Lego
Review

Lego (2005), a popular film franchise and a video game is a rich recipe for gaming fun. The series of Lego games has been developed since the first release on Nintendo DS. Not only do these games offer a chance to explore, destroy and fight in a world made of Lego but they also serve fans of films like Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Lord of the Rings with a chance to revisit the story and characters of their favourite movies.

The games are simple to pick up and play, although the button-mashing, fights do require some problem-solving to advance. You need to use the right character to perform the right task to unlock new areas. Played together in two-player mode makes this an ideal challenge for families.

There are many Lego games to choose from as you can see in the list. The console versions offer better visuals and more fleshed-out open worlds to explore, but the handheld DS, 3DS and PlayStation Vita versions are still impressive in the scope of gameplay and the hundreds of characters they include from the franchise. The smartphone and tablet versions of the games are the lesser cousins here and offer less involved gameplay in most instances while still being fun.

The main Lego franchise can be browsed in this video and are listed as follows:

• Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (2005) on Mac, PC, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance.
• Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (2006) on Mac, PC, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable.
• Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Android, and iOS.
• Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (2008) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable.
• Lego Batman: The Videogame (2008) Mac, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable.
• Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (2009) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable.
• Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 (2010) on Mac, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Android, and iOS.
• Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (2011) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable.
• Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (2011) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable.
• Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7 (2011) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS.
• Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (2012) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360 Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Vita, Android, and iOS.
• Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Vita, Android, and iOS.
• Lego Marvel Super Heroes (2013) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS.
• The Lego Movie Videogame (2014) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS.
• Lego The Hobbit (2014) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One Nintendo 3DS, and PlayStation Vita.
• Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (2014) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS.
• Lego Jurassic World (2015) on Mac, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita Android, and iOS.
• Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One Nintendo 3DS, and PlayStation Vita.
• Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016) on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS.
• Lego Harry Potter Collection (2017-2019) HD rerelease on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One.
• The Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game (2017) on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
• Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 (2017) on Mac, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.
• Lego The Incredibles (2018) on Mac, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.
• Lego DC Super-Villains (2018) on Mac, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.
• The Lego Movie 2 Videogame (2019) on Mac, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (2020) on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S.

Along with this lineup of Lego games to choose from are some other styles of Lego-video-game combinations. Lego Rock Band on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS offered a rhythm action challenge where you use a plastic instrument to play along with classic rock songs.

Lego City: Undercover on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Wii U offers an open world to explore. While most Lego games have an open-world element in at least some areas, this one keeps play open throughout so that children can enjoy exploring at their own pace. On PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch you can do this with two players.

Lego Worlds on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One or Nintendo Switch, takes virtual building back to the classic bricks with familiar figures, buildings and challenges from other Lego video games in an open world where your imagination can go wild in a bottomless bucket of bricks.

Lego Dimensions on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii U, uses smart Lego toys like Skylanders to unlock and upgrade in-game content. Although it’s not being updated any longer, its interactive cooperative brick format offers a novel way to play. Along with more DC Comics and other film franchises, this broadened the Lego games to include smaller TV shows and movies which are unlocked in the game by purchasing the related Lego Dimensions set.

Forza Horizon 4 also offered Lego content in its Lego Speed Champions purchasable add-on that turns the cars and landscape into Lego. Families and younger drivers enjoy exploring the Lego Valley and collecting bricks for items in their Lego houses and garage.

Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Lego 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 10 days ago.