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LEGO Creationary
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- iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android
- Free
- Family Games
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that LEGO Creationary is a simple family game based on the board game of the same name. This is a game about watching a Lego structure being built, and trying to quickly guess what it is before it is completed. The only concerns are the use of email and Facebook to share the app with friends.
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Is it any good?
LEGO CREATIONARY is an iPhone version of the board game, which is like Pictionary with LEGO bricks. In the app version, you don't build but you guess the model as it's being built. The die roll determines the category being built, and then there are four buttons for guessing the answer. You accumulate as many points as possible in 15 puzzles, but the game ends if you guess incorrectly or too slowly.
There are a couple of problems, though: first, the buttons in the app don't always work properly and can take multiple taps. Also, as the model is being built the bricks are often in different colors than in the final model, which is confusing. When you guess incorrectly, the model is shown very briefly but the correct answer isn't indicated -- so often you still don't know what the correct answer was. The time limit for guessing is quite short, which may be frustrating for younger children and fans of Legos. Finally, although there is a score awarded for each game, there's no record for high scores anywhere.
LEGO Creationary is a good idea but poorly implemented, and doesn't capture the fun of playing a game with actual LEGOs.
App details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android
- Price: Free
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: November 9, 2010
- Category: Family Games
- Publisher: The LEGO Group
- Version: 1.0
- Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 3.1 or later.
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