However, doing only that becomes practically impossible as tons of distractions start shouting at you.

Over the course of play, you'll be directed by waypoints to truck along from mission to mission. Not just in terms of its literal size, but in terms of the stuff players can do in it. LEGO City Undercover is a massively big game. Just about everything he says, at any given moment in the game, is solid gold. I'll also say that one character in particular, Frank Honey, is hilarious. Kudos to the writers for coming up with something so witty. I literally laughed audibly during almost every cutscene in the game, and that's something that no other title has ever done for me before.

It riffs popular movies like Shawshank Redemption, and it does so with a humor that's quite similar to something you'd find in a classic Naked Gun flick. It features voice work for every character in the game from the main set to the civilians on the streets of the city. LEGO City Undercover, however, is just genuinely hilarious. The jokes come as exaggerated moments of action, and everything that happens is based on slapstick gags. All action is based on things that occur in the universe, so characters mime their way through famous moments in that universe's fiction. With some of the older licensed LEGO games ( Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Harry Potter, etc.), characters never say a word. Perhaps driving was gimped to be friendlier for younger gamers, but folks looking for solid responsiveness in LEGO cars will be disappointed. There's no real feel to them, other than fast or slow. Forget drifting and handling, each car feels like it was ripped from a LEGO set. Don't expect to be challenged in combat, it's just sort of there.Īlso, the driving is not so hot. LEGO City Undercover employs the same timed parry system that one would find in the Batman: Arkham games, but it does so on a much, much easier level. Just like the smashing, combat in this game is rather simplistic. LEGO City Undercover is big, and constantly smashing everything in sight does get a little boring over time. While collecting, punching and smashing are definitely mechanics that belong in LEGO games, they don't necessarily feel welcome at all times here. LEGO City Undercover has the presence of other open world games like GTA and Saints Row but, it comes in a package that's completely friendly to gamers of all ages. Of course, the open world and vehicle aspects are brand new.

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