The LEGO brand of games has exploded onto the video game scene over the past few years with hit series’ like LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Batman and most recently, LEGO Rockband. The next LEGO series poised to make its way into your living room is LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4.
This time, you’ll get the chance to explore all your favorite Harry Potter locales such as Hogwarts, Diagon Alley and more, using the powers of magic. Check out the new trailer below.
Now that that’s out of the way, the real question is, do we need another LEGO game? They may be working off of the “magic” angle now, but after all of the LEGO games released, will this be any different than using the force in LEGO Star Wars? Sure, you’ll get to explore familiar locales and come into contact with the various characters populating the series, but it seems like it may just boil down to being the same game we’ve been playing for the past few years.
With the addition of the level creator in LEGO Indiana Jones 2, it looks like Travellers Tales is putting forth an effort to add new and engaging aspects to subsequent games in the LEGO franchise. Here’s hoping they take innovation a step further with this iteration. It is LEGO after all. Anything can happen.
You can expect LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 to make its way onto all major platforms later next year.
How do you feel about the LEGO series? Is the series beginning to wear thin or are you still excited about each subsequent release?
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I think as long as they keep the games fun it is fine. I am excited about this because I’m a big Harry Potter fan and enjoyed the Star Wars installments, the movie games usually suck but these seem to be more fun.
remember when lego was original and creative
its all just brand licensing others stuff
If I liked Harry Potter I would just wait for the complete collection that will eventually hit… if I liked Harry Potter
Exactly Riley. Within the next 2 years, they’ll have also released “Years 5-7″ and “The Complete Education: Years 1-7″
I gotta say that personally I’m tired of hearing “its the same old game with nothing new” gripe aboutthe Lego games. First offthis statement isn’t entirely true. Thereare a number fo differences between the first Indiana Jones Lgeo game and the recently released “Adventures Continues” follow-up. Not only are several graphics smoother likethe movement of Indys whip but over all the game looked a lot smoother and even sounded better.
That being said its hard to be but justso differentand still bea Lego game. When a new FPS game comes out whatis differentaboutit from the others aside from the story and the characters and the challenges? There may be a few differences but generally speaking they all have the same basic “Play” and that defines them as FPS games just like all the lego games define themselevs as, well LPGs; Lego Person Games.
I have a 3 year old and I am very thankful that the Lego games didn’t stop afterthe first Indiana justbecause a few fan boys can’t like something that is not radically reinvented every time. There are so few titles on the PS3 thatare appropriate for thelittel ones and the Lego titles fit the bill perfectly.