classic Star Wars scenes with Lego
There are many impressive scenes in Star Wars movies, and in the Skywalker Saga game, many important plots will be selected to be restored to the player in the form of Lego, so that the player can play different characters in the movie to explore the entire world of Star Wars. Of course, there are battle scenes, in every lightsaber duel or large-scale battle, the game will be accompanied by a Star Wars soundtrack to set off, absolutely able to experience the tense and fun thrill of the battle. For example, the duel between the Black Samurai and Obi-Wan not only restores the battle scene in the form of Lego, but also cooperates with the high interactivity of the game, which undoubtedly greatly enhances the sense of substitution.
Although the movie has problems such as character death and character darkening, these plots are humored in all-age LEGO games, and the game will use some humorous techniques to simplify the plot that may cause negative emotions to the player, so some sad plots will also make the player cry and laugh. The game also provides full voice, whether in the plot or during the side quest, you will hear the full dubbing dialogue, which can be described as sincere.
Free to explore the big map
Lego's previous gameplay was based on passing levels, and finally opened up a limited space for players to explore freely. As a collection of nine-part "Skywalker Legends", it has made a major change in this regard, although each chapter provides five major levels, but the level scenes are no longer particularly independent and separate, but instead played on the original map. With 23 planets and over 100 scenes, even if players are familiar with Star Wars movies, there is a definite possibility that they will get lost because the map is too large. Although there will be a light point prompt on the floor when the main line is in progress, most of the scenes are only once and may not be returned, and if you want to go back to a different place outside the main line, you still have to rely on your own memory.
Although the game is played on the original large map, this time the game will no longer hide side quests and collection elements, which is perfect for players who want to collect impulsively when they see something new. The game has enough freedom, as long as it is not a mandatory air or naval battle level, even if the player is playing the main line can do other unrelated things. When the player wants to continue the main line, they only need to reach a fixed place to renew the level, as long as they pass the level once, they can immediately replay, in addition to the menu, they can also choose to replay in a specific location in the scene, this design is undoubtedly convenient for players who like to re-challenge.
A combination of puzzle solving and hidden elements
Although this game is an action game, like previous LEGO games, Skywalker Legends also adds an intellectual puzzle element. For example, seeing different colors paired, finding hidden props in some places, memorizing different patterns for memory tests, etc., these are all simple puzzles. However, as the game progresses to a later stage, the difficulty will also increase relatively, for example, NPCs will tell the player that an item is hidden in a Star Wars scene, or sort by the character's history in Star Wars. These puzzles will test the level of understanding of Star Wars, so it will not make the player feel that the puzzle is too simple and lose the fun.
Rich side quests with collection
In order to make the most of the map, the game provides a rich collection element in addition to the addition of side quests. Whether collecting characters, warships, or blocks, players need to recycle on the map through hints or markers in addition to trying their best to achieve the conditions. Each map will provide a completion rate and number to let the player know how many more elements to collect, and you may find elements that can be collected when you pass by somewhere, or at the highest or most edge of the map.
Of course, the game does not let the player waste collecting these elements. The collected "blocks" can be used to level up their abilities, making it easier for players to pass levels. However, these abilities cannot be reset once they are added, so a reasonable allocation is required when allocating points. And one of the most tempting is close to the plug-in gold card, which is equivalent to the red square of the previous LEGO series, although it can greatly change the gameplay and fun of the game, but it is relatively necessary to pay a lot of game gold coins.
Unconventional LEGO new pieces
Overall, the performance of LEGO Star Wars: Legend of Skywalker this time is still quite satisfactory, not only contains the rich plot of nine Star Wars, but also the gameplay is not conventional, although the expression is more humorous, but it will not lose the sense of substitution. Perhaps the main light-hearted LEGO game is to adapt to all ages, so whether in terms of game operation or combat, it will be slightly lost because the operation is too simple. But the addition of a variety of interesting puzzle elements compensates for this problem to some extent, and this game may have to be considered again for players who pay attention to action elements.
Although the overall performance of "Skywalker Legend" as the latest work after 4 years is not very good, the production team can make new attempts and innovations in different places, which is indeed a great improvement, which makes me look forward to Lego's next work.