Three Legends of Chima Games Announced

[Hapori Tohu]

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced three new games for LEGO's new property, Legends of China Chima. The Speedorz racing game should be available soon on LEGO.com and iOS devices, while Traveler's Tales will once again be partnering with LEGO to create Lego Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey. Even more ambitious, LEGO and TT will return to the MMO world with the free-to-play Lego Legends of Chima Online.http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=5906]View the full article[/url]

[The Legendary TNT]

A MMO? Guess people really miss Lego Universe.

Edited January 5, 2013 by TNT-DJ Vezon

[Tanu Toa of Earth]

A MMO? Guess people really miss Lego Universe.

 

 

 

Of course we do. It's just a shame that they had to make the new MMOs during a period of time when they seem to have shifted their focus to the younger part of their audience.

Edited January 5, 2013 by Tanu Toa of Earth

[TahuForever!]

A MMO? Guess people really miss Lego Universe.

 

 

 

Of course we do. It's just a shame that they had to make the new MMOs during a period of time when they seem to have shifted their focus to the younger part of their audience.

 

I'm all for what you might call a slightly more mature story, but in my opinion Lego Universe was rather dark for kids, what with all the "creatures of darkness". Even Ninjago was surprisingly dark at first, with the "Lord of Darkness" and army of skeletons. And now they have LOTR... Not that I'm not happy to have it myself, but...

 

Hopefully LOCO (ha, did I figure that out first?) won't be too simple, although I must admit it won't make much difference to me as I probably won't be playing it either way. Legends of Chima doesn't seem to me to be any "less mature" than Ninjago, though, just different.

 

I am curious to hear more about the TT Games one. Will it be like Lego Battles, or more like the typical games? Either way, it sounds pretty good.

 

 

So when will we see Lego Avengers: The Videogame, hmm?

 

EDIT 2/5/2013: Hah, called it!

Edited February 6, 2013 by Takuaka: Toa of Time

[Devorath]

Uh... We've already got Speedorz out on both platforms.

[The Great Spirit DM]

I would not have chosen Chima for an MMO. That said, I am willing to give it a shot. My impressions of Chima so far have been rather poor. The comic was of little quality, the story it presented the most basic it could possibly be. The sets look acceptable. No, Chima looks to be average, or below. But I am willing to try it. Perhaps they will go into the story more deeply in the MMO.

 

In any case, the fact that Lego is putting out another MMO says to me that they are going to have Chima stick around for a while.

[Meiko]

I'm really excited for this. Certainly something I'll play. It'll also be a great way to get lots of activity on TCW!

 

But once again, a news report I sent in that I'm not sourced for.

[Baron Von Nebula]

Hmmm.... If Chima is going to be an MMO, Lego has either been working on it secretly for some time, is planning on having Chima stick around for a number of years, or does not plan on game development taking as long as it did for Lego Universe. I could never play Lego Universe, because it was cancelled a few months before I got a laptop capable of supporting it. Hopefully I'll be able to play Chima.

Presumably, Chima tribes will work like Lego Universe factions, or something.

[Protodite Karzahni]

My word, they really are trying to push this one quickly, aren't they? Again, I can't help but fear they're being a little overambitious, though I'm happy to see where they go with this. Certainly the TT Games one could be interesting, assuming they do it right. I'd quite like to see something different from the same formula all the licensed games follow, similar to Bionicle Heroes. I'd reference the Ninjago game(s?) but I have no idea what they're like. I'd ask for something with gameplay akin to Darksiders but I get the idea that might be a little too hopeful.

[renaldohoek]

Seems they're riding on an awful lot of faith with this line. My guess is they're trying to compete with the Thundercats reboot. That, or they just wanted an excuse to make Fabuland heads again and found it tested good with kids. Either way, best of luck to the LEGO furries.

 

Edited January 5, 2013 by renaldohoek

[Aanchir]

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="renaldohoek" data-cid="486696" data-time="1357415090"><p>Seems they're riding on an awful lot of faith with this line. My guess is they're trying to compete with the Thundercats reboot. That, or they just wanted an excuse to make Fabuland heads again and found it tested good with kids. Either way, best of luck to the LEGO furries.</p></blockquote>There's no way they're trying to compete with the Thundercats reboot, since that's been cancelled as far as I know. It is, however, almost certainly trying to capitalize on the popularity anthropomorphic animal heroes currently have, considering shows like the Thundercats reboot, Kung Fu Panda, and TMNT coming out of the woodwork in the past couple years.I also guarantee they're not just "riding on faith". Not only does TLG surely do copious market research, but they also have plenty of recent themes to look back on to see just what sells and what doesn't.

