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  • OdeinoichusOdeinoichus Member Posts: 361
    Ayliffe said:
    Odeinoichus said:

    That kind of looks like a post preparing to announce his Server problems in the Update post posted not long after that.
    Nah - someone commented on the server tweet if that was his big news, and his reply was "I wish" (the first tweet is gone, but the "I wish" reply is still there).

    I think it's the big one lads, the final death.

    Either way it still isn't an official announcement from LEGO or WB so honestly I'm still optimistic.
  • Legopassion8Legopassion8 Member Posts: 1,181
    Meh. I don't think this project has been handled well at all. I'm not much for writing essays or well-written posts to support my opinions though. That's Aanchir's thing, yo
    CM4SAyliffeMynatt
  • Steve_J_OMSteve_J_OM Member Posts: 993
    This cached article was on Brickstolife's website before the server went down:

    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Hnkr5rDBGrEJ:www.brickstolife.com/the-quiet-cancellation-of-lego-dimensions/ &cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

    It does look pretty grim. I won't be terribly upset, because it's been a fun ride and we've gotten some tremendous minifigures we'd never otherwise have gotten, but it is a shame. I just hope before it sails off into the sunset that there will be one final, big update that leaves the game in a stable enough state for us to 100% finish it.
    SumoLegoClutchPowerAyliffe
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,215
    edited March 2017
    ^ Agreed!  Frankly, I doubt there would be anywhere near the content if the multi-theme platform didn't exist.  (Some good, some bad.)

    On the flip side, I'll be happy to a return to a single-theme series of games.  (I'm sure there'll be another Star Wars, Ninjago, TLM 2, maybe a Jurassic World 2, Batman, Avengers: Infinity War, etc...)

    The TTL was an explosive fad that ran it's course.  I'm sure. WB/TT made a ton of money and can move on.

    Not everything needs to last forever.  Although, I would have liked to have the Moana set for Disney Infinity.  Those Alice Through the Looking Glass were dreadful figures.

    And let's keep the final update to less than a terabyte.  
    Lego_StarAyliffeClutchPower
  • Legopassion8Legopassion8 Member Posts: 1,181
    Why not get rid of TT while youre at it, Lego? People want only the best games...Not ones riddled with bugs.
    sonatine01
  • OdeinoichusOdeinoichus Member Posts: 361
    Legopassion8 said:
    Why not get rid of TT while youre at it, Lego? People want only the best games...Not ones riddled with bugs.


    The problem with that is that the TT LEGO Games have become a staple, and while there are a number of glitches with titles due to buggy issues, overall the general public is fond enough of the titles to spend the money on them regardless of such issues.


    Steve_J_OM said:
    This cached article was on Brickstolife's website before the server went down:

    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Hnkr5rDBGrEJ:www.brickstolife.com/the-quiet-cancellation-of-lego-dimensions/ &cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

    It does look pretty grim. I won't be terribly upset, because it's been a fun ride and we've gotten some tremendous minifigures we'd never otherwise have gotten, but it is a shame. I just hope before it sails off into the sunset that there will be one final, big update that leaves the game in a stable enough state for us to 100% finish it.

    Still not an official announcement, though they mention trustworthy sources. I'm torn, on the one hand I would have paid full price on another year's worth of content, on the other, if this is true I certainly hope the PS4 Starter Pack with Supergirl goes on deep discount so I can pick it up before the end and add her to my collection, leaving only Green Arrow as a missing slot in my character roster.


    This does make me wonder if the IRF Chips of the characters being damaged or glitching out over time is something I should be concerned about should I desire to return to the game after 100% completing it, provided they ensure that such a thing is possible and there aren't any left-over glitches that prevent that scenario, such as the game crashes on the load screen entering certain areas in the Year 2 Hub Worlds.


    I was really hoping to see that James Bond content though, and a Steven Universe inclusion would have been nice too. One thing though, I thought the level packs being reduced from six to four was because they always had only four level packs planned for year two? Didn't somebody figure out the math on that when the first content for Year 2 became known?

