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Starting with his police uniform, along the way heвЂ™ll be able to turn into a burglar, a miner, even an astronaut. The tried-and-true formula previous games have established remains here, yet LEGO City Undercover adds a few new ideas to the mix to make everything feel fresh again.ДЄs an undercover agent, Chase will have access to several different costumes as he progresses through the game. Combat feels even easier this time around, as most enemies are dumb as bricks and can be taken out with a simple throw-and-handcuff combination, with larger foes requiring a quick button mash before you can toss them. Random LEGO blocks will appear as you destroy the scenery, letting you create different LEGO objects and vehicles, which you can then use to progress through the levels. YouвЂ™ll still go through various levels, breaking apart objects and beating up bad guys in order to find more studs (the gameвЂ™s currency) and bricks (the gameвЂ™s supplies), as well as uncover an entire smorgasbord of secrets and unlockables. To say much more would spoil the moment, but suffice to say, if you have a passing interest in great film, youвЂ™ll likely recognize one of several different parodies throughout, and itвЂ™s all legitimately funny.Дespite the change in setting, gameplay still remains largely unchanged from previous LEGO games.

You are tasked with investigating Rex FuryвЂ™s prison cell, and you meet up with Green (who does his best Morgan Freeman impression). The exact moment I was sold on the entire game was during the third mission, when the game does one of the cheekiest Shawshank Redemption parodies IвЂ™ve ever seen. Yes, youвЂ™ll groan at the terrible wordplay and cheesy jokes, but itвЂ™s so confident about it that you canвЂ™t help but do so with a smile. The entire thing feels like the home movies of a ten-year-old kid, who, after sneaking through his dadвЂ™s film collection, decided to make his own LEGO versions with a video camera. YouвЂ™ll get constantly barraged with bad puns and gangster film and crime show references the entire time youвЂ™re playing вЂ“ a Dirty Harry sound-alike wonders if he had six shots in his coffee or five, and a POV shot similar to a scene in Goodfellas introduces several important members of the Pappalardo family. In doing so, heвЂ™ll have to go undercover, infiltrating the various illicit organizations, all while uncovering a plot bigger than he could have imagined.

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The trademark wit and charm is in full effect here, as Chase McCain (doing his best Zapp Brannigan impression) is tasked with taking down recently escaped convict, Rex Fury.

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By focusing solely on original LEGO sets and characters, TT Fusion is given the entirety of pop culture to riff on, rather than being pigeonholed into the universe of whatever film series theyвЂ™re borrowing.

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TT Fusion, the studio responsible for handheld ports of the major LEGO franchise titles, has created not only their first unlicensed LEGO title (that is, one that doesnвЂ™t have a major Hollywood franchise or comic book license attached to it) but also one of the few original LEGO titles in the entire franchise.

Even better, we finally have an open-world, Grand Theft Auto-type game that players of all ages can enjoy. So it comes with a huge sigh of relief that LEGO City Undercover more than steps up to the task, finally giving gamers one of the first real reasons to pick up a Wii U. Four months is a long time to go without any new games вЂ“ especially within a new consoleвЂ™s launch window вЂ“ and ever since Ubisoft decided to delay releasing Rayman Legends, all eyes have been on NintendoвЂ™s first Wii U game since launch. Other than the odd eShop game or random port here or there, NintendoвЂ™s newest console hasnвЂ™t seen a worthy title since the day it released back in November. LEGO City Undercover carries the weight of the Wii U on its shoulders.

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