LEGO-BATTLES ON THE DS,BUT COULD BE ANYTHING??? (Lego: Battles (DS))

Member Name: jf1428

Product:	Lego: Battles (DS)
Date:	02/07/09 (29 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: GOOD FOR KIDS,USES A BIT OF BRAINPOWER

Disadvantages: NOT VERY LEGO LIKE

This is not another run around and collect coins and stuff Lego game, this is totally different.

Lego Battles is in fact a strategy game for older children (7+) any younger will probably find it quite frustrating, 9yr old daughter is ticking along nicely on this game and not finding it too easy or too hard but 7yr old daughter is out of her depth.

I played this game myself and found the gameplay to be simple with click and select options to move characters etc. the basic premise is to build armies and the infrastructure needed to support them and explore and take over other villages and collect spells potions and various things that help you on your journey.

As for the lego connection it is quite lame and really all that identifies it as such are the characters who are small but obviously lego and all buildings are made out of lego, but as with so many DS titles the icons are so small that really it is pointless them being lego and at a glance they could be anything.

I would say try and forget the lego connection and enjoy a decent strategy based game that takes quite a bit of thought and concentration from children for them to enjoy it.

Summary: A GOOD STRATEGY GAME FOR KIDS