The game ran rather smoothly on the system with few caveats. I ran Lego Star Wars on a 2GHz Intel Core Duo iMac with a 128 MB ATI Radeon X1600 graphics processor. Now, admittedly, I am not Lego Star Wars’ main audience-kids are-but I do think young people need to be challenged more, and I don’t think the game demands enough of them. The only real challenge is finding all of the hidden studs and items that litter the world-but these aren’t essential to completing each level. You can take as long as you want to complete the level, as there are no time limits in the game. When your character dies in a level, you lose some studs, but almost immediately the character comes back to life and you keep playing. That said, my biggest complaint with Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga is that I never felt threatened when playing it. I found most game missions required me to think to complete them, a game trait I admire. I liked getting into light saber fights, using the force, and collecting Lego pieces. During gameplay, I delved fully into my geekiness and took great joy in being able to play as R2D2, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo. This leads to some annoying camera issues-you’re likely to get dizzy playing the game, as its self-adjusting camera never knows what angle it should be shooting from.įor the most part, game levels are enjoyable. Unfortunately, regardless of what control scheme you choose, you can’t use your mouse. You can also use specialty buttons to jump, use the force, and fight with a light saber. You can use the game’s standard WASD control scheme to control character movements, or you can customize your own controls. Still, gamers of all ages can appreciate that the characters, ships, planets, and most game objects look like they have been constructed from Legos. For adults who grew up with the blocks, the scope can be a bit disappointing. You don’t mash Lego pieces together, follow instructions, and you don’t use your imagination. To construct anything in the game out of Legos, all you have to do is use “the force,” which means you just press “J,” and suddenly Lego objects get constructed. It’s a much narrower focus, but it makes problem solving for kids much easier and the gameplay much smoother. You’re playing an adventure game made of Lego pieces where you’ll ocassionally need to construct certain Lego machines and objects to advance. Though the “Lego” designation conjures up images of creating elaborate block creations, the series has always been a bit more humble in its ambitions. Lego Star Wars, like the rest of the Lego series of adventure games, is meant for a kid audience but can also be appreciated by adults.
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