Thursday, 27 November 2014

Contextual studies: Lego game review of Star Wars Lego

Star Wars Lego
The Lego Star Wars game is a game in which one or two players can play through all six episodes of the Star Wars series through a series of six missions pair episode. 

The missions:
the missions within Star Wars Lego followed closely to the story narrative within the cinematic film. And they would always consist of two or three characters that were present within that scene. For example episode one the Phantom Menace you play as an Lego version of quite on gin and Obi-Wan Kenobi and is similar with all other episode missions.

The puzzles:
The missions were often consist of puzzle  that the player must overcome to learn reach the next points of the mission and then once they have completed all the puzzles within a level they advanced to the next level. these puzzles were often consist of character traits depending on the Lego character the player has equipped for example if there is a puzzle which involves a player to move an object using the force than the player must select a character that has the ability to use the force for example Obi-Wan Kenobi would be able to use the force while another character like C3 PO could not use the force and therefore could not complete the puzzle advancing to the next stage of the mission.  there are often as well puzzles with in missions that cannot be solved with characters that are currently possessed by the player and what this means is that the player most unlock these new characters and then come back to these missions in the future to get through these puzzles this offers an massive replay ability value to the to the game and makes it  Interesting for players as they may feel determined to come back and see what's behind this puzzle or what secrets start one block in new areas.

Free play:
The free play mode is unblocked when the player completes all levels within an episode for example if the player completes all levels within episode one the Phantom Menace they can then go into a mode called free play. This is where the player can choose between a multitude of he characters they have unlocked and swap between them any time where currently in the story mode they could only swap between three characters. This means that players can  explore areas as different characters from all over the series for example in episode one you could have Darth Vader. this also gives the player a tremendous sense of freedom as they can feel they can engage puzzles with various different characters and also lets the player on what puzzles that they were previous not previously not able to allowing them  to get collectibles and explore the areas they have not seen before.

Replay ability:
with the free mode letting players go back through any mission they desire with any character they desire this offers a tremendous amount of playability as it almost means that the players replay the game twice to see everything in the game.  This is tremendous for them as well to play through us as you get to discover various new things that you've not seen before while also extending the game time.

Conclusion:
when looking at this game on paper I thought that the concept of a Lego filter chaining out multiple of games but revolving around the same formula would become boring but it seems I was mistaken.  The replayability of the game and the mechanics of changing characters is a really fun experience allow you to play as your favourite characters from the film but also exploring new possibilities with different characters I think this filter is a really good way of repackaging and media but also keeping it fun and entertaining and also playable for the audience.

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