{"id":15882,"date":"2016-12-21T00:01:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T00:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=15882"},"modified":"2016-12-02T02:53:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T02:53:02","slug":"lego-dimensions-e-t-the-extra-terrestrial-fun-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/21\/lego-dimensions-e-t-the-extra-terrestrial-fun-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Dimensions E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Fun Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LEGOET1\"<\/a>When I was young, E.T. was a super popular movie.\u00a0 Every kid in my first-grade class HAD to wear E.T. sweatshirts to school, and \u201cTurn on your Heartlight\u201d blared on the radio nonstop.\u00a0 But you know what\u2019s strange is that I really didn\u2019t like the movie that much.\u00a0 I preferred flicks like Gremlins and Ghostbusters, so I don\u2019t know if that makes me a messed up kid or not.\u00a0 I just felt the E.T. movie was too long and slow-paced, and E.T. himself was so ugly.\u00a0 He looked like a Rotisserie chicken.\u00a0 And the movie played up Reese\u2019s Pieces way too much.\u00a0 Once I FINALLY got to try them, I was severely disappointed.\u00a0 But even I can\u2019t deny that E.T. is an iconic and influential movie and the E.T. ride at Universal Studios is pretty fun.\u00a0 So it\u2019s no surprise that E.T. would show up in LEGO Dimensions.\u00a0 The game is available for nearly all current game consoles, but reviewed on Wii U here. I have to say that the makers of the game were pretty brave to put E.T. in here, as the last time E.T. was in a game was on the Atari 2600, and that particular title helped start the video game crash in the early 80\u2019s!\u00a0 But I don\u2019t think that\u2019ll happen here!<\/p>\n

LEGO Dimensions is essentially like Skylanders, except you build and play with LEGOs instead.\u00a0 I even wrote a big article about it a year ago that you can read<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 You get E.T. as a playable character and a Phone Home item to build.\u00a0 The game gives you instructions on how to build the phone once the E.T. LEGO man is on the pedestal.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a closer shot of the box they come in.<\/p>\n

\"LEGOET1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While E.T. is small, he is a pretty versatile character to play as.\u00a0 He can build blocks with his psychic powers, repair machines, and since he has healing abilities, if you get hurt he will automatically refill his hearts, making him practically indestructible.\u00a0 If there are security cameras around, E.T. can wear a disguise and bypass the camera.\u00a0 Just hold down the button and Elliot will zip by on his bike and dress up E.T. like in the movie.\u00a0 What\u2019s strange is that E.T.\u2019s swimming animation has him with the disguise on.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s a bug in the game or what.\u00a0 It would\u2019ve been cool if the E.T.LEGO figure had a LED light on his hand or a red light on his torso that would light up when you put him on the pedestal.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if that would\u2019ve been too hard to do with LEGOs, though.<\/p>\n

The item that you build along with E.T. is the Phone Home figure.\u00a0 But aside from being able to pick it up and move it around, I can\u2019t figure out what it actually does.\u00a0 You can upgrade it and rebuild it to be a satellite and such, but as a phone it\u2019s pretty much useless.\u00a0 I wonder if kids today would even know what it is, since most people use cell phones now.\u00a0 I like the fact that the phone cord is the same piece that\u2019s used in the LEGO Ghostbusters proton packs!\u00a0 You\u2019d think the item you would build would be a vehicle like Elliot\u2019s bike or something, especially since there are many opportunities to use vehicles in the E.T. hub world.\u00a0 Anyway, here are the figures out of the box and built.<\/p>\n

\"LEGOET2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When you play as E.T., you can visit his hub world and battle arena.\u00a0 The hub world is pretty much like the other hubs in LEGO Dimensions, with missions to complete and structures to build.\u00a0 You can visit the suburbs at dusk, and everything is all decorated for Halloween, since at one point in the movie, Elliot and E.T. go trick or treating.\u00a0 It kind of reminded me of playing Costume Quest in the game, though.\u00a0 Elliot\u2019s house is also there, all covered with sheets and hazmat tubes.\u00a0 You can also visit Elliot\u2019s elementary school, the bridge and surrounding mountains, and even E.T.\u2019s spaceship!\u00a0 Since I wasn\u2019t a big fan of E.T., the hub world didn\u2019t excite me much.\u00a0 But I imagine fans of the movie would like it.<\/p>\n

Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

LEGO Dimensions is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Cartoon Violence and Crude Humor. It\u2019s a LEGO game, so it\u2019s pretty safe for kids.\u00a0 Anything you destroy just falls to pieces.\u00a0 If you\u2019re OK with your kids watching the movie, they\u2019ll definitely be OK with this game, too.\u00a0 While I would recommend most LEGO games to all ages, I think LEGO Dimensions is best for older kids.\u00a0 One, the things you build are pretty complicated sometimes, so they would need to be experienced LEGO handlers.\u00a0 And like other LEGO toys, the sets are pretty expensive so kids would need to know how to keep up with and take care of their toys, as the game is useless without them.\u00a0 And plus using the pedestal is not very intuitive.\u00a0 Also don\u2019t forget the whole choking hazard thing with small LEGOs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was young, E.T. was a super popular movie.\u00a0 Every kid in my first-grade class HAD to wear E.T. sweatshirts to school, and \u201cTurn on your Heartlight\u201d blared on the radio nonstop.\u00a0 But you know what\u2019s strange is that I really didn\u2019t like the movie that much.\u00a0 I preferred flicks like Gremlins and Ghostbusters, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-movie-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15882"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15884,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15882\/revisions\/15884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}