AndrewDean84xX
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Nope, sorry. The draw distance does seem smaller than the Switch Minecraft though.
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Lego Worlds |OT| Watch Your Step
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Nope, sorry. The draw distance does seem smaller than the Switch Minecraft though.
Phife Dawg
Member
Thx, any chance to test split screen co-op?
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
I will tonight when I play with my daughter. Kind of sad this doesn't have online multiplayer. Or if it does, I have no idea how to get to it.
That might be my biggest complaint about the game. The game doesn't tell you much or how to do it. Or once the game has told you something once, you'll never hear it again, and there's no place to look it up, as far as I can tell. I feel like I'm gonna need to google a lot of info for this game. Like how to kill zombies. I guess you just can't unless you have a certain weapon.
Supa Necta
Banned
Glad the game is getting more attention with a switch release. My 5 year old and I loved it on PS4.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
just not around these parts. That's come to be expected with the small amount of Minecraft talk. I do hope the Switch version helps the IP. I'd love to see further support, like modifiable controls.
Online multiplayer is coming in a post-launch patch, along with performance improvements.
I just got the Switch version today for 30 Euro. I only managed to play a tiny bit of handheld mode in the car because of Destiny 2 but so far it seems like a pretty good port.
Toadthemushroom
Member
Found some gameplay footage here (docked): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m7qgEEAAHo
I'm impressed. Footage from a few months ago showed a fluctuating framerate below 30, but this looks pretty smooth and the visuals are slick.
Is portable mode just as good - Lego City felt like it was primarily optimised for docked, and handheld suffered a bit.
I'm impressed. Footage from a few months ago showed a fluctuating framerate below 30, but this looks pretty smooth and the visuals are slick.
Is portable mode just as good - Lego City felt like it was primarily optimised for docked, and handheld suffered a bit.
talkingood
Member
I have it on PC too because I'm a bit of a sucker. On PC, it definitely looks nicer, runs at 60 fps, and has much further draw distance running on my 980Ti, but I suspect I'll actually play it on Switch far more just for convenience. It's just not the sort of game I'll bother to boot up my PC to play all that much. Jumping in and out quickly with the Switch is more interesting to me. But your mileage may vary!
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Man, I took my switch out and started playing this on my 10 minute break at work. Before I knew it, I had bee playing for 25 minutes. Whoops.
Oh, the Switch version does have some slowdown underwater.
Oh, the Switch version does have some slowdown underwater.
Crazyorloco
Member
Thank you so much for the impressions/images. This sounds great!
Same here. Looking for more co-op experiences to share with my daughter.
I absolutely love DQB and can't wait for the sequel.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
2 player co-op works fine and is pretty fun. No hit in performance as far as I could tell. We played docked. I used the Pro Controller and my daughter the joycon grip.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
They will love it.
Phife Dawg
Member
Thanks, co-op seals the deal.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Took some time. Got to get the third of five world sizes.
Toadthemushroom
Member
Are Digital Foundry going to take a look at this one? I couldn't find anything on the original release of Lego Worlds so they could do PS4/One/Switch/PC.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Let me tell you how Adventure mode starts. You crash onto a tiny planet. You do a few fetch quests that teach you how to use one of your tools that allows you to discover and place items onto the woth world, and collect gold bricks that help you progress through the main unlocks, like bigger worlds and tools.
Once you've got enough gold bricks to fix your ship, you travel to the planet. Learn how to use the next tool, do quests based around that tool, get gold bricks, discover new content, move on to the next planet. Do this 1 or 2 more times and the game opens up and lets you procedurly generate smaller planets to get gold bricks, new items, weapons, structures, etc.
All the while, you are building up your catalog and unlocking new tools.
The Adventure mode is likely endless. The main difference I've seen from the Adventure Mode and Sandbox mode is that the sandbox mode has everything unlocked, but doesn't have the quests and galaxy traveling like the adventure mode.
All the while, you can spend time building stuff using the lego's you've unlocked.
Tip: Once you have the Copy/Paste tool, copy some cool stuff you find in the worlds you visit.
You can't delete the first three world. I tried.
I'm a couple of says in now and the quests are typically the same on each World, like a take a picture of this, paint that, build this, etc. It's up to you how deep you ant to go. If you are playing this game like a checklist open world game, I'd hate to say it, but you are playing it wrong. While collecting is important, is the discovery and exploration that are the games main goals. Also, I found my first dungeon. Was pretty cool. I'll post a few screen shots later. Full of Fire and spike traps, skeletons, Trolls and lava.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Some more Switch screenshots
First dungeon
Cool rides
Surprisingly good lighting
First dungeon
Cool rides
Surprisingly good lighting
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
I can't seem to put the game down. It's been the only game I have played since I booted it up.
superdeluxe
Member
I think my kid might like this
20 minutes into the Switch version and I seem to have broke the game already. I got the plans for the pirate clock out of the chest, but when I tried to start building it the game crashed with a communication error. After reloading the plans are no longer in the open chest, nor are they in my inventory as that section is blacked out like before I got them the previous time
After spending quite a bit of time with the Switch version, I feel I can give some proper impressions. Firstly, the game itself has improved a lot since it first launched back in March. No longer being forced to play Adventure Mode if I want to just build has made me appreciate Adventure Mode more, in fact, it's actually quite a nice thing to play on the Switch. The game is no Minecraft killer but it's still a fun thing to play in addition.
