Review: The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame (PlayStation 4)

Bricksburg is in ruins and Emmet’s friends have been taken! Team up with Emmet and a host of heroic characters to save their friends from the strange inhabitants of the Systar System. Journey into outer space, discover new worlds and test your Master Building skills.

Pros:

• Crisp HD graphics.
• 10.24GB download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Colorblind support.
• Open world gameplay. Take missions from within the world.
• Subtitles on/off and set the text size.
• Autosaves regularly.
• Masterpieces–collect and earn these to unlock planets.
• Pause menu- tutorial log, time played, game completion percentage, overall progress and stud amount.
• HUD interface can be turned on/off.
• Minimap can be enlarged.
• Relics- different colors for different things. Green-items, purple-characters, blue-construction kits, Gold (mega) anything and super relic (red)super variants.
• Humor throughout.
• Combat is the same except the pull of connecting with enemies seems a lot stronger.
• Build attack-special move that charges up and triggers a QTE aoe attack.
• Blocks- you collect these and use them for crafting.
• Discovery chests are hidden in the world.
• Drop in/out co-op. Local.
• A bold new direction for the series.
• Easy trophy list.
• New tools- scanner to scan for new builds, sticker gun, and more.
• A lot of cameos.
• Boss fights.
• Customize character is back, you have to unlock the parts.
• Super builder–build big structures instantly.
• The building is the same as before, pay the crafting cost and have the instructions.
• The story is told like a narrated book.
• Universe– the main hub of planets. Collect master bricks to open up new worlds to explore.
• Much more engaging experience.
• Tons of replayability.
• Tons of side missions.
• Vehicles can be built for faster traversal.
• Worlds encourage exploration.
• Water- you can now swim and dive underwater.

Cons:

• Only one control layout.
• Long load times.
• Can’t skip cutscenes first time around.
• A lot of screen tearing, it is constant.
• No quick character swap, you have to press a button to bring up a table of them.
• Texture pop in.
• Main characters hardly speak and particular Emmet who just grunts.
• Unskippable opening intro.
• Overall the atmosphere is flat. The worlds are big but just have no life or music.
• Customized characters don’t show in cutscenes.
• Got stuck in buildings a few times.
• Full of fetch quests.