The environments are a blend or organic, naturalistic elements with limited LEGO brick highlights - one of many cues NetDevil is taking from the TT games. We're steadfastly denied any detail on the meat of the game, but we get the impression it will be more focused on expansive, traditional combat-driven adventure than a grab bag of mini-games.Īny more hints form the screens? Pets will definitely feature, and there's a reporter character seen barking into a microphone who'll star as a guide and information resource in the game. Whether this is a wise decision or not, we're unsure.
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Time or dimensional travel then - does it matter? The point is that there will be an attempt to tie them together into a narrative and thematic whole, unlike Free Realms' shameless theme park setup. Screens of a space-station hub with portals in it and lots of minifigures running around looking panicked are accompanied by some fairly heavy hints from Seabury that it will be of central importance to the storyline. Unlocking all this stuff is an obvious and powerful motivation for play.Īs to how LEGO Universe will tie all the diverse cultures and play themes of the toys together - contemporary, medieval, space, pirates - NetDevil's not saying for now, other than that they will all be represented. (LEGO and NetDevil clearly know their tween-to-teen-to-thirtysomething-geek target market well - our presentation is awash with pirates, ninjas and spacemen). Dress up as a pirate or a ninja and you'll acquire the appropriate skills, but also effectively remake your modular avatar into a new character.
Outfits are body parts, hats are hair, tools and weapons are the clip-on yin to your grasping yellow socket-hands' yang. Naturally, this makes even more sense in LEGO Universe, because you really are what you wear.
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