Greg writes "Every time I thought LEGO City Undercover had reached its peak of awesomeness, it managed to go one step further. As you immerse yourself in this colorful and zany world, there's so much to see and do and experience, then HOLY COW I'M RIDING A GIANT T-REX SKELETON THROUGH THE STREETS!!!"
LEGO City Undercover may feature an open world, but it’s not overly comparable to Grand Theft Auto. It turns out that this was intentional.
worst justification EVER! it's a LEGO game...you know, where your imagination is the limit, but they limited the game mechanic for as hard as they can. don't get me wrong, I like the game, Platinumed it on the PS4 BUT the game has so much potential but they also put so many restrictions into the game, I feel all the time I should be able to do something but the devs decided that I can't.
oh and yes...the draw distance SUCKS in this game even on PS4. I can understand if it's ground-up made for the new-gen but this is a Wii U port, the PS4 should have no problem running rounds around this game but the devs just didn't care. tons of collectibles but most of the time, hampered by the terrible draw distance and texture pop-ins. and not to forget constant crashing, glitches, collectibles not registering, and trophy glitch...very frustrating! I had to do a 2nd run just to Platinum this thing due to the story trophy glitch! My advice, if you are gonna play this game co-op, the drop-in drop-out nature of the game will make you lose you chance for story trophies if you're not there from start to finish. the way the story mission is not setup properly to chapters is also annoying as hell.
Either you can't read or you really do think that you should be able to shoot people with guns in a LEGO game since that is the game mechanic that "they limited." Perhaps use your imagination next time and imagine that you are shooting people with guns GTA style in a LEGO game.
LEGO City Undercover is an amazing game and one of the best in both LEGO games and games on the WiiU (except for the load times).
There is a ray gun in the game and it can shoot anything to make things explode. I don't remember much but you can shoot people with ray hun too, right? Lego Marvel super hero and batman 2 are way superior than this game
Where is the sequel for this game?! So many believe this is the best lego game yet there has been no follow up. Did LCU not sell well? Are the licensed games more profitable? What gives?
LEGO City Undercover was a pretty big deal when it first appeared on Wii U close to a decade ago. It was planned as one of the system’s first major games, and was even published by Nintendo.
Game is amazing. Are there any other Lego games like it? The other ones I played were nowhere nearly as good.
They purposely put restrictions on your movements for the sake of collectibles. I still think that LEGO Batman 2 and Lego Marvel Superheroes are the best ones
Two games are leaving Xbox Game Pass before the end of January: LEGO City Undercover and Just Cause 3. If you’re interested in playing them, now is your chance!
So... I once mentioned that Game Informer gave this game an 8.5 and someone said they only did that because Gamestop wanted to forward used game sales or something.
So is there some mystical conspiracy theory here too, or can these guys actually believably like this game?
Obviously, we loved the game, so I can say that it's believable that Game Informer gave it a legit 8.5. It's not for everyone, but it's got very broad appeal and a lot to like. Don't expect it to replace CoD or Halo, but it is fun in its own way.
So EDGE give it a 5, and these guys give it a 10? Is anyone else seriously f***ing confused when it comes to reviewers? Not saying who is right or wrong, but how can supposed 'professionals' have such conflicting opinions? Boggles the mind.
See...
This is why, I don't trust one review.
(Edge's Review was harsh)
Other pRO reviews have been far more favorable.
But I'm waiting on the Customer Reviews to make sense of the score range.
IMO-
Reading this review kind of makes me think the reviewer was too cool for the game. Or that he was expecting it to be More like GTA. - It seemed more like he had a problem with the humor.
I have some hopes for this game and the 3DS version, my only worry is what is there to do besides missions? are there side missions, activities.. mini games? can you run people over or do they just dodge out of the way?
the problem with having a large world is having stuff to do in it, if it's bland then it's going to get boring very quickly.