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7 of 20 customers found the following review helpful:
 Be warned!!!!!, 2005-05-12
If I could rate this game lower than 1 star I would.
You need an NVIDIA Video card to play this game.
My 2 month old PC doesn't support Pixel Shader 1.1 so this game won't run on it.
My 9 yr old son purchased the game with his own money. I hope Lego and Eidos realize they have just lost a young customer (and his parents)
Be very careful to check your video card before purchasing this game.
12 of 16 customers found the following review helpful:
 Quite a fun albeit short game...and pretty too. , 2005-04-29
Let me start off by saying, ignore the naysayers who can't get it to work. You're not writing a review of a product, you're admitting you bought a computer on the cheap or haven't kept up with the technology. Despite this being a 'kid oriented' game, it shouldn't fall on the shoulders of the developers to require this game to run on ancient or inferior systems you bought for the kids. The people expecting a game to run on win98 or a system 4 years old are being ridiculous. It's like having a hissy-fit because your new car doesn't take leaded gasoline. If you can't afford the technology to run current games on your PC, stick to the game platforms like XBox or PS2, their prices are nowhere near a new PC and you never need to worry about compatibility. People are expecting the best of a technology product they buy and that includes games. 'Dumbing' them down or making them less graphics intense is NOT making a better product. New video games should take advantage of the capabilities of new systems. Enough about that, now the game.
The game itself is HUGE 'beer and pretzels' low-stress fun. The Lego characters are cute, sometimes hilarious, in their expression and movements and general antics, especially seeing Darth Vader tip-toeing across a room, or long-necked aliens dancing to the disco version of the Star Wars theme. You have total control over a wide array of characters (if I didn't count incorrectly, there's 56) from episodes I to III (and beyond) and require a mix and match of different characters with specific abilities to complete adventure chapters.
The goals in the game are relatively simple, making it good for kids, perhaps with some occasional parental help. I sometimes took a little looking around until I clued-in on what was supposed to be done to complete a puzzle, so there is challenge there for everyone, regardless of age. And there's a degree of patience involved as you are required to gather a lot of Lego studs, which are the currency of the Lego Star Wars universe, and the means of buying new characters as they become available and gaining 'Jedi' credits for every level. Upon achieving that Jedi credit for all the chapters, a new chapter for Episode IV: A New Hope opens up, making it apparent that these people know a good thing when they got it and are developing the game for parts IV, V, and VI, which I am barely containing myself waiting for after the fun I had with this one.
The only drawback to the game is the ability to want to consume it as fast as possible and then having nothing left to do but repeat the procedure over again. My suggestion for perhaps maintaining some longevity is making it 'online' where you can interact with other people for 'battle-free-for-alls' or groups can log on to a website with new puzzles and interaction.
My other recommendation would be to make difficulty levels within the game so that young kids and adults are equally challenged. Perhaps having harder puzzles and trickier enemies for the big folks would let the game last longer.
After having seen what these game developers can do with the Lego and Star Wars franchises, I DESPERATELY hope they continue the series and can get rights to Lord Of The Rings and other similar fun franchise titles. If they're as fun to play as Lego Star Wars I'll be buying the whole series.
8 of 45 customers found the following review helpful:
Shortest Lifecycle... EVER, 2005-04-27
Installed, started, non-functional, exited, started, non-functional, exited, started, non-functional, exited, uninstalled.
Move along, nothing to see here.
Silly fun, 2005-04-24
A delightful if unlikely combination of two very different genres. There's something about seeing George Lucas's rather pretentious characters being played by Lego people that really tickles my funnybone. On the other hand, the game takes enough of the premise seriously to let you enter the world of Star Wars. And it's breathtaking to pilot a starship through one of those signature space battles from the movies, even if they're all made of Lego bricks.
Gameplay is smooth and intuitive, though it's better suited to a console or game pad-type interface than a keyboard. Action is a little tough for anyone over the age of about 18 (especially if you're WAY over 18, like me); puzzles are just hard enough to make you think but not hard enough to make you give up. Includes Episode I (The Phantom Menace), Episode II (Attack of the Clones), and Episode III (Revenge of the Sith), with all the action and none of the tedious dialogue.
A surprisingly fun game.
14 of 16 customers found the following review helpful:
4 1/2 overall, 2005-04-24
This is a good game except that we had to buy a new video card, so beware--but still an AWESOME game!! It is fun to beover 30 (yes 30) characters. But we needed a new vid card anyaway...but also, you do not ever have to start over a level when you die. Free play is fun, but playing Darth Maul against battle droids is just weird. But I really enjoy this game--it's a great game don't get me wrong--but beforehand you might want to check the requirements.
As for gameplay, it's plain old awesome. If you get the game to work, Episode 3 will unfold! It looks great--I can't wait for the movie. But consider yourself wrned about the requirements.
Overall rating: 92 of 100
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