Lego Dimensions Retrospective - Scott The Woz Segment
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Lego Dimensions was awesome in that it introduced themes, minifigs, and mini Lego games that wouldn't have existed otherwise.
Such a fun game, it built my childhood (pun)
I absolutely loved it as a kid and I still say it's a great game. The campaign's really fun and as a massive Doctor Who and Portal fan it's so incredible to see these franchises get genuine love. Seeing Glados talk to Hal-9000 is something that can't be replicated and to hear Peter Capaldis 12th Doctor interact with Troy Bakers batman is so insane to me.
The problem was too many sets and themes that no one asked for in the second year. What kid was going to say "mommy mommy can I get the Knight Rider set?? Or the A-Team pack?? I really really wanna explore the gremlins world!!" There were too many sets in general with uninteresting worlds. What's cool about exploring the world from ateam? Or mission impossible? Or gremlins? There were characters that only did one or two things, like Bad Cop from the Lego movie or Bane from batman or Bart Simpson. Also, not every character needed a vehicle. If they just sold minifigures by themselves without the vehicles it could've been a lot cheaper. When the game comes with the batmobile there's no point using any other car, unless you really really wanna dive around in Homers car.
@@William_64What a good game the nostalgia is real ! 🥲
I think i have lost more money there than in FOOD.
@@WaitWhatWhoI'm gonna be honest, I wanted all the packs from the 80s as a kid. I grew up with the A Team, ET, Gremlins, and Knight Rider.
Seriously this should have a port to modern consoles as a regular Lego game
Licensing that, especially if they sell a complete game at a standard retail game price, would be an absolute nightmare. But it would be cool if it happened
Right?! Like my problem with this game is the sheer price of the figures when all I’d want ti do is play the game
Would it be like a “ultimate edition” or “legendary edition” with all of the characters, levels, and vehicles/gadgets available from the get go?
@@themariobroschannel8763don’t most Lego games require you to unlock characters or like buy them using in-game currency or something? Because I think a system like that could work.
But if everything is unlocked for free right from the start, then the parts that require an ability that only certain characters have could all be beaten immediately. I think there would have to be some type of system where you unlock and/or buy all the different characters, vehicles, gadgets, and story pack levels.
@MiloMurphysLaw Easily solution. Make only the 3 characters in the starter pack available from the start. Then make you go in to each world and then you can unlock the characters.
As a former LEGO collector, I thoroughly enjoyed playing LEGO Dimensions at my neighbors house solely for the building aspect alone.
And I found it insane how they managed to design minuscule versions of sets they’ve already made, i.e. the Ninjago vehicles (imma huge Ninjago fan)
Don’t care if Lego Dimensions was overpriced, still one of my favorite games I’ve played
It’s definitely one of the most underrated games of all time.
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I'm glad they brought back chell's original voice actor
Wouldn't be the same character without them
Real
There's only one voice actress
@@bolicob um chell doesn't have any voice actress silly
The Portal franchise in Lego Dimensions actually had all the original voice actors return with new lines.
Ellen McLain as GLaDOS, Stephen Merchant as Wheatley, J. K. Simmons as Cave Johnson, Nolan North as the personality cores. And of course, Chris Pratt as Chell.
@@sally_altfangirl Here's you wise guy trophy🏆 you wise guy
I feel like Lego Dimensions didn't need to be solely a Toys To Life game, and instead they could have just made normal Lego sets that were based around the game and accompanied it, but also had the option to interact with the game if you wanted it to.
Yeah, it could’ve been like Amiibo. It would’ve been so cool if it was a normal Lego game, where all (or at least most) of the characters can be unlocked with in-game currency. So, you can play the whole game without needing to buy any physical Lego sets. But if you do buy the sets and place them on the game pad, then it allows you to unlock stuff or whatever, like Amiibo.
No it had to cause the licence were expensive and the only way to make up the money was through that.
Kinda wish Scott enjoyed this game more cuz I really loved seeing the crossover potential, but yeah it definitely has some design flaws with the Portal system
Personally, I never really had much of a problem with the portal thing. But I do think that the game would’ve been better if it wasn’t a toys-to-life game.
It's because he played on the Wii U version of Lego Dimensions which was absolutely notorious for never working. Dimensions did have a lot more issues with crashing later in the lifespan when it was still receiving patches and packs to buy but nothing compared to the near unplayable state that was the Wii U version. I owned it on Xbox 360 and later PS4. I did not experience any issues with the toy pad on either console and the game ran fine with the occasional crash in some levels.
lego dimensions is really funny in that they got a bunch of celebrities and voice actors to reprise their proper roles while every character for Ninjago and Chima (fully lego original properties with their own shows) uses soundalikes. we get the voice of sonic, roger craig smith voicing jay walker, the blue lightning ninja, as a result.
