★★★★★ SHOULD be 5 stars, BUT...
Fri Jan 31 2020 Terrible_NewsI love Apple Arcade. It’s got something for everyone and it’s really inexpensive.
This game is *beautiful* and smart and fun but also kind of meditative while not being annoyingly easy OR too hard to be fun.
It’s really really great. BUT it has one fatal flaw.
Now, I see people complaining about the controls — I agree they could be a little better but it’s in no way something that I would take off points for. They’re not ~perfect~ but they’re certainly not an actual issue.
I also see some people complaining about some of the puzzles/levels being too hard. That’s crazy. UNLESS you like your puzzle games to be entirely unchallenging so you can just go through the motions of doing the puzzles without really thinking. This is totally not a ~hard~ game. You just have to actually think for a minute and use some trial and error sometimes.
THE PROBLEM IS:
This game. Is SO SO SHORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It almost feels likeeee a super-deluxe version of a demo or something.
I’ve been finding it harder and harder to stumble upon Apple Arcade games that I haven’t played yet but really like, so this morning I was so stoked when I started playing this.
I just checked my usage to make sure, I’m not exaggerating whatsoever. Honestly this is probably conservative because I know there were at least a couple of times that I got busy and set it down for a few minutes without closing it or shutting my phone off.
LESS THAN 2 HOURS !
L E G O !
A P P L E !
Honestly kinda shocked they didn’t make a longer game than this.
But!!
It’s still worth playing — it really is great.
Just don’t start getting all cozy with it like you’re gonna be playing this thing for weeks or anything like that.
★★★★★ Lego for Grownups
Fri Jan 17 2020 howDTA few years ago I got a good deal on a large Wall-E Lego set and it transported me right back to my younger years. It was fun and challenging to put together, and the whole experience awoke the inner child in me. Seeing the finished product was so satisfying. In fact he’s still on my bookshelf on constant lookout to make sure my inner child doesn’t go back to sleep.
Then in walks this new game to the Apple Arcade. It’s a stunning, much more mature and refined reinvention of the Lego game franchise and it’s breathtaking. No hokey Marvel tie-ins, no goofy characters. Think Monument Valley with 3D graphics and dynamic lighting that is so beautiful you’ll stop playing just to take it all in (fun tip: splash the “water” around for a surreal experience). It had the same effect my Wall-E Lego had on me, capturing my attention in a way very few things can manage.
It’s a frustratingly short experience, but absolutely worth your while. I hope Lego realizes the potential here and expands this into a new franchise. Even the short playthrough was captivating and moving enough to melt me; I uttered an audible warm-hearted squeal when the little guy found his hat again. Please Lego, for the love of all things holy, expand this into a full length game.
★★★★★ better than I could have ever imagined
Mon Jan 17 2022 Lego funI wasn’t seeming a lot of talk about this game, so I wasn’t sure what to expect when I opened it. and I’ve only been playing a few minutes so far but it’s so good I had to stop for a second to write this review.
The lighting and graphics are really satisfying, as a lego collector, the builds and building techniques are really unique and the animations are awesome. the animations are made up of different bricks that change really fast, there was some mud bubbles coming up in one of the levels, and I could see a 1x1 round stud, followed by a mini figure head, and technic ball, some different types of flowers, a bandana, and then a darth maul hair piece. each one lasted about a frame and they were all in the same brown color. It was like watching a really creative stop motion.
also the haptic feedback is really well integrated and makes it feel like i’m actually building legos when I place bricks down and pick them up. And the gyroscope usage hasn’t gone unnoticed either, when I tilt my phone the camera follows. it’s all just really satisfying and just well built.
★★★★★ Good puzzle
Tue Oct 06 2020 cheezzzzeeIt’s a good game for people who like to figure things out. There aren’t many instructions, but I kinda enjoyed just experimenting and figuring it out. I understand what they were going for in this game, that everything is a puzzle and you just have to find what works best for you.
Some of the levels are a little tricky, but all easily solvable with experimentation (clicking random blocks and putting them in different places lol). I really enjoyed finding all the different aspects of the game.
People who like games with one solution may not enjoy it, several of the levels can be completed many ways.
