LEGO video/computer games. Anyone ever played them?
Here's a comprehensive list.
I must admit I was never interested in them.
I imagined a LEGO game being something like The Incredible Machine (physics-based Rube Goldberg machine simulator) using Technics blocks... how about building a bridge? Or perhaps a SimCity, where you also (effectively) build structures from blocks (which cost you).
What I see seems different. Those late 1990s titles are not much games as LDraw spin-offs with interaction. Latest ones rely heavily on movie franchises. This makes little sense to me - if I want to play a game set in Star Wars universe - or starring Indiana Jones, why would I want it to be built out of LEGO blocks? I can't nail the reason for their popularity...
Here's a comprehensive list.
I must admit I was never interested in them.
I imagined a LEGO game being something like The Incredible Machine (physics-based Rube Goldberg machine simulator) using Technics blocks... how about building a bridge? Or perhaps a SimCity, where you also (effectively) build structures from blocks (which cost you).
What I see seems different. Those late 1990s titles are not much games as LDraw spin-offs with interaction. Latest ones rely heavily on movie franchises. This makes little sense to me - if I want to play a game set in Star Wars universe - or starring Indiana Jones, why would I want it to be built out of LEGO blocks? I can't nail the reason for their popularity...