Actually roger voiced cole, the black earth ninja
I know that in the German version, they got the real voice actors.
Bro I was obsessed with this game when it first game out. I asked my granddad I wanted a new Wii U game and a Lego Set for Christmas. So he said, “Fuck it!” and got me Lego Dimensions. Well played, Grandad. Kill two birds with one disappointment.
Edit: and by “obsessed” I mean drop it in two months because I was 11 and had the attention span of a pool noodls
How was it a disappointment, if you don't mind me asking?
@@creativecutieprincessd I should’ve been more specific and told him what games and LEGO sets to get. I later bought myself Mario Maker and Splatoon though with all the Christmas money so hey, patience is key.
@@josiahtheawkward6008 Well, can never go wrong with Splatoon. Never really got into toys to life either had Disney infinity but could never really get into it. I preferred Little Big Planet which is somewhat similar where users create there own games within the game but without the toys to life gimmick and it was a 2d side scroller. It's been one of my favorite games for since I was 9 or 10
@@creativecutieprincessd too bad the online died a year back D:
@@tooprood I know, at least lbp3 still works on ps4 and also the fan privite servers
Hearing Scott mention adventure time feels surreal
It’s like avgn mentioning Ben ten
Its also insane hearing him mention sonic! /j
Doctor Who
Tbh this was my favourite toys to life game just amount of themes was astonishing and still it was solid lego game
It’s weird how it was the best toys to life game, but at the same time I don’t think it should’ve been a toys to life game and it would’ve been better if it wasn’t.
Skylanders is my favorite but h thy is us a close second
Ah yes, LEGO Dimensions, one of the greatest crossover games of all time. I’ll take what I said to my grave, since I, like many others, think that this was one of the best toys to life games, along with Skylanders, to ever enter mainstream gaming.
It truly was the best game! And all things considered some reasonably cheap lego sets.
It would be neat if they can release this someday as a complete full dlc game with none of the lego minifigs required.
Highly unlikely but it would still be nice. As a huge Doctor Who fan its a bit sad that by default Lego Dimensions is the best Doctor Who game period.
Same I would love if they released it on steam with the disney infinity treatment. All of the things unlocked automatically without having to purchase stuff online or in stores
@@gameral4235skylanders is better than lego dimensions cause lego dimensions is expensive and buggy
I'm sad that Scott didn't like Dimensions too much.
I love it, and despite all his points (especially the money) that detract from it, I feel it doesnt overcome how much love went into the story and characters. Just the fact that these figures can interact with each other and, to me, feel like they are being transported by the portals, makes this game never die in my heart.
I liked the fact that the game required so much use of the portal, made it feel more like a necessity to have the figures vs just being a $20 software unlock like amiibo or sky lander.
Exactly! If it wasn't made interactive you might as well have just paid for digital character packs. Taking away the whole point of the game.
And considering it's by Lego, an interactive toy company it makes sense they'd have you actually play with the toys along with the game. Instead of just boring glorified decorations.
Im pretty sure that you’re not supposed to have 7 characters on board when you are doing those puzzles
Yeah those puzzles are much better to accomplish when having 3 characters on the board. But he is also playing the WiiU version of the game, so his thing was also most likely glitched out.
How is one supposed to know that
I think one of LEGO Dimensions’ biggest problems comes from the fact that it’s toys to life. Because they can only ever count on you having Batman, Gandalf, and Wildstyle, those are the only characters that you really get to see doing weird crossover stuff. I think it would be way cooler if it was almost like Subspace Emissary, where there were multiple different “teams” that you got to follow.
That was my main issue, even back when it was a thing. At least they still has interaction dialogues ingame. Those are easily the best part, and was really missing in Disney Infinity
I really do hope they do some kind of sequel that isn’t toys to life stuff so they can actually take the crossover aspect to more of its potential.
0:49 - Gollum looks better as a Lego figure than he does in a practically-AAA budget 2023 game
Not gonna lie this shit looks kinda fun. I grew up on legos but this came out while I was in high school… maybe one day I’ll give it a try
Yeah this looks like one of those games that's best experienced as an "all cutscenes" video on TH-cam rather than an actual game
Frankly, I loved LEGO Dimensions. Before it released, I visited the WB Games booth at PAX West, and it was one of the games they were demoing. I'm a big Whovian, so I asked if I could try the Doctor Who level. It sold me right then and there.
