Lego Dimensions is a Lego action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.Released on September 27,2015. It follows the "toys-to-life" format, in that the player has Lego figures and a portal which can be played within the game itself.
Available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.
Story
On the planet Vorton in the center of the Lego Multiverse, Lord Vortech (Gary Oldman) seeks the Foundational Elements, the cornerstones of time and space itself scattered across the dimensions long ago, which have the power to control the multiverse. To do this, he opens vortices in many different worlds, recruiting local villains to aid in his search for the Elements while imprisoning heroes pulled through the vortexes and damaging the boundaries between worlds, causing them to merge and characters to be displaced. When Robin, Frodo and Metalbeard are each pulled into the vortices, Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle all jump in after them. The three get pulled into the same vortex and appear on Vorton, where they decide to ally with one another and build a vortex generator of their own. Aided by Vortech's former minion X-Po (Joel McHale), the three use the generator to travel the multiverse, hoping to find their missing friends and stop Vortech's plan from succeeding.
How does it play?
Plays like the previous LEGO games but this time, you can mix and match characters from multiple franchises. Want a team with Batman, Homer Simpson, Doctor Who? BOOM. Spaceguy with Chell from Portal? YEP. Marty McFly and Peter Venkman from Ghostbusters? HELL YES.
There is 2-player local co-op that is fully drop-in and out. So someone can join you and leave at any time without affecting your game. If a friend comes over and brings their toys, they can play with whomever they bring over without restriction.
Wait, these are actual LEGOs?
Yep, they are fully detachable from their bases. You have to get to build them in the real world, just as you would putting together a LEGO set.
In fact, you can play the game with just the blue toy tag bases if you want. But obviously it’s more fun to actually attach each figure to the base and move them around. You can mess around with the figures build, like adding Gandalf's beard to Wyldstyle or adding Batman's head to Wyldstyle's body. This applies to the vehicles too.
Also, unlike any of the previous Toys-To-Life styles of games, the portal (or toy pad in this game) plays a crucial role in the game because in order to complete various puzzles, advance through each level and accomplish other tasks, you'll need to move your figure to different parts of the portal.
Wait, multiple franchises?
Yep, that's the hook with this LEGO, no franchise is stuck to just one game.
All those, yeah, they're in there.
What comes in the starter pack?
The starter pack is $99.99/£79.99 and it contains
LEGO Dimensions videogame
LEGO Toy Pad
Bricks to build the LEGO Gateway
3 LEGO minifigures (Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle)
LEGO Batmobile vehicle
But wait there's more!
Level Packs
Level packs contain a character with a vehicle/gadget and a new level to play in. Priced at $29.99/£26.99
Team Packs
Team packs are similar to Fun packs except they contain more characters, more vehicles/gadgets and come with unique abilities. Priced at $24.99/£26.99
Fun Packs
Fun packs each contain a character from a certain franchise and a gadget or vehicle to play with. Fun packs are $14.99/£14.59
Wave 1: September 27, 2015
Wave 2: November 3, 2015
Wave 3: January 19, 2016
Wave 4: March 15, 2016
Wave 5: May 10, 2016
Any other questions?
Time to break the rules.
For more LEGO bricksanity, there's a OT for LEGO fans -> http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=911981
UPDATE: YEAR 2
Wave 6 : September 27th 2016
Wave 7: November 18th, 2016
Damn!
