Same as the other lists on this topic with me. Just a way to keep track of what I've been playing, thoughts and whatnot.
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Really wanted to like this game as I found the art style rather interesting. Then started to play it, maybe it was me being a level 1 (or whatever#) vision of Death, the rather dull combat, maybe it was the health bar or it could be the non-boss fight against two giants (in dungeon after drenchfort) where I was dodging/attacking only to get completely dead in a few moments. Dodging definitely wasn't working for me many times where I was using it only to get hung up on something in the environment or not move hardly at all & pretty much still get hit. Found out especially with the drenchfort & having to watch walkthroughs on youtube to find the game mechanic not explained (rolling something & hitting RT to push it up a hill) or the golem chain attack on an explosive crystal in the next dungeon. Wasn't really a bad game, I just found it average in how the gameplay works & just not into the story to want to keep going.
Been REALLY wanting to play this after seeing the Hobbit. This is the game that finally got me to sit through all the Lord of the Rings films after playing it (yes one of the few that never saw them, just never liked how Tolkien handled wizards being more of a demigod vs. a normal person with arcane occult knowledge). Anyway this game is amazing for one of the lego games, the gold blocks are gone & now there's more context to the whole collectible process with the world map of quests & story missions. Highly recommended not only as a good lego game but also a good LotR game.
Had this on gamefly to see it after giantbomb was dragging the plans on doing a quick look forever on this. Forgot it was there after they finally did a quick look & got insanely bored with it even before the first boss to want to keep playing. Congrats to Alex for reviewing what must have been a hard game to get through.
Better than the first one without stepping into the multiplayer (as I figured nobody would be playing it much), while some of the gameplay & UI is a lot better this time around, the story is much better presented as one long linear trip. Definitely thought that the decepticon story had some better moments in it but after going through the story once, really didn't have the drive to go back to see the other ending or try other difficulties. Just play it on easy & see it then move on.
Rather good for a video game based of a great animated movie (well I liked it), definitely a rental on the 360 as the highest difficulty is the only one with an achievement tied to it so jam through it on normal-easy over a weekend & enjoy the time with it then send it back. Still prefer the lego games for this style of game (both movie related & being good for just about anyone to play).
I can honestly say that as someone who has played a lot of generic average fantasy RPGs (ie. Two Worlds 1 & 2), that after getting off the tutorial island, I found the combat so insanely boring that it just couldn't get me hooked on this. The small amount of the first non-tutorial island I could explore a little but met death on easy at every end whether it was some spider monster in a cave or savages on the other direction. With little ways of getting more money or better yet xp, I just didn't feel like it was enjoyable playing more of this. Glad I rented it & never bought it on a steam sale for the PC as it probably wouldn't stay installed for long.
Quite enjoyed this with all the Forza attention to the craft of making a great driving game with the open world of something like Test Drive Unlimited 2. After getting into the intermediate part of the championship there's only 3 things that I find annoying about the game: not being able to change the starting character dude even in the slightest (as can't skip the cutscenes), the rather limited radio selection (both stations number and number of songs) & how every time they talk about this grand party of racing/music/ect. called Horizon over the radio, I keep hearing Verizon instead of Horizon. Stellar game & will get it later on sale to finish it off & add it to the collection.
Fun to see some of this but after playing enough of this & the star wars version on my phone, they did a good job with the controls though just didn't have much to hook me beyond a weekend to see more of it.
Kind of mixed on this as it's highly flawed in the boss fights (esp. the last one with almost no room to move) as well as the fight to get Oswald to do things at times compared to the Disney charm gone to it's own twisted animatronic hell of the setting being quite entertaining. There was just too little direction on some of the side quest stuff & having to try to remember where to go with all of it through the two parts of main street. The biggest flaw I found on this was with the black pearl where you can find multiple ways to use it but if like me, where you found the first spot to put it without knowing for sure, finding that you can't undo or alter the choice just left you feeling stuck on trying to do pursue this path to the next stage. Good rental but that's about it, still trying to decide after the last boss of going to do more exploration or just sending it back.
As interesting as it was to see some of the new enemies & weapons, the franchise just got a bit worn at this point for me & just couldn't get far into it. Looks pretty but I still prefer Reach & ODST in terms of story & game mechanics.