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Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 34
  2. Negative: 1 out of 34
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  1. Mar 23, 2017
    86
    LEGO Worlds does an interesting job in standing out from the competition. It has had years to develop its own brand of digital block building, and for the most part it succeeds. Although its controls are a little fiddly, its freedom to build and explore are amazingly detailed.
  2. Mar 17, 2017
    80
    Quotation forthcoming.
  3. Mar 16, 2017
    80
    LEGO Worlds is a crafting game very easy to play and only limited by your imagination. Unfortunately, the game has some technical problems, such as popping.
  4. Mar 15, 2017
    80
    A LEGO game that allow us to create lots of different backgrounds using a very intuitive interface. Really fun, especially with another player.
  5. 80
    LEGO Worlds is a game about playing with LEGO and it works really well. It is very easy to pick up and play and in many ways the enjoyment you’ll get out of this game is limited only by your imagination.
  6. Mar 13, 2017
    80
    LEGO Worlds has the best ideas from both survival and crafting genres and adds the characteristic humour, colour and efficiency of TT Games products. This is the closest experience to play with real LEGO blocks, building, thinking, dismantling and creating. However, it lacks in length once compared to other games of the same genre.
  7. Mar 13, 2017
    77
    Lego Worlds is a welcome departure for everyone's favourite brick-based series of adventures. Although it can use some fine-tuning, what's here will provide fans hours of imagination-fueled fun.
  8. CD-Action
    Apr 26, 2017
    75
    I’m waiting for Lego Worlds to be thoroughly patched (right now it suffers from some technical issues and the camera is seriously annoying) and I intend to revisit it on regular basis as a perfect family game. [05/2017, p.54]
  9. Mar 19, 2017
    75
    The problem however is that the two parts of the game, the open building, and the linear story, just don’t seem to mesh very well.
  10. Mar 17, 2017
    75
    Clicks together beautifully like LEGO, but you might be searching for that final elusive brick.
  11. Apr 10, 2017
    70
    A cheery and extensive world-building game that has unfortunately been swamped by busy work and glitches.
  12. Apr 7, 2017
    70
    Lego Worlds is a colorful and lively sandbox, but with too many technical problems and with cumbersome gameplay.
  13. Mar 24, 2017
    70
    LEGO Worlds is a nice building game, offering a complete experience packed with some humor, but it lacks diversity in its environments and missions, and sometimes suffers from its bad camera.
  14. Mar 23, 2017
    70
    Overall, LEGO Worlds is a LEGO game many fans of the franchise have been waiting for. Between the robust create tools and ability to discover randomly generated worlds, LEGO Worlds offers a ton of great fun. While it’s not nearly as addictive or simple as a game like Minecraft, it should be viewed as a different take on the Create-Your-Own-World genre. The game is unfortunately brought down by it’s floaty and odd controls, but having thousands of classic LEGOs in the game can make up for it if you’re looking for a nostalgic LEGO trip.
  15. Mar 15, 2017
    70
    LEGO Worlds is a powerful combination of tools with thousands of LEGO pieces, characters, vehicles and more. It offers billions of procedural worlds where we can create, destroy or shoot pigs, but it has graphic bugs that can affect the experience.
  16. Mar 15, 2017
    70
    LEGO Worlds is a good sandbox game, but it lacks a bit in what makes other LEGO games funny.
  17. Mar 14, 2017
    70
    A Lego version of Minecraft sounds too good to be true, and while this isn’t as versatile as Mojang’s classic it does offer a fun alternative for young builders.
  18. Mar 14, 2017
    70
    LEGO Worlds is a technical accomplishment, containing thousands of bricks and items that allow players to build whatever comes to their mind. There are a few odd decisions and the gameplay will appeal more to a specific demographic, but Traveller's Tales' latest will surely prove a joy for most creative types.
  19. 70
    A little rough around the edges, but LEGO Worlds has huge potential with its extensive creativity and humour. If you can tolerate a wayward camera and occasionally fiddly controls, then there's a wealth of enjoyment to be mined from building, destroying, and collecting.
  20. Mar 15, 2017
    68
    LEGO Worlds is a good exploration game, but it fails when it comes to building and playing missions. Still, it offers many possibilities, and passionate LEGO fans will definitely enjoy.
  21. Games Master UK
    Jun 6, 2017
    67
    Basic gameplay spliced with some extensive creation mechanics that'll appeal to Lego fans. [May 2017, p.76]
  22. Apr 14, 2017
    65
    LEGO Worlds is a game full of wonderful but poorly implemented ideas. Its first hours are marvelous, but as soon as you get to the creative mode things get messy and the creation tools become a chore to use. It’s a game that wants you to love it, the problem is the potential is so wasted that even some LEGO fans may get disappointed. Other than that, the experience overall is entertaining and for its very cheap price, the quality of the content is very good.
  23. Mar 14, 2017
    65
