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| By: Gabriel Roderick |
Nintendo first released the second part of the two game series, Lego City Undercover last month which was essential Grand Theft Lego, of course dulled down exponentially but still a great game in the Lego Series. This of course was a Wii U exclusive.
They send released this game, Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins which is a prequel to the earlier release. Unlike most prequel/sequel's this is released on a secondary system not even a predecessor.
There is a lot I like about Lego City and a lot that I don't which can be broken down to; the good, the bad and the ugly.
Shall we talk about the good?
This game has a lot going for it, it's the first open world lego game for 3DS and the first open world game on a handheld that works for me. I had a lot of problems with Monster Hunter 3 for the 3DS due to the vast open world they spent so much time on and forgot about graphics. This game follows the same scenario but they hold your hand through the open worldness making it much easier.
I was a little bit more impressed with the 3D seeing as the game was so plain it added much more depth to it. The only problem is, the map is a flat 2D surface making it difficult to view both sometimes to find your location. Not all games on 3DS need to be in 3D, just saying.
Back to the good it's simplistic. Which is good seeing as the game is geared towards younger children like most Lego games are. Areas are marked out for you on the map and you know where you need to go. It's a nice game to pick up in your handheld and cruise around to different areas and find what you need.
It's simplicity is also it's downfall.
Yes you are a cop.
However if I am playing as a detective I want a challenge when finding my clues not having to follow the clues six feet in front of me and finding it. If it's a city you should have to EXPLORE the city to find what you need. Another bad thing about the simplicity is the fact that the game holds your hand through the entire game. Constantly tutorialing you on how to do things, and since most of the missions are repetitive this is kind of annoying.
Back to the good! The length of this game is something very surprising, this game holds about 30 hours of just story then not to mention being a competitionist would add major game time. I love the story as well. I feel like I'm playing Die Hard but "G" rated and of course this game has great cut scenes which is surprising as the graphics are not well done.
Combat can also be exciting, you basically play like your Batman and counter each and every move of your opponents then lock them up. You don't even get to put the handcuffs on them. They put up on them and they disappear not really that exciting the billionth time, you find this repetitive thing can be a bad thing to older people.
I'm sure children love repetitive things however.
NOW the ugly. As I said the combat is repetitive, however the driving is real bad. In the other game you had more cars, better handling and a gorgeous road to drive on. In the 3DS version you have maybe about 10 different cars with the same amount of speed.
The variety is so bland, but the controls kill you. It's near impossible to drive correctly and of course with bad looking graphics this makes it even harder to drive. Once again I find myself saying children must love these games!
Our Honest View gives Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins 7.0/10. This game has all the right tools to have the best handheld lego game but doesn't utilize them. To children this is probably one of the best games, but to older people we except a little bit more. Maybe it wasn't Nintendo's wisest move to release the Wii U version first? Whatever the reason may be, it is what it is!
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Replay Value: Moderate
Similar Games:
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| Grand Theft Auto: ChinaTown Wars - M Rated |
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| Lego City Undercover - E Rated |
Better 3DS Games:
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| Fire Emblem Awakening - T Rated |
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