Hi folks,
After a nice post from charlesr the other week I thought I'd post something as I usually lurk in the shadows and read rather than post (apologies for the poor effort in advance!).
Managed to get a hold of a US copy of this just last night, and get a few into hours playing it. As a Star Wars nut, I was really excited by it - I'd also read the above average reviews but I just love the LEGO series so it was worth a punt.
Essentially, its similar to the other LEGO Star Wars games (I and II); you start with Obi Wan and Annakin (alongside Padme) in the final part of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film - the massive battle on Geonosis, where all three charcters are chained-up, with the three mental monsters and Count Dooku and Jango Fett looking on.
Its plain old good fun again as you smash your way through the droids and battle Jango Fett. The characters are all well designed, and the other Jedi characters are all present (Mace Windu, Yoda, plus all the new ones from The Clone Wars animated series).
In terms of mechanics, the game plays the same, but you have a new feature of being able to throw your lightsaber. This can be a bit hit and miss - essentially, you have to press one of the Wii buttons, and then point the Wiimote at the screen (a small target comes up) - the lightsaber then acts as a boomerang, hitting your intended target and flying straight back to you. 9 times out of 10 it works, but the odd occasion its a bit finniky. Still, a nice idea.
Another addition is the replacement of the Cantina area. This has now been changed to a battle ship, and on the ship you can select which mission you'd like to try. Its good in the sense you can jump a few missions - you're essentially creating your own pathway, rather than in the first two games its a little bit linear as you have to do the story in order first time around. Again, this is quite a good feature I think.
However, the ship only lets you buy items and characters through interaction with them - after you've played the story part. For example, after you've completed the very first Geonosis battle, you're taken to the ship and one other character is on the ship with you (like in the Cantina). Except rather than just choose to ignore them or have a fight with them (as was so fun in the Cantina and it would all kick-off lol) - when you bump into them it gives you the option of buying the character instead. Personally, I just prefer the shop section in the first two games to buy the characters. Its no biggie though.
Where the game lacks a little though is in the bigger areas, mainly involving the vehicles. When there is a lot of action on-screen, the graphics tend to lag. It really disappointed me, as this was a big feature of the whole game - the massive droid army battles against the Republic Commandos plus all the mega vehicles. It slows down when theres stacks of action at the same time, and then speeds-up again when you start to destroy things.
This just takes the shine off it for me at the moment. As I say, I'm only a couple of hours in and I'm no serious gamer. I love Star Wars so I'm happy with it whatever, but at the moment the best one in the series is still LEGO Star Wars II.
fdsbh
After a nice post from charlesr the other week I thought I'd post something as I usually lurk in the shadows and read rather than post (apologies for the poor effort in advance!).
Managed to get a hold of a US copy of this just last night, and get a few into hours playing it. As a Star Wars nut, I was really excited by it - I'd also read the above average reviews but I just love the LEGO series so it was worth a punt.
Essentially, its similar to the other LEGO Star Wars games (I and II); you start with Obi Wan and Annakin (alongside Padme) in the final part of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film - the massive battle on Geonosis, where all three charcters are chained-up, with the three mental monsters and Count Dooku and Jango Fett looking on.
Its plain old good fun again as you smash your way through the droids and battle Jango Fett. The characters are all well designed, and the other Jedi characters are all present (Mace Windu, Yoda, plus all the new ones from The Clone Wars animated series).
In terms of mechanics, the game plays the same, but you have a new feature of being able to throw your lightsaber. This can be a bit hit and miss - essentially, you have to press one of the Wii buttons, and then point the Wiimote at the screen (a small target comes up) - the lightsaber then acts as a boomerang, hitting your intended target and flying straight back to you. 9 times out of 10 it works, but the odd occasion its a bit finniky. Still, a nice idea.
Another addition is the replacement of the Cantina area. This has now been changed to a battle ship, and on the ship you can select which mission you'd like to try. Its good in the sense you can jump a few missions - you're essentially creating your own pathway, rather than in the first two games its a little bit linear as you have to do the story in order first time around. Again, this is quite a good feature I think.
However, the ship only lets you buy items and characters through interaction with them - after you've played the story part. For example, after you've completed the very first Geonosis battle, you're taken to the ship and one other character is on the ship with you (like in the Cantina). Except rather than just choose to ignore them or have a fight with them (as was so fun in the Cantina and it would all kick-off lol) - when you bump into them it gives you the option of buying the character instead. Personally, I just prefer the shop section in the first two games to buy the characters. Its no biggie though.
Where the game lacks a little though is in the bigger areas, mainly involving the vehicles. When there is a lot of action on-screen, the graphics tend to lag. It really disappointed me, as this was a big feature of the whole game - the massive droid army battles against the Republic Commandos plus all the mega vehicles. It slows down when theres stacks of action at the same time, and then speeds-up again when you start to destroy things.
This just takes the shine off it for me at the moment. As I say, I'm only a couple of hours in and I'm no serious gamer. I love Star Wars so I'm happy with it whatever, but at the moment the best one in the series is still LEGO Star Wars II.
fdsbh
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