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Well Hello Pixlbit! Today is the official start to Blog A Day, which should be interesting to see what everyone here is going to write about during the next month. Last year I went with a “Let’s see what I find interesting” blog, which at the start was alluring, but in the middle of the month, it became a mad scramble to find a topic.

This year I vowed to be different, to give Pixlbit something new. After all this time last year, I was at 1Up and heard that the site was going to call a quits. Right in the middle of my BaD I came over, found a new home, connected with some familiar faces, and met some new ones. Pixlbit deserved something fresh, something new, and something that wasn’t a “Wake up and Write” type of BaD, so because of this, I now present my BaD…Themes. Yes, each week we shall have a different theme for my BaD content. I had many different concepts on what I should be writing/taking picture of, but instead I shall loosely follow these guidelines

Theme

Day 1: Top 5/10 games associated with that theme

Day 2: Top 5/10 songs associated with that theme

Day 3: (This day will be a spill over from Day 2 if there is a lot of content)

Day 4: Any other interesting items associated with today’s theme

Day 5: The Wildcard/Pickups

Days 2,3 and 4 can be changed depending on the theme. Day 4 could also be used to write about something I played that I feel is really interesting that I want to talk about. (Oh you know you want to read about my latest adventures with The Simpsons Tapped Out). I'm going to try and keep these blogs short because we all have a lot of reading during this month.

To start off this week, in keeping with a certain movie being released, Week 1 of Blog A Day is Lego Week! To start off Lego Week, I present to you good people Chris’ Favorite Lego Franchised Games. These games are the Lego versions of some of our favorite films. I picked my Top 5 after spending weeks with them (original play through) and give some thoughts about the games. Sound fun? Ok then, let’s get started!

In true Top X lists, we have to start in descending order, because that is what television and weekly top 40 radio shows on the weekend have taught me.

 

5. Lego Indiana Jones 2 – PS3

 

LIJ2 improved on a disappointing original with decent gameplay and a new semi open world loading level, where you can interact with some buildings to get Lego studs and if I remember correctly unlock some new characters. This loading world if I remember correctly was based in the college town where Dr. Jones taught. Even though I never saw the most recent Indiana Jones (I call it the Godfather III of the series), I enjoyed playing through this game because it revisited the three previous movies with new layouts along with Crystal Skulls.

 

4. Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 – PS3

 

LHPY5-7 was released after Indiana Jones 2, and improved upon many of it’s features. The reason why I added this game to the list and not the original series is because I felt the final three or four books in the series took a darker tone, which made the actual games more intriguing. As the user, finally reaching the crescendo between Harry and He Who Shall Not Be Named was an event. I did find that some levels seemed to drag on a bit more than normal but that was probably Lego game fatigue.

 

3. Lego Marvel – PS3

 

Despite it’s many flaws, I added this game to my Top 5 purely based on the characters and the Lego sets I own that are featured in the game. What Lego tried in Batman 2 including characters from the DC Universe, they excelled at in Lego Marvel. I do hope some of the characters featured in Lego Marvel. If this game didn’t over do some of the background scenes, which got confusing at times, and didn’t make the flying completely frustrating, this would be #1 on my Top 5

 

2. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean – PS3

 

Pirates is easily one of my favorite Lego games because it once again improved on the basic formula of the Lego Franchise. I really enjoyed the semi open world option when picking which of the trilogy to play. The Port City theme was a nice touch along with the new minikit sets being pirate ships. What I enjoyed was the different unlockable characters, because of the variety. There wasn’t a Jack with Black Hat, Jack with Blue Hat characters, but actual different characters.

 

And for my Number 1 Lego game franchise…the winner is…

 

 

 

1. Lego Batman 2 – PS3 & Lego Star Wars II – PS2

 

 

Ok I know you’re thinking why did I pick two? Kind of a weak decision? You could think this, but hear me out. I have an obvious bias towards the new prequel storyline (I’m not too found of Jar Jar Binks) and when Lego just repackaged the first two Star Wars games together, I wasn’t too happy…but bought it anyways. The one flaw I found with Lego Batman 2 other than the one item stopping me from a Platinum (I can’t find the last minikit in the Joker Robot level) is the voices. The game was enjoyable to me before they added voice acting, and I really didn’t need the super serious Batman, with a carefree Superman.

With LSWII I played it multiple times on multiple consoles, and really enjoyed it each time. Having the connection between my enjoyment with the films and the game reproducing the Lego version almost perfectly, it was hard to not like the game.

Batman holds a special place for me because I really liked the Adam West Batman, and watching the shows after school was a fond memory (we didn’t have cable and the local channel would play the ultra campy Adam West Batman at 4pm) I like Batman because he doesn’t have any powers, just a rich guy with a chip on his shoulder, and LBM2 makes good use of all his gadgets.

 

Well there you have it, my Top 5 for Lego Franchise games, and I feel a fun start to BaD.

 

That’s all for now, more later!

-Chris