Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga Reviews

• Does have Wii Lightsaber control!

  
  By AMBFK6N4JS5Z2 on 2007-12-02
  When I read an earlier review that said the game didn't use the Wii remote as a lightsaber I was disappointed and decided not to buy the game. However, we rented it a couple days ago and I was both surprised and very happy to find that you can swing the Wii remote and the characters on screen swing their lightsabers. You can also control the lightsaber by pressing the "B" button, which sometimes is easier.
  
  In a way I'm happy you don't have to try and aim the Wii remote to shoot the blasters because I find pointing the Wii remote at an object on the screen to be the most challenging aspect of using the Wii remote.
  
  Overall, this is a very fun game that I can play with my son, and even though we already have earlier versions of all episodes, I'm considering buying this one for the Wii after we return the rental one.
  
  May the Force be with you!
  
  
  
  

• All the fun of Star Wars LEGO I & II. and INDY too!!!!!

  
  By A27P0MW8TE1JQP on 2007-11-19
  If you haven't played the original Star Wars LEGOs series (based on the Episodes I-III and IV-VI.) YOU WILL LOVE IT! Whether you just love LEGOs, Star Wars or if you're a fan of both, it is sheer fun!. The settings are either terrific cartoon replicas of the lego sets or the movie ones. The sound and music FX is spot on and the story links are consistently funny tributes to both franchises. I find the animators' ability to retell Lucas' stories without ANY dialogue from ANY characters, remarkable. The game contains multiple chapters and subchapters easily breaking the movies into neat saving checkpoints, collecting LEGO studs for purchasing characters, extra features and special abilities. The replay options are large thanks to "Story Play" modes which unlock the chapters for later "Free Play" modes in which you can return to the adventures as the characters of your choosing or making with the "mix-n-matcher" in the Cantina.
  
  If you have played the original Star Wars LEGO series before, "The Complete Saga" is even worth replacing your copies the earlier separate releases. The Wii remote play is pretty cool, if somewhat limited. The only disappointment was discovering the "building" control motions didn't make it into game play (check-out the controller instructions booklet for more). There are more secrets and levels to make it interesting for LEGO vets.
  
  The most notable treat that, in my humble opinion, makes the game easily worth it's price is hidden in the bonus room: a game trailer for LEGO INDIANA JONES and it unlocks the INDY character for Star Wars Free Play! I can't wait for the Summer release!
  
  
  

• Disappointing: Where's the Wii Lightsaber Mode?

  
  By A1H4V29X9IMU02 on 2007-11-12
  As one who played this game on Xbox and Playstation2, I jumped all over the pre-order on this when it was announced, because I expected it to actually take advantage of the Wii features, as promised. Unfortunately, it doesn't at all. With the Wii, one expects to use the Wiimote as a lightsaber and as a blaster, with full motion control. But what you actually get is merely having to use both the Wiimote and the Nunchuk to have access to all of the buttons.
  
  Sure, there are additional characters and scenes in this version, and the graphics are pretty good for the Wii. But what's the advantage to having full motion control if you're not going to use it?
  
  What a disappointment!
  
  

• One Of The Greatest Of All Time

  
  By A26G35WR7QCFR2 on 2008-04-13
  Lego Star Wars was introduced a few years ago as a kid's game (12 and under). I discovered it through my friend's son, who was a 5 year-old Star Wars fan. At one point, he needed help with an area and asked me to guide him. So I took the controller and tried my best. After about a half hour, he asked if he could play again, but I told him that I was still "trying to figure out how to play this game." (In actuality, it was an instant addiction.)
  
  What I learned about Lego Star Wars is that the two-player function is awesome, but only if you are already friends with your counterpart and/or they are a skilled gamer. If not, you will find yourself directing their every action (to help move the game along), and they might take exception to that.
  
  Anyway, if I may now review this particular rendition, Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga...
  
  The game is awesome. I put it on par with the classics (Legend of Zelda, the Super Mario games, Sonic the Hedgehog, etc.). That may sound like hyperbole, but let me assure you that Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga is the real deal. The fact that the current generation game consoles enable new features (like Wii's remote control of the light sabers, guns, and Force) only bring this game from cult classic (kid's and diehard Star Wars fan's game) to popular classic (that everyone loves).
  
  Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga will take you approximately 40-50 hours to complete. (That is, to get 100% completion of the game.) And it won't be 40-50 hours that you regret; even if you take a break from the game and come back to it in, say, 6 months, you will gladly find yourself playing the next 40 to 50 hours that you allot. (And I recommend coming back to it after a while - that way you don't always remember where everything is in the game, thus maintaining some challenge. Also, like that cool song on your new CD - don't play it out too fast, even if it is the best song ever!)
  
  Star Wars fans probably found this game first, but it was the Lego concept that makes this a classic game. I grew up with Legos, and Star Wars was pretty scary to me when it first came out. Combining the two did what one expected: offered a fantastic venue for humor.
  
  As you play along to the Star Wars theme and plots, the Lego style adds some of the funniest things you will have seen in a video game. I laughed out loud at some of the mini-movies in between the chapter stories. Also, the way that characters die... their Lego bodies fall apart! This really keeps the game tame for the younger set, but for us adults, it just adds that wonderful, simple, comic humor that we can appreciate.
  
  The Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga version is an addition to the Lego Star Wars series. In the beginning, they released Chapters 1-3 to coincide with the Chapter 3 movie release (marketing). LucasArts was already releasing their "grown-up" versions of a Star Wars game at the same time, so Lego Star Wars was decidedly their kid's version.
  
  A strong market was found, however, among a wide range of ages, so the developers released Chapters 4-6 with more featuers so as to close out their video game series, and thus the Star Wars saga. Or did they...?
  
  The Complete Saga obviously combines the two previous versions, but also adds content. For example, new characters become available, as well as new levels, quests, and features. On the topic of the latter, the first version of Lego Star Wars (Chapters 1-3) had a relatively limited stud-collection/quest system. In the Complete Saga, these chapters are fleshed out (as in the later version - Chapters 4-6), and many more sequences are provided.
  
  In all, if you want a game for yourself and/or a game for your kids, Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga is where it's at! It is easy enough to simply pick up and play, with really only 4 or 5 buttons to use (4 buttons if you only play the Story Mode). But if you are interested in taking the game beyond the Story Mode, you will find yourself having to manage your characters to know which situations call for which abilities (in the Free Play Mode). This means that the game reaches out to the kids and to the kids within us!
  
  In my experience, the younger kids (ages 12 and under) will likely only appreciate the Star Wars concepts and gameplay. Also, that sense of accomplishment as they complete the Story Mode (where they kind of know what to expect, thus keeping them thinking along). If your kid does not like Star Wars, the Legos concept will probably not redeem the value for them.
  
  For the older kids (ages 13 to 70), the Story Mode is way cool, but the Free Play is where we get to use our management skills! What awed me the most were the great and true renditions of the environments that were present in the movies. I always wanted to go to Endor, for example (not Northern California, by the way, but the make-believe location). Now, in this video game, I can guide characters in a wider use of the Endor location - not just the parts that were featured in the movie.
  
  And that is just one example... The Complete Saga has more levels in it, such as the sequence where Anakin and Obi Wan are onboard General Grievous' ship. (And the deleted scene from the movie where Shak Ti is killed by General Grievous.) And there are still others...
  
  If you even WANT this experience to last only 40-50 hours, then I think you have rushed it, my friend! I highly recommend taking your time (when you are not up against the clock) to really explore all that is in this game, the Complete Saga. It goes so far above and beyond what we saw in the original two releases, and the game itself, as I stated at the beginning, is a true classic video game. The Complete Saga is the seminal classic incorporating the two prior versions and expanding upon them. (You may want to get one copy and console for yourself and one of each for the kids!) I recommend buying this for any console that you own.
  
  

• Don't bother if you own the other two Lego Star Wars games already

  
  By A1FO0MB22V13JM on 2007-11-09
  Well, if you already own the Lego Star Wars I and II (probably from your old gamecube, since they didn't come out on Wii), I wouldn't bother getting this game. There are a few additional characters, some bonus levels, but basically this is a re-sell of the other disks. The only significant difference is that you use a Wiimote and nunchuk to control the action, not the classic button controller.
  
