LEGO Bricktales

LEGO Bricktales is exactly the kind of game you would expect as both a work of Thunderful Games and a product of the LEGO brand. Seeing your creations come to life, even visually sickening ones, is a rewarding experience and a must-play for LEGO enthusiasts.

LEGO Bricktales for the Nintendo Switch is the latest in a long line of LEGO games. But wait, there’s something different with this one. This isn’t the typi

LEGO Bricktales is a fresh and clever twist on the puzzle genre, even if the controls could be more intuitive.

Lego Bricktales carries the energy of the finest and most experimental Lego video games of the 90s – and it’s a wonderful low-key game of the year contender.

Lego Bricktales is a wonderful adventure that's full of the charms of playing with the iconic construction toy in real life. It's a gorgeous digital rendition with all its exquisitely crafted dioramas a delight to behold, and with puzzles that lean on Lego's greatest strengths. Just beware that the Switch version is hampered by intrusive performance issues in places.

What’s better than building your own LEGO structures? Not having to clean up after yourself when you are done playing. Lucky for you—LEGO Bricktales lets you do just that.

A satisfying, imperfect new step forward for LEGO games.

Despite being a bit rough around the edges, it is a daring and welcoming venture into the puzzle genre of the LEGO universe.

Building things out of LEGO is amazing fun. In theory, a game about this timeless activity would totally rule, right? It does! Sort of. You see, putting the pieces together just right requires patience and precision. It also requires an instruction manual. I had about half of one of these three things during my playthrough. For the right audience, LEGO Bricktales will be a smash hit. For everyone else, some caveats need to be laid out.

Once finished with the LEGO Bricktales tutorial area, Grandpa reveals his old amusement park and a portal that will whisk the player to one of the five differently-themed biomes. This is where the game really begins to open up as each biome is beautifully constructed and contains multiple LEGO puzzles and possible builds for the player to engage with. The restrictions placed on the number of bricks given for each puzzle really force the player to use critical thinking when building toward the required task. The easy-to-use interface, alongside the excellent brick-snapping sound design, makes f...

LEGO Bricktales is a game that is a must-try for true LEGO fans, purely because of how creatively it uses its building mechanics and how many choices you have in solving puzzles. But for everyone else, it’s sort of a mixed bag.

Developer ClockStone gave this a good effort, but there wasn't enough in LEGO Bricktales to keep me feeling interested. Even the story, which is typically a franchise strong suit felt underwhelming with half-hearted humor and nothing really memorable. That's not to say there isn't a foundation for something better in the future. The concept of using LEGO building to progress and doing it in your own way is a strong one, but without better tools, like blueprints and the like, the novelty wears off quickly. For now, LEGO Bricktales is a fun curiosity and little more than that.