Often it is asked why Lego hasn’t done Minecraft. After all, the formula fits. You put blocks on to other blocks to create something blocky and wonderful, fresh from your imagination. Surely that just screams Lego.
It seems that they tried with Lego Universe, but how do you make a kid-friendly Lego MMO when almost everybody seems intent on building penises?
Developed by The Lego Group, the app takes the form of an interactive comic book, complete with mini-games and virtual Lego build kits to be unlocked. The Antimatter Missions is broken up into five parts, with five short comics making up the bulk of the title.
Funcom Lead Designer Oscar López Lacalle previews the new MMO LEGO Minifigures Online and discusses The LEGO Movie in this exclusive interview from GDC 2014.
As a product, LEGOs are the most universally accepted toys on the planet. Throughout the world, kids and adults alike have taken part in the building, mixing, and matching of various blocks of LEGOs over the years. And even after hundreds of different city sets, cool looking vehicles, and funny little yellow folk; the little building blocks aren’t stopping construction any time soon. Yet in the world of video games, the LEGO series has brought plenty of fun that has gone mostly unnoticed and under-appreciated until recently. What many will find when checking out any of the LEGO titles are some of the most adaptive and malleable games around.
