Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (GC)

In this game you play through the original trilogy of the Star Ward movies except it is all in lego(which is awesome) and that you get to take part in the action. the gameplay is based on two main ideas one is being on foot and taking out the baddies etc and the second is where you are flying around and taking out baddies. In the character missions you'll have at least two characters, although you can chose other characters later on. you can swith between characters, as only certain characters can do certain things. Such as the droids who can open special doors, but cannot shoot down stormtroopers. If a character was in the movie in a certain scene ...  Read the complete review

This is the second game in the Lego Star Wars series and the first game Lego game I bought. It was developed by Tell Tale games who are most famous for their Sam and Max series and have been said by many to be the only game developer to get episodic gaming right. As the name suggest this deals with the stories in episodes 4, 5 and 6 i.e. the original trilogy. If you are looking for a serious realistic star wars game then this isn't it as it makes the story its own and adds a lot of comedy to the cutscenes. The graphics are pretty good but in a game like this it shouldn't really matter. The sound is generally brilliant with a lot of the music from the movies in ...  Read the complete review

I've resisted getting any new console games for the last few years as they take up far too much time and I very obviously have more important things to do, like, say, working for a living, or watching horror films. This was virtually forced on me by a friend, and I inevitably ended up playing it rather more than I should. It's a lot of fun, though, and has the advantage of not really taking all that long to complete. Basically, you play through the original Star Wars trilogy, but everything and everybody is made out of Lego. And it misses out the talkie bits. Each film is divided into six 'story mode' chunks and you play through them in turn. You're either ...  Read the complete review