![]() LEGO Star Wars is so appealing because it never takes either of its foundations seriously. The snap-together combination of a very rich Dane's plastic bricks and a very rich American's space opera, it's what a more traditional journalist might call a nerdgasm (that's a nerd's orgasm). Lucas rants aside (for now), if you haven't played LEGO Star Wars, this game will appear intimidating in its childlike innocence. ![]() This doesn't need pointing out, but the trilogy of movies this game is based on gives this game a very big triptych of reasons to gloat over its sibling. And I won't insult you by comparing Chewbacca and Jar Jar Binks - that's like comparing peppermint ice cream and some sort of poisonous version of the same thing. Luke Skywalker is way cooler than Anakin 'Nooooooooo' Skywalker. Princess Leia is hotter than Patty or Panda or whatever her name was. The reason LEGO Star Wars II is better than its precursor is simply because A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Buck and Return Of The Jedi are far better movies than those other ones George Lucas made. ![]() But not because Traveller's Tales have taken the gameplay in a different direction.
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