    Lego Worlds has a lot of potential and the fun of building wherever you want with Lego bricks on its virtual universe, but on the other hand it feels half-baked with random and tedious activities, a problematic camera and some technical issues. The worst part of the game is that you need to repeat the same elements again and again in order to begin to really create your own world.
  24. Aug 30, 2017
    60
    Ultimately, Lego Worlds isn't as 'pure' a building sandbox as its rivals, but its also not as well-polished and focused as the likes of Lego Star Wars or the Lego Marvel games. Straddling the line between the two, this will pick up some fans of either, but doesn't yet feel competent enough to take their places.
  25. Edge Magazine
    Apr 27, 2017
    60
    Lego finally has creative expression in videogame form. [June 2017, p.104]
  26. Apr 14, 2017
    60
    The “minecraft” recipe works well and Lego Worlds is packed with content, but it is not as well crafted and enjoyable as the more linear and classic Lego games Tt Games has created in the past.
  27. Mar 24, 2017
    60
    This is a platform that Traveller’s Tales are looking to build on, and indeed have since its original launch on PC, and with continuing growth there’s the potential here for something essential for Lego enthusiasts. As it stands though, for all of the merit and freedom that Lego Worlds affords, it’s still bound by many of the same problems as its predecessors.
  28. Mar 24, 2017
    60
    LEGO Worlds is actually quite a fun, charming adventure, with creativity out the wazoo. There is however way too much repetition, with a cumbersome building system and a sometimes immediate lack of clear objectives.
  29. Mar 20, 2017
    60
    This should have been a dream come true, but an annoying camera and the fact that it takes a really long time before you can start building your own worlds keep LEGO Worlds from reaching the lofty heights it aims for. Shame.
  30. Mar 17, 2017
    60
    There are some great ideas in here, some funny characters and plenty of scope for Lego lunacy and mayhem, but the quest stuff doesn’t drive you forwards as it does in Dragon Quest: Builders, while the real, in-depth construction is hard going.
  31. Mar 14, 2017
    60
    The very loose framing that allows Lego Worlds and its players to be free from stifling game design conventions has equally made the experience sometimes ungainly and directionless, leaving its protagonists stranded in a world that is as full of confusion as it is ideas and potential.
  32. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Jul 7, 2017
    50
    It’s an imaginative concept, executed poorly. Unless you’re a Lego fan with acres of patience, stick with Minecraft, block enthusiasts. [June 2017, p79]
  33. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    May 29, 2017
    50
    It's a shame all of its potential is squandered with dull gameplay and horrible bugs. [May 2017, p.90]
  34. Apr 3, 2017
    30
    LEGO Worlds is a disappointing and frustrating mess. The idea of an open-world Minecraft-like title is brilliant, and maybe with a few patches and improvements it might live up to that promise. But right now? LEGO Worlds feels like it was rushed to consoles and performs at an unacceptable level. Kids might enjoy it in short bursts, but I’d recommend waiting to see if improvements are implemented in the coming months. Until then, go buy some real LEGO bricks instead.
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  1. Mar 29, 2017
    Will a child notice or care about issues like dropped frames or screen tearing? Perhaps not. But they'll definitely let you know how they feel when the game decides to freeze and reboot itself in the middle of working on a half-constructed castle, skyscraper, or some other masterpiece. With that in mind, I'd humbly suggest that your time would be much better spent on an honest-to-goodness Lego set instead. You can thank me later.
User Score
6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 71 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 71
  2. Negative: 18 out of 71
  1. Apr 24, 2018
    6
    Is a game tha needs more content, the beginning is good, the mechanic is not objective and a little slow, the graphics is ok, the experienceIs a game tha needs more content, the beginning is good, the mechanic is not objective and a little slow, the graphics is ok, the experience is not satisfactory, the game needs more, is a lot of quests but little content, it dont give satisfaction when you complete the quest, on the trailers it look like a real good game but when you spent 3 or 4 ours playing you already is thinking in play other thing Full Review »
  2. Mar 30, 2017
    7
    Comparing Lego Worlds to Minecraft, the Lego game lets you build with the same level of detail as the Lego toys and interact with the worldComparing Lego Worlds to Minecraft, the Lego game lets you build with the same level of detail as the Lego toys and interact with the world using many more objects such as vehicles, a zoo's worth of animals, dozens of characters, insane weapons, and a few environmental objects. Unlike Minecraft, Lego Worlds is limited to two players only and the game isn't so much about survival as it is about exploration. Oh, one more thing, Lego Worlds doesn't have a "creator" mode and you have to collect all of the bricks you need to build your dream playset, though thankfully you only need to collect those bricks once.