  
• Mediocre
  By A1FE2WS8KBLJUK on 2007-11-25
  Im going to go against the flow here, and give this game only two stars. I read all the reviews before I made my purchase and started out with high hopes, but i have to say i was disapointed. The gameplay is just well, uh,, boring. Yeah they have like fourzillion mock lego characters to unlock- but after i breezed through the first three "episodes" in one day( no thats not including 100% of the bonus content, i often found myself wondering why im i playing this game? The sell is for starwars and lego fans alike who are in it for the nostalgia. Maybe it was just me but spending most of the level running around in circles trying to collect the stupid coins that drop from every object you touch simply wasnt an injoyable time. Decidely it is geared for very young gamers, but before you shell out the hefty price for the game give it a rental try out first and decide for yourself. I for one was let down.
  Gamer since 1988.
  
  
• Half Good, Half Average
  By A2FGK9K4K10K86 on 2007-11-21
  This game is actually a combination of two previous games for other platforms, one based pretty directly on "new" Star Wars 1-3 -- it's as banal-to-bad as the movies -- and the other rather liberally on "classic" Star Wars 4-6, which is rather fun and funny with good replay value on what actually does a good job of capturing the playset feel that people my age should expect of putting "Lego" and "Star Wars" together.
  
  It's effectively a multi-character environment manipulation game (like "The Lost Vikings" if anybody remembers that) which is pretty easy except for oodles and oodles of violence and destruction. Every part of the game facilitates 2-player play, although friendly fire *does* do damage and having a partner *will* get you killed quite a bit -- but the only penalty for dying is a few points and you don't actually need points to win so it's not a big issue.
  
  I do recommend this game (or at least the second half of it) for 30-year old geeks, though given the lackluster first half of it, you may want to wait for a price drop or sale.
  
  
• Cute and fun game
  By A3D2RZLXSOYN57 on 2007-12-13
  I'm not much of a video game player but I love the Lego Starwars games and it's wonderful on the Wii. I've played Lego Starwars on the PC, PS2 and the Wii. The Wii is the best version. The controls are simple to learn and the game (especially with the cutscenes) is so cute! Also the improvements they have made since the Playstation versions are really good- especially the podracing level. Podracing was extremely frustrating for me on the PS2 but easy and fun on the Wii.
  
  To put this review in context, I also love Elebits and Legend of Zelda, to give you a sense of what video games I like. I find games like GTA, Gears of War and Bioshock to be good-looking games with interesting stories, but I am not skilled enough to use the controller well. I just end up being frustrated and bored when I die within 5 minutes because I can't both aim and move at the same time. Pathetic, I know. I just don't play video games enough to learn how to be more skilled. I am slowly learning to play Resident Evil 4 on the Wii, and it is MUCH easier on the Wii than on the PS2. RE4 is a very good game, if you have a fraction more skill than I do (which is probably everyone) I recommend you try it out! But I have less incentive to keep playing RE4 when Lego Starwars is both easier and much more fun, so my learning curve will be very slow.
  
  
• Sci-fi fun for families
  By A1MB51AIBGWHK6 on 2007-12-12
  This is the first Lego Star Wars game I've ever owned, and I'm glad to discover that it's a perfect family game for the family-oriented Wii. The movies are retold in cartoonish pantomime with Lego bits, so the most offensive thing you'll find are Lego characters blown into plastic pieces. Giving players unlimited lives makes the game extra tolerant for younger (or less experienced) players, and the ability for a second player to join in or opt out at any time is a boon for parents whose playtime might get unexpected interruptions. The controls are simple enough that a child of five or six can learn them after a few minutes. The Wii's motion-sensing features aren't critical to playing the game, but there is a visceral thrill in waving the remote to use a light saber instead of pressing a button.
  
  As for the game itself, not only do you get to play all six episodes from the movies, but each level has lots of hidden bonuses and challenges for older gamers who want to get higher scores. Other players will also enjoy making their own characters and replaying the levels with their creation -- having Darth Leia-3PO Maul wandering around Mos Eisley fighting alongside a Disco-wig-wearing Stormtrooper is sure to make kids and geeks alike giggle.
  
  It's funny, it's friendly, and it's loaded with extras galore. The Force is strong with this one.
  
