The Star Wars saga is perhaps the finest example of the best and worst in terms of licensing adapted to video games. We keep repeating it, but transferring a film into a video game – and vice versa – is never easy for developers. We can reach heights (Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic), or on the contrary fall very low with (Star Wars: Masters of Steel Hand). Of course, Star Wars does not know which foot to dance on even if, let's face it, in recent years, LucasArts Entertainment has struggled like crazy to lay us completely honest titles on consoles and PC. And among the latter, we find the surprising LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, the first title of the license to be born on High Definition console. Given the success of the software, LucasArts Entertainment did not think a hundred and seven years to make its fans wait until the arrival of the very promising Star Wars: The Power of the Force, by releasing a compilation of this cross-over, which therefore means redesigning the first installment of the series to adapt it graphically to the PS3 and Xbox 360, or at least the graphics engine of the Original Trilogy, and tweaking some unpleasant aspects of its gameplay.
Double Strength
And it's done! The developers of Traveller's Tales have indeed understood that their LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game lacked a certain dynamism, a title based on episodes I, II and III of the series. Thus, "The Phantom Menace", "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith" offer much faster game phases, which will suit everyone and especially all those who have fallen under the spell from LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy last year. The trilogy of the 1970s, for its part, has not evolved a penny. As always, we find A New Hope, the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi divided into six chapters, oscillating between phases of pure platforms, frenetic fights with lightsabers or blaster pistols, X-Wing piloting, Landspeeder or Millennium Falcon. Conversely, these game sequences, fewer in the first three episodes (chronologically speaking), have also been improved. It's hard not to think of the pod-racer races of young Anakin Skywalker who had enough to annoy many in 2005. Racing against the clock is now a thing of the past. To date, it will simply be necessary to rub shoulders with the formidable Sebulba while recovering parts, mini-kits and red bricks for those who want to complete the game at 100%. And it's no small feat to turn LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga down to the smallest pixel. As before, the level of difficulty is rather feeble and we chain the episodes without any problem. But the whole point of the title of Traveller's Tales consists in revisiting the levels with new characters to discover new passages, get your hands on rare items and above all gargle gold coins to spend everything in the game shop. Even here, you will not be at the end of your surprises with nearly 128 characters to unlock, as the story progresses and by buying some of them, a dozen vehicles, cheat codes and videos galore . And for those who want more, it is also possible to unlock new levels depending on your progress. And to increase the fun, the developers have integrated a two-player cooperative mode as for LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game and LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. But know that this time, it will finally be possible to go on honeymoon on Tatooine, Dagobah or Kashyyyk online. Despite a few small lag issues, this option is welcome and gives renewed interest to certain recurring game automation.