This game was the sole reason I upgraded from my family's WII to the WII U. I loved playing Skylanders(swap force) and I loved Lego so it was a no-brainer (Luckily, my parents thought so too)
Without this game, I don’t think we would get Lego Tom Cruise.
when does scott make a video on lego games
I wanna see his take on the LEGO Island series and Racers
i have never experienced more joy than my favorite youtuber acknowledging doctor who
I never played the game, i just love that i was able to buy a Lego Portal 2 Chell Lego figure. Now the only thing i need is a Lego Gordon Freeman but i guess thats asking too much.
I remember enjoying Lego Dimensions and investing hundreds of dollars into the packs. I should find an Xbox 360 copy of the game itself and revisit it.
I also remember accidentally deleting my brother's Nintendo Land save file to make room for the game because it took up a lot of storage.
"Crossovers you'd never expect in a million years to see-" "BATMAN" *Batman has literally been a LEGO theme since the first LEGO Batman game came out in 2008* 😂
Last year, I actually 100%’d the game on my Xbox One…
As in, the game itself, and EVERY pack. Yeah, I bought every pack years after it ended when most were super expensive.
Glad I got Sonic and Portal during their initial release, they were probably the most expensive nowadays
I was able to get the Portal level pack for a decent price, but I'm still holding out on Sonic because of how expensive it is!
@@trf386 Good luck. Hopefully the price will drop some amount once the nearly-identical (and superior) Sonic figures from the upcoming theme release August 1st
I _never_ saw the lego dimensions packs priced at $30. Maybe $15 maximum, at one point I literally saw them at dollar tree lol
I saw one for 99 cents during it's peak
I could never find one for under like £30. Even on the used market like ebay
THEY HAD THEM AT DOLLAR TREE ARE YOU KIDDING??
@@webbedshadow2601 no no no I found said pack at Walmart
@@JohantheFunnyguy😳😮😲
I'm gonna guess we're gonna get Skylanders Retrospective next week?
Skylanders was like most of the video and it’s segments were interrupted by the Disney Infinity and Lego Dimensions segments. I doubt it but I wouldn’t be surprised if it did get it’s own video.
@@fanboy3463I bet it probably will get its own video. I think pretty much everything from any of Scott’s previous videos that can possibly be turned into a clip, a segment, or a compilation will all be released on this channel at some point.
Honestly the only problem with the game was that the toys to life aspect made it very expensive to truly complete.
I legit have a whole collection of Lego Dimensions sets in my Attic. I spent at least 500$ on it. I regret every decision that lead up to that.
I was so broke when I was little just buying Lego Dimensions was out of the question let alone the dozens of minifig/vehicle/level packs I couldnt afford either basically if it was more than $20 then nope 😢 now I'm older and have money but getting any of them at msrp is probably impossible haha emulator it is then. That's awesome though, nice collection, should take some pics and post it online I'd definitely like to see it.
@@webbedshadow2601 DON’T BUY THE LEGO SETS. Then it was overpriced, Now it IS OVERPRICED. Also, Don’t emulate the PS3, Xbox, or Wii U Versions. The PS4 and Xbox one have some overall improvements to the game.
The sonic map was literally peak Lego
If only we could harness whinging as a clean power source, this video alone could light up all of Manhattan.
This is the most whiney exaggerated video I think I've ever seen. Feels like he's being overly harsh on Dimensions when almost every 'problem' exists in the other games or is a simple result of the toys to life format.
I don't care what anyone says, Lego Dimensions was awesome. The Sonic pack was my absolute favourite.
I want a sequel
Same
ive literally never heard anyone talk about lego dimensions before the Sonic dlc
or after
It's pretty sad the only LEGO game to have so many different franchises in the same game and interacting with each other is locked behind an extremely expensive paywall.
As a lego dimensions fan, i can totally agree
Nice to see scott talking about my first videogame
flying around lego springfield with iron man was a gem
Marvel is not part of the game (but there is a Iron-Man mod though).
My only real disappointment with this game is if they had gotten their third year it was confirmed they’d return to old properties and make Missy from Doctor Who playable
Personally, I think Lego Dimensions was one of the best lego games as making your own team to go through the main story was awesome, however when i got interested in the game when Sonic was announced, thats when I decide yep, I want this.
So from memory, my team was Sonic as the leader, Finn the Human, Harry Potter, Super-Girl Excalibur Batman, Ethen Hunt and I had the Tornado and Sonic's car as the vehicles. The game is based on imagination, thats where the fun is.
