LEGO Games 2010

edited November 2010 in General Chat
Who wonders what the next LEGO game after Harry Potter will be? Here are my ideas:

1. LEGO Batman 2 The Brave and the Bold

2. LEGO Doctor Who

3. LEGO Toy Story

4. LEGO Spongebob

5. LEGO Guitar Hero
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  • edited January 2010
    The next Lego game is entitled Lego universe, and is an MMO. (Trailer )

    But as for the normal TTgames (not to be confused with TTG), i would think they would stick to a film trilogy again. Maybe Lord of the rings?
  • edited January 2010
    Guitar Hero won't happen, it'd be too similar to Rock Band and I'm sure they likely still have some kind of deal going on there, I wouldn't be surprised to see a Lego Rock Band 2 down the road. And as much as I'd love to see them do the Hobbit/LoTR for the upcoming movies, the Lego liscene is owned by Warner Brothers where as LoTR movies are done by New Line, so that's out too.

    Batman wouldn't see too likely either, they dropped the Batman liscence hard when the Dark Knight came out and proved too violent for their tastes. They discontinued the toy line right as the game and movie came out. There was a massive increase in demand for the sets, but they refused to make more of them.

    Toy Story, Spongebob or any of their other existing toy lines seem the most likely. I'd actually quite like to see them do some of their own properties, like the pirates or castle themes. But rumours suggest it'll be the Clone Wars, which makes sense as their CW line is almost completely seperate from their "Original Trilogy/Prequel" line and the Star Wars games were easily the most popular.
  • nikasaurnikasaur Telltale Alumni
    edited January 2010
    Speaking of which, are the other Lego games any good? I picked up Lego Batman for DS recently and I find it wildly entertaining. What are the best ones to play? (I feel like the Harry Potter ones would be right up my alley.)
  • edited January 2010
    Lord of the Rings doesn't have the kids' demographic appeal that is necessary to do a LEGO game. I don't think we're the core audience of LEGO games.

    I'm sure we'll see them finish the Harry Potter "book" series, and then move onto another very large and profitable franchise which nets a wide age range. Twilight is probably out due to its almost exclusively female audience, with video games and LEGOs having a primarily male audience. Are there any recent franchise revivals(like the Prequel Trilogy or the 4th Indiana Jones movie) coming up? What LEGO sets are big now?

    They could do Avatar(Airbender Avatar, not James Cameron's Avatar), or a few of their other licensed cartoons. They have Spongebob and Toy Story, but Toy Story seems like a stretch because toy representations of toys probably doesn't work in terms of charm.

    I could see them gaining a license for Star Trek, especially given the new movie coming out. Plenty of characters that you could throw in there from the different series, having Original Series Spock team up with Abram's Spock and Spock Prime to save the universe could be fun.
    nikasaur wrote: »
    Speaking of which, are the other Lego games any good? I picked up Lego Batman for DS recently and I find it wildly entertaining. What are the best ones to play? (I feel like the Harry Potter ones would be right up my alley.)
    I was unhappy with Indiana Jones and the way they handled "gross" scenes. Star Wars: The Complete series is excellent, and is still the only way I can enjoy the whole Star Wars prequel trilogy.
  • edited January 2010
    how about LEGO Sam&Max? :D
    joking aside, I close my eyes and just see a lego Sam running down the street - although it probably wouldn't be a kids' game...
  • edited January 2010
    nikasaur wrote: »
    Speaking of which, are the other Lego games any good? I picked up Lego Batman for DS recently and I find it wildly entertaining. What are the best ones to play? (I feel like the Harry Potter ones would be right up my alley.)

    They are all pretty much the same as eachother. The DS versions are supposedly the worst versions though. I Picked up Lego Indianna Jones (The original adventures) a few weeks back, and love every bit of it, but it's best played in Co-op, so go with whatever system you think makes that most accessible to you.