  
• Fun to play
  By A2O2D7JV0QU630 on 2007-11-12
  I've already owned and played the PC and the Gamecube versions. The Gamecube version was very buggy and frustrating to play due to that fact. This new version really is superior to the other versions. They've made just enough changes to make it interesting, even if you've already played the older version. The Mos Espa podrace and Gunship Cavalry levels are greatly enhanced. My only minor complaint is they didn't really make great use out of the Wii remote's features. I find the game more fun to play just using the regular buttons.
  
  
• love it
  By A2MCDU25AIUY9B on 2008-02-27
  My children (7 & 5) received a Wii from Santa this year. :-)
  
  Santa gave them Super Mario Galaxy which is a great game... but the problem is it's a bit too hard for them at this point.
  
  Enter Star Wars... OMG! My 5 year old son LOVES this game. It's still a little advanced for him but just running around with a light saber and killing robots is so much fun for him he LOVES it!
  
  Best part... when you character "dies" (which means all his little lego parts fall apart) he comes right back to life. There are no "you only have 2 lives left" issues so he continues to have a blast! Now, he doesn't score many "Jedi" points because of this but he doesn't care much about that anyway.
  
  My daughter also enjoys it and because 2 player mode works well they can play at the same time.
  
  Hands down this is the best Wii game we have so far (Super Mario Galaxy is good, Carnival Games sort of stinks... Star Wars is G-R-E-A-T!).
  
  Enjoy fellow Jedi!
  
  
  
• Great little kid game too... 5 & 6 year old first time gamers loved it!
  By A3MX49ZBGHXVY7 on 2008-01-23
  The reviews here are excellent but I just wanted to add this for any parents of younger kids looking to buy a game that the adults can play too (especially those whose last video game system has asteroids or the original Donkey Kong- you know who you are). This is it- $50 is a lot to pay for the under 8 crowd and the Wii games, much less the Lego Star Wars is never on sale. Our boys, 5 and 6, will spend hours (if they weren't stopped) playing with each other. It's simple enough that they can figure out how to move through the levels but complex enough that my husband and HiS brother (gen X) still spent hours playing. It teaches teamwork, problem solving, and is non-violent or crude. The lego guys just fall to pieces is a non-threatening entertaining sort of way when they are "killed" and the "money" collected are the stud (single) lego pieces. They also get Jedi points for making good (read ethical) decisions instead of whacking each other with light sabers every chance they get (won't allude to which team learned this the hard way).
  The Lego Star Wars is also much more fun than the wii sports (included with the wii) or the wii play (the game you bought because all the rest of the additional controllers are sold out). It's also much more child friendly than most of the games made specifically for little kids (which no one else in your family will play).
  Hope this help :)
  
  
• GREAT GAME--MUST BUY
  By on 2007-11-11
  I love this game already after only 20 hours of playing it. The graphics are really good for LEGO and I love Star Wars and LEGO so a combination of both is perfect for me. I'm almost addicted to this game--it is my favorite physical possesion right now. This is a must buy--all you other kids out there, persuade your parents to buy this great game!!
  
  
• Great Wii Co-Op Game! My 4 year old and 7 year old love it!
  By A3O1EFKA6UXFHR on 2007-12-31
  
  What I like about this game is its co-operative play mode. Many multi-player games on the consoles are battle-style games. In this one, you can work together to solve puzzles rather than against each other. But, that is a good thing and bad thing at the same time. Because even in the standard co-operative play mode, each player can attack the other player. This is my 4-year old's favorite "feature". So while I'm running around trying to solve puzzles and eliminate the bad guys, she's swinging her light-saber at me. I gotta watch my back when she's in the game with me! And its cartoon violence, nobody dies, your Star Wars character just falls into a pile of lego pieces. There are also fun features like hundreds of upgrades and 160 characters to choose from. One we stumbled on early in the game in the Cantina is a "hat" machine which lets you change what hat you are wearing for free. My kids visit that thing constantly. So you can take Obi Wan and put a Princess wig on her, or a baseball cap. I'd give the game 5 stars except we've had 2 situations where we've had the our characters "spawn" in separate parts of the scene, and due to bad camera control, we're unable to re-join. To get around this problem, we've had to make one of our characters leave the game, and then rejoin to correct the issue. I'm also disappointed that there are very few in-game voices (the Lego Characters don't speak their lines). Also - just to dispute an earlier comment posted on Amazon, the Wii remote DOES work as a light-saber!
  
