I’ve mentioned before that I’m playing through all of the Lego games in anticipation of the pending release of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Last night, I was able to complete half of the largest game on the list, Lego Dimensions. For me, this is the turning point to whether or not I complete this challenge.
Let me explain.
Backstory
I didn’t get into Lego Dimensions until very late into the game’s life cycle. It wasn’t intentional. The game just wasn’t on my radar.
I started getting into Lego games in 2016, long after the series got good. I wasn’t really obsessed with them until probably early-2017, if my trophy list on Playstation is any indication. I remember when I started getting all the Lego games from my local GameStop, and the absolute heat I’d get for them (that’s a story for another time). But I played through Lego Harry Potter and Lego Marvel Superheroes and enjoyed them both.
I ended up getting Lego Dimensions on sale at Target of all places. I had seen the game on the shelves for months, but I really didn’t want to get a Toys-for-Life game, especially one that was going to be draining my bank account, like Dimensions would almost end up being. But I picked it up in mid January, because it was on sale, along with a few of the Fun Packs. I didn’t know exactly what characters I would need, so I just grabbed a few. Boy, was I in for it. (Note: I’ll go into detail about Lego Dimensions, the packs, and more, on a post scheduled to go up on Monday, August 10th. It’s just too long to go into here.)
By mid-May, I was all caught up.
The Story Continutes
Here’s a fun little detail that I don’t care to always admit. I have never actually completely finished Lego Dimensions. I have played and completed the original 14 levels across three devices. On PS3, I also beat some of the level packs. On PS4, I beat all of the Level packs, but I never did the Story Packs, nor did I finish all of the Adventure Worlds.
As a completionist, I want to do everything possible in a game. I’ve beat so many Lego games, to the point I actually had to take a months long break at one point because it was just too much. I actually avoid playing some of the most popular games, simply because seeing incomplete games on my trophy and achievement lists drive me crazy.
Lego Dimensions is one of those games I technically completed, minus 9 DLC trophies (the Story Packs). But I never beat it outright. It’s always bothered me.
Year One
As I said at the opening of this post, last night I officially am half way. I completed all of the levels and Adventure Worlds released during the first part of the game, known as Year One. That’s the fourteen main story levels, six Level packs, and fourteen Adventure Worlds. Oh, and the Mystery Dimension, which is 14 additional gold bricks. That’s a total of 480 gold bricks.
But I’m actually further into getting the game’s total 1016. I ended up beating The Goonies level, which is a Year Two level. I wanted the red brick from the Adventure World, which is a x4 stud multiplier, which made completing the level and jumping into the Adventure World. I actually did that a couple times for Year Two. I ended up completing the Goonies Adventure World, as well as doing several gold bricks for Lego City Undercover Adventure World.
But I digress. Year One.
Year One has fourteen franchises represented. I don’t have a real favorite Adventure World, though I do have several I outright despise.
The Doctor Who level is quite annoying at opening, until you figure out the gimmick. The Portal 2 world gives me a headache, due to the layout and design of one of the gold brick challenges. The Back to the Future world has several issues, to the point that I had to walk away from my TV a few times out of frustration. The Midway Arcade world would be fine, but there are several races that are just too annoying to deal with I swear. Oh, and I absolutely didn’t like the Simpsons World, but that’s because I’m not a fan of the series as a whole
On the flip side, the Jurassic World world is fun and pretty nostalgic to the movie, though I wish there were more references to the original trilogy. I also liked the Wizard of Oz world, especially for how they included Kansas.
The rest of the worlds don’t do too much for me. They all have their high and low points.
As for the levels… well. I like them. But I also don’t. Depends on the franchise. It’s fun to be able to get to relive some moments in different series, but there are some parts that just get tedious. Oh, and the Midway Arcade level is a nightmare. Sorry, but true. It a good thing that you only have to play eight classic games, and not all of them in the game.
Finishing Year One’s content took about two and a half weeks, which is about par for the course. Year Two’s should take about three week or so, considering the size of the Adventure Worlds, as well as my absolute lack of want to play through Ghostbusters 2016 and The Lego Batman Movie.
I’m actually glad that I took my time completing Year One. It really shouldn’t have taken two and a half weeks, but I took a few day in the middle to relax and play Animal Crossing. There’s a lot of good content in Year One, regardless of my complaints.
What’s Next
I’m moving onto Year Two today, though I’m starting with some of the Adventure Worlds instead of jumping right into levels. I’m hoping to finish Lego Dimensions by the end of August, which would give me September to play through Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which won’t take more than maybe 10 days. I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to take some time away from Lego games before Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, which I’m still hopeful will release in October, as was rumored. (Will it? Who knows. Just don’t ask on the subreddit. It’s a bloody nightmare.)
I’m off to jump into the game. Have a great day.
Until next time!
