The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame

5/10
I brought this game from the humble lego bundle, so I would say i got mines money worth. That being I wouldn't buy this game full priced. The $30 price tag doesn't even match with the first games $20, this game feels shorter. However, I did have fun with this game if this game was an early 2000 kids game it would alot better. Definitely not the best Lego game, that being said it is more of fetch quest type of game. So if you want something to play while watching a tv show or with a podcast in the background then this game will work well for you. I will say I loved the scanner gun mechanic where you mostly scan items and they get added to your catalog to make yourself if wanted. I liked being to play as anyone outside of a few side missions. Loved the open world concept even if its bare boned. It planet was different with its own theme, I will say the sorting planet was my least by the time you get there your a bit burned out, so I recommend not playing for long periods. A fun plus is that the player has the ability to build basically anywhere and they give you a whole planet to build and customized to your desire. Worked wonderfully on the steam deck no frame skips or need to change controls. Achievement wise its super easy basically a collectable task. Apparently there is split screen so if you
Now for the bad from someone who hasn't watch the movies, I dont know if im missing something, but the plot itself is not there. The intro menu scene is nonskipable and its like almost a minute each time. The fighting is annoying that the players dont touch alot of times, so its better to butt pound the ground instead. The Lucy narration is weird like it doesn't add to the plot. The tutorials are just little clips showing you what to do but they hang around a bit too long. No funny dialogue and the vehicles are crazy slow

From Humble pack.
LEGO movie Part 1 was better
new creator changed a lot of the fun gameplay, but not for the better

I'm torn about how I feel about this. On one hand, this game shakes up the Lego game formula and manages to keep the game fun to play, making it feel like a breath of fresh air in the series. On the other hand, even suggesting that this game's story followed the movie should be considered a crime.

This game did not follow the formula that the other Lego games follow. This concerned me a bit at first, but I came to actually enjoy it as I got further into the game. Each level is essentially a mini open-world with a very simple quest line to follow, with a tiny bit of exploration being required in order to complete the level. You are encouraged to explore each level and aren't stuck following a strict level design in order to progress, which I guess makes it similar to Mario Odyssey. There are also several optional levels that can be entered and explored for more to see and do if you choose to find the collectibles and unlock more content. You can unlock new characters, items, etc at any time with the lootbox system and I didn't really have any issue with it. All of that made this game feel like an experiment before they went all in with it for Lego Worlds. I was actually surprised at how much I enjoyed the game considering I didn't really care for the movie at all and I found the game for the first movie to be really boring.

However, this game certainly had its flaws. The biggest one was the "story" felt like a joke and gave the impression that the entire game was built and the team only found out it was supposed to be based on an existing movie in like the last month of development. There's like 6 levels for the main story (half of them might have just been based on nothing from the movie, but idk I haven't seen it in a while), the game can be beaten in less than 4 hours, and a big, important part of the story from the movie was just thrown in as a voice over in the final cutscene after beating the final level for some reason. Building certain objects in levels was replaced in this game with a sort of "free build" system where you could build any object you have the plans for anywhere as long as you have enough bricks. You will literally never run out of bricks once you finish the tutorial and every build puzzle was just needing to decide if you needed to place a generator, bounce pad, or sprinkler. The platforming was also reduced to just pressing one button and automatically jumping to the next platform, requiring no thought.

Not a bad game but definitely based extremely loosely on the movie to the point that they might as well have created an original story. Different style from the other lego games but still fun, if a bit simplistic. Went heavy into optional content while sacrificing required content, making the game extremely short but having a ton to do if desired.

Open world quest finding, Its Different, and i like it!
plays well in split screen, much better camera than the previous one

Is it different than most previous Lego games? yep
Is it Lego Worlds 2 more than Lego Movie 2? certainly
Can it be tedious and boring at times? sure
Has it been a wonderful time to play split-screen with my son? Most definitely.
I wasn't going to play this because of the reviews, even after I bought it (super cheap recently with a ton of other Lego games) but my son insisted we give it a try and I do not regret it. Overall, I prefer the more classic style Lego game, I do also enjoy Lego Worlds in it's own way, which is how I choose to view this one.

Really fun experience, especially for completionists. very refreshing game after 100%ing other lego games.

its nothing like the movie and the ending was sudden and anti-climatic but it was a very refreshing and unique take on the lego game formula