A 4/5 hour long narrative murder mystery experience for two quid. Why not? Is what I thought when buying this game and I sure am glad that I did. My expectations for the game were on the floor and avoiding hyperbolic statements like “This is my most favouritist bestest game ever!” I would encourage anyone on the fence to give it a go. Immerse yourself in a good story set in a visual and audio masterclass.

There is no mechanical skill ceiling for you to get to grips with in this game. If you come into it armed with the ability to press wasd whilst using your mouse to look around and potentially also click (Warning – You may have to do all these things simultaneously!) then you can manage. I can happily report that I only experienced one bug and zero crashes during my completion of the game. The bug issue arose because I was failing a puzzle so badly the game couldn’t comprehend my gormlessness and tried to help me.

The plot was interesting throughout and made me want to get to the end by any means necessary (more on this later). The few minutes after finishing the game I was a little confused, even a little unsatisfied if I’m honest. But once I had processed and understood the ending I was contented and even empathetic towards the characters I’d spent the last two afternoons with. The story has twists of narrative and jolts of the bizarre but it’ll all make sense in the end.

The visuals are fab! I was always stopping to take in the view, racking up 57 screenshots in just 5 hours of playtime. For all you maths nerds that is a screenshot every 5 and a half minutes… I think. It was a pleasure to spend time in the eerie wooded mountains, with their patchwork of lakes, cloisters of civilisation and the ever present amber duskball in the sky.

The soundscape was the most impactful part of the game for me. The music builds suspense and prolongs tension. I often had goosebumps when I was close to the next plot point. The ambient noise as well is perfect and the game did manage to pull me into it’s world.

If you don’t like puzzles, don’t play this game. Duh. There are two types, firstly the murders which felt like the main plot beats during the game. They’re stimulating yet horrifying, giving a window in to the very people you will have to watch die. Very fun to solve the murders and things are easily missed so stay vigilant! The other type of puzzles are the “stories”. The stories are odd, I had no clue why they were in the game until the very end. So stick with the outlandishness and wait for it to make sense later. The stories range in their oddity, some made me marvel, some made me scared and one of them was frustrating as hell. You’ll see what I mean.

Lastly, I have to credit steam user Mike who made this fantastic comprehensive steam guide https://test-steamproxy.haloskins.io/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=373569878 on how to complete all the puzzles in the game. I couldn’t have finished the game without his help. Go as far as you can on your own and then use Mike’s bountiful wisdom to tie it all together. Good luck finding Ethan.

Great game! One of the best SW games to come out recently.
I loved the older SW Lego games when I was a child and I was glad to see that this game has it's own style and approach whilst still having the charming Lego feel.

Skywalker Saga is well humoured throughout, the new shooting and force mechanics make the combat much more interesting especially as an older player now. I do however admittedly miss the old "heart health system" but that's just me. The missions are well put together and cover other elements of the Original Trilogy and the Prequels to make the experience unique and not recycled from previous games. Having voice acting in the game allowed for new avenues of story telling and punchlines so that's also great to see. H1-NT was a dry and fourth wall breaking character and hopefully there are versions of him in all the new Lego games.

I could ramble on about the landscapes, weather and everything else that went into making this game but much more qualified folks than me will already have tread this ground.

I think the best credit I can give to this game is that it made me really enjoy the Sequel trilogy and I noticed that only about 20% of players have played through the Sequels missions. I actually think they are some of the best so if you do not like the newer movies defo take them for a spin in this game. It's made me actually want to revisit the Sequels and give them another chance. The Last Jedi story line still does not make sense and no one can blame the game for that haha. Lastly, AOTC is probably my least favourite movie from the Prequels as I find it somewhat boring but playing through it was very entertaining and the investigation sequences were great fun.

P.s my PC is now 8 years old, I had no significant performance issues. Only some minor lag in the Geonosis factory but even this was insignificant.

Watch the initial cut scene upon launch, goosebump creating stuff!