…sucks. I had such high hopes for this game. I love messing about in a nice simplified world that combines two of my favourite childhood pastimes. Instead what you end up with is a mishmash of bad ideas and even worse execution.

As the name suggests, this game covers the original three films in the Star Wars saga. Levels follow the events you’d remember and overall it’s light and humorous. That’s all the praise I have for the game. As soon as you start playing you realise everything is broken.

I have never liked 3D games with a fixed camera ala Resident Evil. It feels like a massive cop-out and makes everything harder. LSW loves jumps, but when your depth perception is limited to guesswork it becomes frustrating. Now throw in some motion with this camera that can FORCE YOU TO FALL TO YOUR DEATH as it follows one player and you have a recipe for disaster. If you don’t stick together (or get a lift together, or ride the same car), one player will often be dragged into a mud pit or pushed over the railings of the Death Star. I kid you not!

This is supposed to be a kids game, but I think it would be more likely to put any kid off playing ever again. Because killing enemies is so easy, the game takes great delight in sending endless waves. And that wouldn’t be so bad if friendly fire wasn’t so common. It’s… grrr. There’s no word for it.

There is no saving grace for Lego Star Wars. It’s awful. Don’t buy it. Don’t even play it. The Lego Harry Potter demo was immensely more enjoyable purely because the developers seem to have learnt from this travesty.

My rating: 1/10