The fact is, you'll probably never play this game as long as you live. Even though LEGO Star Wars was great, LEGO Batman was even better, and we are now hooked on LEGO Harry friggin’ Potter. It’s still LEGO, so most hardcore gamers will still write it off. But allow us to ask you to give LEGO Universe a moment of your attention, because we think you'll actually be fairly impressed. It could be because we had very low expectations – it is, after all, an MMO aimed at a very young audience – but it could also be the very advanced new building technology built into the very core of the game...
For almost three and a half years, MMO developers NetDevil (Jumpgate, Auto Assault) have been working on their latest creation. In that time, the world of LEGO Universe has remained shrouded in darkness. Let there be light.
LEGO Universe doesn’t play like a typical MMO game. It isn’t an open world. It doesn’t ask you to grind.It won’t expect you to spend hours punching boars.
A LEGO game lacking the franchise affiliations of Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Batman could have ended up feeling generic. Instead, Jumpgate developer NetDevil has delivered a massively multiplayer world where you get to bash ninjas, astronauts, pirates and medieval knights, all while platforming through castles and spaceships.
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