Lego Worlds lets gamers do what they've always wanted to - build

Developed by Traveller’s Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Lego Worlds is a sandbox game that lets you build using Lego bricks. You take one look and you see it bears an uncanny resemblance to Minecraft, albeit you do not get to play the creative God from the get go. 

Perhaps since Minecraft garners attention from various age groups, Lego wants to cash in on some of it, especially because the Lego bricks were the ultimate tools to channel your imagination through, way before Minecraft even became a concept. 

However, this Lego instalment is unlike the others. Most Lego games follow a certain storyline rather than focus on the building, but not this one. Lego Worlds starts off as an ordinary third-person game where you need to complete missions and discover new objects that can be used freely. Gradually, the game starts giving you creative freedom and lets you become a “Master Builder”. 

The game revolves around an astronaut who has crash-landed on a planter and has to complete various quests in order to become a “Master Builder”. You get your hands on a “Discover Tool” that lets you scan an object and after unlocking it, you can use it as much you want to create your own unique world. 

Lego Worlds introduces several other features that sets it apart from Minecraft. It lets you copy and paste structures, build brick by-by-brick much like Minecraft, and even raise and flatten the world. 

Of course, by the looks of it, one might misconstrue it as a kids game, but I spent an entire day building random structures.

Lego Worlds stays true to its name and lets you use Lego bricks for what they were actually meant: building. But, it still falls short when compared to Minecraft — be it the plethora of mods available or a truly open-world experience.