Build and Battle Through the Original Trilogy (Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (PS2))

Member Name: Goldensummit

Product:	Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (PS2)
Date:	11/06/08 (194 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Design | Unique | Sound | 'Drop-in 2 player'

Disadvantages: Very simplistic.

Difficulty: Very Easy
Learning Curve: About 5 - 10 minutes

Probably one of the most unique game series out there to date. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy offers you to play through the good star wars movies (being episode IV, V and VI) in Lego form. Where the whole game is unique, rewarding and very fun to play through many times, with, or without a friend.

The gameplay is simplistic, where you'll slap your enemies, shoot them, or sabre them down, however, it doesn't deter from the games fun. You will get the chance to play through several characters from the movies, including Obi-Wan, Yoda, Luke Skywalker and even the awesome Darth Vader.

As you play through the levels, you will be able to collect studs, which is like money. You can spend studs on many different things, such as characters, special features, and much more. As you progress through levels, you'll unlock certain characters. In each level, there are a lot of things to do, you can do the actual story, and you can search for secret items to give you more unlockables, and try to acquire those yellow / red bricks which give you better unlockables / open new areas.

In between levels, you can choose to hang out at the cantina, which allows you to choose which episode to play through, and allows you to spend your studs, or create your own Lego warrior. Quite a lot of customizable features you can do to your own created warrior, and make them look really out of place or make them suit even better then actual characters from the movies.

Another good thing about the game is the 'drop-in two player', which allows a second player to just enter an existing game at any time, which just furthers the fun.

Gameplay - 7/10
It is very simple, yet rather repetitive, but not in a bad way. You will be able to do many things, such as dig, build things up, use vehicles and much more.

Design - 8/10
What can I say? It's Lego - Awesome.

Sound - 7/10
With a variety of sounds and music, this game will just make your ears feel at home, and you won't get frustrated or irritated at all.

Value - 9.5/10
With the amount you can do, the amount of unlockables, and the amount of reasons to replay through levels (which will have new hidden paths you can follow through on second times round), you won't finish this game in a hurry.

Overall - 8/5/10
The game has some real potential, but it doesn't really push the limits of the systems. However, if you're a fan of star wars, Lego, or even a fan of a good fun all round game, this is defiantly for you. Lego for the win!

Summary: The game has some real potential, but it doesn't really push the limits of the systems