[dotcom]

I would not have chosen Chima for an MMO. That said, I am willing to give it a shot. My impressions of Chima so far have been rather poor. The comic was of little quality, the story it presented the most basic it could possibly be. The sets look acceptable. No, Chima looks to be average, or below. But I am willing to try it. Perhaps they will go into the story more deeply in the MMO.

 

In any case, the fact that Lego is putting out another MMO says to me that they are going to have Chima stick around for a while.

 

The comics in the magazines are lliterally always like that. If we judged lines by their comics every theme would get a D-.

Chima has a tv show coming, and the information in the website is some of the most in-depth we've gotten for a Lego line. There are a lot of things that will present Chima's storyline better than that comic, we just haven't seen most fo them yet.

[mistergryphon]

Seems they're riding on an awful lot of faith with this line. My guess is they're trying to compete with the Thundercats reboot. That, or they just wanted an excuse to make Fabuland heads again and found it tested good with kids. Either way, best of luck to the LEGO furries.

 

Thundercats....not my favorite, the reboot or the original. If I'm not mistaken, the reboot came out a year or two ago, didn't it? But then again, LEGO themes are made two years before release.

[Vorahk1Panrahk2]

... Another MMO? Hopefully they learned from Lego Universe.

 

I have to admit that I'm surprised by the amount of marketing that LEGO is doing for this line. I guess they feel that this is one of the more original lines they've done recently, and they want people to know it.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

An MMO? Isn't the server cost going to be pricey? I though that was the main reason LU was shut down - too much money going to the servers and not enough coming in.

[Gatanui]

As a great LU fan when it was still around I highly look forward to this. The handheld console game doesn't really concern me as I've got neither of the consoles listed, though.-Gata

Edited January 6, 2013 by Gatanui

[Peach 00]

Should be interesting, although I hope it will be good. When it is done by TT games, the games have a tendency to glitch. =P (If you remember LEGO Stars Wars on the DS, you will remember that it used to glitch quite a bit, and any other LEGO game I've played that were also done by TT, the game has glitched. It might be pure coincedence, but nonetheless, it has occurred to me.)

[Lyichir]

Should be interesting, although I hope it will be good. When it is done by TT games, the games have a tendency to glitch. =P (If you remember LEGO Stars Wars on the DS, you will remember that it used to glitch quite a bit, and any other LEGO game I've played that were also done by TT, the game has glitched. It might be pure coincedence, but nonetheless, it has occurred to me.)

From my experience, Lego games not done by TT Games glitch far more than those done by them. Just look at the Mata Nui Online Game 2, Rock Raiders, Bionicle: Quest for the Toa, etc. I haven't had much trouble with glitches in Lego games by TT Games, and those glitches I have experienced were typically the "huh, would you look at that" variety rather than the game-breaking variety.

[Meiko]

Should be interesting, although I hope it will be good. When it is done by TT games, the games have a tendency to glitch. =P (If you remember LEGO Stars Wars on the DS, you will remember that it used to glitch quite a bit, and any other LEGO game I've played that were also done by TT, the game has glitched. It might be pure coincedence, but nonetheless, it has occurred to me.)

From my experience, Lego games not done by TT Games glitch far more than those done by them. Just look at the Mata Nui Online Game 2, Rock Raiders, Bionicle: Quest for the Toa, etc. I haven't had much trouble with glitches in Lego games by TT Games, and those glitches I have experienced were typically the "huh, would you look at that" variety rather than the game-breaking variety.

Also, two more things:

• I just got LEGO Lord of the Rings for PC not too long ago, and it hasn't glitched once.
• Having it done by TT Games means we'll almost certainly get it on all platforms, unlike any other LEGO game not done by TT.

[Guest Takua the Chronicler7]

Just to tell you, the ios version of Speedorz is very glitchy according to the reviews on itunes, but an update should be released soon.

[bonesiii]

An MMO? Isn't the server cost going to be pricey? I though that was the main reason LU was shut down - too much money going to the servers and not enough coming in.

Presumably it will be simpler so it'll function like the Bionicle comics -- helping advertise the sets, so it can be supported by set sales. We shouldn't expect another LU to come out of this in terms of complexity or necessarily even quality. However, LU made the massive error of not centering around sets -- the later Ninjago content kinda tried to rescue this doomed model but probably too little too late. There should have been a major Maelstrom-themed set release to coincide with it. Since this is about a major set line, it might work.

