LEGO Worlds

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6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 62 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 12 out of 62
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  1. luigicap10
    Apr 8, 2018
    9
    Lego Worlds is a low quality port for the Nintendo Switch. This game caught me by surprise, even though it’s not the highest quality experience, it still provides fun and entuiteve gameplay. The only things I’d say are bad are the lousy menus and how difficult it is to build. The building aspect doesn’t affect my score because it takes time to learn and is a key element of this game.Lego Worlds is a low quality port for the Nintendo Switch. This game caught me by surprise, even though it’s not the highest quality experience, it still provides fun and entuiteve gameplay. The only things I’d say are bad are the lousy menus and how difficult it is to build. The building aspect doesn’t affect my score because it takes time to learn and is a key element of this game. Easily one of the best LEGO games I’ve ever played. If you aren’t looking for a long story sandbox game, this game has you covered.… Expand
  2. infjaxcritic
    Oct 23, 2021
    3
    The only thing good about this game is it's a Lego game. As you progress, you'll find there isn't jack squat to do unless you like grinding for gold bricks for hours on end. After 6 or 7 times playing this I stopped and forgot about it, it had no lasting appeal.
  3. Luckithroe
    Sep 10, 2017
    10
    I loved LEGO's as a kid but we weren't fortunate enough to afford much outside of the colored blocks.. These days, I've been exposed to many of the LEGO games due to my son playing them. They are cute, fun, and have a lot of gameplay, but one thing that always threw me off was the fact that both you don't really build stuff outside of pressing a button to build pre-defined structures.I loved LEGO's as a kid but we weren't fortunate enough to afford much outside of the colored blocks.. These days, I've been exposed to many of the LEGO games due to my son playing them. They are cute, fun, and have a lot of gameplay, but one thing that always threw me off was the fact that both you don't really build stuff outside of pressing a button to build pre-defined structures. Secondly it really turned me off that, even in the games where you play as a "good guy" you get rewarded for destroying everything to collect LEGO studs, which were then in turn used to unlock characters, levels, etc...

    This all changed in LEGO worlds.. Frankly this is finally a LEGO game I can understand. While you can still collect bricks by destroying things, now it seems to have a bigger focus on discovering things, which can then be used to actually build stuff. Collect a new brick style, you can now use that brick to build anything you see fit. Find a LEGO set (or build) and now you can instantly build that item. In short , this game is allowing me to relive all my childhood dreams by building my own comprehensive LEGO set in game, then travelling around , discovering things, doing quests, and ACTUALLY BUILD using all the cool new pieces I've acquired.

    So far I'm really impressed with how much content there is, as far as the types of bricks and sets I've been able to collect. The quests are fun enough to keep you busy, but in short this is the LEGO experience I have always dreamed of. My main hope is that they continue to add content, more "sets" to find, and more quests and things to do, because in my opinion, this is the ultimate, and what a LEGO game should have always been. There are online multiplayer options but honestly I haven't even dug into that yet since I'm having so much fun just running around, playing around and building.

    My main hopes are they continue to:
    * Add more bricks
    * Add more sets (pre-fab builds)
    * Physics please introduce at least gravity physics.. When I destroy the base of a large LEGO tower, it would add so much to the game to see it fall and crumble in accordance with the laws of gravity (This will also set LEGO worlds apart a little more from the Minecraft comparisons).
    * Add more interaction with the various items in the game (currently there are many, but if there is a chair, I would like my toon to be able to sit on it, or drink from a bar)
    * Extending the above interaction comment, it would be cool if some of the interactions were tied to mini games
    * Add more questions/missions
    * Enhance the AI a bit more, the ability to converse with the AI LEGOnians, making friends, enemies perhaps, and then bringing them with on questions

    Just more of everything they've been doing, I hope they don't abandon this title, but instead continue to enhance it until all the bricks, builds are available and that most if not all items are able to be interacted with. I would gladly pay for DLC to facilitate this, and would MUCH prefer this over having to buy another stand alone title considering my goal is to "Collect all the things"

    In short, this is a fantastic title, and having it on a portable system is just amazing. I had purchased it on the PC as well, but since I've gotten it for the Switch I've been unable to put it down. Keep up the good work team, and everyone else.... GO GET THIS GAME.

    P.S. I recommend buying the digital version , that way it's always available in your system without switching disks, since it's good for short or long plays, it's great to have on hand without need to swap in and out a disk/cartridge.

