There's no going back to an earlier point, although you do lose some of the Lego studs you've collected, the currency needed to unlock equipment and cheats in the game's shop. If your character dies – or should we say 'breaks' (they are only Lego, after all) – they're instantly re-built where they fell. It's not the only area that's well thought out, of course. There's a lot to see and do and it takes time to really get to grips with each level but there are clever elements implemented for younger players or those looking for a quick blast on the train journey to work. Finding whole undiscovered areas with new characters makes for masses of replayability once you've completed the game.Īnd though it may sound like it, the straightforward levels don't actually make it simple just to walk through the game if you want to. Locked doors can always be opened with the right character – sometimes that's a character from later in the level you can backtrack with, or it might be one unlocked later in the game. The levels themselves are largely quite linear, but there's still plenty hidden off the beaten track. For instance, you need to shake objects using the Force to find items and move Lego structures from one side of a level to another in order to reach higher platforms and doors. These puzzles are far from lame additions to the combat and make up a large part of each area. The action swings from all-out exchanges of blaster fire with droids and lightsabre-wielding Jedis, to solving puzzles. The gameplay is seamlessly realised and works brilliantly. This is particularly important when you need to be playing as certain droids to open doors or as a Jedi to use Force powers to manipulate a platform or block.įorce powers can be controlled using the touchscreen, too, enabling you to push items around with the stylus (alternatively you can just use the A button, which is faster but less interactive). You unlock characters as you play through the game, switching between them using the touchscreen. In total, there are 160 characters to play as, including droids, bounty hunters and bad guys like General Grievous and, of course, Darth Vader, as well as goodies such as Anakin, Leia, Chewy, and the greatest of the Jedis, Yoda. With the story spanning all six movies played out with little Lego figures in a little Lego world, you control characters while playing through the levels using blasters, lightsabers and Force powers to restore balance to a galaxy far, far away. Now though, you have the story and levels of both the previous games but with the celebrated gameplay of the versions available on other platforms, updated to include some original content. The Original Trilogy on the DS was an out and out disaster, taking the brilliant gameplay available to other platforms and stripping it of all pleasure – ultimately, it was bug-ridden to the point of being unplayable. You could easily mistake The Complete Saga for being a compendium of the previous two titles but you'd be wrong. A year later, The Original Trilogy came out on the DS and now it's the turn of The Complete Saga. The first game covered the more recent trilogy of movies and was available on the GBA. So combining the story of the movies with Lego bricks was an instant success when the first Lego Star Wars game was released in 2005. Then, there are the nutters who worship at the alter of the Jedi. For others, it's an epic saga for all ages that they like to watch once in a while. For some, it's just a kids' film they remember from their youth. Star Wars holds an attraction for just about everyone.
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