Grand designs: why DIY worlds are gripping London gamers
Gaming As Lego Worlds launches, playing just got constructive — and there’s no limit to what you can create with bricks, says Ben Travis
FROM the LEGO Batman Movie to the thriving LEGO megastore in Leicester Square, the staggering popularity of Denmark’s bricks shows no sign of slowing down.
The latest LEGO game has even more grand designs. It allows you to take your building beyond bricks and mortar and unleash the full extent of your creativity in digital form — without the risk of treading on a sharp brick hidden in the carpet.
After two years of beta-testing on PC, LEGO Worlds has finally arrived on PS4 and Xbox One — an all-in-one kit for players to channel their inner “Master Builder” on a procedurally generated game world.
Previous LEGO games riffed on films, letting players romp through brickified versions of Star Wars, Batman and Harry Potter with a reverence to plot and irreverence of tone that has become the series’ signature style.
Now, for the first time, developer TT Games has created an interactive world created entirely from LEGO, which can be built up, torn down and sculpted as players choose. It heralds a new era of creativity.
“We have more than 1,400 items in the game for players to use, and more than 400 of those are bricks or