An overview of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens. May the instruction be with you. Review of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lego Star Wars 7 all characters

After the appearance on the big screen of the fugitive stormtrooper Finn and the scavenger Ray, there was no doubt that they would soon be molded in plastic. After all, over the past ten years, almost all the heroes of a galaxy far, far away have acquired their own LEGO version, and the events of both trilogies have been played out using plastic parts. So why should The Force Awakens become an exception?

Mount Lukasovoe

When Anakin Skywalker "restored the balance of the Force," so to speak, nearly every Jedi in the galaxy was killed. It is not surprising that in the old trilogy, as many as three people are fighting on lightsabers: the elderly Obi-Wan, young Luke and his father, broken by fate, Darth Vader (spoiler, did you forget to pick up your pension at the post office today?). Even Darth Sidious, the emperor of the galaxy, did not deign to draw his sword, although the new trilogy showed that he is a solid swordsman.

The desert sun is baking almost for real on the arid planet of Tatu ... that is, on Jakka, of course.

Thirty years have passed since the explosion of the second Death Star. Both the Sith and the Jedi are endangered species. The gloomy bearded Luke disappeared among the stars, and the only person wielding a lightsaber is the prodigal son of the Solos couple (oh, spoiler again!) Kylo Ren. So it's mostly about blasters.

But how do you balance the mechanics so that the battles remain interesting? After all, the shootings in LEGO games have always been very conditional: you just hit one button at a time until everyone is "disassembled" into small details.

However, ten years after the start of the franchise, LEGO shooting has finally found a worthy embodiment. Here you run around the level, collect parts and kick stormtroopers in the ass. But then suddenly there are too many of them, and from around the corner a big man with a machine gun (flamethrower, rocket launcher, turret) is walking menacingly.

How to be? Pressing the fire button even harder and faster? No matter how it is! The heroes bend down to avoid being hit by fire and hide behind comfortable cover. Now everyone with a blaster in a holster can aim and shoot at enemy faces. The form unexpectedly recalls the entire array of fighters from the third person and with shelters, which gave rise to a fuss about “LEGO is turning into Call of Duty!”.

Not Gears of War, of course, but quite fun!

Square kung fu

But the game itself did not lose anything from this, on the contrary - a genre with such a simple content needs to be juggled with mechanics. We do not require innovation, but diversity is needed. To knock out the details, torturing the same button for hours, even a child will get bored one day. Cover fights are challenging. If only because in such a battle it is easy to die: leaning out from behind the barricade for a long time, your character will quickly collect a bunch of blaster shots or even snatch it from the sniper.

Death in LEGO, however, never meant much - you think, a couple of the pieces are gone. But nevertheless, it makes you tense up, and from time to time - even apply a simple trick: to overturn a tower with a machine gun, bypass the sniper from the side, bring down overlappings on enemy positions. Nicely dilutes the usual relaxing gameplay.

The stormtrooper who yells "TRAITOR!" Is the coolest man in the entire movie. And in the game it will not be so easy to defeat him!

In a more relaxed environment, you will also have to think a little. In all parts of LEGO, buildings played an important role, erected from special pieces that jump with impatience. Now, from each such set, you can build not one structure, but two or even three. But there are not enough blocks for everything at once, you have to choose.

This variability becomes the basis of many puzzles. For example, you have built a certain bandura, and when it fulfills its purpose, you break it down with peace of mind and construct something else from the released blocks in order to move on. This, of course, does not reach the heights of real quests, but in such a conservative series, even such tiny innovations refresh the gameplay a lot.

Ray can and loves to climb sheer walls - another nice new feature.

Anyway The force Awakens surprisingly often throws up a variety of situations. A couple of times our heroes will be thrown into a desperate air battle (yes, X-Wing's in the atmosphere, Chewie, I know). At times they are forced to run away from something invincible.

