Chaz at Twinfinite writes:
SO. The last time I did one of these, I looked at a terrible game that my kid loves. As much fun as it is to do that, I thought this time I’d look at something we enjoyed together, so I’m here to talk about the latest of the generally-pretty-great LEGO games by Traveller’s Tales Games, LEGO City: Undercover (Wii U). Our family has been playing a number of the LEGO games for some time now, from the Star Wars and Indiana Jones games through the more recent LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, and we’re big fans for a number of reasons.
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.
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.
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!
Fantastic game, aside from the lack of local multiplayer the only other drawback were the abnormally long load times. They happened far too often in my opinion.
Regardless, a great game for Wii U owners.
Best game on the Wii U. I still play it all the time. I would have added a few things, but overall...it's a great game. The writing is top-notch, as well.
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One of the few games out I'm interested in on the WiiU but not enough to buy the system yet. Too bad it wasn't on PC or coming to other consoles. Sales would be much better. Maybe after a new next gen Zelda comes out or Metroid I'll grab a WiiU.
Why didn't it come out for PS3/360/PC? It's a great game that deserves better sales.