LEGO Dimensions

The LEGO toy brand's first foray into the burgeoning "toys-to-life" genre of video games, Dimensions brings together various pop-culture series together in an epic minifigure mash-up.

Xbox 360

Overview

LEGO Dimensions is a toys-to-life action-adventure game developed by TT and published by WB for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on September 27, 2015.

Playing similar to TT's other games based on LEGO toys, Dimensions combines various LEGO themes (including Ninjago and Legends of Chima) with pop-culture franchises owned by Time Warner (including the DC Universe, various films, and Cartoon Network cartoons) and guest characters (such as Chell from the Portal series and Sonic the Hedgehog). Similar to the Skylanders and Disney Infinity series, the game utilizes a special "toy pad" peripheral that allows players to swap between characters and other content (including new ones sold as booster packs) using near-field communication found in the bases of special toys (which are basically buildable LEGO minifigures and models).

The main antagonist of the story is the mysterious Lord Vortech, whose goal is to become ruler of the LEGO Multiverse by controlling the twelve Foundation Elements and merging all LEGO Universes together. It's up to three of the greatest heroes of numerous LEGO universes (Batman from the DC Universe, Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings, and Wyldstyle from The LEGO Movie) to recruit help from other universes and stop Vortech's plans.

In October, 2017 it was reported TT Games would stop working on Lego Dimensions and would not be extending their work into Year 3.

Gameplay

Rebuild Mechanic

Vehicles can be altered in real life to change their appearance and abilities in game also. For instance the DeLorean from Back To The Future can change from Time Machine to Electric Time Machine to its final form Ultra Time Machine.

Toys-To-Life

LEGO Dimensions has a base game which comes with Batman, Wydestyle, Gandalf and The Batmobile. It is possible to complete the main game with the base game but some access to certain parts of the game are only accessible by purchasing more packs (for example Bart Simpson or Golem can crawl in small tunnels).

There are four types of packs purchasable for LEGO Dimensions. These are Story Packs, Level Packs, Team Packs and Fun Packs.

Story Packs contain one character, one gadget or vehicle, a toy pad themed around that pack and multiple levels based around a central story.
Level Packs contain one character, one gadget, one vehicle and a playable game level.
Team Packs feature two characters and a vehicle or gadget.
Fun Packs contain one character and vehicle or gadget.

In addition to the three types of packs there is also Story Packs, these are not released regularly and add to the main story, also they allow you to "rebuild" the base to whatever the theme of the pack is.

Developers have stated that LEGO Dimensions has a three year plan meaning that players will not need to purchase another base to play newer content.

Waves 1 to 5 made up year 1 and had blue bases.
Wave 6 to 10 will make up year 2, has a new game mode called Battle Arena and will feature orange bases.

Franchises

Each franchise has it's own Adventure World in LEGO Dimensions and each year more brands are added to expand the content of the game.

Lego Sets

Wave 1

Released September 27th, 2015 to coincide with Starter Pack.

Level Packs

Back To The Future

Pack No. 71201 features Marty McFly, Hoverboard & Delorean.

The Simpsons

Pack No. 71202 features Homer Simpsons, Taunt-O-Vision & Homer's Car.

Portal 2

Pack No. 712303 features Chell, Companion Cube & Sentry Turret.

Team Packs

Jurassic World

Pack No. 71205 features characters Owen & ACU Trooper, Gyrosphere & Velociraptor.

Scooby Doo

Pack No. 71206 features characters Scooby- Doo & Shaggy, Scooby Snack & The Mystery Machine.

Fun Packs

Wonder Woman

Pack No. 71209 features Wonder Woman & her Invisible Jet.

Cyborg

Pack No. 71210 features Cyborg & Cyber-Guard.

Emmet

Pack No. 71212 features Emmet & his Excavator.

Bad Cop

Pack No. 71213 features Bad Cop & Police Car.

Benny

Pack No. 71214 features Benny & his Spaceship.

Jay

Pack No. 71215 features Jay & Storm Fighter.

Nya

Pack No. 71216 features Nya & Samurai Mech.

Zane

Pack No. 71217 features Zane & NinjaCopter.

Gollum

Pack No. 71218 features Gollum & Shelob the Great.

Legolas

Pack No. 71219 features Legolas & Arrow Launcher.

Gimli

Pack No. 71220 features Gimli & Axe Chariot.

Wicked Witch of the West

Pack No. 71221 features Wicked Witch of the West & Winged Monkey.

Laval

Pack No. 71222 features Laval & Mighty Lion Rider

Cragger

Pack No. 71223 features Cragger & Swamp Skimmer.

Eris

Pack No. 71232 features Eris & Eagle Inceptor.

Wave 2

Released November 3rd, 2015.

Level Packs

Doctor Who

Pack No. 71204 features The Doctor, K9 and the TARDIS.

Team Packs

Ninjago

Pack No. 71207 features characters Kai & Cole, Blade Bike & Boulder Bomber.

Fun Packs

Bart Simpson

Pack No. 71211 features Bart & the Gravity Sprinter vehicle.

Krusty The Clown

Pack No. 71227 features Krusty The Clown & the Clown Bike vehicle.

Unikitty

Pack No. 71231 features Unikitty & the Cloud Cuckoo Car.

Wave 3

Released January 19th, 2016.

Level Packs

Ghostbusters

Pack No. 71228 features Peter Venkman, Ghost Tap & Ecto-1 vehicle.

Team Packs

The Joker & Harley Quinn

Pack No. 71229 features characters The Joker, Harley Quinn and the vehicles Joker's Chopper & Quinn Mobile.

Fun Packs

Doc Brown

Pack No. 71230 features Doc Brown & Travelling Time Train.

Sensei Wu

Pack No. 71234 features Sensei Wu & Flying White Dragon.

Cyberman

Pack No. 71238 features a Cyberman & a Dalek.

Wave 4

Released March 15, 2016.

Level Packs

Midway Arcade

Pack No. 71235 features Gamer Kid, Arcade Machine & G-6155 Spy Hunter.

In this pack players are able to play over 20 midway "classic" Arcade Games.

Fun Packs

Stay Puft

Pack No. 71233 features Stay Puft & Terror Dog from the Ghostbusters franchise.

Superman

Pack No. 71236 features Superman & Hover Pod from DC Comics.

Aquaman

Pack No. 71237 features Aquaman & Aqua Watercraft from DC Comics.

Wave 5

Released May 10, 2016. This wave was the last of year one and the only wave to consist of only Fun Packs.

Fun Packs

Lloyd

Pack No. 71239 features Lloyd & Lloyd's Golden Dragon from the LEGO Ninjago franchise.

Bane

Pack No. 71240 features Bane & Drill driver from the DC Comic's Batman franchise.

Slimer

Pack No. 71241 features Slimer and Slime Shooter from the Ghostbusters franchise.

Wave 6

Released September 27th, 2016. This wave started off Year 2.

Story Packs

Ghostbusters

Pack No. 71242 features the character Abby Yates (in-game all Ghostbusters are available to select), Ecto-1 & Zhu's Chinese Restaurant for the Toy Pad.