As you go through your career, you are asked to pick a theme, and then as you gain XP, you can unlock new things from that theme. I have spent the majority of my time in Brawl mode, which is pretty much the local co-op-/single player part of the game and it is here where the majority of the unlocks come from. I haven’t had a massive amount of success finding others to play with, to be honest, and while when it does work, it performs admirably, I don’t think that one real person on a team of CPU controlled bots is exactly pushing the netcode to it’s limits. When you first start a game, after you have chosen your character and tweaked their loadout if necessary, you are presented with a fairly stark menu – do you want to Brawl, or Party? Well, for the purposes of this review, party is the main multiplayer part of the game, where you can team up with others online, or try to take down all comers in intense PvP contests. Unfortunately, here the story is less rosy, being brutally honest. Consider the various weapons that you can find and use in the battlegrounds themselves, and the audio is all nailed on.īut let’s look at the meat and drink of any fighter, the actual combat action. Sounds are all pretty decent as well, with meaty thumps and clangs as you fight. Indeed, choosing the level is something that you have to vote on at the start of any game. Still, there are a number of LEGO biomes that are represented, from LEGO Castles to Ninjago, to Jurassic Park and many others. Stage design is also pretty interesting especially if you are a fan of 2D side viewed platform levels. Fancy fighting with a tutu wearing clown, wielding a stun baton from Jurassic Park? Well, you can! The only limit to LEGO Brawls is in your imagination, and the amount of bits you have unlocked in your dressing up box. The sheer amount of characters to unlock and master, and the various implements that can also be found, along with new bits and bobs, allow for a massive amount of customisation. For small lumps of plastic, the LEGO minifigs that we play as have a massive amount of personality, with their looks and their moves being top notch. So, with that massive disappointment out of the way, let’s look at how the game is presented, shall we? Well, here the story is a lot better – in fact I’d go so far as to say it is first class.

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