There was gonna be a Year 3 of content planned, the franchises considered were…
- Angry Birds
- Avatar (James Cameron movie)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Captain Underpants
- CW Arrowverse
- Despicable Me
- Godzilla
- How To Train Your Dragon
- King Kong
- Looney Tunes
- Mega Man
- Minecraft
- Pirates of The Caribbean
- Shrek
- Steven Universe
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- The Croods
- The DC Extended Universe (specifically Wonder Woman and Justice League)
- The Lego Ninjago Movie
- The Smurfs
- Thunderbirds
- Tintin
- Tom & Jerry
- Universal Classic Monsters
LEGO Dimensions is one of the few toys to life games where the toys that coincide with the game are just made to be regular toys. Even if you didn't have any interest in the game there's still interest in the exclusive characters that can't be found anywhere else in LEGO's catalog.
Lego dimensions literally had the PERFECT blueprint; multiple IPs to use and they’re already an iconic toy brand. But they fumbled with the actual game
I really really love Lego Dimensions simply for how detailed the worlds are and how much they try to make it feel like the source material. I hope one day people can appreciate it for that, and I'd love to see a bunch more playthroughs on it.
I know this would be impossible, but a lego game where you can scan in any lego piece ever made and have your own creations appear in-game to perform certain actions.
My favorite thing in this game is the fact that the ending credits song is a Portal song in a similar style to Still Alive and Want You Gone. You Wouldn't Know is just as good, and it's too bad a lot of people haven't heard it because it was attached to a toys to life game.
portal 2 and sonic were fucking crazy tho NOBODY expected those
I still dont understand why some of these snippets aren't uploaded as shorts. Literally free money for scott
Lego Dimensions was a masterpiece
I remember playing it on the WIIU when it came out, and I loved it. 😍
storing lego dimensions was such a hassle and made everyone know it was just a "watch us do it"
If Lego dimensions came out a few years sooner I would have loved it. Instead I was an angsty teen who was too old for Legos and kids videogames
It may have not been worth it back then but boy it is worth it now especially if you just get the toy tags without the characters
I remember that when it was released and I bought it as an around 7 year old, it said in one of the ads that you could bring your minifigure to life. I thought that actually meant my figures, so when it came, me and my brother got together our lego and chose a fig. We replaced it with Gandalf's thingy and started the game. You guessed it... Gandalf. OtOtherhan that I loved it. Only got stuck in one level, to stop and buy it for the ps4 years later. Now it's together with lego marvel actually my favorite lego game (haven't completed lego marvel 2 yet)!
(Sorry for the bad english btw)
These things disappeared rather quickly from store shelves
#Skylanders Came 1st &
#DisneyInfinity KO'ed
Dimensions Before It
Had A Chance To Grow!
But ALSO, #SuperChargers
Introducing Various Vehicles
Didn't Help The Competition!
If you consider what is coming in each pack, and the price of just a Minifig packet, or the Mario character packs you can buy, the Dimensions pricing actually matches up pretty well considering you're also getting in-game content.
Yes $15 or $30 was a lot just for an in-game character. But you were getting more than that. Say one minifig, one vehicle and the electronic part as well as licensing fees. The prices were quite good.
Only actual expensive part was if you wanted to buy all of them
Honestly with toys to life being dead at this point I see no reason why Lego shouldn't put this on newer consoles and fix all of the problems. It would fit for Lego fans and for people who want nonstalgia.
and here I am, owning the entire collection
How much did it cost?
@@s.a0411 EVERYTHING
4:39 "Honey, I just don't think I like this game!"
I still can’t believe they did mission impossible with a minifigure lmao.
My soul died a little when I saw you stomping on the portal... 😰
I always wanted Lego Dimensions, almost 10 year later I still never got Lego Dimensions :(
3:05 I remember finding a glitch where when you had to move the figures onto a certain spot to change the size in certain locations. Like in the Portal world, you could make your characters way smaller than they were meant to be. So small that they were only a few pixels on the screen and you could barely see them. They could fall through the holes in the metal stairs. I think there was also a way to clip through the floor in certain areas as well using this method, and I found grass out of bounds under the map too.
I truly hope this game gets revised. No toy gimmick. Just game and play.
Not to say this was a bad idea. Just an expensive hobby and mission.
Honestly, they should've integrated it into a more proper line of sets rather than just selling them nearly identically the other toys to life lines
It been a ehile bit i remember enjoying this game a good bit.
I played Adventure Time, Portal, Ghostbusters busters, and Sonic and i remember them all having unique level designs.
The Lego builder app actually has all the Lego dimensions fun packs,level packs,story packs manuals
It does?? That's awesome!! definitely would be a way for me to experience Lego Dimensions and all the packs that came out even if its just the instruction manuals and not actually playing the game
This game is severely underrated.
