mattsgonnamine

Ah lego city undercover, whether you played the original on wii u or the remasters you cannot deny that that games was a masterpiece. The charm that that game exuded was immeasurable and they used the console to it's fullest. On the 3ds though, it barely works. I played through the game and found myself unable to fo back for months all because of long loading times, that on the original 3ds, are over a minute long and there are major pop in, slowdown and fog effects that greatly affect immersion. Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins is an open world game (I know, on the 3ds, impressive) where you take on the role of rookie police officer Chase McCain where you detain all the trouble making crooks terrorizing Lego City including the big boss Rex Fury, all the while figuring out how to best get Natalia Kowalski, Chase's love interest. However the most egregious thing that the chase begins doesn't do well is the traditional lego charm, there are less than 10 fully voice-acted cutscenes and and that takes away from the jokes that aren't voice acted, along with no new major reoccurring characters leads to a recipe for a worse game than the original. I've ripped on this game long enough, time to sing it's praises, the graphics in this game can be INCREDIBLE at times, specifically the building scenes, those look almost HD. The 3d effect is used pretty well in most cases (apart from when you have something too close to the foreground) and the animated cutscenes are no joke either. I mentioned the long loading times earlier but the main story is structured in a way that they never get in the way during story missions. Each area has its own criminal gang wreaking havoc on an area of lego city and its up to you to stop them. The game also does a great job at sprucing up the side missions. You know those binoculars you would drive into or smash in the home console version, that's now a mission to take a postcard. While I miss the car chase quests the loading times would make me hate them. Some streets and iconic buildings have more to them now like the car garage and the red brick road from the console one, those now have missions and cars driving through them. The worst problem is the fact that once you beat the game, there is no way to replay levels, you have to restart the game which is just kinda bad design. Also there are builds that don't give you anything other than a completion percentage that doesn't give you anything at 100% either. This game is an odd one with the freedom it gives you along with the restraints, the costume ones and the car graphics are understandable but the absurd loading times and fog really throw me off. Couple that with a lackluster final boss that feels like all the others and an ending that i did not feel like was over until the credits rolled and all you have me with is disappointed. All in all it is an interesting and impressive for the system. If you love Lego games than you should definitely give it a try, if not than stay FAR AWAY.