LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Sony PlayStation 2, 2005)

This game is my son's favorite, he plays it again and again. You are able to choose different players in each episode, each has their own special abilities, and you have to use the right ones to get all the different special kits, money or you can pick any one and just blast through the level.
It's got many episodes, and although it's got guns, blasting and lightsabers that "kill" the bad guys, I let my 5 and 6 year olds play with it, the people are lego-people so it's not so bad.
Both my daughter and son enjoy this game. (i like to play with them too)

First off, I would have rated this game as excellent if I had only played it and not the sequel. In many ways the sequel is better in terms of gameplay, cinematics, and level design, but that's more of a complement to Traveler's Tales than anything negative.

Lego Star Wars follows the events of Star Wars from episodes 1 - 3, but from a Lego perspective. The levels are broken down by episode, with 17 in all. As your character progresses through the levels you unlock more playable characters, and you all earn money (studs) so when it's all said and done you can have around 80 playable characters, including Darth Maul, Chewbacca, General Grevious (very cool) and even young Boba Fett (rockets not included).

The great thing about this game is that it is designed for kids to play. There is no gratuitous violence, blood or anything that a gaming parent would find objectionable for their kids. I played this with my 3 year old son and with little help from me he was able to cruise through all 17 levels in about 6 hours total. The controls for this game are very easy to grasp and there isn't much of a learning curve.

The only real drawback to the game is some of the levels are very challenging for little kids and not easy to pass without help. This problem was addressed and fixed in the sequel, and will be fixed in the anthology version coming soon to a PS3 or Xbox 360 near you.

One of the coolest things about this game is you can used your saved data and load all your characters into the sequel. Now you can have Darth Maul fight Bespin Han Solo or any other match-up you can think of.

If you're looking for a fun game to play for you or your kids, this is a winner, but do yourself a favor and get the sequel as well!

This is a fun, lighthearted almost tongue-in-cheek take on the StarWars Trilogies. If you enjoy the Lego movies at Lego.com, you will get a kick out of the humor in this game. The fact that the characters are Lego figures instead of being human emulations really tones down the violence (your kids probably do worse with their own legos or action figures!).

This game had easy game control (easy enough for both my six year old and my non-gamer first-time use of the controller), but combined it well with good challenges (enough to satisfy the 9 year old family gamer - although, perhaps, a teenager might expect full use of the controller).

The very, very best part of this game is that it is a legitimate two player game with drop-in/drop-out capabilities. This is by far the best two player game that I have seen - not a split screen, not a turn taking, nor network, but legitimately two player!!!

We've had this game for months and still have puzzles to solve even though the kids completed all levels. [BTW we also have Lego Star Wars 2 - the Original Trilogy and this review applies to that game as well - there are some differences in the actually game play that really make them two different games, not just two different stories - and they are both good - the kids would play for as long as we would let them].

Oh, and it doesn't make me motion sick.

I have been a big fan of George Lucas' Star Wars since Episode IV. When LEGO Star Wars was released, I could hardly wait to get it. It was NOT disappointing! My whole family plays it, and plays it, and plays it.

LucasArts put a lot of thought into the game. You begin by running around, blasting everything in sight, collecting points, and solving puzzles to get through each level. Then after you've completed a level, you can go back and play it again, for more rewards and more puzzles to solve, all in the quest of achieving Master Jedi status. Tip: don't pull your hair out trying to reach Master Jedi status on the first run through of each level, the programmers designed it so that you have to go through each level at least twice.

Even though you will die, the only real penalty is the loss of points. After you have earned enough points, you can buy all kinds of cheats, including "invincibility."

Team play is available, as well. It can be a little frustrating if the two players don't communicate, though. Because team play is full screen and if the two players walk off in different directions, it will limit where the players can go and typically causes needless death. That's not to say that if you're playing for pure entertainment, it's sometimes fun to get your partner wasted so they lose points and you "win" the round. Tip: a neat feature, players can opt-in and -out of the game at will.

The game is fun, challenging, and extremely entertaining. Although it is a shoot-em-up, the carnage is appropriately animated and suitable for all age levels with proper parental guidance. My son, who was 5 at the time and suffers from acute ADHD, enjoys the game and I firmly believe that it has helped in his "recovery" by helping to focus him on tasks.

There is plenty to do in this game - simply completing each level is only a small part of it. Earning points, buying cheats and extras, solving puzzles, finding hidden extras, building space ships, or just entertaining yourself in the cantina, LEGO Star Wars is a game that you'll enjoy for hours, time and again.

And just when you thought it couldn't get any better, LEGO Star Wars II came along with even more features and a hidden game within the game. GET 'EM BOTH!

This game is a favorite of my son, he plays over and over again. First of all, I would rate this game as good. The game features all the most vivid and memorable characters, and related to the light and the dark sides of the Force, and everyone can now take a direct part in the events of episodes.