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Nah, in all seriousness, most of these theories seem pretty good. I think AT is more likely to be Adventure Time than A-Team. It's a very popular all-ages cartoon. The A-Team may have a lot of nostalgia for children of the 80s, but I'm not used to seeing reruns of it on major networks like I am with Ghostbusters, the Back to the Future trilogy, and other "old-school brands" we've seen LEGO Dimensions tackle. In fact, as a child of the 90s it's a series I wouldn't have even been aware of if not for the Internet.
Still logic prevails and £100 just for the starter pack is just way too much for me...really hope it hits some sensible discounts pretty quick or I'll just pass.
As a child of the 80s I can tell you that the A-Team was as easily a big deal as Ghostbusters and Back to the Future, along with shows like Knight Rider and Airwolf also.
There's a lot of money in nostalgia for the 80s and early 90s lately, and I think part of Lego's growth in recent years itself has been a major part of this. That's why I believe TLG has been happy to jump on IPs like Ghostbusters and BTTF in the first place - it fits in precisely with one of their growing markets. The A-Team would fit perfectly with that trend, and it's easily as ripe to cash in on that resurgence. I doubt 90s kids are their target right now, because most 90s kids are too busy being shafted by unemployment, record high university costs and loans, and a terrible housing market.
Part the reason Jurassic World did so well at the box office was precisely because kids of the 80s and early 90s have become one of the most important consumer demographics right now. They're reaching a point where their student loans are getting paid off, they're settling in to their mortgage payments, and their careers will be by and large beginning to really take off. Jurassic World couldn't have achieved the success it did without cashing in on nostalgic 30-somethings. As such you can be rest assured that every chance to cash in on that nostalgia will be taken up, and it'd be silly for any company to pass up IPs like the A-Team, Airwolf, Knight Rider, Ghostbusters, BTTF et. al. if they're there for the taking.
I don't see the A-Team being prohibitive in terms of violence, part of their charm was the fact that they typically won the day by not shooting people, and instead by outwitting them even when the bad guys had guns. That seems to fit in with TLG's message very well - certainly it's no worse than the sort of violence you see in Indiana Jones and such.
Besides, we were all caught off guard by Portal, with most people expecting that the rumours couldn't possibly be even remotely true, so the A-Team certainly seems quite plausible, especially if the Mr T one is correct - and Mr T is probably the minifig most ripe for singling out, being probably the most prominent fan favourite character from the series, so that makes a lot of sense that they would single him out and give him his own pack too.
Besides I ALWAYS thought the crocodile man collectable minifig was a tribute to Hannibal.
Hmm, I think some A-Team watching might be in order this evening :)
if we are getting mac gyver and a-team, then we need to get THE FALL GUY too.
http://www.fbtb.net/2015/09/22/previewing-the-lego-dimensions-71201-back-to-the-future-level-pack/#more-34794
otherwise it's going to be expensive Sunday..
That unboxing with the big dude didn't show much. The two kids showed more of the gameplay.
I don't think the portal getting knocked over will be too much of a problem, though. Based on how it's constructed it should be decently stable, and if need be the vertical "portal" section can be removed from the base and laid flat when not in use.
that could make sense for older games, where getting 100% was basically beating the hardest difficulty, and not a billion of achievements, most of them being totally anecdotic.
Aside from that little rant, I don't know about this game yet. I preordered it and I have a little money left over so I will get one DLC pack. As for the DLC selling out, I am predicting that it will be all gone by the first day or two of release but Lego will hopefully make some more by Black Friday to cash in on those sales.
Seems to me that eventually it has to come to a point where "I'm using Scooby Doo because he's my favorite, not because I really need him specifically to play the game."
Unless this is going to be the most sophisticated game ever created.
Having taken the plunge and pre-ordered the starter set and the three level packs (Amazon was my friend cost-wise but it still set me back £155) I am curious if anyone knows whether to complete the game you need all the other characters?
I tend to be a bit OCD about getting 100% on Lego games and, whilst I will probably buy other character packs, hope you don't need every single one to get everything from the game.
(Sorry if this has been answered before in this thread but I couldn't wade back through nine pages!)
^Isn't that about the total number who have bought a Wii U?
Well, it is what it is. Given I will spend about £80 going to watch Bodmin Town v Bath City in the FA Cup tomorrow, which I imagine a lot of people would think mad, it is all relative.
@yuffie, for sure that is mad! But you're right it is all relative.
