LEGO Island 2

by Lego Media

Product Features

• The action adventure continues sequel to the bestselling Lego Island
• The Brickster has escaped from jail and has stolen the Constructopedia
• Your mission will be to save Lego Island from the chaos the Brickster iscausing leading to the deconstruction of all the homes and buildings
• Product Features Ride a dinosaur in the race against time
• Escape the rolling rock as you uncover the secrets of the Mummies' Tomb
• Defeat the Dark Knight in a thrill packed jousting tournament
• Dive deep to retrieve the bricks and repair the bridge to Castle Island
• Face your final challenge as you lift-off for Ogel Island! Have fun traveling around Lego Island on your cool skateboard
• Pilot a plane a boat or even a Pterodactyl when Island hopping
• Prepare for your epic space adventure by mastering your sky-diving skills
• System Requirements Windows 98/Me/XP/Vista Pentium II 266 MHz 4x speed CD-ROM drive 64 MB RAM 600 MB free hard disc space DirectX

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005AFIX
• Item model number: 2201275
• Our recommended age: 6 - 12 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,833 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Armed with pizzas, a skateboard, and a cool attitude, Pepper Roni--a freckle-faced pizza delivery boy--must save LEGO Island from a bad guy called the Brickster. Our hero dude travels from the depths of the sea to the outer limits of space (to Ogel Island... get it?) in pursuit of his man in this engrossing CD-ROM.

Boasting a whopping 18 subgames scattered throughout an intricate realm of islands, undersea worlds, deserts, and space, LEGO Island 2 focuses more on adventure and less on construction than previous LEGO titles. Players assume the identity of renaissance dude Pepper: pizza delivery, deep sea diving, astronaut training, and jousting are just a handful of the well-rendered experiences that await adventurers. The arrow keys get quite a workout as the game progresses, as they control everything from speedboats to parachutes to tyrannosaurs as Pepper changes modes of transport. Pepper churns through this world fending off the Brickster's henchmen robots, collecting pages of a "Constructopedia," and mastering various challenges in order to progress. Subgames must be completed in a sequence, and can then be re-accessed from Pepper's house. Players must work to build Pepper's pad, find the subgames, and chat with other characters for clues about how to move through this LEGO landscape. Players who want it all handed to them on one clickable screen will be frustrated: LEGO wants you to work for your pleasure, and get some calluses on those fingertips.

The charm of this impressive Windows-only program lies in the attention paid to detail, dialogue, and creative fun. The undersea game doesn't just have fish--it has narwhals and rowdy pirate skeletons growling curses. A knight straight out of Monty Python and the Holy Grail intones "Nay, nay, nay, one-who's-name-is-a-spice" when Pepper asks for help. Creators put a skateboard park on the island just for the heck of it. LEGO Island 2 provides both great game play and ample opportunity to freestyle. Also, the fluid detail of this program belies the chunky origins of LEGO life as we know it.

That detail comes with a price: it takes some time to load the subgames and scene changes even if your system meets the game's requirements. If LEGO Island 2 were one of Pepper's pizzas, it'd be an ultra mega deluxe, piled high with mummies, pterodactyls, and renegade robots. It'd also take a longer time to bake than your plain cheese, but the wait would be worth it. (Ages 6 to 99) --Anne Erickson

Product Description

There is so much to do on LEGO Island: building, racing, flying, water jetting, skateboarding and just kickin' with your friends... unless you accidentally let the Brickster out of jail. Award Winning.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heavy System Requirements, April 9, 2001

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Johnny5 (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LEGO Island 2 (Toy)

I would give this game 5 stars but for the intense system requirements. The box is lying to you. My son has a 600MHz Celeron system and this game barely runs. It is extremely annoying to wait for the graphics to draw. I tried it on my 1GHz Athlon system and it runs beautifully. The graphics are great and the game is really rich. There are a lot of characters and games within the game.

Some of the sub-games: Whack-a-bot, Brick Dive, Jousting, Raging Bull, Snake Pursuit, Whack-a-Snake, Matching Mummies, Desert Speedster, Fishing, Bi-Plane, T-Rex Racing, Mr. Hates' Camp, Centrifuge, Parachute Training, Asteroid Belt... There's even a skateboard park.

The really cool part of this game is that all of the sub-games are really well done and fun to play. My son has been on my computer for several hours today playing lots of the different games within the game.

It's really a good game, but you need a system with lots of power to really enjoy it.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Impressed, August 12, 2001

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David H. Carmer "Illjord" (Cary, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LEGO Island 2 (Toy)

Normally, I have been a huge proponent of Lego products, including their Software. Lego Loco, Lego Racers, Lego Stunt Rally, and Lego Alpha Team are all superb products. Lego Island 2 is slow to load, finiky in dealing with hardware and device drivers, and does not always make the controls obvious to the user. For something aimed at children and parents without time to debug and installation, this is not a good choice. I feel Lego should be more careful about licensing their name, as this is not up to their usually very high standards.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lego Island 2, May 4, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: LEGO Island 2 (Toy)

This is a very exciting game but very hard to win. I haven't won yet but so far it has been very enjoyable. Youhave 3 worlds, Lego Island, Castle Island, and Adventure Island. Don't give the Brickster pizza, or he'll get out!