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Quick Look: LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Ryan and Brad know squat about the Clone Wars, but find there are things to like in the latest LEGO game.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Apr. 6 2011

Cast: Ryan, Brad

Posted by: Drew

159 Comments

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Yay!

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@bluesun said:
"Yay! "


Welcome to the club. Your appointment to be fitted for the jacket will be next week.
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another LEGO game, i suppose?

i am amazed that they are continuing to pump these out. with the same mechanics and similar gameplay.

maybe this one will be different? 

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Edited By MEATBALL

Woo! More quick look goodness.

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Huzzah! Two played out franchises mashed together, everyone celebrate!

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@Woodroez:  Very good, very good.
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@Titl said:
" another LEGO game, i suppose? i am amazed that they are continuing to pump these out. with the same mechanics and similar gameplay. maybe this one will be different?  "
I played the demo a little while ago ... and, no, unsurprisingly, it's exactly the same. 
These games were kind of fun novelties to begin with, but it's all worn away now and there's nothing left but a game that's not very well designed or especially fun to play unless you really like collecting lots of bits and pieces.
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I'm very impressed by the way they handle split screens. Had to adjust for a moment but it's brilliant.

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Edited By Funkydupe

I'm impressed! The Jedi combat animations looks very good. Bravo Lego! Bravo Star Wars!

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Dynamic Splitscreen. I love it.

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Edited By guardinnome

As usual, I get frustrated watching these lol.  Love em, keep up the good work!

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@drag said:
" @Titl said:
" another LEGO game, i suppose? i am amazed that they are continuing to pump these out. with the same mechanics and similar gameplay. maybe this one will be different?  "
I played the demo a little while ago ... and, no, unsurprisingly, it's exactly the same. 
These games were kind of fun novelties to begin with, but it's all worn away now and there's nothing left but a game that's not very well designed or especially fun to play unless you really like collecting lots of bits and pieces.
"
They're aimed at kids, but I don't see why that makes them redundant games.  Kids and more casual gamers LOVE these titles and I've been able to play through every one of these games without getting tired of them.  There's a lot to collect, it's funny, a lot of levels, great action..  and it's one of the best multiplayer experiences out there, it's just plain fun.

Yes, it's a bit over done now and they're pretty simplistic but I don't see why that makes it any worse than something like CoD, which is just as repetitive.
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Box Quote:

"I love the R2 sounding like, 'WHIRRRRRR' when he drives around." -Giant Bomb

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Ryan should check out the Lego Harry Potter game, to me it's the one franchise where the crazy building/destruction made sense & the game was definitely more fun than the Lego Indy games.

 

Edit: surprised that they didn't put a tall black tophat, monocle & black waxy moustache on the black astromech to push the evil further.

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Edited By soralapio

This looks sweet as hell! Of course I haven't really ever played Lego games so maybe it's a good time to start.


Someone who has played more of them: where should I start?
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This game certainly is not for me, but my six year old cousin will eat it up. I can think of much more worse games that he could choose at that age.

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"Is he a bad droid?" "He IS black".

Nice Brad... :D

Anyway, I have a hard time telling who's the useless one, the clone trooper or the guy playing him (hint, it's Brad)...

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@soralapio said:
" This looks sweet as hell! Of course I haven't really ever played Lego games so maybe it's a good time to start.

Someone who has played more of them: where should I start?
"
This and the Harry Potter one released last year are easily the two best.  You could also go back and check out the Complete Saga.. but I'd skip over Batman and Indiana Jones, unless you really love those franchises or can't get enough of the Lego games.  (they're still good, but like they said, feel a bit phoned in).
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I kinda want to play this. Two guys at their mid 20's should be allowed to be playing this? Right?

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Nice to have Brad back, this looks pretty good, Harry Potter was the best of the series for me.

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Like Ryan I found that Indiana Jones just killed my love of the Lego games. My cousin loves these games and well this licensed crap is much better than the licensed crap that I played at her age.

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ahhhh! so frustrated watching this! :)

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Brad pulled a Brad a 2:53 :D

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que star wars music

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Edited By jeffk38uk

Haven't played since Indiana and agreed it kinda got samey, but there's still a charm to these games.

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Hahaha ReTarDedFisHy's thought process @ 2:03:

1 ooohhh mmmyyy goooood terrible screen tear!!!!
2 oh wait
3 awesome
4 profit
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@WinterSnowblind said:
" @soralapio said:
" This looks sweet as hell! Of course I haven't really ever played Lego games so maybe it's a good time to start.

Someone who has played more of them: where should I start?
"
This and the Harry Potter one released last year are easily the two best.  You could also go back and check out the Complete Saga.. but I'd skip over Batman and Indiana Jones, unless you really love those franchises or can't get enough of the Lego games.  (they're still good, but like they said, feel a bit phoned in). "
While I won't argue that the Batman game was perfect, I have a LOT of love for that one, mostly due to the character designs and abilities.  Specifically, they put an amazing amount of time into making those character animations really sleek, and I really enjoyed the various things they would all do.

I'm just saying, there's still a lot to like about it even if you're not an giant Batman fan... also easy, easy s-rank.

This looks like much better quality overall though.
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This looks like a good game but I'll pick it up when it goes down in price.

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Those Lightsaber animations look fantastic, better then the actual series.

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@Titl said:
" another LEGO game, i suppose? i am amazed that they are continuing to pump these out. with the same mechanics and similar gameplay. maybe this one will be different?  "
It is mostly the same stuff but apparently there's some RTS and other forms of gameplay mashed into this one as well.
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TT Games. Will they not be satisfied until they've released a horrible bland game for every franchise? I understand they're supposed to be for the children, but c'mon. Some standards would be nice.

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I am loving the 3DS version, never got into the lego games but after playing this one im thinking about snagging some for the ps3/360

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Somedays I wonder why I doubt this game. Then I realise Travelers Tales has really immature childish humour. And the fact their games are usually the same thing. I want this.

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I loved Lego Indiana Jones.  It was full of tons of easter eggs and followed the story lines of the first 3 movies(the good ones) very well.  But also that was my first Lego game.

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Light saber attack animations look good. Looks like a new game to play together with the girlfriend.

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  "I didn't like that Transylvanian Dracula thing he had going on"
Wut.

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That R2 vs Evil R2/ manned giant robot vs other giant robot part of the level was like that scene in MGS4 with Raiden vs Vamp/Snake vs Metal Gears.  They both had split screen.

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what. what. what. what. what. what.

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Oh man, I need to get back into this! Last one I played was the Batman one, to which I still really enjoyed, but man.. Lego Star Wars is where this series is at its best.

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Actually looks pretty solid. Might get, havent even finished my copy of The Complete Saga yet

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Stop George Lucas, just stop.

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Some of the previous LEGO games already had that split screen. I wanna say Harry Potter, Indiana Jones and Batman all had it. Hell, maybe Vinny and Jeff already experienced it in the HP QL. I'll check.

Edit: Oh okay, Brad played it singleplayer.

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Looks more entertaining than the movies, that's for sure.

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@Woodroez:
We get jackets? Aw hell yeah!
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Being a fan of The Clone Wars series, I'm interested in this. 

Haven't checked out a Lego game in a while so might pick this up. 

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The worst part of the Lego games is when you hit a wall and the game provides no feedback on what your suppose to be doing.

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LEGO of my Eggo, bitch!

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The animation on the little Jedi dude/chickdude and the split-screen transition are slick. 


Lighting is nice too.
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Oh I love Brad. A 4 piece R2-D2 lego set took him minutes to assemble.
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Nice to see that they are still putting some effort into these.