The Lego Movie 2 Videogame
Everything is awesome in this master building movie tie-in.
The Lego Movie 2 Videogame
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What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that The Lego Movie 2 Videogame is an open-world-style action/adventure game available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows-based PCs. The game is based on the feature film of the same name, with players loosely following the events of the movie. Themes of friendship, teamwork, and helping others take center stage, with players helping out characters by completing requests and missions. Players use a variety of special tools to scan, paint, and build Lego items, using their "Master Builder" skills to overcome obstacles. It's a drastic change from previous Lego games and a more challenging and creative experience. There's a fair amount of cartoonish violence and destruction, but nothing extreme or graphic. Instead, defeated enemies and destroyed objects simply break apart into Lego bits before vanishing from the screen. Under the CCPA law you have the right to protect your personal information. Make a Do Not Sell request to The Lego Movie 2 Videogame.
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What’s It About?
In THE LEGO MOVIE 2 VIDEOGAME, everything's no longer awesome. It's been years since the invasion of the alien Duplo army at the end of the The Lego Movie. Bricksburg has been left in rubble, replaced by a post-apocalyptic wasteland appropriately dubbed Apocalypseburg. While the rest of the Lego residents adjust to this new life, Emmet still holds out hope that everything can still be awesome once again. But after the Duplo army returns and abducts Lucy, Batman, and the rest of his friends, it falls to Emmet to travel through the Systar System, save his friends, and defeat the Duplos for good. Unlock and play as over 100 different characters from The Lego Movie and The Lego Movie 2, exploring new worlds and classic locales as you journey through the Systar System. The Lego Movie 2 Videogame offers more creative freedom than previous games, with new tools and abilities at your disposal. Scan in Lego bricks, paint them any color, and tap into your own Master Builder skills to build wild creations from scratch and help Emmet rescue his friends in new and imaginative ways.
Is It Any Good?
Emmet, Lucy, and the rest of the crew from The Lego Movie are back for an all-new big-screen adventure, and with it comes a brand-new video game as well. This time around, though, The Lego Movie 2 Videogame is an adventure that challenges you to tap into your inner Master Builder like never before. The gameplay ditches the usual linear mission-based action of previous Lego titles in favor of a more open-world style that gives players the freedom to follow their own path and build their own creations. The game still keeps a lot of the arcade action and platforming elements, but adds extra tools and skills that allow players to collect and manipulate Lego bricks and pieces, building their own custom content to help Emmet and his friends.
If you've played Lego Worlds before, you'll instantly recognize the new elements in The Lego Movie 2 Videogame. Players use a scanner to add Lego pieces and structures to their inventory, using studs collected through gameplay to unlock scanned items for use. It can take a little extra time to learn how to use the new tools and to navigate the build system, but it's not too complicated and winds up being a lot of fun. Along the way, there are characters scattered around with requests for players to complete. These missions range from simple collection quests to huge boss battles. The story moves along with cinematic cutscenes as players travel through the Systar System to other worlds. What makes this interesting is how the creative freedom and story elements still manage to fit together to give kids the chance to relive the events of the movie and to have their own unique experience at the same time. Instead of simply watching the story unfold, The Lego Movie 2 Videogame lets kids tap into their imagination as a part of the story and feel like a true Master Builder in the process.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about violence in video games. Is the impact of the violence in The Lego Movie 2 affected by the art style of the game? Do the toy-like, cartoonish style and slapstick humor make the violence and destruction more acceptable?
How can video games inspire creativity in kids, and how can that creativity help to expand their problem-solving skills?
Game Details
- Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Available online?: Available online
- Publisher: Warner Bros. Games
- Release date: February 26, 2019
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Topics: Magic and Fantasy, Superheroes, Adventures, Friendship, Monsters, Ghosts, and Vampires, Space and Aliens
- ESRB rating: E10+ for Cartoon Violence
- Last updated: February 11, 2021
Our Editors Recommend
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Craft a fun, custom adventure, brick by plastic brick.
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Hilarious toy tale plugs product but is nonstop fun.
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The LEGO Movie Videogame
Fun, imaginative adventure promotes independent thinking.
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