LEGO BRICKTALES

Developer Clockstone Publisher Thunderful Format PC Origin Austria Release TBA 2022

Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Lego videogames is how prescriptive they are. Here is a toy of boundless creative potential, yet the building part often amounts to nothing more than holding buttons to reassemble dismantled minikits. Developer Clockstone (Bridge Constructor) is looking to rectify that – sure, you’re given a very specific selection of pieces, but it’s your choice how you put them together (even if some arrangements are clearly more effective than others). Assembling a wonky chopper to complete a rescue mission has a similar energy to Banjo Kazooie: Nuts ’N’ Bolts – no bad thing, in our book.