I do keep looking at the price of Dimensions and the lower cost on the Wii U does make it slightly more tempting, but I still think that the starter pack will need to be half price at least before I'll bite. I got mine on a good deal (not an Amazon lightening deal but a very good deal) and it's well worth it for Mario Kart 8, Smash Bros and Splatoon - add in Starfox and Zelda next year and that's enough games to keep me going for a long while theses days
It would have been interesting if Chase McCain from Lego City undercover made it into Dimensions, but don't know how the character rights fit with that (with LCU being Nintendo exclusive)
The one thing that really might make me jump on Dimensions is if they did some console exclusive characters - with the Wii ones doubling as Amiibo (like the DK and Bowser Skylanders) - it's not something I actually see happening but would be great. I know that Mario would probably be impossible due to k'nex having the licence but maybe a Link or a Samus....heck even a Fox McCloud using a Chima Furty head with a different print would be amazing.
Link & Samus, with the double duty as Amiibo, that could potentially make me give Dimensions a shot.....especially Samus (would also love another Samus Amiibo in the Light Suit)...
@TheUltimateTFOL, that is the way of gaming these days... Make a game, then turn 60% of the game into locked-on-disc content, more commonly called DLC. Step two, then rake in the cash as every gamer pays out an extra $200-300 just so they can play the game they were promised by all the trailers & interviews on the company website.
I know there are free mario level editors on the net, and I think they offer more possibiity than that super mario maker, if that's the game I read about a while ago on a video game site. but I'm rather casual at super mario (I'm more into Rayman) so didn't bother much with the editor.
- The base game
- Simpsons Level Pack
- Back to the Future Level Pack
- Portal Level Pack
You shouldn't need anything else to get 100% (1225 Gamerscore) on Xbox as it stands.
This will change however when the other level packs get released I've no doubt.
I have all current (and last gen for that matter) consoles, the Xbox One gets the most attention, in large part because any cross platform games I buy for Xbox as that's where most my friends are - the PS4 is used largely only for PS4 exclusives. However, I have to agree with the above, the WiiU deserves far more respect than it gets, it's an excellent console, and few consoles see the consistent high quality games the WiiU does.
Mario Kart 8 is good, but Mario Kart has never been a console seller for me. I've always loved the Pikmin games, so Pikmin 3 and Lego City Undercover are the games I bought the system for. Since then though I've had a load of fun with Captain Toad and Mario 3D World. I still have Splatoon and Mario Maker shrink wrapped, not had time to play yet but plan to this weekend! Mario Party and Smash Bros. are always fun when people are over too.
I know but it seems to be worse with this game. I play FPS games all the time and they seem to be the worst with DLC but this goes to a whole new level. With multiplayer-heavy FPS games DLC is something that you want but don't have to have. You can still have just as much fun with the original content. With Dimensions, you can barely play a third of the game with the starter pack and, with no multiplayer, there isn't as much replay value once you finish the starter pack.
"Barely a third of the game"? I don't understand this estimate. The Starter Pack comes with 14 gameplay levels and 3 adventure worlds (corresponding to the game's three characters). There are only 14 franchises currently announced (meaning 14 adventure worlds total) and six level packs that each unlock just a single bonus level. This means that there are 34 levels/worlds available from now through next May, and the Starter Pack comes with exactly half of them.
Now, beyond Wave 5 in May 2016, I'm sure there'll be new franchises added (meaning more adventure worlds) and new level packs added (meaning more bonus levels). But for now I'm not sure what yardstick you're using to determine that the Starter Pack content is barely a third of the game.
Also, according to this article, you can get 100% completion with just the starter pack. I believe there ARE obstacles that you can only pass with certain characters, but it's possible those obstacles block off things that are not needed for 100% completion, like vehicle upgrades for those specific characters' respective vehicles.
There are definitely enemies. I don't know how many different kinds of enemies there are, but I've seen screenshots and videos that include grunt enemies like Winkie soldiers, Anubis statues, orcs, Robo-SWATs, Nindroids, etc. Not to mention boss characters like the Riddler.
When my brother played LEGO City Undercover (which has "costumes" instead of characters), he pretty much never swapped out the default costumes for any of the new ones he unlocked, up until the post-game when he was able to swap the default robber disguise for a Rex Fury disguise that offered the only power none of the other costumes offered (being able to manipulate heavy objects). The costumes getting "boring" didn't really become an issue.
He never really used any of the alternate characters in LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin either. I guess the novelty of the characters/costumes could be more important in the more pop-culture-driven games, though. It's been quite a while since either of us have played any of those.