• Home
  • Shop
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Contact us
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
  • Home
  • Esports
  • PC Games
  • PS4
  • PS5
  • Switch
  • Wii U
  • XBox 360
  • XBox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Mobile
  • Game News
No Result
View All Result
GameNewsUSA
wow warcraft alliance horde cataclysm leveling guide
  • Home
  • Esports
  • PC Games
  • PS4
  • PS5
  • Switch
  • Wii U
  • XBox 360
  • XBox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Mobile
  • Game News
No Result
View All Result
GameNewsUSA
No Result
View All Result
Home Xbox Series X

LEGO 2K Drive review | PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X/S, Switch

May 19, 2023
in Xbox Series X
0

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Sports gaming specialists 2K have teamed up with LEGO for a new brick-based racing game, out today (Friday 19th May), with their hot new release going by the not very imaginative title of LEGO 2K Drive.

When we spoke to the developers a few months ago, their enthusiasm for the game was infectious, and now we’ve managed to put quite a few hours into LEGO 2K Drive ourselves. But here’s the big question – is the game any good?

We’re pleased to report that, yes, LEGO 2K Drive is a fun game at its heart, and it’s easy to imagine players – particularly young ones – spending a lot of time happily playing it. It’s colourful, enjoyable and filled with silly little jokes. And the music is quite catchy, as well!

With a hefty single-player campaign, heaps of multiplayer options (both local and online) and an impressively deep vehicle creation system, LEGO 2K Drive is a game that it’s easy to spend time with. It has a decent selection of nice-looking open worlds to explore, and when it gets down to the actual racing, it offers a fun twist on kart racing.

That being said, LEGO 2K Drive is not a game that reinvents the wheel. It wears its inspirations on its sleeve, make no mistake. The open world exploration feels like it was heavily inspired by Microsoft’s Forza Horizon series (which had its own LEGO DLC in recent memory), and the actual track racing element will feel pretty familiar to anyone that’s spent time with Mario Kart, Crash Team Racing or any of the other power-up-infused imitators that have cropped up over the years.

By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Rather that reinventing the wheel, LEGO 2K Drive lets you build your own set of wheels and repeatedly smash them to pieces. The game has just enough quirkiness to make it interesting without veering too far into the lane of annoyingly cheesy and naff attempts at comedy. It’s charming, above all else.

More like this

As you explore the various open world biomes (which look utterly gorgeous at times), you’ll be given all sorts of random tasks, from collecting lost farm animals to tracking down a sweet-toothed racer who went looking for pie when he should’ve been on the track.

One thing the game does really well is showcase the vast possibilities of LEGO. You’ll see some LEGO versions of real cars, but you’ll also see spooky ghosts and alien spaceships and all sorts of other random stuff. Similar to how The LEGO Movie captured the magic of LEGO itself, it feels like the team behind LEGO 2K Drive totally ‘gets it’ – young or old, LEGO fans will enjoy the creativity on display.

The game does guide you a bit too closely at times – with constant instructions and unsolicited tips that make everything seem a little easy – but you’ve got to remember that this game is designed for kids to enjoy as well as grown-ups.

The lack of core-concept originality doesn’t feel like a major problem, either, with enough new elements mixed in to freshen up those old inspirations. The car creator, for example, allows you to embrace whatever wacky idea you fancy, and the game always shows you that any silly idea is valid (for example, one of the first cars I drove around in was actually a pizza oven on wheels).

The game also allows you to essentially have three vehicles on the go at any given moment – you have a track car, an off-road vehicle and a boat selected at all times, and the game will automatically switch between them as you venture across different terrains. This is a fun twist and it’s executed very well in the game.

The power-ups, too, are different enough from the red shells of yore to make each race feel like its own thing, more than just a copy of Mario Kart. So if you’ve got room for a new racing game in your life, one that caters to actual kids and big kids alike, we’d recommend checking this one out. And with seasonal DLC promised, it could get even better – and more original – as time goes on. Brick by brick, this could build to something special.

LEGO 2K Drive is out now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. We reviewed on PS5.

Latest deals

Subscribe to our free Gaming Newsletter for weekly insights, and visit our Gaming hub for all the latest news.

Looking for something to watch? Check out our TV Guide or Streaming Guide.

Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only £1 with delivery to your home — subscribe now. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.

Related Posts

Xbox Series X

Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg Shares Details on What You Can Expect from Xbox Game Showcase

June 5, 2023
Xbox Series X

video games june 2023: Video games releasing in June 2023 on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, PC: Check full list

June 4, 2023
Xbox Series X

Necessary Hardware For Any Discerning Xbox Or PC Gamer

June 4, 2023
Xbox Series X

Diablo 4 Disables Overpowered Unique Power

June 4, 2023
Xbox Series X

Diablo 4 Player Styles Their Necromancer After Wilson From Cast Away

June 3, 2023
Xbox Series X

Borderlands 4’s Class Design Should Avoid One Achilles Heel of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands

June 3, 2023
Load More
Next Post

How to watch the PlayStation Showcase

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Esports News

Paper Rex benches IGL, adds substitute for Masters Tokyo

June 5, 2023

Team S8UL and FS Esports to represent India in Pokemon UNITE World Championship 2023 Tokyo 

June 4, 2023

Revenant Esports Signs Alpha Clasher

June 4, 2023

Global Esports and Velocity Gaming to Clash in Valorant Showdown on 8th June in Delhi

June 4, 2023

PC Games

Mobile gaming loyalty is key to lasting revenues – GameDaily.biz | We Make Games Our Business GameDaily.biz

November 28, 2023

[From the industry] It’s a significant milestone for Sheffield as The National Videogame Museum turns five! – Business News

November 28, 2023

Varjo releases high-end XR-4 mixed reality headset for $3,990

November 27, 2023

Recruiter Hotseat – Joe Sutcliffe, recruiter at Aardvark Swift – Business News

November 27, 2023
No Result
View All Result

Categories

  • Esports News
  • Game News
  • Mobile
  • PC Games
  • PS4
  • PS5 News
  • Switch
  • Uncategorized
  • Wii U
  • XBox 360
  • XBox One
  • Xbox Series X

PS4

Should You Use A Controller or Keyboard?

June 5, 2023

Wii U

Nintendo maintenance schedule – June 4, 2023

June 4, 2023

Tears Of The Kingdom Fixes The Worst Part Of Breath Of The Wild: Boss Fights

June 4, 2023

Recent News

Mobile gaming loyalty is key to lasting revenues – GameDaily.biz | We Make Games Our Business GameDaily.biz

November 28, 2023

[From the industry] It’s a significant milestone for Sheffield as The National Videogame Museum turns five! – Business News

November 28, 2023
  • Home
  • Shop
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Contact us

© 2022 GameNewsUSA

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Esports
  • PC Games
  • PS4
  • PS5
  • Switch
  • Wii U
  • XBox 360
  • XBox One
  • Xbox Series X
  • Mobile
  • Game News

© 2022 GameNewsUSA