Lego Party Proof, Not Just Mario Party Space

The modest party game genre connects people throughout the game. While no one really takes it into consideration whenever a new person hits the competition, the result is usually a pleasant time. For the LEGO Party, this is the attempt by Mini Brick to successfully try to attend the LEGO Party Mario Party so that fans of the small constructors can get together in groups of four and then destroy their friendship through the mini game.

If you play Mario Party You know exactly what happens to Lego party. A group of four players will fall onto a board game-like table and scroll the numbers to increase the number of spots required. Some attractions will receive special prizes, some will hide traps that will steal your hard-won stars, or in this case, golden Lego blocks. After each player’s turn, they will participate in one of 60 LEGO-themed mini-games.

For the honors of the Lego Party, mini-game is where this effort can be distinguished from the Mario Party. There are some standard investment activities, such as players skipping the swinging octopus tentacles until the last player stands and arrives at some very deviant players. One I tried was a Bennett Foddy-style wheelbarrow racing game where players had to balance on a very considerate wheelbarrow using joysticks and head towards the finish line. We only played about eight mini games in total, so I was so happy to see what else was at the LEGO party.

Another LEGO innovation is how LEGO parties tend toward the creative aspect of toy bricks. Although interesting concepts like Pirates are themed on maps that span the world, they can be modified if certain conditions are met in the game. Landing at a specific location will allow the player to create unique elements to add to the map, just like a pirate ship that does not exist at the beginning of the game.

Visually, the bright aesthetics of LEGO parties are known for their own knowledge, although the aesthetics of party games mean that these LEGOs tend to be more inclined toward fearful designs than I think of astounding. That said, these LEGOs are all about Zany and Loud, which is perfect for this genre.

Playing with three other players (my two IGN colleagues and a developer), we found ourselves immediately engaging in its romping track. The goal is to collect as many gold bricks as possible at the end of the game. Winning mini games by yourself will only grant you LEGO Lego points, which you can turn into methods to score tiles, such as sports modifiers that will help you land on the scene generated in the tiles.

You can also buy traps (not in microtransactions) that may steal bricks from other players, while the unique attractions on the board will launch a special 2V2 game where all the winning teams will receive bricks as a reward. These 2V2 rounds include special mini-games, for example, each player controls half of each car that must coordinate its controls to travel to a designated target.

When we finished a small game ourselves, we only saw a small part of what the LEGO Party had to offer. If the rest of the game is as fun as a few games we’ve played, I can see the kind of addictive appeal that the addictive Mario Party at the LEGO party has – especially good news for PlayStation and Xbox players who can’t play Mario Party.

Matt Kim is an advanced feature editor for IGN.