Rich and diverse gameplay, crisp visuals, quality character modeling and a stellar soundtrack all combine to make this title a truly enjoyable experience while its restrained depiction of mayhem qualifies it as suitable for a broad range of ages. Players will be glad to return to the game’s extensive resources, including its 45 stories and subplots as well as hundreds of characters, multiple times. Combat involves the use of the laser pistols and light sabers featured in the film franchise, but no blood is spilled. Rather, when enemies are defeated, they simply break apart into individual Lego pieces. The narrative promotes such positive values as heroism, collaboration and family unity and few of the warriors gamers encounter are endowed with the vaguely defined spiritual power called the Force, an element of George Lucas’ fictional cosmos potentially open to misinterpretation by impressionable youngsters. So this latest iteration of his blockbuster “space opera” is probably acceptable for preteens as well as teenagers. Playable on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch and Windows. Cartoonish violence, comic mischief, a scatological sight gag. The Catholic News Service classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. The Entertainment Software Rating Board rating is E — everyone.
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
