LEGO Bricktales
by Aethyna
Oct 13, 2022 |
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Thunderful Games Travel to various locations around the planet, help the people there to make them happy, gather the Happiness Crystals that are produced, and use the crystals to help restore grandpa's theme park in this story-driven puzzle adventure, LEGO Bricktales! Play Now Similar Games Played
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Summary
LEGO Bricktales is a story-driven puzzle adventure where the goal here is to help your mad scientist of a grandpa to restore the derelict amusement park he was supposed to take care of before the mayor comes around and requisitioned it for the city. To do so, they needed Happiness Crystals to power the transformation device but to get the crystals, they need to help whoever’s in need first. Can you help grandpa restore the theme park?
Plotline
If you play LEGO Bricktales and expecting an in-depth and moving story, you best look elsewhere. What this game can offer is a lighthearted adventure with an overarching storyline where you’ll need to help your grandpa to restore a derelict theme park, lest his park and his land gets confiscated by the mayor for city use.
You see, being a mad scientist of sorts, your grandpa was busy inventing a portal that can bring it users all around the planet, but while he was busying himself with his pet project, he left the theme park unattended to and over a long time, the rides have all fallen into disrepair.
Unfortunately, he only has a limited amount of time to get everything fixed up before the mayor comes around, which wouldn’t be possible, even with your help, if you used the traditional backbreaking way. Thankfully, he has some help – a probe named Rusty has devised a transformation device that can almost instantaneously fix all the broken rides, but the catch here is that the device requires a whole lot of energy… the kind of energy that only the powerful Happiness Crystals can provide.
To get your hands on some, you’ll need to travel to various locations all over the world to help the locals with whatever that they need, be it rescuing the survivors of a crashed airplane or tracking down location of the legendary pirate ship.
Gameplay
As this is a LEGO game, you can expect lots of building-based puzzles and you wouldn’t be wrong. The game comes with a nice variety of such puzzles; some of which requires you to build a fairly simple and straightforward bridge while others may require you to build something a lot more challenging, such as a fire escape staircase or a lookout post.
You see, the challenge doesn’t only come from the complexity of the task at hand where you’ll need to make sure the structure doesn’t break during the simulation phase and does what it is supposed to do. FYI, the simulation phase where your build is then put to the test, whether it is to enable test robots to go from one point to another or to ensure that the structure doesn’t collapse within seconds when real-life physics is turned on. Some building puzzles can also be very specific, requiring you to design and build various objects from a drone to a well-balanced bird perch. There are also times when you’re expected to build a “container” that can move most of what you need to the destination.
Once a puzzle is done, you can always revisit it to rebuild whatever that’s needed using other pieces or to solve whatever puzzle using another way. You can even activate the Sandbox mode, which will grant you access to a myriad of extra bricks of varying colors just so you can design the best possible structure, as opposed to being forced to use whatever limited number of bricks you are given.
Interestingly enough, the game provides other kinds of puzzles too, though these are fairly rare and far in between. For instance, in the Desert zone, you are required to help the servant of a merchant rearrange the goods he sells in a specific order as indicated by the clues.
Talking about biomes… yes, the game will send you to various locations, from the jungle to the city, to even a pirate’s cove in search of people to help and Happiness Crystal to collect. Every place is easily accessible via the portal at the theme park. Besides helping people, there are plenty of collectibles that you can find as well, including a range of animals, from birds to rabbits, that when completed will grant you an achievement.
There are also many chests scattered around the place, some of which are cleverly hidden, that will give you some local currency, be it donuts or bananas. The currency can then be spent at the local shop, operated by your friendly ghost, Boo, to obtain new outfits for your character, which you can then wear via the Wardrobe in the Pause menu, or new brick colors for the game’s Sandbox mode. Needless to say, exploring every nook and cranny in this game can be very rewarding, allowing you to have enough currency to unlock everything there is to unlock in the game.
However, to be able to access every corner of the game, not only will you need to find and then crank a wheel or flip a lever, but you’ll also need to collect all the abilities that your trusty friend, Rusty the probe, can learn. This includes abilities that let you stomp on destructible objects, reveal other-dimensional objects and materialize them, or “hoverboard” your way via specialized tracks to previously-inaccessible locations.
In every location in this game, there’s a special dungeon-like area where you can grab a new ability for Rusty and then try to puzzle your way out of the dungeon. That being said, the rules of play changes here. You can’t use any of the abilities you already have unless you have them “equipped” via a Tesla coil-like antenna, and unlike in the world outside the dungeon, where you can easily swap between abilities, you can only have 1 ability equipped at a time.
Once you’ve collected the Happiness Crystal from a location, the game instantly teleports you back to the amusement park, where you’ll get to witness the magical-like transformation of the many rides there, one-by one. The game even lets you have a bit of fun yourself, by allowing you to design parts of the ride, be it the carts of the rollercoaster or the entire pirate ship of the, well… pirate ship ride.
As with any LEGO game, LEGO Bricktales is designed with both adults and kids in mind. This means no vulgarity of any sort. There’s even no violence since the player isn’t asked to really kill anyone or anything (this might be a bit of a spoiler though, sorry!). The story itself, despite being silly at times, is rather wholesome too.
Now, as fun as I had in this fairly chill puzzle adventure, LEGO Bricktales still have some annoying bugs that you may encounter, especially near the end of the game. For instance, at the pirate’s cove, I’ve successfully rebuilt the Lookout tower, but for some reason, my character cannot climb the steps that I’ve built as well as the test robot during the Simulation phase.
On the same map, I was requested to build the fisherwoman a pier as well. The pier was built without a hitch, but at one point, I had to return to the fisherwoman to get a fish from her, but for some reason, she decided to stand right next to the entrance to the pier. Due to the design of my pier, the entrance blocked my path and I couldn’t reach the fisherwoman. I ended up having to dismantle my beautifully decorated pier entrance just to reach her.
There are several minor issues too, all of which are on the last map, such as having the incorrect quest text showing up. This isn’t as annoying an issue as the previous two incidences mentioned, but it’s worth taking note.
Graphics/ Sound
The various “LEGO dioramas” that you get to enjoy in this game are all very beautifully and lovingly constructed. The game also included gorgeous lighting effects, animations, and an impressive range of brick colors that my own modest LEGO set doesn’t have. In terms of sound, the game features a nice variety of soundtracks that change depending on location. All of the music matches well with the location and theme they were composed for.
Conclusion
From what I knew from previous LEGO titles, we had high hopes going into LEGO Bricktales and we’ve got to say, the game didn’t disappoint. Not only are the LEGO “dioramas” gorgeous to behold, the puzzles are fun, challenging and well-varied enough to keep me on my toes. The Sandbox Mode is also perfect here, allowing players to have a chance to re-design their possibly sloppily-made puzzle solutions, turning a makeshift structure into something they can be really proud of.
For a fan of LEGO games and of casual puzzle adventures, LEGO Bricktales is a must-have title to play. I only wished there were more. Perhaps the devs already has some DLCs, containing new worlds and scenarios, that they will be releasing later down the road.
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