On the technical side of things, the only negative things I can think of are noticeable pop-in when in docked mode and framerate issues when underwater. Otherwise the game looks and runs great on the Switch which is impressive. I'm not sure if it's native resolution though, as the image quality in undocked mode is a bit soft.
On the technical side of things, the only negative things I can think of are noticeable pop-in when in docked mode and framerate issues when underwater. Otherwise the game looks and runs great on the Switch which is impressive. I'm not sure if it's native resolution though, as the image quality in undocked mode is a bit soft.
Crazyorloco
Member
Last question before purchase...do I need to buy another controller for co-op? Thanks in advance
talkingood
Member
Basically I completely agree with all of this. I will say however that the framerate underwater is absolutely terrible and needs to be addressed. I've definitely seen areas where it's around 10-15 fps, and it's not playable. That whole part of the game is basically non-functional. Hoping for a good patch to address this and the pop in.
Pretty sure you will need a second controller. Wouldn't work with a single joy con unfortunately.
Putosaure
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First video I see with such terrible pop-in... https://youtu.be/HevVF5G6QRo?t=2m54s
Is it really like this all along ?
Is it really like this all along ?
Ouch. That's pretty rough.
That's GTAV on Xbox 360 levels of bad.
Putosaure
Member
Does it ? Physical version is supposed to cost 10*insert your currency here* because it has 2 DLC packs included (Space and Monsters)... which is weird because Space (the only DLC released yet) costs 3.99
As I've got the game now, this pop-in seems related to "random" objects added to the scenery on the fly. Like vehicles.
Game could seriously be improved though, in some envoronments it stays closer to 20 fps than 30. Too bad because it's a very pretty game.
choodi
Banned
A couple of retailers here in Australia have introduced the physical version at a discounted price, so for the moment I can get it for same price as the digital version. (A$50 rather than A$60)
It seems like the kind of game that would be better to have digital rather than physical, but if the DLC is good...
Plus, I have fond memories of building space themed Lego as a child.
Edit: just found eShop cards for 15% off so looks like digital for me.
Putosaure
Member
Report for those on the fence or interested in buying the game.
First of all, I don't like Minecraft (the crafting part annoys me, gathering materials for tools is a hassle for me) BUT I'm kinda hooked at LEGO Worlds. Graphics are really nice and the little missions are repetitive but amusing. I love to explore and find caves and stuff. I'm still not good at building stuff, but when I'll get more parts I might give it a try.
Performance is pretty average, sometimes good and sometimes bad (~15 fps). It's smoother on handheld mode, but far from perfect. Switch is pushing close to 1080p in docked mode, while it's closer to 540p undocked. Draw distance is sometimes really poor, but it has been less annoying to me than framerate to be honest. It can get distracting when you're in a cave or a dungeon and in the distance the shadows and light shading is not fully displayed.
Overall I'm having fun and I hope the developers will focus on performance rather than improving draw distance. They should drop resolution on docked mode.
Can't wait to check the Online thing after the patch !
First of all, I don't like Minecraft (the crafting part annoys me, gathering materials for tools is a hassle for me) BUT I'm kinda hooked at LEGO Worlds. Graphics are really nice and the little missions are repetitive but amusing. I love to explore and find caves and stuff. I'm still not good at building stuff, but when I'll get more parts I might give it a try.
Performance is pretty average, sometimes good and sometimes bad (~15 fps). It's smoother on handheld mode, but far from perfect. Switch is pushing close to 1080p in docked mode, while it's closer to 540p undocked. Draw distance is sometimes really poor, but it has been less annoying to me than framerate to be honest. It can get distracting when you're in a cave or a dungeon and in the distance the shadows and light shading is not fully displayed.
Overall I'm having fun and I hope the developers will focus on performance rather than improving draw distance. They should drop resolution on docked mode.
Can't wait to check the Online thing after the patch !
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
I was going to say it didn't look to pretty, I'm guessing its that Draw Distance.
PS: Is this basically a Lego Minecraft or what? I'm semi confused by it.
PS: Is this basically a Lego Minecraft or what? I'm semi confused by it.
Putosaure
Member
Without the Survival Mode, almost. There is a lot of things already built, it's really like a game of physical Lego bricks.
On the topic of the latest patch, after further tests, the draw distance is now so low that sometimes the scenery just pop or vanish in front of the player. Atrocious. On some maps the framerate is still terrible. Less playable than before.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Sorry I stopped posting in here. I put the game down, as I wanted to wait for a patch for the performance and for the online multiplayer. When I got home from work last night, I saw the game was updated as soon as I got home. The icon has been updated to a much better one, the games performance has drastically improved. Way less hits to the framerate, especially underwater.
And most importantly, online multiplayer was patched in. I tried with my daughter (we both have copies of the game) and it worked great.
I think this is a great port to have on this type of system.
And most importantly, online multiplayer was patched in. I tried with my daughter (we both have copies of the game) and it worked great.
I think this is a great port to have on this type of system.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Its on sale this week for the Xbox one. Is it worth picking up for that platform?
shiftymorgan
Member
What happens when the stuff in download to build after the time out date?
Looking at maybe buying this for the ninjago stuff. But the stuff I have read online says available until 9th November.
Looking at maybe buying this for the ninjago stuff. But the stuff I have read online says available until 9th November.
Going by past downloadable brick builds, they just flat out become unavailable. If you want the Ninjago content, you will need to buy it by the 9th of November.