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The Lego "Whatever" conundrum [Xbox 360]

April 29th, 2009 by ep

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Video games that don’t take a lot of skill or brainpower to enjoy deserve a place in every collection, and in every console. A couple of my favorites are the Lego Star Wars games.

I played Lego Star Wars, LSW II and LSW: The Complete Collection and I had some mindless fun with every one of them. Blasting Stormtroopers until they explode into a pile of Lego pieces is fun. So is reliving the Star Wars storyline in Lego form.

With those fond memories in mind sights were set on Lego Batman, but the result was disappointment. It also raised the question why is this game disappointing?It’s not that Lego Batman is a bad game, any more than a game fan could consider all the family-focused Lego games, it’s that the fun factor wasn’t there.

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