    Have fun!    … Expand
  4. Shawndroid
    Feb 26, 2018
    6
    It's really neat to walk around Lego worlds and see all the neat stuff the designers hide around each planet. It's fun running around and seeing the sights. I sometimes find progression hard and small randomly generated planets at the start sometimes glitch in ways that make it hard to complete. But you can always delete them and try a new one. It also took me time to realize how toIt's really neat to walk around Lego worlds and see all the neat stuff the designers hide around each planet. It's fun running around and seeing the sights. I sometimes find progression hard and small randomly generated planets at the start sometimes glitch in ways that make it hard to complete. But you can always delete them and try a new one. It also took me time to realize how to generate a planet of a different type than the previous planet.

    Fun for the small price, but I haven't played it much since the most recent patches, and haven't progressed to larger planets.

    Pros
    • No long story, long cut scenes or walls of text

    • Really is Lego: runaround, build and destroy

    • Keeps being updated with UI improvements and upgrades

    Cons
    • Updates keep changing frame rates and draw distance

    • Randomly generated content is occasionally hard to complete    … Expand
  5. Zelda73
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    LEGO Worlds is fun in small increments and I would be lying if I said this game does not hit the target audience’s expectations. If you like sandbox games with open-ended gameplay, or are looking for a decent Minecraft alternative, this game is for you; unfortunately there just was not enough substance in the aimless gameplay loop for me to keep me coming back."
  6. ricklongo
    Oct 17, 2017
    3
    Ah, Lego. One of the absolute joys of my childhood, unfortunately, hasn't really managed to impress me in the realm of video games, aside from the underrated former Wii U exclusive Lego City Undercover. Lego Worlds, however, had my attention. I mean, we live in a world where Lego-inspired Minecraft is one of gaming's biggest franchises, so taking the Danish toy and building a compellingAh, Lego. One of the absolute joys of my childhood, unfortunately, hasn't really managed to impress me in the realm of video games, aside from the underrated former Wii U exclusive Lego City Undercover. Lego Worlds, however, had my attention. I mean, we live in a world where Lego-inspired Minecraft is one of gaming's biggest franchises, so taking the Danish toy and building a compelling open-ended survival game around it should be fine and easy, right?

    Well, with the caveat that game design isn't ever really easy, I still mantain Lego Worlds should have hit it out of the park. The idea is super neat: you pilot your spaceship through procedural worlds, solving quests and unlocking different pieces, objects, characters and buildings for use on a big sandbox-style mode. Basically, it mimics how we all played Lego in real life, except we get to earn the pieces through gameplay instead of badgering our moms to open their wallets and go to the closest toy store with us.

    Of course, having a good idea is only part of the process; you have to actually execute it to earn your payday. And that's where Lego Worlds, sadly, begins to unravel. The procedural worlds are fun at first glance, but end up being a series of empty, boring wastelands filled with meaningless fetch quests. You're never really compelled to immerse yourself on each planet, as the characters you encounter there are mindless drones who keep repeating requests with no rhyme or reason.

    Worse still, there is virtually no power curve to be seen. Almost from the get-go, you can solve a puzzle that requires you to, say, climb a mountain by simply opening a menu and making a helicopter. No effort necessary to earn anything, and as a result no truly compelling gameplay hook to latch onto.

    The sandbox mode, then, could be the game's one saving grace... except for how annoying it is to make the clunky interface do anything you want. This is obviously a game much better suited to mouse and keyboard, as doing what Lego Worlds asks of you with a controller is a borderline masochistic ordeal.

    Finally, there's the coup the grace: the game runs terribly on Switch. The frame rate is sketchy, draw distance is laughable, optimization is virtually nonexistant. Characters will walk on air, hang onto nothing while suspended, get trapped nowhere specifically, all of this with floaty physics and controls which are extremely erratic.

    TL;DR:
    Lego Worlds is a great idea. No, really, coming from a former Lego kid, it's honestly one of the coolest ideas for a video game I've seen in recent years. The execution, however, makes it all come apart, with terrible controls, mindless gameplay loops and truly putrid optimization. The worst part is that the sheer potential on display makes it all the more frustrating to behold just how much of a hot mess the end result turned out to be.