  • AyliffeAyliffe Member Posts: 323
    Legopassion8 said:
    Why not get rid of TT while youre at it, Lego? People want only the best games...

  • drlmiles1drlmiles1 Member Posts: 194
    Sadly, having seen the cached site above, it does look like the end for Dimensions. It has been a game that I have enjoyed more than anything else I have played, and I will be very sorry to see it finish. Although the announcement is not yet final, it does seem very likely in the face of TTL dying as a genre.
  • Legopassion8Legopassion8 Member Posts: 1,181
    edited March 2017
    Ok. Maybe just fire the project manager.
     
    Somebody's has to go

    CM4SClutchPower
  • Legopassion8Legopassion8 Member Posts: 1,181
    Somebody's ass*

    Even the grammar police are getting lazy...
    ClutchPower
  • Legopassion8Legopassion8 Member Posts: 1,181
    edited March 2017
    Oh! Hi there, Clutch. You got to the DJ Octavio fight yet on Splatoon. It's epic!!
    ClutchPower
  • ClutchPowerClutchPower Member Posts: 220
    ^ No, just obsessed with Ranked Battles. I'm on level 26.
  • Steve_J_OMSteve_J_OM Member Posts: 993
    Dream scenario: if/when the game is cancelled, the characters become available to unlock through the traditional Tt game mechanisms, like earning in-game studs. Apparently this was done with Disney: Infinity, the games were released on Steam.  
    ClutchPower
  • OdeinoichusOdeinoichus Member Posts: 361
    I would pay good money for a LEGO Dimensions Theme after the game is cancelled/ended giving us the rest of the in-game NPC characters from the various IPs with models, More Doctor Who, Sonic, Portal, A-Team, Beetlejuice, Powerpuff Girls, The Goonies, Gremlins, Wizard of Oz and so on and so forth, provided the licensing deal allows for such sets.
    Legopassion8LEGO_Dad77
  • dannyrwwdannyrww Member Posts: 1,394
    Now Lego Dimensions as an actual theme would be cool....I wonder if Lego would have an interest in a cross property theme of small sets and minifigures from different IEPs.
    LEGO_Dad77
  • Steve_J_OMSteve_J_OM Member Posts: 993
    edited March 2017
    Bought The LEGO Batman Movie story pack today. Been a little while since I played the game so I had to update it, and then install the story pack from the store.

    Turned it on.

    Aaaannnnd my save files are gone. Kaput. No history of every having played the game.

    Wonderful, thanks Tt. 

    **Edit**

    Nope, I'm a tool. Wrong profile was signed in to PS4. As tempted as I am to ninja-edit I'll leave this as a cautionary tale of needless panic in case it happens to someone else. 
    ClutchPowerdatsunrobbieCM4SSumoLegodspigelAllBrickobi_gMynatt
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,215
    Steve_J_OM said:
    ...a cautionary tale of needless panic...
    https://youtu.be/EXu6lQqhieA
    Steve_J_OM
  • madforLEGOmadforLEGO Member Posts: 10,756
    Are we really taking twitter comments as serious information now? Until LEGO says something I will not believe it. That may be 'old school' but I would rather hear this from the horse's mouth, not a bunch of twits... err. tweets..
  • NickF22NickF22 Member Posts: 488
    Odd that the Brickset article disappeared...?
  • ShibShib Member Posts: 5,459
    Still showing for me 
  • NickF22NickF22 Member Posts: 488
    Ah found it - I had News Category "{Not specified}" unticked. Although it says it is Miscellaneous, which I do have ticked. Anyway... moving on.
    Do I now try to collect all the sets?!
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,215
    edited March 2017
    Got my 64GB ultra-compact USB stick for the Wii U.  More fun and exciting downloading.

    Hopefully all of the downloadable content will fit...

