{"id":16519,"date":"2017-06-02T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16519"},"modified":"2017-05-15T06:11:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T06:11:52","slug":"lego-dimensions-the-goonies-level-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/02\/lego-dimensions-the-goonies-level-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Dimensions The Goonies Level Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Goonies was a very popular movie when I was a kid, but for some reason, I never saw it in theaters.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t hold my attention the way other movies like Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future did.\u00a0 I know when it was on videotape, my friend\u2019s cousin would always visit him in the summer and she\u2019d always bring that movie with her and make us watch it every time she was around, so I got sick of it and avoided watching it again for a long time.\u00a0 Luckily I was able to catch it on TV a few weeks ago so it would be fresh on my mind and I could be prepared to write this review!\u00a0 The Goonies are also no strangers to video games, as there were two games that came out on the NES.\u00a0 The first was only available in Japan but you could play it on PlayChoice arcade machines in the US.\u00a0 The sequel was one of the earliest examples of a \u201cMetroidvania\u201d type of game and you played as Mikey and used a yo-yo as a weapon as you tried to stop the Fratelli gang again as they kidnapped your friends and Annie the mermaid.\u00a0 Yeah it was a little weird.\u00a0 But now, many years later, you can enjoy the Goonies in a video game again in LEGO form with the LEGO Dimensions The Goonies Level Pack.\u00a0 It\u2019s available for nearly all current game consoles, but reviewed on Wii U here.<\/p>\n

LEGO Dimensions is essentially like Skylanders except the figures you get are made out of LEGOs that you must build.\u00a0 I even wrote a big article about LEGO Dimensions a while back that you can read if you want more information<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The Goonies Level Pack includes a playable character and two \u2018vehicles\u2019 and unlocks a special themed level and hub world as well as a battle arena.\u00a0 Here is a closer shot of the box.<\/p>\n

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Like with other LEGO Dimensions sets, you build the figure first, and during the level they\u2019ll give you instructions to build the other two items.\u00a0 Of all the Goonies characters, I\u2019m surprised they went with Sloth.\u00a0 The older Goonies games had you play as Mikey, who was kind of the main character in the movie.\u00a0 But Sloth is a pretty versatile guy.\u00a0 He can throw candy bars at long distant objects and he\u2019s super strong.\u00a0 He can pull open special handles and break cracked walls with a super punch.\u00a0 And he\u2019s a pretty good swimmer, too.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll also build One-Eyed Willy\u2019s pirate ship.\u00a0 You can ride it around on water but it can also hop around on land, which is pretty silly.\u00a0 While on the ship, you can fire cannonballs that can break metal LEGO structures. The LEGO figure of the ship is pretty neat and has little cannons and a plank, but it\u2019s also one of the more complicated things to build.\u00a0 The other item you build is the skeleton organ.\u00a0 You can also ride it around, which is even sillier looking.\u00a0 Hold down the A button to make a sound blast that breaks glass.\u00a0 You can also set the organ on special pedestals that allow you to play a little music game that will open up special passages.\u00a0 You can choose to upgrade the vehicles and give them other skills as well.\u00a0 Here are what the figures look out all built and out of the box.<\/p>\n

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The level takes a unique approach to telling the story of the movie.\u00a0 They skip past the first half of it and get straight to the part where the Fratelli gang captures Chunk, one of the boys, and imprisons him with Sloth.\u00a0 Sloth is very disfigured and the Fratelli gang chained him up but he and Chunk become friends and escape from their prison to rescue the other Goonies.\u00a0 So the level is told from their point of view.\u00a0 I have to say I enjoyed this more than the actual movie!\u00a0 While you mostly play as Sloth, you can also switch to Chunk as well.\u00a0 Chunk can throw ice cream and fit into small spaces.\u00a0 Hold down the A button and Chunk will do the \u201cTruffle Shuffle\u201d and follow it up with a spin attack.\u00a0 Later on in the level, Chunk will get a pirate hat and sword and be able to cut down LEGO vines as well.\u00a0 You\u2019ll also briefly be able to play as some of the other Goonies, like Data, but that\u2019s about it.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll also be able to explore a hub world featuring locations from the movie like the suburb, beach, cave and pirate ship, as well as the Fratelli\u2019s hideout.\u00a0 Like the other hub worlds, there are goodies to find and missions to complete.\u00a0 My only problem with this set is some of the puzzles and objectives in the level aren\u2019t very clear, and using the portal pedestal is sometimes not as intuitive.\u00a0 And I\u2019m also disappointed that Cyndi Lauper\u2019s \u201cGood Enough\u201d song didn\u2019t make it into the game.\u00a0 Oh well.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure Goonies fans will enjoy this pack anyway.<\/p>\n

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

LEGO Dimensions is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Cartoon Violence and Crude Humor. I think this level pack was clearly aimed at adults, because I don\u2019t think most kids today would know what The Goonies are.\u00a0 But it\u2019s still a fun little adventure in LEGO form anyway.\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":"

The Goonies was a very popular movie when I was a kid, but for some reason, I never saw it in theaters.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t hold my attention the way other movies like Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future did.\u00a0 I know when it was on videotape, my friend\u2019s cousin would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16519","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\/16519","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=16519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16521,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16519\/revisions\/16521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}