Each car, truck or motorcycle handles very differently. The vehicles in the world are immediately recognizable and tie to various real world Lego kits. This again underlined my sentimental familiarity of Lego's designers. Here the game works very much like other open world adventures, you can stop any passing car and jump in on the grounds of 'police work.' My kids have actually spent as long exploring the different vehicles and modes of transport as they have progressing the main story. This being a Lego City world there are numerous ways to get around.

There's a touch of Sim City about this as the city slowly takes shape. These are used in conjunction with certain 'Super Build' sites to let players construct monstrous Lego buildings and vehicles. Not only are there endless 'Studs' to grab there are also those all important 'Red Bricks', there are also the new 'Super Bricks'. Of course collecting is a big part of any Lego game, and in Lego City Undercover it features more than ever. It's the sort of thing that adds a touch of class to proceedings and would simply be too hard to get signed off on projects that involved the understandably protective movie franchise holders. Younger players will simply miss many of these, but the grown-ups in the room can enjoy spotted the various references. Like Sesame Street that is programmed to 'scaffold' parent-child reactions and interactions, Lego City Undercover works hard to connect on a number of levels.Ĭultural references abound, from actor cameos, to film references and in-jokes. The comedy may be a nice-to-have addition for core gamers, but for families it draws in non-players in the room to create more of a shared experience. We've always known they had the skills to tweak an existing tale in comedic and slap-stick directions but here we see them in full force. This absence of a preconceived guiding narrative also uncovers TT Games' ability for storytelling. As main character Chase, you can don a variety of outfits that grant different abilities and function in different ways. This leads to a colorful cast of characters themed around their cops ‘n robbers storyline.

However, without a string of franchise characters to labor under TT Games can flex their creative muscle without restraint.

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