But more often, of course, they turn a small-scale episode from a film into twenty minutes of pure gameplay... For example, where Ray finds the Skywalkers' lightsaber, a whole level in the spirit of Lara Croft awaits us, with puzzles and acrobatics. To those who have watched the film, this may seem strained, but the events of the seventh episode on whole game just not enough. And such episodes are played just as well as other levels, so what's the difference?

Far, distant box

The developers clearly felt much more confident when huge universes, full-fledged settings with a bunch of alternatives, where there are hundreds of heroes, fell into their caring paws. But The Force Awakens poses an inevitable limitation: only those whose faces (or helmets) appeared on the screen in the cinema could get into the game. And the characters in The Force Awakens are not that many, especially by the standards of LEGO games.

On the screen, Snoke looked, frankly, sad. In the game, he was ennobled.

But Traveler's Tales are shooting sparrows who made interactive LEGOs their craft. Therefore, the deficit actors they liquidated. Albeit by means of tricks.

So, almost every random mercenary or third-rate pilot of the Resistance has become a full-fledged character. The game also begins thirty years before the events of The Force Awakens, with the Battle of Endor, so here is a set of classic heroes: Darth Vader, the Emperor, Admiral Akbar, carefully warning of the trap.

Finally, Traveler's Tales came up with a set of missions between episodes - after all, a lot has happened in thirty years. And the rather poor plot of "The Force Awakens" received the necessary addition.

As such, there is no longer a sandbox in the game - well, you can't connect several planets into one common location! However, this did not damage the levels: they are still packed with secrets so tightly that three playthroughs by different characters will not be enough to find everything.

Travelers 'Tales' trademark humor has also survived, even if it was supplanted by the jokes from the film - which probably took longer than the script to polish. Of course, Kylo Ren will throw a couple of tantrums, and Han Solo will once again show off the charm of Harrison Ford. Humor, as before, is mostly visual and is embedded in the very structure of the game. Finn, if you haven't controlled him for a couple of seconds, jumps up cowardly and seems to bite his nails. Speeder Ray sports a "BB on board" sticker, like a car with a toddler in the cabin. The Force Awakens also has enough references to popular culture - so that the dads do not get bored while their child is mastering the game.

Kylo Ren's painful love for his grandfather was, as expected, turned into a funny obsession. Vader on the surfboard seems to be overkill.

But here and there the developers had to retreat.

I can't know in what rush The Force Awakens was made, but circumstantial evidence is striking. Reviews on Steam are full of complaints about a frozen black screen, then a white one, or crashes. I ran into another problem - when playing together on the same keyboard, The Force Awakens loves to fall to the desktop, erasing the save. This is repaired by connecting a gamepad for a second player, but not everyone is ready for this. But the controller will save your fingers - the control buttons are traditionally scattered around. Episodes with gunfights for the player on the keyboard will turn into a sophisticated torture, and let the Power of your partner with a gamepad throw you, otherwise you will go crazy.

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The very first LEGO epic game from Traveler's Tales was released right before the completion of the new trilogy in 2005. Now the circle is complete. For eleven years of a very stormy life (how many titles have been converted into true faith!) open world(now he, however, is gone again). The new game is also slowly developing the series, albeit in tiny steps.

