LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
© 2005 Eidos Inc.
Star Wars: The Video Game is designed especially for two players, featuring a unique interaction style called “drop in, drop out cooperative mode.” Together with a friend or a parent, you battle your way through Star Wars scenes. This exploration adventure features LEGO Star Wars characters, including content from the third movie: the Revenge of the Sith. Unlike most games where players compete, this game goes out of the way to create a cooperative problem solving setting. Because each player has different abilities, working together is mandatory to getting through the game to unlock all 48 characters. It’s like you and a friend exploring a dark cave, but your friend has the only flashlight. Discussion is mandatory. So what if your friend has to go? The computer’s AI sniffs that nothing is happening with the other controller, and takes over in autopilot mode, so it is possible to continue play by yourself. At any time, a new player can pick up the controller, and join the game. This game was developed by Giant Software/Traveller’s Tales (both of the UK), and is distributed in the US by Eidos. See also the review of the GBA version. See also LEGO Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy.
$4030, Win XP, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Teaches: cooperative play
CTR Rating: 94%