
The change in tone is made immediately obvious the moment the game opens, with its somber dynamic lighting, thoughtfully-designed landscapes, and atmospheric sound design filled with reverberating sound effects and slow, ambient music. It has a lighthearted, joking spirit that’s more or less in line with every piece of LEGO media that’s been released since LEGO Island made its way to PC in the late 90s.īut now, LEGO has its own in-house developer, Light Brick Studios, and they’ve taken a completely different approach to LEGO with their first game, LEGO Builder’s Journey. The result is a more meditative, slow-paced, and nostalgic game offering players puzzles to solve through building structures with bricks to navigate paths through each level. vibe using over-the-top item-based combat on varied stages.

LEGO Brawls is a frenetic, zany combat game that does its best to mimic a Super Smash Bros.

There are now two LEGO games in the Apple Arcade store: LEGO Brawls, and LEGO Builder’s Journey, and they couldn’t be further apart when it comes to tone.