    Rating: 3.5    … Expand
  7. PacMax
    Dec 19, 2018
    10
    If you love building Lego, and love games, you will love this. Even with the slightly choppy frame rate, this game is under appreciated, and allows your imagination to go wild. This is easily one of the best video game sites I have ever played, and for a 2017 Switch game with only 59% on this website, that is quite a statement.
  8. Jax6938
    Mar 15, 2020
    9
    With such a robust catalog of weapons, and other tools to choose from this a great game. My only complaint is the story can be a tad repetitive.
  9. Deinxceriis
    Mar 24, 2020
    6
    Glitchy as heck with a Lego theme. Fun with the kid but not much else to do except battle each other. Building can get tedious and boring fast - good thing it has all kinds of premade stuff to put down.
  10. Sparki26
    Nov 25, 2021
    9
    Lego Worlds is one of the most heavily underrated games ever.

    I grew up playing with Legos. I used to build the sets, create my own creations, and play the video games such as Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Lego the Lord of the Rings, and so on. As I grew up the world got darker and school got harder as it sucked my creativity and imagination away. Most of my Legos were now    Lego Worlds is one of the most heavily underrated games ever.

    I grew up playing with Legos. I used to build the sets, create my own creations, and play the video games such as Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Lego the Lord of the Rings, and so on.

    As I grew up the world got darker and school got harder as it sucked my creativity and imagination away. Most of my Legos were now destroyed in boxes. In my heart I still missed Legos but for some reason I felt like I would never go back.

    Some years later, I heard about the upcoming game, Lego Worlds. I remember the first thing I saw was the box art, which was beautiful. Then I watched the trailer. And let me tell you, it completely blew me away. I had always dreamed of an open world Lego Worlds which endless possibility. Back then the best thing we had was Lego Batman 2, which I remember me and my brother wouldn't stop playing. From the guy riding the dragon, to the players jumping around the clouds, and just the fact that everything is made out of Lego now was truly everything I had always wanted.

    One my friends got his hands of the Nintendo Switch version of the game which I would be getting later, as well as my brother and let me tell you; We couldn't stop playing. Color had come back to my Lego world, I felt the same feeling I felt playing the Lego games of my childhood, except this time it was on a grander scale.

    Not only that, but the game encouraged me to get into Legos again, which I did. Now, I appreciate this game so much for everything it did. The music is amazing, the environments are beautiful, the figures look like their real world counterparts, the multiplayer is fun, and possibility is truly endless. One of my favorite additions in the game has to be the Ninjago content.

    However, I do admit. The game isn't perfect. In fact, one big issue I have with the game is the bugs, and glitches and even crashes at times. Another big issue I have is that the game that could've easily been fixed is death. Whenever you lose your hearts and die, you immediately respawn in the same place with close to none penalty. While this is great at times they should've at least offer the option to raise the stakes. For example in Minecraft when you die you respawn in your bed. Spawn points serve as a way to reward plyers who manage to survive, as well as to add a little bit of extra challenge. I feel like this could've been a great option to have as a sort of "hard mode".

    Also I don't understand why Nexo Knights was represented by Chima, which is a much better Lego franchise, wasn't. Chima has so much variety of characters and vehicles, it truly was a great missed opportunity.

    All that said, I'm still ranking this game a 9/10, because I feel like if people are willing to really give this game a chance and appreciate it for what it is, they won't regret it. This game is a masterpiece in almost everyway. It's kinda sad to see how much hate this game got for no reason, or at least how underappreciated it was.    … Expand
  11. Asica604
    Sep 24, 2020
    0
    From my 6-year old: "Never knew Minecraft was better. Lego movies are so good and lego games are so creepy."

    There you go - right from the customers mouth :) This game is a waste of money. Minecraft is just so much better.
  12. Raphi
    Oct 31, 2020
    10
    Its nice. I played it with my friend hours. You can build like with real lego.
  13. ManyPowerz
    Jan 2, 2023
    10
    I like this game a lot because there are so many different worlds to achive you can create and you can explore so many things.
  14. LegoLover58
    Feb 4, 2023
    5
    A Minecraft-esque game that had potential but fell just short of greatness.

    The story sucks, and is composed purely of tedious quests, many of which dole out either obscenely difficult challenges or miserly rewards. Sandbox Mode is fun, but there's not enough unique content and it gets boring after a while. Each world only has 3 unique characters, and most things are given a theme    A Minecraft-esque game that had potential but fell just short of greatness.

    The story sucks, and is composed purely of tedious quests, many of which dole out either obscenely difficult challenges or miserly rewards.

    Sandbox Mode is fun, but there's not enough unique content and it gets boring after a while. Each world only has 3 unique characters, and most things are given a theme swap.

