Highlights include climbing up the dangling jeep in the rain, a Jurassic Park scene, and surviving an onslaught of pteranodons as they descend on the theme park in Jurassic World. Chases are thrilling, stealth sequences are tense, explosions are numerous, and dinosaur brawls are as epic as toys can be. Lego Jurassic World also features lots of exciting, interactive, cinematic set pieces that capture the feeling of the films. But that aesthetic choice does make key items stand out and leads to wonderfully surreal moments like Lego flowers blossoming out of otherwise ordinary dirt. Out of all the Lego games, only The Lego Movie Videogame (Opens in a new window), with its entire world made of blocks, diverges from this. It's still weird that only parts of the environments are made of Lego while the rest are just generic landscapes. That said, Lego Jurassic World features some visually impressive moments. One of the secret weapons of the Lego game franchise is that it's much easier to forgive stiff animations and low-poly graphics if the world itself is made out of toy blocks. But these custom creatures are only for gawking at, and the lab where you create them is inexplicably difficult to find in the Jurassic World level hub. I made a Christmas-colored T-Rex with triceratops horns and pixelated scales. Ignoring Chris Pratt's warnings against genetic experimentation, you can also whip up your own dinosaurs using amber fragments you collect throughout the game. Lego is all about building, and dinosaur destruction provides plenty of reasons to rebuild. Larger beasts like the stegosaurus can smash through rocks and devastate enemy camps, and the new Indominus Rex delivers brutal smackdowns on rivals in quick time event battles much like God of War ($249.99 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window). Raptors can trace smells and grab onto bars with their teeth. Many levels have you briefly playing as these fearsome thunder lizards. When it comes to the dinosaurs themselves, Lego Jurassic World doesn't disappoint. (Opens in a new window) Read Our Minecraft (for PC) Review The variety of abilities keeps the relatively short campaign somewhat feeling fresh, even though many skills repeat across characters. Solutions tend to be pretty straightforward you just need to mind your surroundings. Some characters have stealth cloaks for sneaking by dinosaurs, some can track trails like in Lego City Undercover ($49.98 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window), some carry guns and stun batons, and some have no problem diving into dinosaur dung to dig up the bricks needed to build a new vital object. Most puzzles involve an obstacle only one player can pass before opening up the path for the other player. Play with a friend or a computer-controlled helper and take advantage of each character's special moves to progress. No matter which film you decide to play through, Lego Jurassic World offers plenty of co-operative environmental puzzles to solve across the 20 levels. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. ( Read our editorial mission (Opens in a new window) & see how we test everything we review (Opens in a new window).) Jurassic Park III's talking dinosaur daydream (Opens in a new window) is dumb in any art style. But even this new blocky makeover can't cover up the difference in quality between the movies. If you want to see/hear a Lego Jeff Goldblum laugh/snarl like a cat (Opens in a new window), this game has your back. Like other modern Lego games, Lego Jurassic Park combines actual dialogue from the films with scenes reconstructed in bricks and infused with extra physical comedy. Initially, you can only choose between the first Jurassic Park and the recent Jurassic World, but after completing the first movie you'll also get to play through The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III. Lego Jurassic Park for Xbox One ($200.00 at eBay) (Opens in a new window) spans all four films in the series. On that level the game succeeds, even if it relies too much on the repetitive Lego game formula. It's for kids looking to act out their destructive dinosaur dreams in a family-friendly video game on everything from their Nintendo 3DS ($260.00 at eBay) (Opens in a new window) to the Xbox One, the console I used for testing. But Lego Jurassic World ($59.99) isn't for me. Dinosaurs just don't do it for me, and while I recognize Spielberg's original as a modern classic, none of the massive box office haul for the latest installment, Jurassic World, came from my wallet. Even in Lego form, Jurassic Park 2 and 3 are still bad movies.How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.
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