Lego City Undercover review: Chip off the old block
Much like the toy these days, Lego City Undercover is both familiar and unfamiliar. Or, more to the point, it’s two games masquerading as one, the first new and the second old.
The introduction of a tremendous open world, a plastic parody of a city full of whimsy to discover, and more importantly to collect, is what should define Lego’s Wii U debut. This miniature metropolis sits alongside an almost wholly separate campaign, its tight, linear missions shuffling to the break-it-rebuild-it rhythm which has long been the Lego beat.
The first game, the exploratory open world collect-a-thon, is not just fresh, it’s on the verge of greatness. It’s unfortunate, then, that to fully enjoy it you must wade through the second game, the campaign, and all its relatively drab, through-the-motions familiarity.Gallery: Lego City Undercover (12/17/12)Continue reading Lego City Undercover review: Chip off the old blockLego City Undercover review: Chip off the old block originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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