  • Rainstorm26Rainstorm26 Member Posts: 1,011
    BTW for those using USB sticks with the WII U.  Mine crashed yesterday.  Lost a ton of progress on Mariokart 8 and some other games.  I went online and it says that USB sticks are not recommended because of all the reading and writing that goes on with them.  They say you should get a powered external USB hard drive.  
    SumoLegoClutchPowerMegtheCat
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,215
    ^ Ah, no game data on the USB stick, just the pack downloads.  If I'm going to lose my data, it'll be when the Wii U hardware fails.
  • LyichirLyichir Member Posts: 1,009
    I never understand people complaining about modern Lego games being "buggy"—I've only ever had minor issues with bugs in most recent Lego games, whereas I remember the classic ones (from the "Lego Media" era) having tons of bugs, some of which made them practically unplayable.
    SumoLego
  • Steve_J_OMSteve_J_OM Member Posts: 993
    BTL have posted a follow-up article on the cancellation thing:

    http://www.brickstolife.com/lego-dimensions-cancellation-faq/
  • OdeinoichusOdeinoichus Member Posts: 361

    I still don't understand the sales figures crap. How can you launch a game like LEGO Dimensions and expect huge profits? I've paid full-price for practically everything from day one, in point of fact I've kept tabs on everything I've spent on the game and how much I got it for when it was on discount.

    And I've spent all of my money on Dimensions at second-party sellers. Toy's-R-Us or Amazon possibly Wal-Mart, so TLG already got their money for those items. Because big box retailers pay for the products and then we pay them for the privilege of shopping from them.

    If LEGO is basing sales figures on their own store sales only that's a ludicrous approach to it. For one thing local LEGO Stores have very limited products for Dimensions. I haven't seen much there, and they were late to the party on getting it out to consumers. On top of that they discounted their own products and still didn't move much of the less popular packs. I've bought roughly two or three packs from LEGO directly, Excalibur Batman, I believe Wonder Woman, Bad Cop and possibly Cyborg when they were on sale and in the store.

    Everywhere else I go there are literally tons of products in stock, TRU, Wal-Mart, EB Games, just about anywhere that sells video games/LEGO products has Dimensions. And the stock sits and sits so maybe they don't order too much more because the current product hasn't moved. But with chains that huge how could the Sales of LEGO Dimensions be utter shite?

    I'm not calling BS on BTL at the moment, however I am going to form my own opinion based on cold, hard, facts. And while it is true that things seem to be dwindling and we may be at an end for LEGO Dimensions. I hardly would think that SALES alone are to blame for this fiasco. That's just a poor man's excuse for passing the buck on the consumer when clearly pricing strategy and other elements on the corporate side clearly had a much larger impact on the factor of whether it not it could sustain itself.

    Sales will come if your product has good word of mouth and isn't priced outside of the comfort zone of the average consumer. And the hype Dimensions had, they paid Christopher Loyd himself to do a short ad for their product when it was initially announced, so the marketing side was pretty strong. Perhaps the numerous licensing agreements slowly drained away the profits proving that the ambition of the project couldn't meet it's costs. Year 2 went hogwild on the new IPs after all, none of LEGO's internal IPs were included except LEGO City. That's a huge increase in costs, even if it is just forking over more cash to WB because of the sheer number of sets based on WB Properties.

    Anyway, enough of my potential ranting. I'm going to enjoy this game for as long as I can, and if it ends, it ends. But I'm not about to put all the blame squarely on the sales figures. It's the biggest load of manure excuse that every company uses to blame a failing project. It isn't up to the consumers to make your profits for you, it's your job to provide the service and the pricing that won't utterly destroy your product from the get go.

    Considering the cost of the Starter Pack I'd say certain lower income families burned by the TTL in the past might have just decided to ignore Dimensions because it was too expensive for what they felt was too little worth.

    CM4Sjhuntin1ClutchPower
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,215
    We'll really never know the sales figures.  And sales really means nothing - margins, licensing fees, etc. also play a role.

