

It's been a while since the LEGO series has made a Star Wars game. The always appreciated drop-in, drop-out co-op means that you can share the fun with a friend. One perfect for gamers of any age, as well as Star Wars and LEGO fans. All in all it's a content rich, excellently crafted, and wildly enjoyable game. Or at least fresh enough to keep things fun. However things like being able to have options to build multiple things with one pile of bricks, free-range space combat, and third-person cover shooting sections spice up the formula enough to make it feel fresh again. As far changes to formula goes, it's admittedly there isn't much. Using different character's abilities to find new secrets is just as addicting as ever. The amount of activities spread across it's various hub-worlds and the ability to replay the levels with different characters will keep you coming back long after you played through the story the first time. Having the cast from the movie to reprise their roles is icing on the cake. Still, it manages to squeeze some extra laughs from the movie and really brings the humor in it's side-content. As a result most of the game's attempts at making the material more lighthearted and funny is just having them hold food and stuff. It's hard for the game to be funny when following the movie's plot so closely. I was reminded just how serious the plot of the movie actually was. Most of the game's funniest moments come from the original stories. All the while you're being treated to some good humor and fantastic level design. You'll build, collect, and replay levels to see everything.

Obviously though it's still very much what you would expect from a LEGO game. There's also enough new additions to the standard LEGO formula to make for a fresh feeling game. Not only is it a fantastic retelling of the movie, but also features plenty of original side-stories and content to make it an incredibly packed experience. That doesn't change with The Force Awakens. Not only is To me it's always seemed that the best of the LEGO games had Star Wars in the title. To me it's always seemed that the best of the LEGO games had Star Wars in the title.