Minor achievements

Complete the Blaster Battle
Blaster training will be available immediately after defeating AT-ST in the Battle of Endor chapter. Essentially a story achievement
Complete a Blaster Battle without dying.
Without dying in a blaster battle, you will be given a gold medal, so nothing complicated. Can be completed in the very first blaster battle
In a blaster battle, have Han Solo defeat an opponent who is about to attack
In a blaster battle, playing as Han Solo, shoot the enemy when a yellow exclamation mark appears above him (see image)
Smash all the computer terminals in the Starkiller room with Kylo Ren.
The Shield is found in Chapter 8 "Sabotage on Starkiller" - in Episode 3. Video guide for authorship PS4Trophies
Rebuild multi-building
A multi-building is one from which you can make two or more buildings. All that is required of you is to break and build another building from these parts. Can be completed at the very beginning of the chapter "Battle of Endor"
Create your character
The character editor is located in the second hangar of the Resistance (see second image). Create your character, press "Back" and get the achievement
Complete an episode of free play with Maz Kanata and Chewbacca
You need to replay any in free play so that by the end of the level you have Maz Kanata and Chewbacca selected. You don't have to play from the beginning, just select the last episode of the chapter.
Defeat Kylo Ren as Darth Vader.
We choose Darth Vader as the first player (it will be available after completing the "Battle of Endor" chapter), and the second - Kylo Ren (you will need to buy any of his variations) and simply attack Kylo until he falls apart
Use the hat picker to put the stormtrooper helmet on the minifigure
The Hat Terminal is found in Chapter 8 "Sabotage on Starkiller" - in Episode 3. Video guide for authorship nogzogpog
Trying to connect with the wrong droid to the access panel
The terminal has an icon of the droid that can interact with it. We select another droid and try to use the panel - we get an achievement. The story can be obtained in Chapter 7 "Resistance"
Play as Unkar Platt in the Millennium Falcon
Select Unkar Platt for the Millennium Falcon. The character can be bought after completing the 3rd chapter - "Neem Outpost". Its price is 150,000 LEGO coins
Defeat Finn with FN-2199
FN-2199 unlocks after completing Trouble Over Taul. We choose Finn as the second player and shout "Traitor!" we destroy it
Collect Kylo Ren and Han Solo into one squad
Just pick Kylo Ren and Han Solo on the same team. The types of figures (classic, no hood, etc.) do not matter
Earn the title of True Jedi in any episode.
We destroy everything in our path, collecting the falling LEGO coins and we get it already in the very first episode
Miss your target 10 times in a blaster battle
Nothing complicated. You just need to shoot past targets in a blaster battle. Shoot past stormtroopers 10 times and you get the achievement. Can be obtained at the very beginning of the game, in the episode "The Battle of Endor"

and Lucasfilm presented a new game in the famous series - Lego star Wars: The Force Awakens... Already on June 28, 2016, all fans of adventures in a galaxy far, far away will be able to take part in the events of the main winter blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens on their PC, Playstation 4, Playstation vita, Playstation 3, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox one and Xbox 360... Players will experience new opportunities, dizzying flights and incredible battles in the unique LEGO style, as well as new storylines related to the time interval between the films Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

« We are incredibly proud LEGO series Star Wars, which has sold over 33 million copies, has garnered the attention of the LEGO video game phenomenon. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens marks a new milestone in the series with new playability, and the addition of exclusive story sequences will surely appeal to longtime Star Wars and LEGO fans and newcomers alike."- says the managing director of TT Games Tom Stone ..

« We're thrilled to be able to return to Star Wars games again, as they already gave us a totally amazing experience a decade ago. And now LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens will give players a glimpse of the events of the new film, told in the unique style of TT Games, once again combining the trademark LEGO humor and the grandiose scope of "Star Wars". And exclusive stories telling about the events and characters of the film something new, will surely delight fans of all ages"Ada Duan, vice president of digital business and series development at Lucasfilm, adds.

« Returning to the Star Wars universe and continuing the series that marked the rise of LEGO games to fame, isn't it happiness. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be an unforgettable adventure that not only covers the entire film, but also offers exclusive additional episodes in the history of the cult universe"Says Niels Jorgensen, vice president of digital games at the LEGO Group.

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens will take players to the events of the new film, will allow them to visit Jakku and the Starkiller base, get to know Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO and BB-8, meet Kylo Ren, General Hux and Captain Phasma.

In the upcoming adventure, players will find numerous new features, including the Multi-Builds system, which allows you to choose the options for the desired building. And meetings with the First Order will be completely unforgettable with the latest system battles Blaster Battles. High-speed flights over the battlefield, space battles of fighters, numerous modes of transport and, of course, the legendary Millennium Falcon - all this awaits in LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens!

PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 game owners will have access to exclusive Droid Character Pack and Phantom Limb Level Pack content.