    The game starts with what I consider an 8-10 hour tutorial that gets you ready to to build creatively. As you run around worlds doing little fetch quest for Lego mini-figures, you collect gold bricks, lego items, and lego sets. You can also scan item, vehicles, and mini-figures to rebuild them whenever you like. Larger sets like castles have to be collected by finding the set in the game world or by copying a pre-existing set built in the game world. The trouble, however, is that all of the tools you need are slowly unlocked as the game progresses, and the ultimate tool, the ability to make a custom Lego world, requires an exhaustive effort to collect 100 gold bricks. While I was on task collecting bricks, my kids enjoy exploring the world and at their leisurely rate, they won't collect 100 bricks for months. The gameplay is as shallow as shallow can be, and the same criticisms of Minecraft apply here. Maybe it's an age thing, because my kids could care less. I really don't mind the lack of compelling gameplay, as my goal is to build insane Lego sets.

    The tools that you do unlock are powerful. You can reshape the world by raising or lowering terrain, removing or adding blocks, copying and pasting large chunks of the world, placing individual blocks, dropping down pre-made sets, or adding or removing blocks by shooting them with special guns. It is amazing. There are vehicles that help too, such as a digger for making tunnels and a steamroller that lays down a road underneath it. If you want to make a secret base, race course, flying city, or whatever, go ahead. And unlike Minecraft it, you aren't limited to 3 foot thick walls so let your inner builder free.

    Performance wise, this game plays like a beta. The game was in beta on PC for years before it came to console, and I hope work is on-going. The game includes a respawn feature for minor glitches like getting stuck. Frame rates can often chug to the single digits and load ins can sometimes be so slow that fast vehicles like airplanes become useless. My son decided to walk everywhere because it seemed faster. Some quests seem glitchy as quest givers never seem to appear. Yet the premise of the game is solidly presented, and changes you make to the highly detailed world persist if you let them.

    Something to keep in mind here is the price: $30. Not only is that competitive with Minecraft, its what the game is really worth. There is no thrilling campaign or cut-scenes. There is little of the trademark Lego humor. The stakes are low, with failure always an option. But for less than the cost of medium sized Lego set, you can build just about anything. It's a must buy for building aficionados.
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  3. Mar 21, 2017
    5
    Lego Worlds Review
    ICE, Gamers of the Round Table
    Traveller's Tales & Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment bring us a whole new Lego
    Lego Worlds Review
    ICE, Gamers of the Round Table

    Traveller's Tales & Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment bring us a whole new Lego game, nothing licensed; Lego Worlds is like a breath of fresh air with potential, but fails to grab my attention.
    The game starts off in space and your space ship breaks down; it’s at this point you will begin to do a little customization of your character. Once you are finished with customizations, you will enter the first world which is the pirate world. Your objective is to collect enough gold bricks to repair your ship and go to the next world; you do this is by completing tasks for people in this specific world. Exploration is critical when it comes to completing tasks; along your journey you will pick up tools and as you use these tools you can complete the tasks assigned to you later on in order to get a gold brick. As you explore each world you will find characters to interact with, whether it be just talking or fighting and as always in each world, you pick up Lego currency which will be used for building things with your discovery tool; each discovery cost different amounts to build.
    Building in Lego Worlds is a large part of the game, but to compare it to Minecraft seems a little unfair when you look at all the freedom that you have when it comes to building in this game. You can build whatever you want with various Lego pieces in all shapes, sizes, and discoveries; building is a key element when it comes to completing certain tasks.
    When you are looking to travel to a new world you must go into your space ship and it gives you several options; there are only four worlds that seem visible and they display how many gold bricks you need to unlock those worlds, but the more you collect the farther and bigger worlds you can go to. Off to the side there are menus and buttons that give you options of what you want to do next, but it’s not clear what each button or menu allows you to do. Your options in this menu, go to a randomly generated world, do a free build which cost 100 gold bricks.
    Lego Worlds has great ideas and really fun worlds, but failed to amaze in a way that other Lego Games have in the past; Lego Worlds comes off as a crossover between Minecraft and No Mans Sky.
    Lego Worlds 5/10
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