Long ramble post is long. Sorry in advance, readers. A book post will go up tomorrow.
When January 2020 rolled around, there were rumors abound that Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga would be releasing by June. It’s been most anticipated game of 2020, ahead of basically every game that has released this year. I wanted to do something to count down the time until the game released.
Then I went insane and I come up with this idea.
I decided to play through every Lego game on the Xbox One.
First off, why Xbox? Well, besides a few PS3 games that I just haven’t finished yet, I’ve played every Lego game on the Playstation consoles. I still wanted to have the system keep track for me in some way. And I didn’t want to involve hand held games, because I may be crazy, but I’m not certifiable just yet. So, lets play on a system that I had barely touched since I bought it in March 2018.
I had to set some ground rules immediately. If you don’t count backwards compatible games, there are currently 17 Xbox One Lego games. I took Lego Worlds out of the mix, simply because I wasn’t about to spend hours playing a Minecraft knock-off done poorly. That brought the list down to 16. I also considered not counting Lego Dimensions, but I have a massive love for that game, so I had to keep it on the list.
When all was said and done, I listed out all 16 games. My plan was to basically play games in whatever I felt like, with the final game being Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens. My original goal was to finish by June 1st, again basing my plan off the rumored dates.
As of today, I have completed 13 of the sixteen games. Each one is completed with all DLC to 100%, which was something I didn’t actually want to do, but thanks to the Xbox using a numerical and percentage score, it bothered me until I finished all the DLC in one marathon weekend.
In order of completion:
- Lego Marvel Superheroes – (Jan 19-23) (29.5 hours) – The only game that I actually had played a bit of back in 2018, I restarted with a fresh file when I started this challenge, and I made a point to redo every achievement anyways, so it didn’t matter. I really enjoy this game, and I still love running around as Deadpool. I can’t wait until the next Lego game that is Marvel based, because we will probably get him and Gambit back (I have reasons).
- The Lego Movie Video Game – (Jan 23-25) (9 hours) – This is basically the fastest Lego game on the market. The story mode is pretty short, the minikits are easy to find, and you can blast through the hub world in less than three hours if you pay attention. I kinda regret playing this one so early, as it is an amazing pallet cleanser…
- Lego City Undercover – (Jan 26 – Feb 1) (35.5 hours) – This game has one of the largest maps… and you don’t have any abilities to fly. So the post-game took nearly 25 hours… but the final act of the last level is still be best in any Lego game to date fight me.
- Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 – (Feb 3-13) (21 hours) – Yes those dates are right. I actually finished on the 9th, but I got screwed by an achievement that just wouldn’t register until like four days later. Talk about stress.
- Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 – (Feb 9-15) (21 hours) – I’m still a massive Harry Potter fan, regardless of what been going on with the series’ author. I have such a love for these game, especially since they are the last games to not include voice acting. I hadn’t planned to play them back to back, but glitched achievements made it impossible.
- Lego the Incredibles – (Feb 16-23) (16 hours) – I don’t really have much to say about this game. It’s based on the movies, it’s rather boring, but it’s a quick game. I took a break about half way through for like four days.
- Lego DC Super-Villains – (Feb 24 – Mar 3, May 15) (36 hours) – This is currently the top tier in Lego Gaming. I absolutely love this game, and the return of Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. I hope that LSWTSS can hold a candle to this one.
- The Lego Movie 2 Video Game – (Mar 4-6) (11.5 hours) – Kill it with fire. Terrible game that never should have existed. Yuck.
- The Lego Ninjago Movie: The Video Game – (May 3-7) (17 hours) – This is where I lost steam. I took a two month long break, quit my job, and then finally jumped back in. But after the trash that was Lego Movie 2, I needed that break. Ninjago is fine, just kinda boring. Levels become overworld, which was creative. Just… boring.
- Lego Marvel’s Avengers – (May 7-15) (34 hours) – I have a love for Marvel, but this game was an unfortunate miss. I like the different hub worlds, but it just didn’t really do it for me. I did like several aspects, but it was not without it’s flaws. Oh, and it was here when I realized I needed to play the DLC at the same time, which was a let down but it could have been worse.
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 – (May 17-31) (37.5 hours) – This game suffered from being created during the voice actors strike, as well as not being able to bring over some of the cast from the original game. I liked the massive map (unpopular opinion), but the game had a problem with only having three different types of quests, and it got real boring real fast. Oh, and one more thing. The menu design was terrible.
- Lego Jurassic World – (Jun 6-11) (25 hours) – I have a love for Jurassic Park. This game did a pretty good job toning down the violence level, while leaving the story mostly in tact. There were some things that were boring, but it wasn’t terrible.
- Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – (Apr 1, Apr 26-27, Jun 30 – Jul 12) (33 hours) – This game tells quite a tale. I tried to play in April, got five achivements, and put the game on the back burner. I know most Lego fans absolutely love this one, but the story doesn’t really do it for me, and don’t get me started on the last level. I’m just not a fan.
I only have three games left to play: Lego The Hobbit (which I’m working on right now), Lego Dimensions (which will take at least a month, because it’s huge), and finally Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I’m honestly looking forward to being done with this challenge. I’m not stressing about it as much as I used to, simply because the game keeps getting delayed. But we will see what the end of the year brings us.