 

We should also probably expect this to be temporary like the Drome; when the sets end the support will end -- but more of a planned end rather than a failed attempt at a longer-lasting game as with LU.

 

They may be incorporating other lessons learned into it too.

[Bambi]

Whatever the case, I'm just excited for a F2P Lego MMO! :3

[Meiko]

I'll most-likely be getting one or two limited beta accounts for Legends of Chima: Online in the next few days. I reached out to a contact of mine at LEGO over a social network, and he's already sent out the request email to Warner Entertainment. I'll keep you guys posted, though I won't be allowed to share screenshots or video recordings.

[TahuForever!]

My word, they really are trying to push this one quickly, aren't they? Again, I can't help but fear they're being a little overambitious, though I'm happy to see where they go with this. Certainly the TT Games one could be interesting, assuming they do it right. I'd quite like to see something different from the same formula all the licensed games follow, similar to Bionicle Heroes. I'd reference the Ninjago game(s?) but I have no idea what they're like. I'd ask for something with gameplay akin to Darksiders but I get the idea that might be a little too hopeful.

I'm kinda thinking the same thing about the ambition, but we'll see where it goes. As for the game, doing it in the style of Lego Battles and Lego Battles 2: Ninjago would work pretty well, I think.

 

I would not have chosen Chima for an MMO. That said, I am willing to give it a shot. My impressions of Chima so far have been rather poor. The comic was of little quality, the story it presented the most basic it could possibly be. The sets look acceptable. No, Chima looks to be average, or below. But I am willing to try it. Perhaps they will go into the story more deeply in the MMO.

 

In any case, the fact that Lego is putting out another MMO says to me that they are going to have Chima stick around for a while.

 

The comics in the magazines are lliterally always like that. If we judged lines by their comics every theme would get a D-.

Chima has a tv show coming, and the information in the website is some of the most in-depth we've gotten for a Lego line. There are a lot of things that will present Chima's storyline better than that comic, we just haven't seen most fo them yet.

 

I saw the first two episodes of the show. It felt kind of rushed, if you ask me, trying to tell too much story in too short a time and not giving any characters enough attention, but later episodes might get better since the introduction will be out of the way. If they do it as well as the Ninjago show, it'll be pretty good. I still laugh at "Grand Sensei Dareth" of the "Mojo Dojo", one day to be the Brown Ninja. And the later episodes of the show were really well done, in my opinion. The plot certainly became more and more interesting as it went along, and the action sequences got better and better.

Edited February 6, 2013 by Takuaka: Toa of Time

[dotcom]

My word, they really are trying to push this one quickly, aren't they? Again, I can't help but fear they're being a little overambitious, though I'm happy to see where they go with this. Certainly the TT Games one could be interesting, assuming they do it right. I'd quite like to see something different from the same formula all the licensed games follow, similar to Bionicle Heroes. I'd reference the Ninjago game(s?) but I have no idea what they're like. I'd ask for something with gameplay akin to Darksiders but I get the idea that might be a little too hopeful.

I'm kinda thinking the same thing about the ambition, but we'll see where it goes. As for the game, doing it in the style of Lego Battles and Lego Battles 2: Ninjago would work pretty well, I think.

 

I would not have chosen Chima for an MMO. That said, I am willing to give it a shot. My impressions of Chima so far have been rather poor. The comic was of little quality, the story it presented the most basic it could possibly be. The sets look acceptable. No, Chima looks to be average, or below. But I am willing to try it. Perhaps they will go into the story more deeply in the MMO. In any case, the fact that Lego is putting out another MMO says to me that they are going to have Chima stick around for a while.

The comics in the magazines are lliterally always like that. If we judged lines by their comics every theme would get a D-.Chima has a tv show coming, and the information in the website is some of the most in-depth we've gotten for a Lego line. There are a lot of things that will present Chima's storyline better than that comic, we just haven't seen most fo them yet.

 

I saw the first two episodes of the show. It felt kind of rushed, if you ask me, trying to tell too much story in too short a time and not giving any characters enough attention, but later episodes might get better since the introduction will be out of the way. If they do it as well as the Ninjago show, it'll be pretty good. I still laugh at "Grand Sensei Dareth" of the "Mojo Dojo", one day to be the Brown Ninja. And the later episodes of the show were really well done, in my opinion. The plot certainly became more and more interesting as it went along, and the action sequences got better and better.

 

Yeah, the show was pretty bad. I do hope it improves, though. As you said, Ninjago got a lot better as it went on. (Dareth is so my favorite character). Hopefully Chima's show will get a lot better, though as it is, yeah. It is not amazing. I'm more interested in the sets anyway.