Customer Reviews

Lego Bionicle

5 star:		(20)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I'm a huge gamer, and a big Lego fan as well. When I heard about the concept for Lego's new line of action figures, I was fascinated. When they hit the store shelves, I didn't hesitate to bring them home and spend hours assembling and redesigning the brilliantly designed, yet affordably priced, toys.

The game is dark. Sure, most GBA titles suffer the same fate of having the passively illuminated screen. But this one takes the prize. Don't get me wrong, the graphics are great, but even with my usual halogen lamp behind me (adjusted so I don't get the glare) I'm still unable to make out many of the details.

Controls are clumsy. Your character takes giant, awkward steps that make it hard to navigate in tight areas. There is also an arbitrary arrangement of seemingly useless bits that you have to walk around. That's fine, that's what games are for, and no one wants a straight line, but the objects make no sense in the game. In the first village, there are what look like little oil spills that you just can't walk over. Houses, trees, rocks; fine. Little dark patches on the ground? No sense.

The second village and subsequent missions will only further illustrate my points... Try to navigate the chain of islands by jumping and slingshotting to them and you will feel my pain. I LOVE a challenging game that tests hand-eye coordination and quick action, but this game only serves to frustrate.

Also imagine my surprise when I get to village #2 and my mission is the same as the first one! Get two crystals, a staff, and a stone. Most games have a running theme, or similar missions, but this one is just the same ones with different (barely) bad guys.

I'm afraid Lego has now suffered the same fate as many, many other game developers: the Time Crunch. They rushed it to market without test playing it. Release date is always more important than release quality. They could have really done something with this title, but they failed.

To be fair, I will play this game through to the end and see if it redeems itself. But I don't have high hopes.

The Bionicle toys are first rate and their newer parts with ball/socket design allow for freedom of movement never before seen with Legos. You can buy all 6 Toa (the 'bigger' figures)for less than the cost of this game. I suggest you do that instead.

Man, I thought this game was going to be fun. It is, up to a point. But it's nearly impossible to get the light right, and the storyline is missing. And the point of Bionicle is it's story. It only gives you one bit of story related information. The game is also glitchy. You can easily get stuck, walk on water, or float in midair. Especially if you are hunting for the elusive second disc, or the hidden "life-up" berries.

The reason I give it 3 stars is because it has a bunch of extremly fun minigames. Also, this game may have the best graphics of any GBA game. Almost. Check out the final lava surfing sequence. (Not the minigame). The nice extras are that the discs and "Volo Mapta Launcher" (a hookshot thingy) will adapt to your colors of the Tohunga you choose.

But the game is the same in each level. Save the Turaga. Get the crystals. Get the stone. Go to next village. Repeat six times. Surf on lava. End of game. I beat it in 6 hours.

I hope the gamecube one is much, much better.

My son received the game for his birthday. He already has many
of the "Lego" toys of the Bionicle story. He really loves the
game because he can really get the feel about the story of
the island and then he can take what he played on the game and play with his Bionicles.

I thought that the bionicle toys were pretty cool and so when my brother got this game I was expecting the best. Well, the graphics are the most amazing I've seen in any GBA game; they truely show the best of what a GBA can do. That's about the only reason I rated this game three stars. That and the exetremely fun minigames. The first two levels you start out with are fairly easy, but after that it is extremely hard - nearly impossible. It is the most frusterating game I have ever encountered. Plus, the worlds are hard to navigate through. Sometimes you have to jump or throw at bizarre angles, and there are little things like rocks and patches of grass dotting the terrain that you can't walk or jump over. Some of the monsters are very very hard to beat, and when the kill you, you have to start back at the beginning of the level (all of them are very long). So if this is the kind of game you enjoy, by all means buy it. Otherwise don't waste your money.

This game is awesome, but as far as the codes go, which this website says you can use the codes from the bionicles toys in the game, I havn't found that section yet in the game. I think they may have taken that part out, or maybe it's in the computer game. The game gets tough at certain parts, but it's very fun!

I bet a lot of you think this is going to be a great game. think again. this game is pretty bad. the graphics aren't to good. the gameplay is somewhat dull. there is really no way to navigate where to go next or what to do next. while it is somewhat bad I gave it a 4 star rating because the concept was okay and I think they could make it a whole lot better in maybe a sequel. But seriosly, you should heavily consider renting this from some place like blockbuster or borrowing it from a friend before you buy it. see ya later!

i dont like it. Whenever you are playing it, and you get stuck behind a tree i could not move and on the rock boss on level 1 pushes me in the wall to kill me. I also cant see the screen because its too dark. And the level with the giant scorpion, i cant figure out what to do.Where do i go?

Hey, author of not that great here. I just want to say thanks for a 20 out of 24 good review! But this time it's differant. Oh I still think the game stinks it's just I think it's gotten worse. The gameplay is still dull, there's no way to navigate or way to now where to go next, your player is slow, and the weapons and trowing systems just were not designed well. The mini-games are okay but kinda weird. The reason it has a 3 instead of a 1 is because its still a good concept and they might still have a chance at a sequel. (...)

this game is awsome it has incredible graphics the game play is the best and its plot is very good. excellent for lego fans and if your not a lego fan it is a great game and you will like it bionicle toys also have a little scheme they have codes you can put in the game to have things you normaly wouldn't have so the bionicle section is great but have to get this game unless you want to miss out on the very best game in the world!!!

It has good graphics, and requires strategic thinking. But if you get stuck at a level, it can take a long time to figure what to do.