![]() ![]() ![]() How does LEGO Dimensions work? It’s a video game (for the Xbox One, PS4, Wii U) that’s in the same mould as previous LEGO Games – expect tons of platforming, exploring and running around shooting stuff up. LEGO’s foray into the US$600m toys-to-life industry is underpinned by the playability of the actual LEGO models – unlike Disney Infinity, Skylanders or Nintendo’s Amiibo which are usually static figures, the lure of building, destroying and rebuilding models should warrant some amount of success for LEGO Dimensions. LEGO Dimensions is not an entirely original concept but The LEGO Group and TT Games have ensured that the execution remains fresh. Price: AU$39.99 – Available at Target, EB Games, JB Hifi, Big W and other game stores Let’s get into a short review of the LEGO elements of the Portal Level Pack! That didn’t stop me from picking up the Portal Level Pack as I am a huge fan of the game and this is pretty much one of my dream LEGO licenses. I don’t have a current-gen game console (I’m a PC gamer) so I won’t be able to comment or review the actual game itself. LEGO Dimensions represents the next evolution of LEGO’s efforts to remain relevant in an age where digital devices such as consoles & smartphones are one of the primary sources of entertainment for children. For those unfamiliar with LEGO’s history, the company has always been obsessed with “winning” the video game-crazy generation over. Portal 2 will be remembered as one of the greatest games of recent years.Last week, LEGO Dimensions launched with much fanfare, heralding a brand new era for LEGO as it seeks to blur the lines between digital and physical play. ![]() Comedian Stephen Merchant's role as a rebellious AI module may divide opinion, but "female" binary demigod GlaDOS really is (in a rare case of living up to the hyperbole) one of the most fascinating characters in the history of the video game.įunny, frightening, mentally stimulating and including a multiplayer mode with a standalone but complementary storyline and hours of extra play time, it is absolutely not to be missed. But it is also the personality, within this ensemble, of the apparently sentient computers that make up the game's cast that is outstanding. The narrative, which celebrates science while evoking a cautionary vision of technological progress, is expertly woven, offering as an ensemble piece a beguiling science-themed mystery. Like its predecessor, Portal 2's character is its greatest asset. When the puzzle-solving is going well, it offers the player an enormously pleasing sense of successfully imposing their intellect.Īnd yet the puzzles are not the game's most striking element. This, then, is a game that adjusts the way you think, and to experience a game manipulating your thinking processes as you play is a unique and extraordinary pleasure. The conundrums are executed marvellously, and each chapter of the game introduces new ideas that remould the player's understanding of 3D space. These portals can also be used to manipulate lasers, gravity and various other stalwarts of scientific experimentation, giving the game's hero a chance to escape her research-and-development prison. Instead they leave entrances or exits where they strike, allowing the player to create doorways in walls, floors, ceilings, and all kinds of other places that offer routes to otherwise unreachable areas. The projectiles, however, do not do any damage. The game's protagonist, lost like a rat in an elaborate maze, can only use the eponymous portal gun, which fires pulses of light. ![]()
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