Gerrit's LEGO Video Game Blog: April 2018

LEGO Star Wars the Complete Saga:

· Released back in November of 2007, more than 10 years ago.

· Play through iconic moments of the 6 Star Wars movies: Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

· Play as your favorite characters and use vehicles from the Star Wars saga while you recreate classic moments however you want.

· Character creator for this game is very simple: you can choose between Lightsaber, blaster, pistol, different styles of hat and helmets, caps, and what color you want for the body to be.

· There is only one small hub for you to explore in this game, and that is the Mos Eisley Cantina, which is where to go to choose your different levels, buy characters, extras, and other stuff.

· After collecting all 160 gold bricks, in the outside of the Cantina will be a giant fountain that will give you infinite money every time you come to it.

· Aside from the story levels, there are quite a few different types of bonus missions:

§ Bounty Hunter missions- track down targets for Jabba the Hutt,

§ Character/ Mini-kit Bonus Missions- each episode has an area where you have to collect 1,000,000 studs while using the vehicles or characters unlocked, under the time limit.

§ There are also levels from the previous LEGO Star Wars games that were altered for the Complete Saga, like Podracing and the Gunship levels. New bonus levels include: Anakin’s Flight, and another level where you are collecting 1,000,000 studs, but without a time limit.

· Character abilities in LEGO Star Wars the Complete Saga are: shoot, jump (regular, double), Lightsaber, grapple, access panels, explosives, hover, Force powers (Light, Dark), small hatches, slap, and others.

LEGO Star Wars the Force Awakens:

· Released almost 2 years ago back in June of 2016, 6 months after the release of the Force Awakens movie.

· Play through the events of the Force Awakens as your favorite new characters like: BB-8, Poe Dameron, Rey, Finn, the new versions of Han Solo, Princess Leia, and many others, as you take on the First Order and save the Galaxy (again.)

· New abilities and features in this game include: dialogue straight from the film along with new audio recorded by the actors, dogfights in iconic and unknown Star Wars ships, blaster battles, multi-builds, command troopers, Lightsaber throw, and many others.

· The characters in LEGO Star Wars the Force Awakens, are not just from the Force Awakens movie, but there are characters like Yoda, Obi-Wan, Anakin Skywalker who are in the game as “carbonite bricks” characters, meaning who find their brick somewhere in the Galaxy, and then defrost the brick to unlock them for free play. There are a total of 35 “carbonite bricks” spread across the Galaxy that allow you to unlock awesome characters from the main Star Wars universe.

· LEGO Star Wars the Force Awakens includes additional content for the Clone Wars and Rebels TV series, LEGO Star Wars the Freemaker Adventures, the Prequels, the Jedi order, Jabba’s palace, and the Empire Strikes Back. Nearly every character that appeared in the Complete Saga video game, appears in the Force Awakens game, either in the main game, or as additional content, except for: Rebel trooper (Hoth), Lando Calrissian (Bespin) the Force Ghost versions of Obi-Wan, Anakin Skywalker, and Yoda, and other minor characters.

LEGO Star Wars the Force Awakens Hub Worlds:

· Jakku- a very large desert, as well as Rey’s home world that she was left on when she was just a little girl. This planet has the largest open world for you to get lost in since there is not much on Jakku, except for some ruins of a fallen Imperial Walker, and a downed Star Destroyer. There are characters and missions to do like the other planets, but that is basically it.

· Takodana- home to Maz Kanata’s Castle, which is basically the new Mos Eisley Cantina. The planet free roam is the ruins of the planet after the place was assaulted by the First Order, trying to get the map to Luke Skywalker inside BB-8. The characters and missions that are on this planet are a mixture of heroes, First Order, and 3^rd parties.

· D’Qar- the Rebellion/Resistance’s new base of operations, or at least for the Force Awakens story. This planet is very reminiscent of the Rebel base on Yavin IV from A New Hope with the “temple” structures, the geography, and the music. There are many missions to do here for the different Resistance leaders and many characters to unlock, also this planet is where you go to build your custom characters, and defrost the carbonite bricks found throughout the Galaxy.

· Starkiller Base- part planet, part superweapon, Starkiller Base is the First Order’s version of the Imperial’s Death Stars. Most of the missions and collectibles on this planet are related to the First Order and other bad guys like the Emperor, Count Dooku, and many others.

· Millennium Falcon- one of the most iconic ships of all Science Fiction, this hub is mostly just a few hallways with miscellaneous items to destroy. 2 points of interest in the Millennium Falcon are the holo-chess table bonus level, and unlocking the “classic” Han Solo through a little “asteroid challenge.”