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Lucas Arts and Traveller's Tales created the perfect combination of nostalgia and geekery with the 2005 release of Lego Star Wars. This innovative, cartoony, action adventure game that took advantage of a multi-generational love for both the Star Wars film franchise and every kid's favourite toy, Lego bricks. In 2006 the game's sequel was more refined, largely because it was based on the much loved original trilogy rather than the prequels which some what disappointed the Star Wars fan base. Now developer Traveller's Tales has rolled both games into a single package and released it as Lego Star Wars: The complete Saga. At 2 games for the price of one, especially with improved visuals, this is an excellent release. Both games have been very successful and critically well received and having both in a single package is a great deal... unless you have played both games through to completion.

The basic appeal of the Lego Star Wars video games series is that it lets you the player and fan, act out some of the most memorable scenes from the Star Wars movies with cute little Lego people, symbolised the world across as a source of joy. This concept hits so many different nostalgic memories, with such ruthless precision that it almost seems sinister. The game play itself is a blend of action platforming, puzzle solving and co-op play, having to switch between 2 or more controllable characters to get around an obstacle. You'll make your way through various backdrops of the Star Wars movies, such as Naboo palace, the cloning facility on Kamino, the streets of Mos Eisley, even the corridors of the Death Star. There are many characters to be unlocked both during play and for collecting in game items and exchanging them like a currency for characters, outfits etc. The characters themselves are all neatly sectioned off into appropriate classes for play, all with unique abilities to help you pass various obstacles. You can control only one character at a time but you can switch between a party of many trailing characters in order to advance beyond the problems you are presented with. They all have unique abilities to allow you to navigate past big ledges, vents and even using the force to create Lego objects to pass laser fences. Of course, all the in game items, characters, vehicles, and even environments and designed in the 3d software from Lego bricks and appear in the style physical models in the game creating a surreal, fun and overall unique look to the Lego games. The game breaks away from the action platformer genre occasionally for a vehicle themed level. These are less puzzle based and more about just plain old having fun, collecting shiny things and in the case of a pod race, getting the best time. They're rarely as polished or intuitive as the action when you're on foot, but they do a good job punctuating the normal flow of action of the game. The group-based game play has made Lego Star Wars ideal for playing with a friend. In The Complete Saga for the PS3 and Xbox 360, you can now play the game cooperatively over the Internet. This is by far the best addition to this package, and it has been integrated fluidly, making it child's play for another player to jump into your game at any point. The Complete Saga does offer a few more, less significant changes and upgrades. A few new levels have been added, whilst others have been changed. Overall however, the games play pretty similar to the original released versions.

Since this is the first time the content from the original Lego Star Wars games have been ported to the new generation of consoles, all of the visuals have been enhanced for the Xbox 360 and PS3. It allows the entire game look as polished as Lego Star Wars II was on the 360 last year, with sharper, bigger textures, a well implemented plastic shine on the characters and objects, and tons of focus effects. Apart for widescreen support, the Wii version's visuals are far too similar to the original PS2 graphics and it makes very little use of the Wii's motion capture capabilities. Without the greatly improved visuals, or indeed the online play in the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, The Complete Saga on the Wii feels a little less complete and less easy to recommend. The game will no doubt do well, as it has a full back catalogue of fans who pine for Lego Star Wars Mini Figures in any shape or form. Overall, a good package for people new to the series, but perhaps not quite as attractive to veterans of the series.

7/10.

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