![]() This has caused some severe over saturation of the IP, and while LEGO is awesome, when Ubisoft are criticised for releasing one or two Assassin’s Creed games a year, it seems funny that TT are able to get away with the sheer number of titles it chuns out every year. Between the beginning of 2013 up until this release, we’ve been subjected to 11 LEGO games across all platforms, with another two titles releasing later in the year ( LEGO Dimensions being the most ambitious title yet). It might sound like I am being too harsh on LEGO Jurassic World, after all it is just another LEGO game, and this formula works, right? Well, that is exactly my point. ![]() But I will give TT points for including the infamous Ian Malcolm laugh from the helicopter trip at the beginning of the movie, and some more for making it family friendly by altering the death scenes so kids can play too. This loses a lot of the humour often found in LEGO games as we deal with a lot of the seriousness that surrounded much of the dialogue found in Jurassic Park, while the LEGO characters goof around, taking the dialogue completely out of context. ![]() All of the dialogue was stripped straight out of the movies, so get ready for your fill of VHS quality sound for the older movies (for those too young to remember VHS, think of what an iPhone speaker sounds like when a friend is sitting on your phone, and you get the idea). The sound work in LEGO Jurassic World is another thing that lets this title down. This is not to mention the brutally ineffective retelling of the new Jurassic World movie which honestly feels like Universal did not divulge much of the movie to the developer, as half of the scenes take place in different locales than the movies and rush to get the story done. Grant pretends to be fried, and Nedry making fun of Dodgson). Key scenes from the movies are completely missing (such as Timmy being launched from the 10,000 volt fence after Dr. This title is a simple copy/ paste job from previous LEGO games with a new coat of Jurassic paint. Despite spending ten years developing LEGO games, Traveller’s Tales still seems to lack enough control over its LEGO engine to be able to produce licensed games in a rush. It should come as no surprise to anybody that LEGO Jurassic World fits in the latter category. And then there are the movie-based LEGO games, released at the same time as a movie counterpart, where the writing is confined to what the movie delivered and they are often infested with more bugs than a two-dollar steakhouse in a bad neighbourhood. There are the brilliantly written original LEGO stories, with much care taken to both accurately reflect the franchise and maintain a great sense of humour that all can enjoy, all while being of high production values and bug free ( Marvel Super Heroes and LEGO City Undercover spring to mind). There are two types of LEGO games out there. ![]()
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