Yep, the name’s McCain.
Chase McCain. If at this juncture you have a giant cartoonish
question mark above your bonce, he’s the protagonist in this game
that could just have easily been called LEGO Grand Theft Auto.
Except that would have involved licensing bucks.
It was a Wii
U exclusive a while back, but now the sheer joy of most every cop
show trope given a blocky makeover is available to now-gen
machines... and players, of course.
If at this point you’re
yawning at the prospect of another LEGO game then A: you’re no fun
and B: this one’s different, as unhindered by a licence (well, other
than the actual LEGOmafication of everything), you don’t know the
story that’s unfoldable.
Anyway, back to that McCain bloke.
An ex-cop and master of disguise, his nemesis was, is and always
will be Rex Fury (who we’re assured isn’t Nick’s off-the-rails
cousin). This Rex guy is bad to the bone – or whatever skeletal
structure LEGO minifigures actually have. He’s going nuts in LEGO
City, so Chase is on the case to rid the joint of e-vil. Oh, and he
might just get to hook up with old flame Natalia Kowalski (just one
of many classic cop references throughout – in this case the movie
Vanishing Point, if you’re wondering (and if we’re not
wrong)).
If you’ve ever played a LEGO game you’ll have an
idea what to expect. Puzzles, basic biffo, cheesy gags, driving
around (and flying too), plus a whole lot of wonderfully silly fun.
Pure silly fun. There’s a reason why kids worship cartoons the likes
of Rabbids and Oggy.
After all, this is,
of course, ultimately a kids’ game. But if you’re an adult who
hasn’t completely sold out to boring old fartiness then there’s a
heck of a lot here that’s even more arresting than CHiPs....