The LEGO Movie Videogame - Western Emmet Minitoy Edition (PS3)

Have been playing this game a little bit now, just the first 2 levels. I have to say it's a fun game, but it's different from the other Lego games. E.g. the characters move like real Lego characters, not like the smooth moving characters from the previous games, I think this has to do with The Lego Movie. If you are, like me, used to the smooth moving characters, you will need to adjust your gameplay a little bit. Also driving vehicles is not as easy/straight forward as with Lego Marvel Super Heroes, for instance when you crash your car into an object/building you need to reverse out of it while steering either left or right, than when you want to drive away and counter steer, the car just goes straight, and if you crashed into a build, you will crash into the building again.I have played most of my Lego games on the Wii, but since the new games are not available anymore on Wii I had to buy the PS3 versions. When I played my first game on the PS3 I had to get used to the "new" controls, with this game I have to get used to the controls again.But like all the other Lego games, this is another fun game and it seems like there is enough exploring of the hub to keep me occupied for several hours.When I have more experience with this game, I will update my review.=========================================Update 11 June 2014I finished Story Mode and am now busy replaying all the levels in Free Play. The best thing I like about the cut scenes in this game is you can press triangle to skip the whole scene, I was getting really annoyed with Lego Batman 2 and Lego Marvel when there was a very long cut scene, which was just very long because of the voices and there was no way of skipping it in Story Mode. Switching to another character by quickly tapping triangle isn't as smooth as with the Lego Marvel for instance, if you press triangle just half a second too long it won't switch, but if you press triangle for 1 second too long, it pops up the character wheel, like other Lego games had (and just like Jack Sparrow's compass in Lego Pirates of the Caribbean), which can be a bit of a problem/a bit annoying when you are attacked dozens of robots.The seperate hubs aren't very big, which is a bit disappointing, especially when you have played Lego Marvel, Lego Batman 2 or Lego LotR. Having to go to an other hub does take a bit long, I wish they connected all hubs together into 1 big hub, that would have been nicer and more fun, since you would be able to drive the vehicles more than 2 blocks. But the hub are okay to explore.In this Lego game they introduced "computer hacking", "master building", "Lord Business switches", "secret knocks", "construction workers skills" and "blind courage", which does give this rather small game something special, which is nice. It makes you having to use a lot more different characters to get to the next level, so it is challenging in it's own way.Because the hubs are so small, flying around isn't as much fun as with Lego Marvel or Lego Batman 2. Also you can't fly too high, because the invisible ceiling seems to be sloping down. This does take the fun a bit out of flying in the hubs. When you do Free Play, flying actually helps you getting through the level a bit easier, especially if you need to cross a big gap or if you need to climb up quickly.Even though Superman is in this game, he doesn't have the same abilities as in Lego Batman 2. He does have flight, super strength and laser eyes, but doesn't have x-ray vision nor freeze breath. I think they could have added something with the x-ray vision, and the freeze breath would have been nice to extinguish fires, but unfortunately they didn't.If you want to reach 100% and get all trophies, one of the trophies is "Business, business, business", which means you need to get 1,000,000,000 studs, which, to me, doesn't make sence, given you can't purchase vehicles (since they are freely available), the special pants are for free, and the most expensive character are President and Lord Business (both 1,000,000 studs), so now I have over 997,000,000 studs, which is just rediculous. But it makes getting the rest of the red bricks and purchasing all the characters very easy, given you don't need to go and collect studs, in order to just have enough to buy 1 red brick (given you don't use multipliers).You do need a walkthrough if you want to collect all the gold instruction manuals, because some are very difficult to spot (even the red brick "gold instruction manual detector" doesn't point out everything as well), so I suggest search the internet for "Lego Movie videogame walkthrough" and look for a good extensive walkthrough (either video or text format), so you have help in case you get stuck.But the fun factor is still there, and just like all the other Lego videogames this can keep you busy for quite some hours.The best thing about this game is, you can skip cut scenes, even in Story Mode. Eversince they introduced voices in their cut scenes (from Lego Batman 2), the cut scenes became annoyingly long, and I have never been convinced the voices add something to the game, instead it takes away what Lego stands for, i.e. "you are only limited by your imagination" (ofcourse given you have an unlimited resource of Lego bricks ;-) ). But by pressing triangle you can skip all these cut scenes.

lets see LEGO + VideoGame = good funif you have played any lego game before you will know what your gettingif you have never played a lego game before this is not the best example to start withit is definatly aimed at the younger age group of players as it is a bit too easy to complete (getting 100% takes a bit longer tho and thats where adults are needed)ties in with the movie wellbut just feels a bit rushed could have done with more dev work and it is a bit buggy as wella shame as could have been up there . the harry potter lego game or the batman 2 one are the ones i would say are the best starting point for a lego game virgin

This game is the first to break away from the familiar Lego game design and closely reflect that of the film. My 7 year old son and I like to play Lego games together (and also the Skylanders series) so I'm always keen to see a new entry into either of these series that give us something enjoyable and safe to play.The good news is that the Lego Movie game captures the humour and fun of the movies and creatively melds this into a game that is as gently challenging and enjoyable as the best of the other Lego versions. We didn't spend as long playing this game compared with the Avengers title that preceded it as my son particularly enjoyed the much wider options for wandering around the environment in that game. However, this is still one of the best of the genre and it's great to find so much imagination going into cooperative games for middle aged dinosaurs such as me and their offspring.

This is quite a short lego game..Small hubs, 15 levels and I will easily complete in under 24 hours play time. I haven't enjoyed it as much as other lego games. There are quite long cut screens straight from the movie, which is not as fun as seeing a standard film turned into lego. Switching between characters sometimes takes a few goes to work and the computer's AI at moving characters and selecting once for free play has not improved from other lego games. You also get to the stage quite easily where points are irrelevant as they are so easy with multipliers. It is good that you can get some free and cheap characters quite early on with skills to enable you to find red bricks. You can also fill the points meter in each level without needing multipliers. There are still some frustrating levels e.g. swimming is so slow and cannot be speeded up ( why not get rid of x10 multiplier and have fast swim?!).Overall, probably better for children and those new to the lego games. Probably my least favourite.

As of November 3rd - not yet opened as purchased for my sons Xmas list but brilliant price (a bit cheaper than the standard edition) and hopefully as enjoyable to play as he loved the movie.I will return to update my review after Xmas and give you his rating....but heck, look at the price - buy it.

The game is very close to the movie and my son being a Lego fan loves it. It is however Easier than the last few Lego games and my son soon raced through it. We have also found that it keeps freezing at certain points of the game which is very frustrating.

All Lego games are great. This one doesn't follow normal lay outs of Lego games it is more structured in what you can do. It is still great though and you get to do The everything is Awesome dance.

I love all the different themed worlds. I like shooting and building so many cool things with the Lego. You can travel through portals and build in the bonus room. Loads of different characters including Lady Liberty! The disco pants are funny and super-heroes can fly. We love the hub and are working hard to save enough to get Lord Business. written by my son age 7.