    @wintersnowblind: But don't Lucas Arts own the star wars license? TTg managed to acquire that. And i don't see how LotR has much of a different demographic than Star wars.
  • edited January 2010
    Friar wrote: »
    @wintersnowblind: But don't Lucas Arts own the star wars license? TTg managed to acquire that. And i don't see how LotR has much of a different demographic than Star wars.
    LucasArts only "has" the Star Wars license because they are so closely related to(I think they're a subsidiary of) LucasFilm, which owns the movies. But Georgie has proven to be quite happy to outsource Star Wars game development at any random moment. Bioware, Obsidian, Sony Online Entertainment and Traveler's Tales have developed for the franchise, as well as others. It's a franchise that is developed in-house or outsourced on a game-by-game and a time-by-time basis, especially since LucasArts is kind of known for going on hiring and firing sprees and going through phases of in-house and outsourced development.
  • edited January 2010
    LucasArts only "has" the Star Wars license because they are so closely related to(I think they're a subsidiary of) LucasFilm, which owns the movies. But Georgie has proven to be quite happy to outsource Star Wars game development at any random moment. Bioware, Obsidian, Sony Online Entertainment and Traveler's Tales have developed for the franchise, as well as others. It's a franchise that is developed in-house or outsourced on a game-by-game and a time-by-time basis, especially since LucasArts is kind of known for going on hiring and firing sprees and going through phases of in-house and outsourced development.

    I Suppose. But i know plenty of LotR games have been made by EA. Was that outsourcing or did the license just change hands?
  • edited January 2010
    nikasaur wrote: »
    Speaking of which, are the other Lego games any good? I picked up Lego Batman for DS recently and I find it wildly entertaining. What are the best ones to play? (I feel like the Harry Potter ones would be right up my alley.)

    I've never played the DS versions, but Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga has easily been my favourite. Unlike Batman and Indy there's a massive amount of characters (124-ish, I believe) and pretty much all of them are pretty awesome, there's even some pretty obscure guys in there like Dengar and Kit Fisto.

    In Batman or Indy one player is always stuck as Robin or one of the bit characters.. it was much more entertain in SW when you have such a huge selection to choose between. Even if somebody was Luke, the second player would usually get Han, or Chewie so it all felt much more balanced. (though there are one or two instances where one player will be stuck as R2 for the whole level) Harry Potter should be good for that too, although I'm not overly familiar with the series.

    The new Lego Indy is pretty impressive too. It does things a little differently by focusing on multiple bigger hub worlds with puzzles and secrets to explore, but smaller actual levels. Bits of it work and bits don't, but it's interesting to see them change it up a bit, plus the splitscreen system works really well. :)
  • edited January 2010
    I can't imagine the PR people for telltale's emails being all like

    'I would like a review copy of LEGO Indiana Jones.'

    response:
    'Can you read?'
  • edited January 2010
    Lego: K'nex
  • edited January 2010
    Three words:

    LEGO Die Hard.
  • edited January 2010
    Friar wrote: »
    They are all pretty much the same as eachother. The DS versions are supposedly the worst versions though. I Picked up Lego Indianna Jones (The original adventures) a few weeks back, and love every bit of it, but it's best played in Co-op, so go with whatever system you think makes that most accessible to you.
    The DS versions aren't too bad, except for the vehicle sections, which are little more then an exercise in frustration and tedium.
  • edited January 2010
    The DS versions aren't too bad, except for the vehicle sections, which are little more then an exercise in frustration and tedium.

    They're supposedly more buggy. But the actual gameplay is the same (i think). Thats not to say the console versions are glitch free. I had to restart 3 levels on lego indy.Once i was less than a minute from the end.
  • edited January 2010
    Friar wrote: »
    They're supposedly more buggy. But the actual gameplay is the same (i think). Thats not to say the console versions are glitch free. I had to restart 3 levels on lego indy.Once i was less than a minute from the end.
    Really? The only problem I've had with Lego Indy DS was with the mic - it worked fine the first few times, then the mic on my DS broke. :( Luckilly it was still under warranty so I was able to just swap it for another one that actually worked, but it was annoying all the same!
  • edited January 2010
    Really?then the mic on my DS broke.

    The DS mic is great and shit all at the same time. I hate how Brain Training can never understand my accent, I thought my mic was busted for ages.

    Which reminds me, was anyone else out of breath by the time they finished Spirit Tracks?

    The pan pipes were pretty awesome though :D
  • edited January 2010
    nikasaur wrote: »
    Speaking of which, are the other Lego games any good? I picked up Lego Batman for DS recently and I find it wildly entertaining. What are the best ones to play? (I feel like the Harry Potter ones would be right up my alley.)

    If you like one, you'll like them all. That's how I found it anyway.
  • nikasaurnikasaur Telltale Alumni
    edited January 2010
    The DS versions aren't too bad, except for the vehicle sections, which are little more then an exercise in frustration and tedium.