  
• This game is so much fun on Wii
  By A8439NECNBGN on 2007-11-12
  Granted I am NOT a gamer, nor have I ever owned any other Lego Star Wars games on any other system. However, the Nintendo Wii and Lego Star Wars has got myself and all my friends hooked.
  
  
• Great for kids and adults
  By A3TVNAQ23HP3ZZ on 2007-12-19
  My 9 year old son plays this game with his friends and I hear lot of laughs!. When they are tired or frustrated because they can't pass a level they just start fighting (i.e. Darth Vader vs Joda). For adults it is fun to play with the kids. And the Lego graphics is just great (and a plus for Lego fans like me)
  
  
• Surprisingly fun for all ages!
  By A9ZUUF3ERV20J on 2008-02-22
  I original bought this for my two 6yo boys as the game doesn't require much reading at all. So right off the bat, they could play without any adult hands-on coaching. The Wiimote (and nunchuck) really makes the experience unique to the Wiimote as it controls your lightsaber:-) There are 6 episodes (just like the movies) for 1 or 2 players to explore, with each episode having 6 chapters. The game play is sequential initially. But once you complete a chapter, you can go back using the "free play" mode and explore with any character you've "purchased". By "purchasing", I mean that during gameplay, there's opportunities to gather "studs"....similar to other games' coins. As you collect them, these become your Jedi points. As you gain more, you percentage of being a "True Jedi" increases. If you gather the required amount during a chapter, you'll become a "True Jedi". I think this enables you to unlock certain characters. Even if you don't reach that during a chapter, you can buy characters with those studs you've gathered. My boys have probably put in some 40 hours into this game and they still have well over 2/3 of the game left. They do have a few favorite chapters they like to go back to and tend to explore originally inaccessable areas with different characters that finally allow them to. One thing I forgot to mention is that they totally (me as well) love solving the puzzles...how to get from here to there which might require building things or pressing buttons in a certain order etc. I didn't start playing this right away, but once I saw how the game worked, I got hooked myself. The CGI is very good and the facial expressions of the characters during the trailers had me cracking up. The game is pretty much true to the movies that I highly recommend for children (even those that can't even read) as well as adults.
  
  
• Excellent for all ages
  By A2XK86IV3B16CO on 2007-12-30
  Fun and easy to use for anyone over 5. Be sure you have two nunchucks, however, because full functionality depends on it.
  
  
• software freezes Wii.
  By A3CUYLOK28GLET on 2008-01-22
  Two seperate copies of this software froze my Wii. Either i got unlucky or the software stinks
  
  
• This is the BEST game for my kids!
  By A31L4PI7PKRVL0 on 2008-03-14
  The Lego Star Wars Wii game is the best game for my 7, 5 and 3.5 year olds. (girl, boy, boy respectively) My husband, myself and the kids have logged in more than 150 hours since Christmas of 2007. The kids are challenged by the puzzles presented at each scenario. I love the fact that the kids are using a controller in BOTH hands to move the characters. This means that they are required to engage BOTH sides of their brain in a unique fashion. I also love the fact that there is no blood or guts of gore...just legos being shattered. Come on, I believe there is something inherently satisfying about wrecking a nicely stacked structure of legos AND getting points for it :) ...something that would have involved a time out during your daycare days. We love the game and look forward to Lego Indiana Jones and Lego Batman!
  
  
• Buy this great game; rarely one this good!
  By on 2007-12-13
  I've played Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Mario Party 8, TMNT, Happy Feet, and perhaps several more games I've forgotten, but LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga is the best. I've played it on PS2 and Gamecube, but the Wii version is the easiest to play one. You can either slam the Wiimote or press the B button to attack, defend, or evade, and Nunchuk moving makes everything easier. The PodRace is more advanced and way easier than before, and this game has the never heard of high-speed pursuit of bounty hunter Zam Wesell. You can even unlock Indiana Jones and play him in Star Wars! He has a whip and pistol; only he shoots bullets, which makes it interesting. There are hundreds of characters to unlock and you can have fun killing your friends in Duel Mode or just while playing because you have unlimited lives. Duel Mode is new and you can't find it in earlier versions of LEGO Star Wars. Graphics are really good for Wii and you can find game codes everywhere.
  
