Jolt Writes:
Ah, LEGO. Cause of bruised feet, scraped knees, bloodied gums and parents' headaches. Oh, and millions of hours of entertainment and education for kids of all ages, let's not forget. While most of us have probably packed up our black bags of well-used blocks and chucked them on a landfill somewhere (LEGO is biodegradable, right?), the resurgence of the Danish construction toy as videogame entertainment has meant we can never really outrun our childhood. Well at least there's no finding an armless top half of Princess Leia down the back of the sofa.
Announced last year, but still largely in the conceptual stage, the MMOG promises to be a true LEGO for the digital age, allowing players to link up and, literally, build bridges across the world. Although it's been difficult to pin down anything more than the initial design elements (see the embedded movie), the general gist of gameplay seems to be individual character creation and development (presumably through unlockable customisation options and access to more advanced designs).
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.
