LEGO 2K Drive Review (EvaPilot1)
I'll be honest, I bought this game because I was craving an open world driving game. There's not many options and I've been pleasantly surprised.
At it's core the game is really good, the worlds are big and fun to explore and there's a ton of collectables and a lot of lego charm, but it's really let down by the bizarre choice to lock lego bricks off behind whats basically a battle pass and an odd choice to monetise vehicles. There are even daily and weekly challenges as if this game is supposed to be some kind of live service, but that's just not what the game is, it's just, really weird.
If this game was a festival of lego which showers you with new bricks and vehicles and tons of different events it would be great. There's enough content there to do it, but instead it just feeds you little drips and drabs of cash to to spend in the "store" There's just no way you'd be able to play this game enough to earn everything in the 4 battle passes, or enough cash to buy the vehicles you'd want without spending money, and that's just a huge shame.
This game had the potential to be a really good collectathon and instead it just kind of sucks. I've beat the game and I don't intend to play hundreds of hours more to unlock everything I supposedly bought. I regret buying the premium version. The standard version in a sale for £10-15 would've been alright, but £75 is absolutely insane.