LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens

This time with a take on the newest installment in the Star Wars universe, they have included a plethora of characters to play as, a lot with their own unique set of skills and abilities. The story follows closely to that of the movie, as you follow Rey, Finn, BB-8 and the others on their journey against the new threat to the galaxy: The First Order. All full of quirky silly jokes thrown into the mix, of course.

Along the way you encounter multiple obstacles, enemies, things to smash and puzzles. The puzzles require you to switch between characters to get through certain parts of the puzzle. Such as using Rey’s staff as a crank for doors or other mechanisms, or her agility to climb and jump to harder to reach places or using BB-8 to power up electrical devices or unlock doors with codes, or Finn and his grappling hook. As you progress through the game, the difficulty of the puzzles gets higher… although they often repeat and are overused, so it takes away a bit of the challenge of figuring out what you need to do to open a door. When you have to do the same variation of a puzzle 20 times… this kind of gets a little painful. Not as painful treading on a LEGO block in the middle of the night, though (we’ve all been there).

The big stand out in LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens are the new Dogfights. There are plenty, and they are super fun. Usually when I have to take control of an aircraft in a game, it’s the part of the game I want over quick, either because of the difficulty or the bad controls… but they nailed it with this one. Piloting tie fighters, x-wings or the Millennium Falcon is a breeze, and so are the shooting controls. I really wanted them to continue on for at least twice as long as they did each time.