PixyJunket

http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/694/694423/vids_1.html

That's all I needed to see. I'm buying this.

tanman

What in the world.

outer-edge

LEGO's efforts in reproducing their own projects is very nice. I read some comments of someone who played this at the Toy Fair I think is was, and they said it was actually very impressive for being a LEGO Star Wars game.

C-Mart

It would be cool if they acted like they were made of plastic, and the lego pieces melted when shot or hit with a saber. Otherwise, it looks ok.

mkdevo

ser. me too!

Goldberg74

May 2005

But maybe I can save up for an XBox by then...

BeckysBoy

And not coming out for GCN. Booooo...

I supposed I could get it for PC.

Jeremy517

I like how they did it better. They acted like Legos and broke into a bunch of smaller pieces.

PixyJunket

That was my favorite part of the video.

You can pick up the pieces and use them to build stuff!

PixyJunket

I can't access it at work, but IGN PS2 and probably Xbox as well have a bunch of new screenshots and videos up. This game looks insanely fun and has meaty co-op mode to boot!! Some of the video are scenes from Episodes I & II recreated with Lego figures and ships, good stuff.

Get Me Coffee

Wonder why this isn't on the GC....

PixyJunket

Other than Rouge III, I don't think there's been a Star Wars game on Cube for quite some time now.

Shagrath

There's a demo for the PC out.. You can snag it over at Fileplanet dot com.

PixyJunket

Oh snap. Now if I can remember to get to my PC when I get home from work.

scott shelton

Anyone picking this title up tomorrow? I would love to hear a review...

DJ_Longfellow

I tried the demo on my PC, but the video was all glitchy. I could play it, but it was so annoying I shut it down. I have a decent PC too. I even tried running it in the lowest resolution, and still glitchy.

Oh well...seemed ok, not $50 ok...but ok.

Get Me Coffee

Wonder if this game will be released on the PSP? Not sure if I would get this on the XBOX.

Michael Corvin

the new issue of Gamepro has a review. They basically say it is a great/fun little game. The only thing they downed was the difficulty. They say it is geared more towards little kids and is in the "easy" category for average to hardcore gamers.

the review says it covers all the major points of Ep. 1-3. That sounds pretty cool. A lego pod race would rock.

So it sounds like a rental or discount rack title for me.

Josh H

As much as you bitched about the cartoony graphics in Wind Waker, I'm amazed you'd even give a kiddy game with Lego characters a thought.

I guess since it's not a Nintendo exclusive it's ok.

PixyJunket

I downloaded and played the demo and I can fully recommend it. Well, I'd recommend it if you have friends, I'm not sure how the single player plays and I probably won't. The demo was INSANELY fun. The Lego-isms of the world and characters are well done and the game has a pretty good sense of humor in this regard. For instance, in the opening scene a ship is destroyed and all the little Lego pieces fly everywhere and the two pilots realize they have no seating and fall to the ground, complete with heads and limbs falling off. There's a C3PO robot that follows you around in the demo. You can attack it. Each time you attack it, it loses a limb. If you hack off one of its legs he'll "hobble" around following you hopping around on one leg. The gameplay is simple but in my opinion, simple is good. There seems to be a lot of cool puzzle-like elements involving using other characters abilities to manipulate surroundings.

I really hate reviews that cite a game's length as a negative. It's up there with other weak-minded reviews that focus on how a game looks or how "mature" a game is, rather than how much fun one can have with a game. Oh well, such is the fate of when a hobby becomes an "industry."

PixyJunket

But it's Star Wars! Games based on existing franchises (especially geeky ones) override all other bases for opinion in the game world, didn't you know that?

Josh H

I think it's important to mention. Who wants to shell out $50 for a short game?

Mentioning it's short lets me know that it definitely needs to go on my "pick up when it's $20 or less" list.

PixyJunket

Oops, I just reread and saw that the magazine review stated the negative as too easy, not too short. While I do agree a bit and enjoy a level of challenge to my games, in the end it's still the same. The game is too fun to be concerned with length or difficulty.

clappj

The MSRP is actually $40 on this one, so you could likely find it for around $35 upon release.

Josh H

Still not at my $20 or less threshold for games under 20 hours.

I try to stay around a $1 an hour on my games, with few exceptions.

I don't have as much money for games as some both due to being poor and having a few other hobbies further up my "spend extra money on list."