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« on: March 24, 2013, 03:07:04 AM »
If you don't know about it, it's sort of Lego-styled GTA, but with a story, an E 10+ rating, and no blood. Some of the best use of the Gamepad is in this game, where it can be used to find secrets.

It also has a [dukar]ton of Nintendo references.
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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2013, 07:59:29 PM »
How's the gameplay? Similar to Lego Star Wars and the like?
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2013, 08:12:49 PM »
How's the gameplay? Similar to Lego Star Wars and the like?
Yep, but it's singleplayer only and there's lots of gamepad centric stuff.
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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2013, 08:20:42 PM »
Interesting. It seems to have received good reviews, too.
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2013, 12:35:12 AM »
The dialogue is pretty fun.
"It'll say life is sacred and so is death
but death is life and so we move on"

« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2013, 03:02:16 PM »
Good to know it doesn't fall apart and holds together well.


I want to play it, I think. What systems is it on?
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2013, 03:09:08 PM »
Wii U.

I had my mom pick it up on her way home from work. :3
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« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2013, 12:07:36 AM »
It's a big step up from Lego Star Wars/Indiana Jones/Batman. Sure, you can't make minifigures exlope like you could in those titles, but it's better in every other way. I've yet to encounter any Nintendo references, but there's no shortage of cultural allusions. The voice acting is pretty good as well.

EDIT: Is there a way to revert one's characters back to the default appearance after customizing them? I messed around with Chase's appearance a little, but when I went to change him back, his face wasn't an option. Now he's completely silent and expresisonless because the game thinks he's a custom character.

EDIT 2: Turns out Chase can be reselcted from a disguise booth.

EDIT 2.1: I love the brawl music.
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« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2013, 01:17:10 PM »
If it's anything like Lego City, the game that defined my PC gaming experience as a 7 year old, it gets automatic nostalgia dollars from me.
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« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2013, 01:39:54 PM »
You mean Lego Island?
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« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2013, 12:02:33 AM »
EDIT 2.1: I love the brawl music.
Where?

On another note, the fact that I've completed the story and only gotten 25 percent through the game is promising.
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« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2013, 02:53:05 PM »
The bluesy theme that plays when fighting criminals, not SSBB.
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« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2013, 09:34:16 PM »
Ah. That is probably my second favorite track in the game. The first is the post-final boss skydive music
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« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2013, 11:19:44 PM »
You mean Lego Island?

Whoops. Yes. I have fond memories of that game, though it probably wouldn't live up to a replay.
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« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2013, 11:38:23 PM »
That game was boss... Though I never managed to catch the Brickster.

By the way, Undercover is much more action-oriented.
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« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2013, 02:25:06 AM »
Did somebody say Lego Island?! I, for one, caught the Brickster. From what I remember, it wasn't easy, though. I'm afraid I can't remember how old I was at that time.

« Reply #16 on: April 01, 2013, 02:54:02 AM »
I caught the Brickster once but a doctor managed to cure me.

« Reply #17 on: April 02, 2013, 12:45:43 AM »
Nearing 70% completion.

Has anyone else encountered glitches? These Lego games are notorious for their shaky programming. Mine has frozen twice; both times I had to unplug the Wii U from the power unit to get it working again. Besides that, I've become hopelessly stuck behind objects a couple times, and the green arrow that points towards your destination sometimes appears and directs me to completely arbitrary points when I'm not doing anything.
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« Reply #18 on: April 02, 2013, 06:38:53 AM »
Nearing 70% completion.

Has anyone else encountered glitches? These Lego games are notorious for their shaky programming. Mine has frozen twice; both times I had to unplug the Wii U from the power unit to get it working again. Besides that, I've become hopelessly stuck behind objects a couple times, and the green arrow that points towards your destination sometimes appears and directs me to completely arbitrary points when I'm not doing anything.
I've seen minor fps drops, but nothing else.

« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2013, 04:59:28 PM »
I just realized that there are no children in Lego City.
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« Reply #20 on: April 06, 2013, 02:01:01 PM »
I just realized that there are no children in Lego City.
And yet there's a playground by the police station.

wat

« Reply #21 on: April 06, 2013, 03:12:35 PM »
Come to think of it, you can hear kids' voices when using the audio scan near the toy store.

EDIT: 86% done.
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« Reply #22 on: April 13, 2013, 07:12:23 PM »
100%.

The reward for getting all the Gold Bricks is rather generic, but the gimmick you get for 100% completion is amusing.
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« Reply #23 on: May 15, 2013, 06:57:34 PM »
Such a cool idea!
Makes me imagine an open-world mmo of legos!

« Reply #24 on: May 16, 2013, 04:47:32 PM »
And what is the 100% you-are-so-good-at-videogames prize?
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