LEGO City Undercover

 Xbox One
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
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  1. Generación Xbox
    Apr 19, 2017
    72
    LEGO City Undercover was a Wii U exclusive until now. The characters of the iconic city of colored bricks arrive at the console of Microsoft in a port too similar to the original, with the inclusion of the local cooperative multiplayer like the only change. Get ready to enjoy the craziest adventure of the franchise.
  2. TrueAchievements
    Apr 27, 2017
    70
    LEGO City Undercover offers an enjoyable experience for both adults and children thanks to its well-balanced script and the goofy cast of characters. There are some bugs along the way and the open-world setting feels shallow and bland when compared to other games, but there’s more than enough fun to be found around the city to keep you playing long after the main story is over. If you’ve enjoyed other LEGO games, LEGO CITY Undercover should definitely be on your radar, but for those who don’t, there is nothing revolutionary from the previous formula that will make you change your mind.
  3. New Game Network
    Apr 17, 2017
    70
    Lego City Undercover is a fun and unique entry in the franchise, although it would have probably been more enjoyable had it released back in 2013. The game's mechanics and appeal haven't aged all that well, and a full asking price seems quite unwarranted, but fans of the series without a Wii U will likely appreciate finally being able to play it.
  5. M3
    Apr 20, 2017
    60
    While it is great that more people get a chance to play Lego City Undercover, this is a bare-bone port that lacks improvements besides an underdeveloped multiplayer option and some basic graphical enhancements.

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#67 Best Xbox One Game of 2017
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#84 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2017

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User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 36
  3. Negative: 6 out of 36
  1. SuperkenGaming
    Apr 10, 2017
    8
    Lego City Undercover
    Doing too Much
    LEGO City Undercover is an open world grand theft auto True Crime styled Lego game where you play as    Lego City Undercover
    Doing too Much
    LEGO City Undercover is an open world grand theft auto True Crime styled Lego game where you play as Chase McCain going after an escaped prisoner Rex Fury
    Before I start this review, It’s important to note that I don’t like Lego games
    I’m probably gonna complain about things you love
    But LEGO City Undercover is easily my favorite one to date
    The charm and humor here is the best I’ve seen in a Lego game, which is surprising considering it features a unique cast of characters..
    A few parodies thrown in there…
    But there wasn’t 1 character I met throughout the journey that didn’t make me smile in one way or another…
    I was in love with the first half of this 12 hour campaign…
    You’re driving around the Lego city to each destination, stopping along your way to collect new costumes, or cars from doing time trials if you’d like… destroying and rebuilding during the campaign to complete tasks and find keys…
    And slowly you’re introduced to different undercover identities…
    This is where the games potential starts to shine, but it’s also where the game starts to fall apart…
    There are 15 chapters in total here and the missions in these chapters are mixed between in city with car chases and climbing buildings and then there’s the sections of the game that are inside of buildings…
    And this is where the game comes to a crawl.. Especially later on in the world...
    For starters... this is where you have to deal with the slow and boring combat system of reversing, mashing the o button and throwing handcuffs on enemies..
    It’s a little fun for a while, but gets old pretty fast…
    At first I don’t mind these more puzzle platformer sections of the game...
    They’re a break from the fairly small Lego world...
    This stops that world from getting boring…
    And it extends playtime as you’re switching through the different identities to throw different switches and break different items…
    I’d get to some annoying spots where the game forces you to go collect a ridiculous amount of blocks to complete a super build, which isn’t too bad since there are special blocks usually pretty close and you can use your communicator to see them in the world so you have an idea of where to go..
    But by time you unlock the color gun. .all of it becomes just so overwhelming…
    The game doesn’t reserve 2 different characters for these levels...
    which would’ve been much better
    Instead they want to throw them all in... making you constantly switch through characters to make little progress only to have to switch back to another and another and another
    The fire fighter and the color gun just became obnoxious…
    The fire extinguisher hardly works and the paint sections are just time wasters…
    Where sometimes it isn’t even about changing the color of a switch,, its painting a wall so you can climb it…
    The pacing just becomes awful in the final stretches and it ruins the charm and feel of the game completely…
    The puzzly grind is sort of what Lego games are about..
    so Lego fans rejoice…
    But in general, while this game genuinely surprised me during the first 7 chapters and had me smiling nonstop, I felt it just started wasting my time towards the end just because…
    Don’t let the final bits scare you away though..
    LEGO City Undercover is a great game full of laughs and fun even if like me, you hate Lego games.
    I Give LEGO City Undercover
    an 8/10    … Full Review »
  2. WillGoss
    Aug 2, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. I think what ruined my experience on the game is the French translation. Since I played in French I didn't get every movie references because they dont use original voices. I saw on a English gameplay Terminator. I was like ; '' I never saw that '' because they didn't put the good voice acting. The game it self is ok, baby some jokes are more for kids but it was still ok to play. The open world gets very boring after a couple of hours and they didnt put Red Bricks to find things in the Open World , so I had to check a couple time on Youtube to find some missing stuff.

    Positive things ;

    + Good movies references

    Negative things ;

    - Kid game with adults movie, weird
    - Open world gets boring
    - Missing stuff like red bricks in the open world    … Full Review »
  3. jakebayne2002
    Dec 23, 2021
    10
    i beat it on wii u and ps4 and I'm going to beat it on Nintendo switch and xbox one BEAT IT ON WII U AND PS4 AND I'M GOING TO BEAT IT ONi beat it on wii u and ps4 and I'm going to beat it on Nintendo switch and xbox one BEAT IT ON WII U AND PS4 AND I'M GOING TO BEAT IT ON NINTENDO SWITCH AND XBOX ONE… Full Review »
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