Lego City Undercover
With Lego Dimensions coming out soon I thought I should do my best to finish all the other Lego game's I have. Which, admittedly isn't many. Lego Batman 1 (which I'm playing atm) and 2. And Lego Hobbit, which I literally JUST bought with it being on sale on Steam.
And of course, Lego City Undercover. Now, I finished the storyline of the game months ago, but still had to do all the secret hunting to reach 100%, which I did last night after around... wow... 59 hours of play. And I don't regret any of it.
If you've played any Lego game before you know the deal. It's the same basic gameplay, except this one takes place in a Grand Theft Auto style sandbox city filled with secrets and collectibles. Though you play a cop rather than a criminal, this is a family game after all. The character switch function has also been simplified. Rather than a roster of different characters who mix and match different abilities, it's streamlined into 8 different classes, each with fixed abilities, but you can choose a costume for the category once you unlock them, or create your own of course. Combat has also been tweaked, with the addition of a counter function, and grabbing and throwing enemies more central to fighting. It's still simplistic, but it's a massive step up from the 'pound the attack button until the enemies are smashed' or other Lego games. I also found the humour and voice acting really good (for the most part), though the humour does depends a lot on parodies and homages, so if you don;t like that sort of humour, it will likely fall flat for you.
The music... well, it's not bad for the most part, but it's mostly just there, not noticeable. Except for the last level, where they really turn up the epicness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMb2vFEKu2E&list=PL2XjmdkuVL-0taFM2Pg0sPiOvP2Forl-T&index=11
And oddly, there's no car radio or the like.
But for the negative points. Well, there's only boss fights in the final level, and both are pretty similar in how they play and are rather simplistic. Also, one specific costume is require to unlock a handful of areas on the map which is only available after the final level. This is why there is a massive gap between me finishing the story missions and going to hunt for the collectibles. Knowing I required the last costume, I put off collectible hunting in the city till after I got it. But, as I'd already finished the missions, hunting around the city for a costume I couldn't really 'show off' lost some of it's appeal. Also, you HAVE to wear this one specific costume, so if you had another you prefered, tough.
Though, both of those are fairly minor points. But a major one I have is the car controls. They're not bad, but they're certainly not good. And the only time I had difficulty with the game was on some of the driving missions. Which also segways into the point the game is pretty easy, which may be off putting for some. But if not, and you have a Wii U, GET THIS GAME!
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