Meet Bumblebee Girl. Isnât she adorable, with her little wings and pot of honey and ability to completely obliterate skeletons, pirates and trolls with her area-of-effect attacks? It may look cute, but LEGO Minifigures Online is a challenging Diablo-style game.
Combining the joy of collecting little LEGO people with the endless-clicking of an isometric action role-playing game makes for quite a compelling little game, as I found out playing the LEGO Minifigures Online beta this weekend. Interested parties can sign up on the website and play right now. Or just watch me play it here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuXhnDpBhrI
As I said, very Diablo-esque, right down to ranged characters holding the space bar to stand still while they shoot. The difference here is that instead of picking one character, the player keeps a team of three in rotation at all times, and when one of them dies the player has to wait for respawn.
Paying players of the free-to-play game have less of a wait, of course. Members, as subscribers are called also get a free Minifigure pack to open every month, as well as exclusive access to certain optional adventure zones.
The other big difference between this and Diablo is Funconâs game doesnât care much for balance, so it can handle the 31-or-so characters available to randomly purchase in the beta. Each character gets an attack and a special skill, and itâs up to players to find a combination that works for them.
While players can party up, the game is incredibly kid friendly. Chat is only available to members, and even then the systemâs filter will keep offensive terms from entering chat. Hell, I couldnât even use the word âBumblebeeâ.
LEGO Minifigures Online isnât very deep from what Iâve seen, but when you find the right combination of characters and the hideous fire monkeys and ghost pirates start to drop, itâs quite satisfying.