    If you want this game, wait to get it on sale. Don't pay full price for it.    … Expand
  15. sonicworld2006
    Dec 2, 2017
    5
    Lego Worlds is you run-of-the-mill Licensed game by Tt games but this one dose something a little new. So Lego worlds is like Minecraft and Mario Odyssey (If you play adventure mode). The adventure mode is like Mario Odyssey with Minecraft You collect Gold bricks ya da ya da ya da. Sandbox mode is just Minecraft but you build with a tool. yep that's all I guess you can get the DLCes for $4
  16. kevinavelare
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    NO COMPRAR ESTA VERSIÓN.

    Los fotogramas por segundo son tan bajos en ocaciones que se vuelve injugable (lento) y el juego falla y se cierra muy seguido, en dos horas de juego se me cerro 4 veces.
  17. Gornostai
    Jun 1, 2022
    6
    Игра неплоха, но далеко не самая лучшая в серии игр лего. Слишком много муторного собирательства.
  18. gietergeit
    May 17, 2023
    0
    I really hate this game it is stupid, boring, uninspiring, and bland, NO. and the game developers have the audacity to give the game unnecessary DLC which is way too pricy. it was the worst 10 dollars i have ever spent.

    The graphics are so bad and ugly that a child could have done a better job. the price is so bad the game developers should have given me money to play it because no    I really hate this game it is stupid, boring, uninspiring, and bland, NO. and the game developers have the audacity to give the game unnecessary DLC which is way too pricy. it was the worst 10 dollars i have ever spent.

    The graphics are so bad and ugly that a child could have done a better job.

    the price is so bad the game developers should have given me money to play it because no one would ever want to play this stupid garbage game

    the worlds are so stupid, ugly, and uninspiering, I wanted to burn my copie but i didn't and i regret it but then it is ruined and then i can't return it.

    the controls are even worse than Mario 64. yes, i said it Mario 60 F ing 4.
    and i hate that game.

    I don't get why the rating is 6.9 (nice) how Cloud 32 people give this an 8 or above. if you give this game a score above A 1 out of 10 you have critical brain damage.

    the only good thing is the front cover but it is just a division to trick people to buy the game but when you open it up it is the ugliest game EVER.

    the collectibles are stupid and the developers are some lazy ass people

    the game runs terribly. The frame rate is sketchy, the draw distance is laughable, and optimization is virtually nonexistent. Characters will walk on air, hang onto nothing while suspended, getting trapped nowhere specifically, all of this with floaty physics and controls which are extremely erratic.

    and then I am still giving the game too much credit

    Traveler's Tales made the game. they also made Lego starwars the complete saga which is a pretty good game all things considered. so riddle me this batman how can they also make the WORST GAME THAT WAS EVER MADE.

    sparkl26 sai's : Lego Worlds is one of the most heavily underrated games ever.
    well, i am gonna call you Spark
    Will Spark do you know what underrated means
    it means: not rated or valued highly enough.
    but if you look at the score I think it is way i mean way too overrated.
    and that means only one thing. you have brain damage
    (I am sorry you had to find out this way and I am not paying for brain-repairing surgery)

    many people also say that when they were kids they loved to play with lego and that it remind them of their childhood. well, my dear people you just got scammed by nostalgia bait. you guys fell for a capitalism trap.you guys are now contributing

    Asica604 said : This game is a waste of money. Minecraft is just so much better.
    and i agree i think we are the only ones with no kind of damage. mine craft is a way more interesting game.

    the way you seround the world with mindless stuff it is infuryating to play so simple it is just like the makers are looking down at me

    I have now written too much about this stupid game and i am not even halfway through.
    but I am now gonna stop before I die of hatred and brain rot.    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Oct 30, 2017
    75
    It's just you, a virtual catalog of different generically themed LEGOs, billions of bricks and your imagination to use as you wish, whether it be build or explore. [Issue #30 – November/December 2017, p. 63]
  2. Cubed3
    Oct 12, 2017
    60
    LEGO Worlds is so close to being a fantastic idea that all the little hang-ups feel way more annoying than they should. The creation mode is fantastic, but extremely touchy controls-wise; and it's gated off by necessitating the player to complete the same missions dozens of times each if they want its best tools. The idea of a digital LEGO sandbox is the stuff that dreams are made of and, honestly, it just hasn't been done justice this time around.
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  3. Eurogamer Italy
    Oct 6, 2017
    60
    LEGO Worlds on Switch is a missed opportunity for Nintendo, Traveller's Tales and... the players.
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