    And it's a joint venture, so it is likely that TT is driving the bus on the product.  (TT may see more profit in developing individual games.)

    Now where am I going to get my fix of lengthy downloads and install times?
    VorpalRyuClutchPower
  • ShibShib Member Posts: 5,459
    SumoLego said:

    Now where am I going to get my fix of lengthy downloads and install times?
    Just about every new release from every big developer (except maybe Nintendo) at least that's how it seems to me these days
    stluxVorpalRyuSumoLegoClutchPower
  • VorpalRyuVorpalRyu Member Posts: 2,318
    Just scored Excalibur Batman & the Knight Rider packs from [email protected] for AU$6.99 & the story pack for $15.99. Seems the same situation that occurred with the last batch of Dimensions packs has happened again.
  • bennok79bennok79 Member Posts: 16
    VorpalRyu said:
    Just scored Excalibur Batman & the Knight Rider packs from [email protected] for AU$6.99 & the story pack for $15.99. Seems the same situation that occurred with the last batch of Dimensions packs has happened again.
    Don't know why this keeps happening, but I'm not complaining. Excalibur Batman out of stock now though. Aussies, get in quick if you want one!
    VorpalRyu
  • MAGNINOMINISUMBRAMAGNINOMINISUMBRA Member Posts: 993
    Can someone tell me if the side panel of The A-Team van is printed or a sticker?
  • ShibShib Member Posts: 5,459
    Printed
    MAGNINOMINISUMBRA
  • red237red237 Member Posts: 332
    edited March 2017
    We have bought an external mega hard frive for the wii u because of Dimensions. The sticks lose data indeed.   So far so good. You need to get one that plugs in, not portable, 1TB or 2, but the Wii U won't support anything larger! We learned all this the hard way.... if anyone wants anymore info send me a pm.  :) also, you can still get a pretty good deal on these, as most want more storage or portable.
    77ncaachamps
  • Wolfie242Wolfie242 Member Posts: 2
    And now this.... http://www.lawdit.co.uk/reading-room/lego-patent-suit-infringement
  • VorpalRyuVorpalRyu Member Posts: 2,318
    Wolfie242 said:
    And now this.... http://www.lawdit.co.uk/reading-room/lego-patent-suit-infringement
    From the sounds of it, it's one of those ridiculously vague patents that should never have been granted, it would be like Ford or Chevrolet filing a patent for a mode of transportation with four wheels back when they started out, next thing you would have known, they'd be suing every business that made horse carriages, pull wagons, etc. Patents shouldn't be able to filed for vague concepts like "a device to communicate over large distances" or "used to make marks on other objects."
    gmonkey76catwrangler
  • madforLEGOmadforLEGO Member Posts: 10,756

    VorpalRyu said:
    Wolfie242 said:
    And now this.... http://www.lawdit.co.uk/reading-room/lego-patent-suit-infringement
    From the sounds of it, it's one of those ridiculously vague patents that should never have been granted, it would be like Ford or Chevrolet filing a patent for a mode of transportation with four wheels back when they started out, next thing you would have known, they'd be suing every business that made horse carriages, pull wagons, etc. Patents shouldn't be able to filed for vague concepts like "a device to communicate over large distances" or "used to make marks on other objects."

