Bring up to seven , vehicles and/or gadgets into the game all at once by dropping them on the LEGO Toy Pad for the most exciting and action-filled game around. Players progress through linear levels, using their characters' abilities to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, collect collectibles such as Minikits, Characters in Peril, Gold Bricks, and attempt to reach the level's end. In terms of gameplay, LEGO Dimensions largely hits all the right notes with impressive level design, a good mix of puzzles and the glowing satisfaction you get from collecting studs.

Vortech's laughter is heard as the scene fades out, suggesting that the figure has been transformed into another version of Vortech. LEGO Dimensions is a system of play that offers continued compatibility - everything bought today or expanded with tomorrow will continue to work. Disclosure: External sites we link to, may have affiliate links, which you can choose to block on your device. For an additional 30 euro (the starter kit now costs 80 euro instead of 100) you get the hardware and LEGO figurines.

He accidentally picks it up and instantly becomes corrupted, yelling in pain as he converts into a Vorton being. There’s a few frustrating moments where I was scouring the environment for the umpteenth time trying to work out what to do, but level and puzzle design is largely impressive with a good variety of abilities and stages to keep the action feeling fresh. From building and rebuilding to the most bricktacular mash-ups, the Multiverse would be nothing without our amazing community.

which opens up new powers, such as the ability to drive straight over flowers in the Land of the Oz which would otherwise send you to sleep. The characters and universes in LEGO Dimensions ooze personality, with a campaign that takes you across many familiar universes, such as the Land of Oz, Back To The Future’s Wild West and Springfield from The Simpsons. I climbed up the LutherCorp building using a special WyldStyle path only to find that I needed a Laser character to go further. The portal itself is about the same size as a mini iPad and sports a rather plain white and grey colour scheme, but it soon bursts into life when it starts flashing all the colours of the rainbow and you’re asked to place your characters onto various areas of the portal, which is split up into seven different platforms. All minifigures and vehicles can be used in any available level, though specific figures must be present to initially enter those levels or worlds.Naturally, those three characters each have their own important ability (grappling hook/batarang, acrobatic jump/relic detector, able to move some things with magic). The heroes travel to Foundation Prime to find their friends and fight Vortech, but it turns out to be a diversion, allowing his lackeys to infiltrate Vorton and retrieve the trio's Foundation Elements in their absence. Characters are entered into the game by placing their respective minifigures onto a USB toy pad, with each character possessing unique abilities that can be used to solve puzzles or reach hidden areas.

The packs also include one or two characters, a vehicle or gadget, and a new gateway design for the toy pad. Build the minifigure heroes and fire up the game to start the experience, then follow the in‐game build instructions to assemble the loose bricks into the LEGO Gateway, and place the structure on the LEGO Toy Pad. While the Doctor, GLaDOS, and X-PO work on a plan to seal Vortech in a rift loop, the heroes head to Foundation Prime, fighting him along the way. Lego Dimensions is a Lego-themed action-adventure platform crossover video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. By purchasing additional expansion packs, players can grow their collection with a variety of their favorite brands to create even more crazy combinations.

It's pretty fitting that I can access these worlds, considering that I've done so in multiple other 'LEGO' games already. Get ready to break the rules, because the only rule with LEGO Dimensions is that there are no rules. Included in the Starter Pack: LEGO Dimensions video game, LEGO Toy Pad, bricks to build the LEGO Gateway, three LEGO minifigures (Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle), and LEGO Batmobile vehicle. On unboxing the LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack, it’s clear you’re about to experience something a little different.

When a mysterious and powerful vortex suddenly appears in various LEGO worlds, different characters from DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings and The LEGO Movie are swept away.

The LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack is all players need to begin – build the base and embark on a fantastic quest. On the planet Foundation Prime, a wavy desert-like dimension with a hidden palace, in the center of the Lego Multiverse, Lord Vortech and his former minion X-PO seek the twelve Foundational Elements, the cornerstones of time and space itself, in a bid to merge all the universes into one under his control. Build the minifigure heroes and fire-up the game to start the experience, then follow the in-game build instructions to assemble the loose bricks into the LEGO Gateway, and place the structure on the LEGO Toy Pad. By purchasing additional expansion packs, players can grow their collection with a variety of their favourite brands to create even more crazy combinations. From TT Games' big IP collect-a-thons like LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga to new unique LEGO games takes like LEGO 2K Drive.