lego challenge – The Creative Life of Liz

Lesson One: NEVER AGAIN.

Okay, I’m being sarcastic. I’ll do it again… at some point.

For those not in the know, last Friday I did a full Platinum playthrough of The Lego Movie Video Game on my Twitch stream. That’s 100% of the game. All levels completed, all items collected, all characters unlocked, and all miscellaneous trophies achieved. Considering the length of the game, I planned on the stream taking about nine hours. I knew this was a crazy idea, but it was something that I’d always wanted to do, to do a long stream with a game I actually knew.

I ended up taking almost twelve hours total, but there was a full two hours that the stream was offline, and other times that the timer was paused. Reason being I was having internet issues. Turns out if my mom and I are on the same wi-fi connection, I can’t get Twitch to remain stable for more than ten minutes.

I was actually pretty proud with my official time, which was 9 hours, 16 minutes, 55 seconds, just under sixteen minutes over my estimation. I was careful with using the timer, turning it off immediately when the stream started stuttering, and I waited until I was sure that everything was back up before I unpaused the timer. I also made sure that the timer was running before unpausing the game as well, so my time was probably lower.

I also took break every hour or so, for about five minutes. The reason was, I didn’t want to strain my eyes. It’s been over two years since I was diagnosed with iih, but I still overcompensate with keeping my eyes safe. I knew I didn’t need to take as many breaks as I ended up taking, but like I said, better to be safe than sorry. It worked out in my favor as well. My eyes didn’t bother me until the next day, which is normal for me now. (Yes, I need a new prescription, but I’m waiting until everyone in my household has had the vaccine, for safety.)

The biggest issue I had was I’d planned on taking no more than a thirty minute break around noon. We ordered Jersey Mike’s as a treat and everything. Unfortunately, what should have been a fifteen-twenty minute wait from order to delivery turned into over an hour (not the driver’s fault, just busy at the store). That threw off my plan by a lot. By the time our sandwiches arrived, I just sat on the couch and ate with mom, instead of eating at my desk.

But delays aside, it was a lot of fun. I’ve played The Lego Movie Game four times to completion before, so it was fun to go back and blast through it. I was remembering all the things I didn’t like as I played, and why I don’t really want to play it half the time. But at the same time, I was playing through history, as this game came out around the same time as Lego Marvel Superheroes. The different between the games is hilarious (one is amazing, the other… leaves a lot to be desired). My biggest thing I like was playing some of the tasks in the overworld, which are a definite plus. Of course, those tasks aren’t the greatest but still.

Something I did notice were some bugs that I’d never experienced before. I ended up caught in a wall a few times, and a required item spawned in above my character, rendering it inaccessible. Luckily for the latter, going to another hub world and returning reset the issue. I also kept on hitting invisible walls in places that they never had existed before, and I had several things not load properly. I’m not sure if this is because I was playing a digital copy of the game, but it was mildly inconveniencing.

On the streaming side, I did have people pop in! I had a wonderful conversation with several people, include someone who left and returned to see me finish, when I was doing my 15 required vehicle builds in the bonus room. It was nice to share the moment.

Was the stream successful? Unfortunately, not. I was hoping that by playing for a long time, I would get more viewers. I didn’t, due to my frequent pauses and internet issues. My average viewer count dropped, which is a problem (I need it to be 3, it was 1.4, now it is at 1.1).

But it’s ok. It was my first time. Nothing is perfect the first time.

I did decided I’m going to hate-play The Lego Movie 2 Game completely on stream, mostly so I can scream at it. It’s always fun to hate play something. I may end up play more Lego games on stream as well, including Lego City Undercover and Lego Dimensions.

So, my experiment failed. But I’m cool with it. Next time, things will be better.

Until next time!

Forgot book challenges. I’m doing something insane again, and not the least bit sorry.

The other day, I was looking through my games, trying to decide what I would play next on stream. I was being undecisive, flipping through both my Playstation and Xbox binders. And then I came upon my copy of Lego City Undercover on Xbox and something hit me like a ton of bricks.

I wanna play through all the games again.

Of course, I had to make it annoying for myself first through.

I decided that I wanted to play through everything on PS4 again. The problem is, I’ve played all the games on my main account. And then it hit me: I have more than one PS account.

So, starting soon (mostly offline because of course), I’ll be playing through all the Lego game released on PS4. This will include all DLC, and will be to Platinum on every game. Yes, that includes Lego Dimensions. Because I apparently hate myself.

Here’s the only problem with this idea. I own all the games on disc on Xbox. But I don’t on PS4. But the bigger issue is that I ended up selling most of my PS4 games when we moved to California, because of a money issue at one point, pre-pandemic. So, instead of owning all sixteen games, I currently only own seven: six games I bought digitally, Lego Dimensions, my disc copy of the worst Lego game ever created, The Lego Movie 2 Video Game, aka the biggest waste of time that ever existed.

I’m lucky to say that everything is on sale right now, so by next week, I’ll be at sixteen, as soon as my GameStop order with my newest copy of the Lego Marvel Collection arrives (I’ve only bought every copy of Lego Marvel Superheroes in existence on four platforms, don’t judge me).

As of today, I currently have the Lego Movie Video Game, Lego The Hobbit, Lego Batman 3, Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lego The Incredibles, and Lego DC Super Villains digitally, alongside the aforementioned games that I have on disc. The three Marvel games are coming from GameStop, Lego City Undercover and the Lego Ninjago Movie Game from Amazon, and Lego Jurassic World and both Lego Harry Potter games from Target. That’s sixteen games, plus DLC for some of them.

I’m planning on playing some of them on stream, and others offline. The first one that will be streamed will be a full platinum run of the Lego Movie Video Game on either Friday or Saturday. If you’re curious, that’s about nine hours straight. It’s been a long time since I played a game for more than four hours at a time, so I’m going to also be playing another game off stream, though I haven’t decided which yet. Might as well get used to the long play time.

So yeah. I’m doing this again. I’m not rushing to complete this, because we still don’t have a date for Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Though if we do get one, all bets are off.

Keep an eye out for more Lego stream updates. This will be a fun little trip.

Until next time!

Note: Do to time issues, I’m only going to be posting new blog posts on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the next little bit. I’ll let you all know when I switch back to my three day a week postings, but that probably won’t be until May at the earliest. Thanks!