LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack - Xbox 360

I was hesitant to buy/invest in Lego Dimensions, because of the idea of it, but the Doctor Who level pack convinced me to buy the Xbox 360 starter pack, the Doctor Who packs, and couple of the fun and team packs. So, as the headline of my review says, "work in progress". Lego Dimensions is now and probably will be, for a long time anyway, a work in progress. That's actually kind of the whole concept of the product. So, part of why I say this, here's an example. The red bricks that get you extras. I only have 1 Level pack so far, and that's the Doctow Who. So, I have the default Story levels, the default Adventure Worlds (DC Comics, Lord of the Rings, and Lego the Movie), plus the Doctor Who, Jurassic Park, and Back to the Future (only the level w/ Doc brown so far). So, from that, I think there are maybe 4 or 5 red bricks available. So, for fans of other Lego video games who were looks to 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, AND Attract Studs, well of those, only 2x is available as a red brick extra so far. But the toy releases are only up through Wave 2 with waves 3 and 4 on their way, so work in progress. Also, doesn't seem like that many adventure worlds, but only 4 Level packs from Wave 1 and 2. More level packs are coming, as far as I know, with waves 3 and 4, so again, work in progress. I am not criticizing that fact, only sharing so others know what they're in for. Another thing to be aware of is that while you can hire some characters for 30 seconds as a time when you need them for a specific action, you cannot purchase any characters in game. Your purchase of characters is your purchase of the physical toy packs for Lego Dimensions. That said, the last thing I want to make many of is this: while you definitely will want to collect a lot of the packs if you want to get to 100% eventually, this is not necessarily a "gotta collect 'em all" scenario! For example, you need a character with lasers that melt gold objects. Well, your 1st thought might be to buy the Cyborg or Superman toy packs. Well, several of the vehicles can be upgraded for things like lasers, towing, flying, etc.... So, I encourage you to get the starter pack, buy a couple of the packs for fun, and just play and figure out what you can do with what you have! I know I definitely want more of the packs BUT like many, I am on a budget, and there's no way I'll buy all the packs (if you do, where the heck do you put them all?). Anyway, the game is in a work in progress! Most important about this is if you expect to buy the starter pack and be at 100% completion in a week or something, probably not possible, just not that type video game product. I think some of the toys needed aren't even shipping yet, like the Portal 2 girl! The 1 other comment I'd like to make is that unlike other lego video games, the guides available are just different this time around! With most other Lego games, Prima games has produced a guide with maps and such. The only "complete" guide book I've found so far is text only and doesn't have complete rundowns of the levels. For that, you'll likely need to find some "video game bloggers" on the internet to help you! The story is really fun, in this game, though on Xbox 360, I ran into some technical issues in the game (BTTF story level where Wyldstyle can't complete her jump, for example, to get the keystone), but due to the nature of this game, you can find workarounds like using the TARDIS or other flying vehicle to fly up to the keystone. If LEGO reads these reviews, I'd like to see Stargate as part of Lego dimensions, Marvel, Harry Potter, Star Wars. Maybe these aren't possible. Also, I'd like to see the ability for customer character creations like in other LEGO video games. I mean, how cool would it be if we could make our own 14th Doctor Who character, and, wow, if we could design our own TARDIS interior.... sorry, just geeking out a bit there, but that's what the game is all about! Geeking out on your favorite franchise! Oh, never happen I know, but Walking Dead and Bill & Ted adventure packs, just sayin'! Just imagine the Doctor riding in Bill & ted's phone booth or Bill & Ted in the TARDIS!!!!

Such a fun game and got it for a great price on here since it was on sale. This game is ADDICTING! Note it does get expensive as you add in more characters but look at it like you're buying additional video games because characters open different areas of the game.My friend and I - both adults - thoroughly enjoy playing this. It's so fun to have such disparate characters interacting. I mean at one point we had Gandalf, Scooby Doo, Unikitty, The Wicked Witch of the West, Batman, Wildside and Harry Potter all in the game - so fun! Lots of puzzle solving and moving your characters around the incredibly interactive and colourful with cool lights base. You also build things during the game - like turning the Batmobile into a different vehicle that you need for a specific task. Super fun to build it, put it into the game and POOF there it is (see the pic of the Batmobile minifig and it in the game) Each character also has their own powers/abilities so there's a lot of switching to the right character which makes it much more fun if playing with a friend.Highly recommend!

ABSOLUTLEY AWESOME! The game has incredible design and gameplay and last a while so i would recommend this to any fan of lego or video games in general

Product shipped in timely manner. Game pad plugs in and functions properly. Disc reads and plays great. When assembling the potato we found a piece was missing;small piece, didn't effect the over all build or game play. The game seems fun so far, but we cannot get past the introduction level because we can't master Batman's grapple, because his NFC TAG won't read and we can't use him on the game. However, it apparently a common issue, and not the fault of the seller. I contacted Lego and they are sending the missing piece and new Batman tag free of charge.

I love this game so much!

I bought this for my grandson for doing well in school and he loves it. When you get it there are several items you have to build before you can play. It comes with extra pieces in case you lose some. The graphics in the game are wonderful and he spends hours playing it. Some children may need help putting the portal together. There are 2 different levels in the game, you have the character levels that you have to purchase additional level packs to play or you can just play the levels on the game like you would normally do with any video game. When I was first ordering it I was under the impression that each level you had to buy another pack of characters for the game to continue but after my grandson started playing it I realized that we will not have to continue to purchase additional items (unless we wanted to). I think this game is for children and adults and would recomend it.

Lego and Tt have done it again. The expanse of this game is amazing. You can spend days and days just going through the different worlds off the main hub, not even playing the main game, or the expansion levels. And all the whimsy of Tt's Lego series is here. Even better, you have tons of different characters and movies, shows, and genres to explore.If you're choosing between this or Disney Infinity, go for this. Disney Infinity will only disappoint you with its poor use of available story content (it glosses over tons of great material for its Star Wars line) and annoying to just plain bad game play (one particular boss could be defeated by a level 1 character, since it takes no special skill to defeat him).