
Some of these pirates have tasks for you to do – build a pirate throne, construct a clock-tower. You begin the game as an astronaut, your little spaceship crash-landing on a tiny tropical planet full of Lego pirates. A game that started out in early access as a very basic, very freeform Minecraft-style game has evolved into something quite different. Like Dragon Quest: Builders, it mixes up the Minecraft gameplay with a storyline and quests, and there’s even a hint of No Man’s Sky in its procedurally generated scenery and basic structure. Yet while it’s a sandbox game of resource-gathering, construction, exploration and adventure, Lego Worlds also tries to bring something different to the experience. While far from a direct clone, it’s certainly a take on Mojang’s classic, with those chunky blocks and pixelated textures replaced by shiny plastic Lego bricks. There’s no point denying it: Lego Worlds is effectively Lego Minecraft.

Available on PS4 (version reviewed), Xbox One, PC