    That's what some companies do though. I swear some 'companies' have an owner and a their only employees are the legal team they hired for their 'patent infringement' cases
    VorpalRyu
  • Steve_J_OMSteve_J_OM Member Posts: 993
    edited March 2017
    Yep, 'patent trolling' is the technical term, and is a huge issue for companies. Three years ago Amazon were granted a patent for photographing products against a white background. They caught huge flak for it, but it was most likely protection against such spurious claims of infringement (though considered by many to be patent trolling in and of itself). 
    VorpalRyu77ncaachampsMynattcatwrangler
  • OdeinoichusOdeinoichus Member Posts: 361
    Who the heck are FigureFun? Are they behind Skylanders, Disney Infinity or Amiibo? Because if not I call BS on their claims of infringement and quite frankly how does anybody think they're going to win a court case like that. LEGO would tear them apart.
    VorpalRyucatwrangler
  • blogzillyblogzilly Member Posts: 598
    I need to admit something...I have had a really hard time jumping back into the game. I have bought almost all of the last couple of waves of stuff. But it is SO much junk to have spread out before me at one time it is becoming almost too much to absorb at one hit to really enjoy the experience. I find myself hunting around for the characters or vehicles I want more often than just playing. And I don't want to spend as many hours playing games as I used to be want to do.

    So I tend to stop playing Dimensions and jump over to some other game. I'm frankly not surprised that the game itself is losing gamers. It's flawed in its gaming design.
    ClutchPower
  • AyliffeAyliffe Member Posts: 323
    Wolfie242 said:
    And now this.... http://www.lawdit.co.uk/reading-room/lego-patent-suit-infringement
    ...they left it a bit late innit?
  • datsunrobbiedatsunrobbie Member Posts: 1,813
    ^Standard procedure for patent trolls. There's less money to be made if you sue before the party accused of infringing has time to actually sell a product. The troll will be looking for a percentage of the money Lego made selling the games, so the longer Lego is selling Dimensions the bigger the potential payout.

    Hopefully Lego's legal team will get in touch with Newegg's legal team. Those guys don't just beat patent trolls in court, they chase after the ones that realize they screwed up and try to get away.
    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/newegg-sues-patent-troll-that-dropped-its-case/
    madforLEGO
  • DougTemplarDougTemplar Member Posts: 638
    Just checking but with all the rumours about Dimensions etc. Are the Teen Titans Go sets still likely to arrive (and does anyone have an eta)?
  • elspankdogelspankdog Member Posts: 403
    Same question for the Powerpuff Girls.  I believe that was supposed to be a team pack and fun pack
  • ShibShib Member Posts: 5,459
    Latest I've heard is that all the stuff that has been shown in the game (Beetlejuice, TTG & Powerpuff Girls) will be released but potentially nothing more.
    DougTemplarelspankdogstluxClutchPowerLego_Star
  • Penkid11Penkid11 Member Posts: 788
    There was also some mention of a Lord Vortech pack as a send-off, should the rumors that they're canning Lego Dimensions comes to fruition, that is.
    palmers9grb
  • Legopassion8Legopassion8 Member Posts: 1,181
    How come there isn't an online multiplayer mode? What limitations kept the developers from implementing that into Dimensions? It seems like that mode is required now n days
  • LyichirLyichir Member Posts: 1,009
    edited April 2017


    Legopassion8 said:


    How come there isn't an online multiplayer mode? What limitations kept the developers from implementing that into Dimensions? It seems like that mode is required now n days


    How are you suggesting it be done? I can see why you might think online would be appealing (since both players could hypothetically have their own toy pads), but the sheer number of characters that would entail would probably put some significant strain on the game's stability (not to mention potentially getting very confusing as far as which characters belong to which player). And if players COULDN'T both use their own toy pads, I would think the end result would be a little too asymmetrical, with only one player in control of which characters (and how many characters) were available to play as at any given time, up to and including the ability to remove all of the characters except for the one they personally are playing as and effectively boot the other player from the game. All in all I can see why they chose to stick to couch co-op for a game like this.
  • Legopassion8Legopassion8 Member Posts: 1,181
    I wasn't suggesting anything. I was just asking why no online sh-t. Your answer was reasonable though 
  • Penkid11Penkid11 Member Posts: 788
    It should also be said that this is TT Games we're talking about. With as much bugs as every game has, it's no surprise they've decided to focus on the single player experience.

    TT would put Ubisoft to shame for a launch day multiplayer experience. It shows that TT knows their strengths, and focuses on them.
    ClutchPower
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