I found the controls odd at first, but they’re really easy to use once you get the hang of it, especially after I realized I can hold and item in the air if I just don’t hold down on it.
I would love more levels, but I don’t know if that’s gonna happen. If it does, the only thing I would recommend is making the menu and the restart button easier to find. Right now you tap in the top right corner area to bring it up, but I only figured that out when I was changing my brightness.
★★★★★ I think I cried…
Sun Jun 13 2021 LilBiltiFirst off I’ll do the critiques first.
1. Too short. If this game had chapters or something that would be amazing. I’ve seen news that the game will release on switch and pc so maybe future content updates?
2. Dropping a lego. It’s easy on the Mac, but on the iPhone it’s very wonky when letting go for a Lego. Maybe double tapping or adding a haptic feedback to show that you dropped it. The animation for dropping is the only good indicator that it has dropped.
3. The dogs story needs to be extended. I feel like we need some more lore with the dog because he had a pretty decent role in these episodes.
Now to the amazing stuff
1. The soundtrack. It’s very immersive and uses a somewhat lofi upright piano which immerses the player. Also very nice and emotional chord progressions, as an art student I wish I would do stuff like this for indie games or something.
2. The plot. I almost cried by the end of the game cause it was really touching to see the boy and his journey.
3. I downloaded the game because I saw Nvidia ray tracing, but the graphics are still great in the iPhone.
4. Vertical position: it’s good to appreciate when games can be played with one hand without turning the phone.
5. Sound design: hand in hand with the soundtrack, all the little sounds when picking, placing, and turning bricks are extremely satisfying. I also loved the dog and his little chirps that he would make.
Overall amazing app and I would recommend it for anyone wanting to start a game from Apple Arcade.
★★★★★ A lovely combination between Lego and Monument Vally
Wed Jan 22 2020 MurcielagoZhouThis is a game about a journey between a father and a son. The story is told in the Monument Vally style. The puzzle is designed based on the nature and variety of Lego bricks. The game starts by building a sand castle, then follows the story, you will be quested by building bridges and so on.
The video game gives Lego bricks new life in an amazing digital world. For instance, mud bricks will actually flow and sunk like in real world. Light burb bricks will actually lit up.
The puzzle design is great, but because of the nature of Lego, the bricks that the game provide sometimes are not straight forward enough to understand. Specially in the bridge building puzzle, I took me a while to solve it.
The story telling is engaging. The most memorable moment by far is the father is forced to work therefore has to leave his son play along. The game will let you to repeatedly do some boring brick building to exchange some credits. In the mean time, your son has to build the half finished castle by himself.
The control is the flaw of the game. Switching between different bricks, hold to drop and left up operation often conflict with each other. Because of the camera angle and no other visual assistants, it’s really hard to tell where will be the brick be actually dropped.
With all things considered, this is the type of game that I will keep playing until see the end of the story.
★★★★★ Phenomenal
Fri Sep 05 2025 purplebanana66Everything about this game is just perfect. The story is easy to understand and well conveyed even without words. The puzzles are interesting, unique, fun to do, and aren’t annoyingly difficult. The soundtrack is beautiful and full of emotion. The sound design is also incredibly well done, and makes moving pieces around very satisfying. The controls are simple and effective, and for the most part it’s obvious which bricks you can pick up and which are just part of the environment. Speaking of which, the environments in this game are masterpieces in their own right. The amount of detail in even the simplest ones is remarkable, and nearly all of them look like they can actually be recreated with real LEGO pieces. Great work from everyone involved, thank you so much for creating this gem of a game, and I look forward to seeing what this studio produces in the future!
★★★★★ Impressed
Thu Jun 17 2021 nicbor421Wow this game is not only beautifully designed and the story told very well but addicting at the same time so addictive in fact that I’m disappointed I finished already. Anyone looking for a mature problem solving game don’t be afraid of the kids toy brand tagged onto this. I’m happy to see this kind of game come out of a company like lego I’m hoping to see more of it in the future the muted tones and mellow music was a breath of fresh air from having to sit down with my younger sisters and watch the lego movie over and over again. I genuinely had allot of fun playing this even if it only took me a weekend. Only complaint are that the controls could be a little finicky sometimes but other than that bravo lego and screw apple for making this game less accessible.
