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LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins
3DS
Released On: Apr 21, 2013
62
6.6
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 44 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
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82% Mixed
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5% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 44 Critic Reviews
62
14% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
82% Mixed
36 Reviews
36 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Not without its faults, The Chase Begins is a worthy addition to the Nintendo 3DS roster.
There's plenty to do in LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins, but a lot of it feels like padding for a somewhat disappointing story that will really only appeal to kids.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 84 User Ratings
6.6
54% Positive
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
25% Mixed
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
21% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 84 User Ratings
6.6
54% Positive
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
25% Mixed
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
21% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
Wow this game is so awesome. It is portable lego on the go. I really recommend you to buy this game. GOTY 2013 for me. I've already played it for like 12 hours and wow and I'm not even close to bored
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Don’t listen to these bad reviews, I played the first game and wanted to play the prequel. The game is different from the original but still has a great open world, great graphics, and somehow runs at around 30fps still, I would definitely recommend this game if you liked the original game. The devs did a good job on this game :)
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An interesting game by itself, but loses some points when compared with its Wii U version. This version fits in Nintendo 3DS and can offer you some fun hours of LEGO platforming, fighting and collecting extras.
LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins is an overly ambitious game that isn't as good as the home console edition.
The Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins experience is like asking for a complex Lego set for your birthday and finding a box of Duplo under the wrapping paper instead. It’s technically similar, but the differences are critically important.
It's the epitome of an average game and one of the most disappointing 3DS releases of recent times. [Issue#135, p.121]
The Wii U game was just a few flaws short of a minor classic, but this joyless companion piece is only a couple more problems shy of a complete disaster.
Okay so the draw distance isn't that great and most dialogue is in text, but the game is fun. I have the wii u version and while that game is indeed better I ask this, what do you expect? This game has a lot of charm and fun to be had if you can get over its minor shortcomings. Plus it was released at a cheaper price than most other 3ds games when first released, although I don't know why because IMO it would have been a worthy purchase even at full price.
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it is a good lego game for 3ds, but it has really bad graphics, small fps and you can't see far. it has strange car gameplay. but company is tipical lego game
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This game is very well done. It ambitiously attempts to recreate the large open-world experience which was seen in the Wii U game and does so quite well. I do have a few complaints about the game however. The loading screens; they are few and far apart but when you do get them, they take entirely too long. The combat; all the combat is in this game is "press X to win" which I am not a fan of although I realize one of this game's primary demographics is children, so I can't get too upset about that. The vehicle controls; the vehicles in this game are rather wild, difficult to handle, and turn too abruptly which takes a while to adapt to. And finally, the disappointing lack of voice acting; The voice acting in the cut scenes of the game is very well done, but throughout the other 98% of the game when the characters are communicating there is only on-screen text and no voice which leaves the character interaction feeling somewhat empty. Other than those minor problems, Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins is a solid, extremely entertaining game if you are looking for some light-hearted humorous game time.
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Once again the 3DS gets yet another mediocre Lego game. Granted no one expects it to be the same as the Wii U version but the 3DS can do better than this shallow game. This game has a lot of fog much like the N64 games but its over 15 years late and such technical issues should have been dealt with.
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I'm honestly not sure why I was expecting much when it came to The Chase Begins. Maybe it was because LEGO City Undercover on the Wii U was fantastic or something? I have no idea.
There's many problems with the game. First problem: the open world. I would rather the game not even try to recreate the vast city in the Wii U version because this one just...fails. The loading times are much longer here than they were in Undercover and the fog is pretty distracting. Because of the 3DS' capabilities, almost everything is either "under construction" or blocked off.
Second problem: the story. There are so many things in the Wii U version that are completely trashed here. Rex Fury using a lawn mower as his escape vehicle? He jumps onto a moving car here. Rex Fury getting arrested on a bridge? He gets arrested in front of a bank. Chase not knowing how to use a Color Gun? He knows how to here (keep in mind this is a prequel). There's just so much wrong with the story.
Third problem: dialogue. LEGO City Undercover had talking, why can't this one? The 3DS can handle it, just look at Kid Icarus: Uprising! It's a shame dialogue boxes had to even be put in here. Fourth problem: emotion. This is a problem every single handheld LEGO game has. You can never get emotionally involved. Apparently, the characters aren't getting emotionally involved either as their mouths never move outside of the cutscenes and they just use the same voice clips over and over.
Fifth problem: fun factor. LEGO City Undercover on the Wii U was a fun game. It was one of the most fun games I've played in years. Chase Begins take it all out, buries it in a hole somewhere, and makes it boring. Driving around the city is no longer fun. It is a series of loading times and fog in the distance. Sixth problem: music. All of the music is ripped from the console version and placed into this one. Also, there is no music unless you're fighting or driving.
Overall, LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins is only a game for gamers that are in denial that the Wii U version is better. Can we get the console LEGO team at TT Games working on handheld games, please?
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Summary LEGO City Stories is an open world game for the Wii U and 3DS.
Rated E +10
for Everyone +10
Platforms:
- 3DS
Initial Release Date: Apr 21, 2013
Developer:
- Traveller's Tales
Publisher: Nintendo
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