    I was actually wondering about this, it scrolls too fast for me to see anything going on, it's all intuition and guesses. ...Should it not be that way? I feel like I'll never get full completion on those levels.
  • edited January 2010
    I highly recommend Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (even the DS version of this one is pretty decent). They really nailed the formula in that one, and everything since then has just been a series of competent rehashes. Also, I still think that something about Lego and Star Wars really fit together, whereas all the other mashups seem like much more of a stretch.
  • edited January 2010
    nikasaur wrote: »
    I was actually wondering about this, it scrolls too fast for me to see anything going on, it's all intuition and guesses. ...Should it not be that way? I feel like I'll never get full completion on those levels.
    I've no idea. I'm not even trying those levels again until I have a couple of multipliers, so I can at least get the True Hero/Villain thing.
  • edited January 2010
    I've only played Lego Star Wars and even though I thoroughly enjoyed it, I've been too distracted with other games and with university work to snatch up the Complete Saga or Indy and Batman :(
    how about LEGO Sam&Max? :D
    joking aside, I close my eyes and just see a lego Sam running down the street - although it probably wouldn't be a kids' game...

    They could always tone it down to the same level as the animated series ;)

    Something I personally think would work as a Lego game is the Ninja Turtles series, especially within the co-op feature as there are four turtles to control and all current-gen consoles support up to four players. Of course, this may be a little problematic with the PC version...

    Maybe Lego Spiderman?
  • edited January 2010
    I like the TMNT idea. You should pitch that to Telltale Games--er, Traveller's Tales Games.
  • nikasaurnikasaur Telltale Alumni
    edited January 2010
    Lego TMNT would be the raddest thing in the land. Think of how cute they'd look scampering around collecting ooze and pizza slices!
  • edited January 2010
    jp-30 wrote: »

    Tubular!. I miss the 80's TV show...
  • edited January 2010
    nikasaur wrote: »
    Speaking of which, are the other Lego games any good? I picked up Lego Batman for DS recently and I find it wildly entertaining. What are the best ones to play? (I feel like the Harry Potter ones would be right up my alley.)

    Just to list the LEGO adventure/platformers games:

    - 2005 LEGO Star Wars
    - 2006 LEGO Star Wars II : The Original Trilogy
    - 2007 LEGO Star Wars : The Complete Saga
    - 2008 LEGO Indiana Jones : The Original Adventures
    - 2008 LEGO Batman
    - 2009 LEGO Indiana Jones 2 : The Adventure Continues
    - 2010 LEGO Harry Potter : Years 1-4

    They are all in the same style. I have played all the PC versions, of those, I would recommend LEGO Star Wars :The Complete Saga (it compiles both LEGO Star Wars games while improving the prequel trilogy one and adding some extra stuff) and well, LEGO Batman.

    The other two Star Wars are covered by the Complete Saga, and the Indiana Jones are fun, but not as much fun as the others. LEGO Indy 2, in particular, is incredible short, and features changes in how the hub world interface works (the DS & PSP version are very different to the PC & consoles ones, anyway, and it is limited to levels from Crystal Skull only, IIRC).

    I should add that there is another Telltale LEGO Game released in 2006, Bionicle Heroes, which uses the same engine and gameplay style (hub, characters, shop), but instead of a platformer it is a shooter.

    Also for the DS you have LEGO Battles, which tries to apply the LEGO style to the RTS genre; and LEGO Rock Band, but that style of game is something I don't care for.
  • edited January 2010
    jp-30 wrote: »

    It's like a dream come true: my game idea is taking form! :p
  • edited January 2010
    Eduardo wrote: »
    Just to list the LEGO adventure/platformers games:

    - 2005 LEGO Star Wars
    - 2006 LEGO Star Wars II : The Original Trilogy
    - 2007 LEGO Star Wars : The Complete Saga
    - 2008 LEGO Indiana Jones : The Original Adventures
    - 2008 LEGO Batman
    - 2009 LEGO Indiana Jones 2 : The Adventure Continues
    - 2010 LEGO Harry Potter : Years 1-4

    They are all in the same style. I have played all the PC versions, of those, I would recommend LEGO Star Wars :The Complete Saga (it compiles both LEGO Star Wars games while improving the prequel trilogy one and adding some extra stuff) and well, LEGO Batman.

    The other two Star Wars are covered by the Complete Saga, and the Indiana Jones are fun, but not as much fun as the others. LEGO Indy 2, in particular, is incredible short, and features changes in how the hub world interface works (the DS & PSP version are very different to the PC & consoles ones, anyway, and it is limited to levels from Crystal Skull only, IIRC).

