It wound up being the perfect time to release it since the prequel trilogy's conclusion was still fresh in the public's mind. With its huge financial success, a potential sequel following a certain boy on a certain moisture farm was practically guaranteed.Ī mere year after the release of the original, TT Games struck back with a sequel focusing on the classic original trilogy. They didn't have full voice acting, so the characters communicated through grunts and expressions, and the game's sense of humor is timeless and still holds up today. The game's charm really shined through in the cutscenes that recreated the scenes from the films. It's easy as walking given the young target demographic, with the main difficulty coming from discovering the huge amount of collectibles within each level, much of which required returning to the level with a new character that had a specific ability, which created incredible replay value.
Gameplay and graphics-wise, the game was extremely simplistic even for the PS2/Xbox era. Part of the appeal of LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game was that it emulated the concept of playing LEGOs, with a huge assortment of characters to pick from that could be played in any level after completion utilizing "free play" mode, which would become a staple feature in the series going forward.
Their knack for capturing childlike wonder in the form of video games is probably exactly what led to them forming a partnership with LEGO that has turned out to be so successful, the company now known as TT Games has made almost exclusively LEGO games for the past seventeen years. That company was Traveller's Tales Games, whose earlier work consisted of the excellent Toy Story and Toy Story 2 games as well as the rather underrated Mickey Mania. Still, every trend, good or bad, has its outliers, and one company in particular has consistently delivered quality titles based on popular brands. The trend was so infamous that licensed games on both PC and consoles have practically become extinct, with most IP owners choosing to make mobile games or apps for side content rather than a full-fledged game. That's because most licensed games are made in a short period of time to coincide with the release of a new movie or show, as well as made on a far than below triple A budget. Licensed video games, otherwise known as games that are based on an existing intellectual property, have a historically bad rep in the industry.
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