Lego Star Wars II is a very fun game and also provides as a humorous recreation of three classic movies.
The gameplay in Lego Star Wars II is very simple but still very enjoyable. During the course of the game you’ll have the ability to play as many different characters from the Star Wars universe. During a level you’ll usually have a small party following you around. The size of your party can range from two people to seven people. You’ll need all the characters you have to get past certain puzzles. Each of the character classes has some sort of special ability. Droids can open special doors that humans can’t but humans can build stuff out of Lego blocks. Switching characters is very easy all you have to do is walk up to the character you want to switch with and press the Y button. The combat is very simplistic and boring. All of your attacks are done by pressing the X button but there is one annoying thing about that. The X button is how you dodge attacks. So lots of times you’ll try to attack but instead you dodge. What character you are using also plays into the combat. Blaster characters are probably the best because it’s a one hit kill and they easily dodge laser fire. Lightsaber characters SUCK! It takes about three hits to kill an enemy and almost every time you try to attack your character instead starts blocking attacks. One of the good things about the combat system is that every character attacks in a different way. When you get super close to an enemy you character will melee attack. Each character does this in a different way Princess Leia slaps, Han Solo punches, and Lando Calrissian kicks them. The diversity between characters is a really nice addition.
The graphics in Lego Star Wars II are pretty nice. There isn’t a huge difference between the last-gen versions but the 360 version definetly looks nicer. The character models look nice and the buildings that are close to you look good but all of the backgrounds and items that are far away look very jagged and ugly.
The sound in Lego Star Wars II is very good. There is no voice acting but the game makes up for this with fantastic sound effects and a very good soundtrack. The soundtrack is made up of songs from the original movies but they are slightly redone. The best song is probably the hard rock version of the Imperial March.
The story mode in Lego Star Wars II will probably take you about six to eight hours. But once you beat the game you can play through it again in Free Play mode. In Free Play mode you get to choose any character you want and play through the level again. Of course you get to swap places with a bunch of other characters so you can actually beat the level. Free Play mode and the fairly challenging achievements both really help the replay value. You can get about 250 gamerscore by beating the game but the rest of the achievements will take lots of time to get.
All in all Lego Star Wars II is a very fun game and also provides as a humorous recreation of three classic movies. So if you can find a cheap copy of this I highly recommend you buy and if you can’t find a cheap copy and don’t want to spend a lot of money on it then go out and rent it.
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