LEGO® Jurassic World review

Traveler’s Tales does it again with LEGO® Jurassic World as the latest addition to the popular LEGO® game franchise. Do you want to play as a ferocious velociraptor or a T-Rex? How about charging and trampling everything in your way a living triceratops tank? If you’ve ever wanted to hunt or hunt dinosaurs, or even search for an important item in a huge pile of dinosaur dung, this game may be perfect for you.

This title stays true to the Jurassic movie franchise just like the other LEGO® games released. LEGO® Jurassic World manages to include the quirky humor of the LEGO® brand in the game and does a good job of making the game friendly to younger players. It’s even somewhat educational, as the ever-cute Mr. DNA shows up during load times to enlighten us with real dinosaur facts.

LEGO® Jurassic World incorporates the first three Jurassic movies along with the most recent Jurassic World movie in this title. Everyone loves to revive the T-Rex by shaking the ground as the huge beasts get terrifyingly close. The vibration function of the remote control works perfectly in this scene. What is different about this title is that you can choose which movie you want to play using an in-game monorail system. This means you don’t have to finish the sequences in chronological order and you can skip straight to the last movie if you want to. That’s different from previous LEGO® games like the Star Wars series.

Much of LEGO® Jurassic World remains repetitive, as you’ll spend a lot of time taking the scenery apart to build the new elements you need. The break-down-and-rebuild action is present in every LEGO® game, and you’d expect it. Why not? This is supposed to be a LEGO® adventure anyway. Repetition isn’t a fan favorite and can get boring, so Traveller’s Tales chose to cut this action down heavily for LEGO® Jurassic World. Older players may welcome this change, but young children who don’t really get into the more sophisticated elements of a game and just want to fight and have fun may suffer from a shorter attention span when playing this game.

LEGO® games are not well known for their superior graphics, but LEGO® Jurassic World contains the best graphics to date for Lego titles. The animation is very well done and the cut scenes are incredibly enjoyable.

As with other LEGO® games, the controls are still a bit clunky. Camera angles are often frustrating as the camera doesn’t move accordingly. This will make precise jumping more difficult even if it should have been easy. Another annoyance out there is minor bugs involving your peers crashing or not keeping up. These rare cases can mostly be fixed by logging out and back in again.

The missions are more guided than in previous titles. The large open world that exists in other LEGO® games like The Hobbit has been scaled down considerably for LEGO® Jurassic World. This more linear format provides a faster pace for this game. Exploration is not greatly missed, as the mission will also require less round trip time from point A to point B.

Another traditional winner of LEGO® games is cooperative play. This always makes for a great time as a couch based event. This is a great way to get valuable bonding time with a young child. You can share both the scares and the laughs. Tell me if you and your child won’t laugh after a terrifying velociraptor leaves a steamy smiley face after breathing on the window.

LEGO® Jurassic World is fun and well done. If you like movies you will enjoy this game.

LEGO® Jurassic World is ranked 7 out of 10.

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