Reviewer Rob Zacny shares his early impressions of NetDevil's massively multiplayer online game based around the beloved brightly colored building blocks.
After about ten hours with LEGO Universe, I'm still waiting for the fun to start. Which seems strange because it certainly seems like fun could break out at any moment. Whenever I reach a new area, I spend my first 15 or 20 minutes expecting to be waylaid by the proverbial barrel of monkeys. But somewhere in the middle of the fourth or fifth fetch quest, I give up and go back to grinding my way toward the next objective.
Often it is asked why Lego hasn’t done Minecraft. After all, the formula fits. You put blocks on to other blocks to create something blocky and wonderful, fresh from your imagination. Surely that just screams Lego.
It seems that they tried with Lego Universe, but how do you make a kid-friendly Lego MMO when almost everybody seems intent on building penises?
Developed by The Lego Group, the app takes the form of an interactive comic book, complete with mini-games and virtual Lego build kits to be unlocked. The Antimatter Missions is broken up into five parts, with five short comics making up the bulk of the title.
Funcom Lead Designer Oscar López Lacalle previews the new MMO LEGO Minifigures Online and discusses The LEGO Movie in this exclusive interview from GDC 2014.
