The Miner can remove debris with his pick axe and utilise dynamite (obtained from vending machines, naturally), whereas the Astronaut can use the various teleporting pads scattered around and unlock futuristic crates. This means you’ll be coming back to play the game again via free play after the level has been completed the first time.Īs a Police Officer you can use a grappling gun to access higher points and discover clues, while the criminal clobber can crowbar into locked doors and crack safes. All of these have differing abilities in order to solve the puzzles around you, but in typical LEGO title fashion some puzzles hidden in the levels can’t be completed until much later. You’ll start off with just your Civilian attire and your Undercover Cop garments, but before long you’ll have a Criminal, Miner, Astronaut, Farmer, Fireman, and even a Construction Worker (Hi Emmet!) to use. There are eight different disguises that Chase can utilise in total, with each unlocking gradually as you progress through the story. As such, you’ll need to take on different appearances to not only complete your job, but also the puzzles for which LEGO titles have become renowned for. In order to do so, you’ll play through fifteen chapters of a unique story (if you ignore that it’s already been released) that for the first time in a TT Games LEGO title isn’t reliant on a licensed property.Ī 3D action/puzzle platformer at heart, LEGO City Undercover will require Chase to take on the criminal underworld, and infiltrate different games. Of course, this means it’s down to you to once again thwart his nefarious plans, and bring him to justice. You play as Chase McCain, a police officer returning to LEGO City after a long absence – only to find that the dangerous criminal Rex Fury has escaped from Alcatraz Albatross Island.

Subtract all of the 18-rated stuff like narcotics and grow-up swears, and you’d find that such a game wouldn’t be too dissimilar to LEGO City Undercover a game which, after first appearing four years ago exclusively for the Wii U, now finds its way onto modern consoles. A game where instead of being a criminal, and being the wrong side of the law, you are the law – albeit undercover, and with a similar ability in procuring vehicles and causing wanton destruction on the side. Imagine if you will, a child-friendly take on Grand Theft Auto.

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