  
• Great Action, Adventure Game, even for 7 year olds
  By A2UGYMVRYPVVHU on 2007-12-30
  We are recent Wii owners, and this is our first video game system as a family (I played some when I was a kid many many years ago). So, the gaming thing is very new for me, but that does not make a difference with this game - it is still accessible.
  Although it is rated E10+, and I am careful about what my 7 year old should be exposed to, I think this one is great for him. Yes there is fighting, killing, etc., but there is no gore, blood, etc. (It's LEGO after all). It reminds me of a modern day, video version of what I did as a child - play cowboys.
  I do love that it has levels of difficulty, but is very accessible. You can just go at it without a game guide and have a lot of fun, but for more depth and adventure, buy the "Prima Games" game guide to help out (I did).
  My son and I have only played it for a week now, and are still in Episode 1, but there is so much to do and redo that I think it will take us months to get tired of the game.
  
  
• Lego Star Wars junkie!
  By A1HLLKUKXBZLDE on 2008-01-08
  I bought this for my daughter for Christmas.
  
  She asked for help playing it, so we setup two player mode. Next thing I know, I am playing with friends after she has gone to bed, we finished the game, and are now trying to get every possible character, ship, and extra we can find. This game is just fun. You cant really die, you just blow up, and it stays pretty well on the Star Wars storyline from beginning to end. This is my favorite Wii game so far!
  
  
• My 7yr old daughter and husband are addicted!
  By A3NWN21HH5CEWZ on 2008-02-16
  My husband grew up loving star wars like most men his age. We purchased the Wii for his birthday and my daughter knew he loved star wars and picked this out at the store. I thought it would be a fun gag gift (it is legos after all) but it has been over a month and neither of them can stop playing it. It is super cute for kids (no blood - just popped off lego heads etc...) and she is learning all there is to know about Star Wars - my husband it so proud! You can change and be whomever you like and before and after you win each level there are scenes from the movies (replayed in lego land so not all accurate) that are very funny for kids and adults to watch. One scene, the lights go out on the ship and when they come back on Leia and Solo are kissing. When Leia realizes the lights are on, she smacks Solo in the face. It was hysterical. My husband will never admit it but he is more addicted to this game then any other game he has played on PS2 or Wii. Highly recommend!
  
  
• Too addictive for little ones
  By A9EESTY68GMM2 on 2008-02-26
  I was unsure about this one til i got it for my 6 and 8 year old boys.
  They totally love it, and i can see why.
  I personally like the game because it sets alot of different puzzles that their young minds can solve, and they have to work as a team to do so.
  So, i see it as educational in the puzzle solving team play.
  
  
  
  
• The Best Game Ever
  By APWBL0ZU48DKN on 2008-02-28
  Dude. Star Wars. Legos. I don't care which you like, or even if you don't like either, but put em together, and this is a MUST BUY. Seriously. Even if you just play for the slap stick comedy and amusing storyline based on the movies.... or if you're just an avid star wars fan. It's easy to play. And yet is still fun for people that like a challenge in their gaming. Buy it. Now. Go. You know you want to.
  
  
• Poor game balance = not fun
  By A2G681P4G4LJQ on 2008-03-09
  I bought my son (5 years old at the time) the Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. That was a lot of fun and filled with spacial puzzle solving. But this version is not. Someone got involved who decided they needed to introduce "GAME BALANCE". Unfortunately it was done poorly. You have scenarios where you make a bunch of points, far more than the original game, and then a sequence that repeatedly destroys you till you have 0 points and all you want to do is get to the end so you can stop playing. Several of the scenarios have some good puzzles in them and are fun, but most of the others are not that interesting. The destructive ones suck the life out of you. My son has been playing the original for a year and both of us find this one frustrating and not as much fun.
  
  The comments of several of the other reviewers match our experiences. The game has frozen the Wii several times. Not being able to direct the light saber with the remote is a major disappointment. It has also gotten into a state a few times where the characters can't perform an action, such as the child Boba Fett not being able to crawl back out through an access after crawling in, thus trapping the character and forcing my son to exit the game.
  
  Maybe they were trying to make it more difficult for an older audience, but the Original Lego Star Wars II was the best children's computer game I had yet bought for my son. There are more than enough computer games out there with blood and guts and more adult themes. This series should stay focused on kids. If they wanted to make it more difficult, they should have built in a more even mechanism for changing the play level and making it selectable. I was really hoping this new edition was going to take it up a notch.
  
