Ranking Lego Games

Early & Non-TT Games Era Rankings
📌 The first-ever Lego game, Lego Fun to Build (Sega Pico), is ranked at the bottom due to its poor implementation of building mechanics (requiring exact sequence knowledge rather than puzzle-solving).
⭐ Lego Island (1997) is credited with starting the revolution for Lego video games despite its flaws, earning a B tier placement for its open-world exploration and customization for the time.
📉 Lego Island 2 and Island Extreme Stunts are placed in C tier; Island Extreme Stunts ranks slightly higher than Island 2 because the latter lost charm during the transition to third-person perspective.
🏎️ Lego Racers is a solid B tier kart racer, praised for vehicle customization, but it is overshadowed by contemporaries like *Mario Kart 64*.

TT Games Era: Licensed Titles (Star Wars & Indiana Jones)
🌟 Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga is ranked in S tier, highlighted as a masterful combination of two games without feeling disjointed, featuring excellent character unlocks like Indiana Jones.
👍 Lego Indiana Jones (Year 1-4) is placed in A tier, praised for effectively adapting the source material, though it struggled to match the scope of *Star Wars*.
😕 Lego Indiana Jones 2 is placed at the top of C tier; deemed pointless due to its strange narrative split (focusing on the fourth movie plus random bits from the first three) and featuring consistently bad vehicle levels.
🤖 Lego Star Wars 3 (The Clone Wars) is placed in high B tier, noted for introducing new elements like tower defense, though it felt like a forced continuation of the series.

TT Games Era: Original/Creator Titles & Later Releases
👑 Lego City Undercover is considered an S tier game, seen as a full realization of what *Lego Island* aimed for, successfully blending an original Lego experience with TT Games' quality polish.
🦸 Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is ranked in S tier for being a huge leap, introducing successful original story dialogue and balancing the unique powers of Batman and Superman effectively.
📈 Lego Marvel Superheroes is viewed as the peak of the TT Games formula, improving on *Lego Batman 2* with a massive roster and superior character variety across the entire Marvel universe.
🧱 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is placed in the top of B tier; while incredibly polished and visually stunning, it is criticized for having brain-dead easy puzzles and lacking the identity of older Lego games due to its new over-the-shoulder camera.

Controversial and Niche Titles
👎 Lego Worlds is ranked below Lego Indiana Jones 2, described as essentially being *Minecraft* with Lego branding, lacking compelling gameplay outside of the visual style.
💰 Lego Dimensions is ranked above Lego Fortnite; though the toys-to-life cost was "bonkers," the crossover concept was praised, and the speaker hopes for a revival without the physical toy requirement.
🤔 Lego The Incredibles is considered overhated and placed at the top of B tier, praised for being unique, despite complaints about simple puzzles and stretching the source material for characters.
💸 Lego DC Super-Villains is highly rated just below the first *Lego Batman*, noted for being one of the most fun later-era games due to making the custom character creation a core part of the story.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ The speaker developed a strong appreciation for Lego games after forcing themselves to play many sequentially, noting that quality is highly dependent on playing them individually rather than back-to-back.
➡️ The transition to full voice acting (starting with *Lego Batman 2*) is preferred only when the dialogue is original; ripping lines directly from source material (like *Lord of the Rings* or *Avengers*) lessens the charm.
➡️ Single-IP focused games based on one movie (e.g., *Force Awakens*, *The Hobbit*) tend to feel "stretched out" or rushed compared to those covering broader arcs (like *The Complete Saga*).
➡️ Newer TT Games titles, like *Skywalker Saga*, prioritize AAA presentation (new engines, modern camera) which sometimes leads to non-existent puzzles and a loss of traditional Lego game identity.

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