Drop-in and drop-out multiplayer works seamlessly, but this feels like the first LEGO Star Wars game that prioritized the single-player experience at the expense of multiplayer. This is less accommodating to multiple players than in previous LEGO games, and the lack of an option to even use horizontal split-screen is disappointing. I’ve got a bad feeling about this…Ĭo-op in The Skywalker Saga no longer takes place on the same fixed screen, with it instead permanently being divided into vertical split-screen. These changes certainly make for a more engaging experience and help to differentiate the classes of characters from one another, though there is one huge trade-off - multiplayer. There are also special extra characters who have their own unique controls, such as the Rancor’s untethered rage or Queen Amidala solely being used to have diplomatic conversations with Palpatine. For gunslingers, you get cover-based attacks and the ability to aim down sights.
For Jedi, lightsaber-swinging now follows other action-adventure games, with players able to execute different combos such as juggling enemies into the air or incorporating Force moves. This new look is more in-line with third-person shooters than it is old LEGO games, and it’s used to provide more options when it comes to action. The most obvious is the switch from the series’ typical fixed camera angle for a new over-the-shoulder perspective. The Skywalker Saga still follows most of these traditions, though makes a few notable alterations. Players collect studs that can be exchanged for other characters, with there typically being a large library to choose from based on each game’s respective franchise. The aforementioned humor is blended with uncomplicated and accessible action, platforming, and puzzle-solving, with a focus on co-op multiplayer. There have been many, many LEGO games at this point, but their structure has remained largely the same.
They’ve been back at the well many times at this point, but The Skywalker Saga’s new additions keep things fresh - even if not all changes are welcome ones. All is done with LEGO’s familiar blend of slapstick humor and knowing winks to its adult audience, and despite Traveller’s Tales having worked on Star Wars games since 2005, it says a lot about the studio - and the films - that they’re still able to mine them for so much. You’ll clash in a Duel of the Fates with Darth Maul, fight Stormtroopers on Hoth in Empire Strikes Back, and watch Kylo Ren struggle with his shirt in The Last Jedi. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga takes players through the entire series, from the divisive Episode I to the somehow even more controversial Episode IX.
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