LEGO is one of the most established names in children’s entertainment. However, other players have gained a lot of love in the sandbox and toys to life genres. LEGO is already fighting back with Dimensions for toys to life, and now it’s ready to take back what it lost to Minecraft with LEGO Worlds.
Launched over on Steam in Early Access, LEGO Worlds is planned to release sometime in 2016 depending on community feedback. So what it is? Well, according to the description:
LEGO® Worlds is a galaxy of procedurally-generated Worlds made entirely of LEGO bricks which you can freely manipulate and dynamically populate with LEGO models. Explore each World and unlock new discoveries: from cowboys and giraffes to vampires and polar bears, to steamrollers, race cars, and colossal digging machines! Use the multi-tool to shape environments and alter any World to your liking: raise the terrain to create vast mountain ranges, or enter the Brick-by-Brick editor to build anything you can imagine. Save your creations to build with them again. LEGO Worlds enables you to populate your Worlds with many weird and wonderful characters, creatures, models, and driveable vehicles, and then play out your own unique adventures. Probably not worth upsetting the Skeletons though…
While LEGO games have already done incredibly well and are guaranteed to keep on coming, this one could be the one that finally gets back to its roots. It’s not just about finding hidden areas and breaking down LEGO structures just to rebuild them in new ways – this game allows for terraforming, discovery and exploration, all within the various possibilities of LEGO. With so many toy sets available in the LEGO universe, there is room for a lot of customisation. Plus, in Early Access it only costs $15 – less than most of the LEGO sets I’ve ogled in real life. Here is the trailer that proves just how much it looks like Minecraft.
While I don’t think anything can truly replace Minecraft at this point, I think LEGO Worlds could certainly lure in a whole bunch of players. It looks adorable and I’d love to ride around a drilling machine to break all the things. At least I could finally make a LEGO Deathstar without spending a ridiculous amount of money.
Last Updated: June 2, 2015
Ottokie
June 2, 2015 at 10:04
So the Lego game took “great inspiration” from Minecraft and Minecraft took “great inspiration” from Infiniminer. Does anyone come up with anything even “new” these days
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 10:06
Evolve? Ooooooooo wait. Bad example.
Ottokie
June 2, 2015 at 10:08
Evolve was not a new “IP” it was just a “P” since nothing intellectual can be said about it xD
DJSkippy
June 2, 2015 at 13:55
Another point to you sir….
Splooshypooh
June 2, 2015 at 16:27
Wow, was too shy to ask but you just got me to understand what “IP” means 😀 Thanks
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 10:12
I don’t like Lego. The toys are over priced, the games are fun but they feel like a cheap knockoff when people are clamoring for proper Marvel,DC and Star Wars games,I mean is it too much work for a proper Avengers or Justice League game? Not talking about MMOs and the same goes for the movies. But again, I’m in the minority.
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 2, 2015 at 10:21
Flippen minoriSTYN
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 10:23
Seriously. Thinking of taking up lawn bowls so I can check out some ankles. That’s how out of touch I feel and it’s worse every year.
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 2, 2015 at 10:25
Lawn bowls + booze = a day well spent
HouwGobz
June 2, 2015 at 10:23
Finally! A new game to build a penis in.
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 10:23
Bwahahaha!
Mark Treloar
June 2, 2015 at 10:24
From what I hear there will be restrictions to what you can build freely, for that exact reason.
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 10:25
So you can’t build one like in Minecraft and have a little stream of water come out the tip?
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 2, 2015 at 10:26
Just the tip?
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 10:27
Yeah…. wait…..no scratch that I’d rather not know.
Vulcha
June 2, 2015 at 11:57
I’m not scratching that, thank you.
Hammersteyn
June 2, 2015 at 12:04
XD
Mark Treloar
June 2, 2015 at 10:42
Well you have to remember Lego is aimed at younger audiences, so Penis management will be a huge issue for them.
HouwGobz
June 2, 2015 at 10:25
How dare they de-penisfy my single player experience.
THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES.
Ottokie
June 2, 2015 at 10:25
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Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 2, 2015 at 10:26
(pls refresh for pic)
Ranting Raptor
June 2, 2015 at 10:34
At least this one you can’t step on……
WitWolfy
June 2, 2015 at 10:46
I’d buy this.. I kinda hate Minecraft, its graphics is just so yucky…
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
June 2, 2015 at 14:32
I’m going to admit something to you guys, please… don’t judge me…. when I saw this on twitter last night, I had a stirring in the nether regions. I didn’t grow up with lego (they were too expensive) but one of my buddies had them, and a love was fostered between one banana and small plastic blocks that lasted well into adulthood.
I want this game. I want it so badly….