Customer Reviews

Lego Star Wars: The Video Game

5 star:		(53)
4 star:		(40)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(62)

 

 

This game is a blast despite some lackluster reviews received from official game reviewing sites. Lego Star Wars lets you act out all the major action scenes in Star Wars episodes 1, 2, and 3.

The game has a unique look which is welcome amid the myriad of games that seek to portray realism in graphics. The controls are quite simplistic (each character can only attack, jump, or do a special move) but can be somewhat cumbersome while playing with the keyboard. A gamepad is definitely recommended.

The game is on the short side but has replay value if you are the kind of gamer that likes to go back and discover new areas and unlock all the characters (50 in all). The simplicity of control and shortness of the game led me to believe that the game was intended for children but I found it to be extremely fun.

Those that are trying to remain spoiler free should refrain from playing the levels associated with episode 3 as they reveal the major plot points of the upcoming movie.

Note that this game requires a graphics card that supports pixel shader 1.1. It will not run without it. I was a bit surprised by that because I was expecting the graphics component of this game to be less that what it ended up being. Many economy graphics cards that are over a year old do not support pixel shader 1.1. Check before you buy. If you are still uncertain download the free demo. If the demo runs then you will not have any problems.

I recieved this game for Christmas and was very disappointed when I found out it wouldn't work on my Windows XP Dell. I have the wrong video card. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE WRONG CARD, FIND OUT IF YOU CAN PLAY THIS GAME ON YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE YOU BUY!!! I wish I knew this before: go to the Eidos Interactive website, click on "games" choose Lego Star Wars from the list. On that page, there is an option to run a download that will ANALYZE your computer and tell you if you can play this game or not! Doing this also provides you with all the information about your sound and video cards. This was so helpful. It's a tiny download and it's free. Took it 60 seconds to check my comp. I failed sadly, but it even gives to links to places where you can get the right cards. GO HERE FIRST!

After playing this game at a friend's house (xbox), I decided to get it for my birthday. Like many others, I had the same 'pixel shader' issue. Although my computer is generally pretty fast, I am not a big gamer and my video card was not up to date. I got a new one, not just for the sake of this game, but I needed a new one anyway. After best buy tried to charge $35 for installing it, I just installed it myself. Try downloading the demo at legostarwarsthevideogame.com to see if it will work on your computer.
The game disk was then defective, upon which I called their support number and ordered a replacement (free). Of course, it got lost in the mail, and I had to order another.
Once I got the game though, it was great. I highly recommend this game to all ages (its really funny to see darth vader or maul made from legos). Just get it at the store and make sure it you have the right video card!

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This is a good game except that we had to buy a new video card, so beware--but still an AWESOME game!! It is fun to beover 30 (yes 30) characters. But we needed a new vid card anyaway...but also, you do not ever have to start over a level when you die. Free play is fun, but playing Darth Maul against battle droids is just weird. But I really enjoy this game--it's a great game don't get me wrong--but beforehand you might want to check the requirements.

As for gameplay, it's plain old awesome. If you get the game to work, Episode 3 will unfold! It looks great--I can't wait for the movie. But consider yourself wrned about the requirements.

Overall rating: 92 of 100

My son had played this at a friend's house and absolutely LOVED it. We bought it online, but the specifications online didn't tell us we needed "pixel shader support", to run the program.
After much work, we found out that we would have to pay over $100 for an extra computer part to be able to run this program.

My son cried because this was his Christmas money and he couldn't return the game for something else since it had been opened (as we tried to install it). We had a brand new computer (2 weeks old) so we thought we had everything we needed to run a computer game. We have tried to give it to friends, and as of yet, have not found anyone who has this extra feature on the computer, so none can use it.
Only the friend whose house my son had learned about this game at (and played it), has this feature.

IF you have the right parts to play it, my son says it is an awesome game. Most people I've found though (even my cousin whose job and life is computers and computer games) can't run it on their computer. I think this should have been highlighted in the description of the game. Amazon was kind enough to refund part of our money, but we still had an extremely disappointed and sad child.

...this is it! Admittedly, my husband, 5-yr old daughter and I have probably played this game for more than 10 hours fromthe last 2 months, We love it! My 5 yr old can easily play and they're no gory parts. If a character dies, it just breaks into its Lego brick pieces. It is fun , always new chapters to explore, and free play is such a hoot, esp. with 2 players.

The Star Wars Lego Game was a fairly good buy. It's fun, even if a little unusual. There are missions from all of the three prequel Star Wars movies and a large selection of characters to choose to play.

The Pros:

Two people can play at a time- awesome.
The characters don't die- you just lose points (lego studs).
The space battles are really cool cause you dodge blaster cannon bolts and hit enemy fighters.
The graphics are pretty neat.

The Cons:

The game is almost too easy.
The Dark Jedi and gunners are weaker than other characters.

The Weird:

The characters don't talk. This is a little annoying and I wonder why they did it that way, but I got used to it rather quickly.

Just found out about a recall notice for this game in January 2007. It says that some customers may have trouble with the game loading correctly. the return info is - Lego Returns Phone: 704-504-1877
Lego Returns - OEM.
8500 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28273

Okay, I let my son buy this with money that he saved, DESPITE the poor reviews on Amazon. This game has a serious problem - it only works with a SELECT FEW graphics cards. (It requires something called pixel shader v1.1 - and don't think the fact that your card supports pixel shader v2.0 or 4.0 helps. It doesn't.)

Also, don't assume that the fact that you have a brand new pc with great graphics matters either. We can run the new Lego Star Wars II just fine, Lego Bionicle, all the 3D intensive Tycoon games. The problem with this particular Lego Star Wars game is very unique.

Some people have been able to adequately fix the problem with an unofficial hack called 3D-Analyze. Please do yourself a favor before you buy this and do a web search on Lego Star Wars and pixel shader v1.1. Read the forums with hundreds of accounts of parents (like us) with their little boys crying with broken hearts as they take countless trips to BestBuy trying to find a graphics card that works... or trying to get 3D-Analyze set up to work on their computer (it doesn't work for many people - including us)

Remember - you can't return opened software under any circumstances. So make sure you really look into this before you get stuck like us. Such a bummer!

Disclaimer: We intentionally don't own any video game systems (unless you consider Mattel's HyperScan game a "video game system," which I don't), and we don't own a joystick. So my son plays PC and online games using the keyboard. Oh, and the computer I bought him to use for his online exploratinos and PC games is really slow.

Given all of the above limitations, my just-turned 8 year-old son and his best friend (who, I believe, has a PS2 at home but never plays it) LOVE this game. They take turns operating the controls, with the non-operator giving hints and offering suggestions about where to go and who to change into. The screens are nicely detailed and rich-looking (for a PC game), the options are varied, and the stories are relevant to my two Star Wars geeks-in-training. This game is about as violent as Super Mario Brothers. As I said, my son plays it with only one player, so if this game provides the opportunity for hand-to-hand combat, he hasn't seen it.

I would highly recommend this game for young-ish children who are not extremely experienced in gaming (and/or whose parents are, for whatever reason, delaying the inevitable morphing of their sweet little darling into a maniacal gaming cyborg - not that there's anything wrong with maniacal gaming cyborgs!). A child with experience playing PS2, Nintendo, etc., would probably be bored and/or frustrated.

Bottom line: it's cute, it's Lego, and it's Star Wars. Not much more. But if that's what you're looking for, this is your game.