  
• So fun!
  By ABJY5JRDYQOCC on 2007-11-30
  I have really been enjoying this game. There are lots of areas to explore, so you can play boards over and over for fun. It's not too difficult, but a decent challenge. Also, the 2 player is really fun. You and your friend will both need both the wiimote and the nunchuck to really appreciate the game and be able to do everything. I highly recommend it!
  
  
• Great game!
  By AX3NJP2M2X1R6 on 2008-01-01
  This game is the best! It has more playing time than Mario Olympics and Crash of the Titans combined (both games received at Christmas). My 8 year old and 5 year old are playing this as much as possible, and what's great is my 8 year old hasn't beat it yet! Great that the second player (my 5 year old) can come and go in the game play without any hassles! All the lego figures and things are really cool to watch too. Definitely a close second to Guitar Hero III in my house, great game! Finally the Wii is getting a lot of use!
  
  
• 3.5; family fun across the universe
  By A1AISPOIIHTHXX on 2008-01-19
  For the most part, a lot of games on the Wii kind of turn me off. Not that they are bad mind you; some are outright fantastic (Metroid Prime 3, Zelda, Mario Galaxy) but a lot of them are either family/kid-oriented, using the controller in a gimmicky-"aint-this-neat" way or they're just ports of other games with Wii controls. But now and then one will surprise you and while it might not be buy-worthy - unless you have kids in which they'll have loads of fun with this - Lego Star Wars is a game that's quite fun although it does run into a few flaws.
  
  Story: The selling point is that you can replay the entire Star Wars saga in game form, starting with the Phantom Menace right till the end with Return of the Jedi. Some faithfully recreate moments from the films, including camera angles at times, while in others it changes it in a quirky way (example, in Episode I where Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan ambush the droids on Naboo, instead of both fighting them, Qui-Gon does the work while Obi-Wan's lightsaber malfunctions, complete with a facepalming Qui-Gon).
  
  Graphics: This ain't Mario Galaxy or even the Umbrella Chronicles but the graphics here are quite charming since everything's done entirely in legos (obviously) so it's a very inviting and kid-friendly atmosphere. In 480p, there's not a lot of super impressive effects save for the lightsaber glow but everything looks shinier.
  
  Sound/Music: No real voice acting to speak of save Metroid-style grunts and yells from various characters but the music of course faithfully recreates the film's soundtracks. My one problem, strangely is that the volume seemed kind of low and it didn't really knock me on my you-know-what. I loved playing Knights of the Old Republic because the sound really made the experience epic while here the music should've been brought up more.
  
  Gameplay: Platform-style through various levels with a couple of vehicle-based missions (the podrace in Episode I for instance). The stages are filled to the brim with things to "force" which'll yield money, things you can build/destroy or activate. You travel with a pack that can range from small characters who can travel small spaces, R2-D2 who can hover for a short time or others that can hookshot up onto a ledge. My one complaint is that at times you'll find yourself unsure of where to go and it's only through either trial-and-error or just accidentally stumbling on it that you'll know where to go.
  
  What makes the game's replay value through the roof is with the money and level collectibles that can be found. If you ever love 100%-ing a game like the Grand Theft Autos or Metroids, you'll be busy with this as not only are there is characters to unlock and things to buy but a percentage rating for each stage. What might bug people of the games is that aside from the combination of both trilogies, nothing really substantial has been added. While it's more neater to have lightsaber sounds come out of the Wii-mote (which by the way can be used for lightsaber action but it's not direction-specific. ie swing up, characters swings up etc, it's just an ordinary swipe), it's basically the same thing but for those, like me, who have never played a Lego Star Wars game before, this is the one to get.
  
  Small kids will find a lot to like with this one as not only is it Star Wars but there's just so much to do and it's all in Legos so big plus there. Adults will find it fun but it's not really deep involving gameplay, it's just enjoyable to play.
  
  

• Lego Star Wars Death Star II
• LEGO Star Wars Imperial Dropship
• LEGO Star Wars Rebel Scout Speeder
• LEGO Star Wars Motorized Walking AT-AT
• Luke Skywalker Force FX Lightsaber

• Super Mario Galaxy
• Wii Nunchuk Controller
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
• Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
• Wii Remote Controller