    I should add that there is another Telltale LEGO Game released in 2006, Bionicle Heroes, which uses the same engine and gameplay style (hub, characters, shop), but instead of a platformer it is a shooter.

    Also for the DS you have LEGO Battles, which tries to apply the LEGO style to the RTS genre; and LEGO Rock Band, but that style of game is something I don't care for.
    Thats Travellers Tales! ;)

    Also, Indy 2 is about 70% Crystal skull, 30% random new levels from the first three.
  • edited January 2010
    Friar wrote: »
    Thats Travellers Tales! ;)

    Also, Indy 2 is about 70% Crystal skull, 30% random new levels from the first three.

    Oh crap, first time I mixed them! Hahahhaha, it had to happen.

    About Indy 2 levels, I think the portable versions are limited to the Skull levels.

    Although, the Indy 2 levels are a fraction lenghtwise of the levels of any other games. Most of them are one or two screens long.
  • edited January 2010
    A LEGO Toy Story game is the best bet, seeing they've acquired the licence and Toy Story LEGO products are hitting the shelves. I think they plan to do something with Pixar's Cars too (as far as toys go), so that's also possible. Also Prince of Persia is possible, I guess, as those ets are starting to hit retail too.

    I'd love to see official Wall-E sets personally, but I guess that moment has passed.

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    http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/06/26/pixar-animator-angus-maclane-builds-best-lego-wall-e-yet-interview/

    Spider-man is out as LEGO didn't renew the licence and I think Mega-Blocks picked it up.
  • edited January 2010
    Unfortunately, I don't think I'm interested very interested in playing any of those... :|
  • edited January 2010
    Lego Toy story sounds awesome! Although i can't imagine it being much different from Indy. Woody=whip, Jessie=High Jumper, Mr. Potatoe head/Mr.Piggy= Short type people. Buzz could be decent though. Yay Lasers!

    Also, you reminded me of this Gamecube Mod
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  • edited January 2010
    Friar wrote: »
    The next Lego game is entitled Lego universe, and is an MMO. (Trailer )

    I just noticed your post, checked the info, and found this six-part gameplay trailer that was posted a few days ago.

    http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ces-10-lego-universe/60652
  • edited January 2010
    This just in!

    LegoTF2.jpg
  • edited January 2010
    That still wouldn't get me to play it.
  • edited January 2010
    I think LEGO Monkey Island could be a huge hit. And they could have Ron Gilbert write the story for a non-canon MI3 (which everyone from there on would consider canon :D), so they'd have a LEGO Monkey Island: Ron Gilbert's Trilogy.
  • edited January 2010
    StarEye wrote: »
    I think LEGO Monkey Island could be a huge hit. And they could have Ron Gilbert write the story for a non-canon MI3 (which everyone from there on would consider canon :D), so they'd have a LEGO Monkey Island: Ron Gilbert's Trilogy.

    The problem with a lot of the suggestions of making a Lego version of an existing game.. is how would it be any different from the standard version. You'd just be replacing the characters with Lego versions.

    While cute, it seems like a waste of time.
  • edited January 2010
    The problem with a lot of the suggestions of making a Lego version of an existing game.. is how would it be any different from the standard version. You'd just be replacing the characters with Lego versions.

    While cute, it seems like a waste of time.

    Uhm, obviously it would be in the same genre as the other LEGO games. If you've played any of the them, you'd know what to expect. And they're nothing like Monkey Island in terms of gameplay. So they would be vastly different, in everything but story and characters.

    Something tells me you've never played any of the LEGO games.
  • edited January 2010
    StarEye wrote: »
    Uhm, obviously it would be in the same genre as the other LEGO games. If you've played any of the them, you'd know what to expect. And they're nothing like Monkey Island in terms of gameplay. So they would be vastly different, in everything but story and characters.

    Something tells me you've never played any of the LEGO games.

    If the gameplay would be different, they would bare next to no similarity. The Lego's don't talk, so gone is the sense of humour in MI, opting for slapstick instead. In fact, it would just become some generic Lego:Pirate! game.
  • edited January 2010
    Of course it would be different, that's the whole point. And why would it be any more generic LEGO Pirate game? Won't there be LEGO Guybrush, LeChuck, Wally, Piranha Poodles, Carla, Otis, Meathook, etc?

    What made the other series so fitting for LEGO that doesn't work with Monkey Island? Yes, the humour will be different. Yes, there will be little talking. Yes, the gameplay will be vastly different, and yes, the whole game will be mostly different from the source material. JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER LEGO GAME RELEASED SO FAR?
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