The force is not strong with this one!
Lego Starwars for DS looks fun enough, but the un-resolved technical glitches in this game make it a title not worth the money. The game is fun at times, but just as things seem normal, your character will disappear behind some un-seen object. Is this the force at work? Maybe, but in other areas, background and vehicle models will noticeably flicker and pop geometry into place. In the Cloud city level, when you open a door that leads to a new zone, you see nothing but a black shape jutting into the outside background. In some levels that look more polished, you can see reflections from the level in polished floors. However, the characters do not have reflections. This makes it look like something half finished. Another huge flaw is the terrible camera. The developers designed a camera tilt function into the DS touch screen, but it doesn't allow you move the camera and only gives you a meager 20 degrees of rotation. The individual characters control well enough with the D-pad and buttons. The touch screen is used only as an option menu and camera tilt. You can select other characters in your party with the touch screen, but this can also be done by walking up to the character and tapping the X button. The vehicle controls are awful and broken! The in game AI is also very bad. Some times your party members will keep up with you and help shoot at enemies, and the rest of the time they just stand in your way and get blasted by the enemy without taking actions. A stay command would have been nice since a lot of missions have pit-falls and certain characters will follow you and end up re-spawning over the edge of the pit making them un-retrievable.
Despite the terrible glitches, this game has some fun moments, but they do not make up for the fact that this game feels un-finished and broken. Buy it if you must, but you would be better off with the console version if you want the real Lego star wars experience.