Yeah it was overpriced, and the toys to life concept in general is problematic, but the fact they managed to combine all these different franchises into 1 single game, including some of the actors reprising their roles, is insane.
3:40: As I understand it, Scott, the game was for ages 7-14. I know gamers tend to take things that are not that important way too seriously, but saying that you found a part of the game that would fascinate a 7 year old "tedious" when the game is designed for them and not you is immature even by gamerboy standards.
I mean I think even a kid could find it tiring after the 173th time, the problem is not the puzzles themselves, but how many there are
"That's a suggestion. They had to put that on there"
~Will Ferrell, 2014
Lego dimensions is easily one of my favourite games of all time,I still play it today and I'm trying to get all the Lego packs
Same here! My lastest one was Homer Simpson
@@lexramstudios1386 my latest one is Harry and Voldemort
@@Edscratch23469 now my newest latest one is The Lego Batman Movie Story Pack
i remember this was like my favorite game of all time and i lost the batman minifigure. losing any of the three main characters makes it so you can't start a new game anymore and straight up makes it unplayable. devastated
Lego: Have you been traumatised before?
Child me: No.
Lego: Would you like to?
I feel sorry for people suffering through pain from Scott saying "LEGOS"
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@@hippo_o_matic7985 LEGO doesn't have a plural, its an adjective, like "LEGO Park" "LEGO Set" "LEGO Pieces"
I still consider this game to be the best Lego game ever because it uses actual legos
After I got the starter pack in 2016 I couldn't start the story mode did you need the other Packs to do the Main Story?
While I remember back at launch that many WiiU owners had issues with the game bugs, I played on the Xbox 360 version to not much better results. Within a month of owning the game, I went back to my GameStop and was able to trade the CD out for a new one, since patch updates weren't available yet.
Lego dimensions was just a few years too early
If it came out now, with mini figure packs that you can get a code that add mini figures to Lego dimensions would’ve been really cool idea
I appreciate that Scott brought up not having paper instructions... As a huge Back To The Future fan, I was so excited when I got a set, but I think those random bricks are scattered everywhere, never to be put together...
I loved everything you complained about.
I never played the game. I only bought these products for the minifigures. I couldn't say no to the awesome licenses they had.
Took one look at this game and its concept and said "Nope. No way in hell am I writing a GameFAQs guide for this."
I have this game, but for some reason I never played it yet. (The reason I even have it is because it came with my friend’s Wii U when he gave it to me)
I loved it and i wish the 3rd yr released
I really enjoyed this game. And since the minifigs are hard to come by, they're worth a pretty penny now which is a bonus.
I recently picked up a used copy of this game for the PS4 and have been playing through it with my kids (they LOVE it).
I agree with most of the criticisms mentioned here--moving the figures around the portal to progress through a level is tedious, and the gameplay is much too dependent on this mechanic.
But one of the coolest parts that you didn't mention is the "adventure worlds" unique to each franchise. They're not levels per se, but more like a bunch of little puzzles and side quests scattered around a location from each franchise. The amount of detail put into some of them is impressive--they're a lot of fun to explore!
If you had a disposable income, this has my money for being the best toys to life game. Takes full advantage of the medium: the wacky crossovers, actually being desirable toys, interaction from the physical world to the gaming world, motherfucking Lego Sonic
LEGO Dimensions is the best game.
Not just Toys To Life. Just Game.
My kids and I really enjoyed this game and the loved building with Lego so over the life of the game I did buy the entire series of add-ons.
I was up till 3 last night watching the original video, only to find this this morning. 😮💨, time for round two
I want to see a Scott the woz video of him talking about lego games
I love Lego dimensions I have every figure from it
I wasted like 300$ on this game
can't wait for that return on investment
It's weird to have a mini Scott The Woz video withoit the "Hey all, Scott here" opening
You have a bunch of valid Criticisms. I’m not gonna try to argue against them. But I will point out that a lot of care and attention to detail went into the various IP’s that they used for the game.
For instance the Doctor Who mini-figure regenerates into their previous incarnations whenever they die in a level. And each incarnation has different idle animations and walking animations based on the Doctor. That’s insane!
The full story mode has an end credits scene sung by GLaDOS, which is an obvious nod to the portal games, but they take it another step further by bringing back Jonathan Colton (the musician behind “Still Alive” and “Want You Gone” to write the end credits song. While the mechanics and gameplay are clunky, you can still tell a lot of care went into the design, and narrative.
My favorite Toys to Life, I still have my figures
the simpsons world was sick, the amusement park was 👌👌👌