Some of these objectives may even tie into one another, until finally a Chapter is completed and you’re awarded with the next set of objectives. For example, you may have to tail a criminal out in the streets, or solve some puzzles inside a building complex. This objective is broken up depending on whether it takes place in the main world that is Lego City, or has you enter specific locations. During the game’s chapters, Chase will have an objective marked on his HUD at all times. What follows are the usual gameplay signs that accompany a Lego game. And of course, that’s not counting how much time it will take to acquire all the hidden collectibles. And for the most part, it’s well-voiced and usually hits the right notes to get you invested in the main story, which can easily take upwards of 15 hours alone to complete. Whether that involves you gaining favor with multiple gangs through a tempted life of crime, or acquiring lots of fancy new gizmos courtesy of your Police HQ, Lego City Undercover likes to flaunt its role reversal whenever the story sees fit thanks to its comedic tone and not-too-serious cast of silly misfits. You play as an undercover cop Chase McCain who is tasked with taking down escaped convict and master criminal Rex Fury, using any means necessary.

And of course, that’s not counting how much time it will take to acquire all the hidden collectibles.' 'The game for the most part is well-voiced and usually hits the right notes to get you invested in the main story, which can easily take upwards of 15 hours alone to complete. Rather than piggyback off a well-known franchise property like Marvel or DC, Lego City Undercover is an open-world action-adventure that plays off other well known games like Grand Theft Auto along with its associated tropes, and also parodies familiar Hollywood film iconography. Lego City Undercover is something of an anomaly for it’s kind of Lego games. Heck, It’s even found its way onto the Nintendo Switch. Regardless, you can never have enough Lego games (believe us, we’ve checked) and lo and behold: Lego City Undercover has finally shimmied its way onto the current generation consoles and the PC. Given the number of Lego games one has to choose from right now, you would think that bringing over a specific title that graced the Nintendo’s Wii U roughly four years ago would seem a little like overkill.

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