Lego Brawls Review (Xbox Series S)

by Jim Smale · September 6, 2022

Our Lego Brawls Review has us dreaming up our ultimate Mini figure as we brawl and bash our way through all of our favorite LEGO themes in the first team action brawler set in the LEGO universe. Play with friends at home or around the world and see how you stack up against the competition.

Lego Brawls Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
3.9GB download size.
1000 Gamerscore.
Brawler gameplay.
Settings – UI scale slider and screenshake.
Tutorial match along with a help section housing hints and tips, support, and tutorials.
14 Lego collections represented –
- Alien Conquest.
- Castle.
- Spooky.
- Hidden side.
- Holiday.
- Jurassic World.
- Monkie Kid.
- Ninjago.
- Ninjago Prime.
- Ninjago Seabound.
- Pirate.
- Space.
- Vidiyo.
- Western.
Full character creator and many save slots.
Cross-play support.
Online game modes – Vs and Co-op.
Local multiplayer has a free Brawl mode.
Brawl mode is a single-player mode with 8 total players made up of random online players.
Earn studs from matches to unlock new items from your chosen theme.
End of match podium showcase.
2D side brawler game.
Pick up and use power-ups like cars, bikes, guns, etc, and pizza for health.
Champions are not customizable but have unique powerups.
Each theme has its own unlock tree.
Different game modes from Brawls to control points, and collect crystals.
Slight respawn timer upon death.
Easy to learn controls.
You can hold two power-ups at one time.
Cool locations.
Brief kill emotes pop up.
Offline bot match support.
Online matches can have a password.
Player rank is displayed on an online leaderboard where wins take you up and losses take you down.
Champions have their own unique power-ups.
You can create and select your power-ups that can spawn in a match.
Location-specific weapons and power-ups.
Unlock and equip new titles by combining two words together.
Kid-friendly in that your actual gamer tag name is never used.
Fast frantic action.
Brawl mode is the standout game mode.

Lego Brawls Review Cons:

You don’t earn studs in offline matches.
Small play area.
You die really easily.
No bot difficulties.
Online matches only have theme choices with no say on game mode.
Sometimes you never know what is going on.
Unlocking new items is a slow process.
Minimal settings across the whole game.
It’s an online-only game unless you don’t want to unlock any new items.
Basic combat is boring and the same for each character.
No story mode or anything.
Not the fastest loading times.
Menus are a bit clunky.
Does a bad job of explaining things and wants you to dig through the help menus.
There is no actual way to opt out of crossplay.

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