TThe LEGO brand’s presence in the gaming space can be largely attributed to the scores of licensed family-friendly action-adventure titles made by TT Games, but there are, of course, other LEGO experiences outside that group. For example, in 2019, The LEGO Group and developer Red Games LEGO Brawls for Apple Arcade, and the game has enjoyed quite a bit of success and praise since then. soon, LEGO Brawls will also make its way to PlayStation, Xbox, Windows, and Switch, and ahead of that launch we’ll cover a few key details you should know about the game here.
GAMEPLAY
LEGO Brawls is, as the name suggests, a fighting game – to be more precise, it is a platform fighter where players control various minifigures in four-on-four multiplayer battles. However, it has a few defining features that set it apart from the Nintendo series. lego battles, is much more objective, for example.
CUSTOMIZED
Another area where LEGO Brawls offers quite a unique experience in the platform battle space is the impressive level of control it offers in terms of character customization. Players build their own minifigure heroes to join in battles, giving them unique styles, power-ups, weapons and more. As you can imagine, hero customization also includes cosmetics. As you play more of the game, you’ll unlock new upgrades that can also provide benefits in combat and cosmetic items for your minifigure heroes.
MINIFIGURE
Given LEGO Fighting’ flexibility in customization, it makes sense that there are a range of different types of minifigures you can create and use in combat as well. LEGO Brawls groups his minifigures into multiple categories, each with different themes, ranging from Ninjago, Jurassic World, Pirates and Alien Conquest to Classic Space, Western, Castle and more. Customizing figures from these categories with a variety of different weapons and power-ups is clearly something the game emphasizes, with control over your faces, skin tones, torsos, legs, hats, melees, power-ups, emotes, and names. minifigure .
THEME PHASE
Like his minifigures, LEGO Brawls also has thematic stages. There are multiple battle arenas in the game, each with a different theme, including a castle stage, the wild west, the caves of Ninjago Seabound, and the jungle of Monkie Kid. A Jurassic World themed stage is also featured in the game. Players vote on which stage they want to play at the start of each match, and each stage has its own modes, challenges, win conditions and more. For example, in the Jurassic World stage, players can control the t-rex.
MODES
LEGO Brawls also has a variety of game modes. For starters, there’s Control Point, a 4v4 mode where you have to control a centerpiece of the stage. Keeping the other team out of that point fills a meter, which, once completely full, gives you the win. Then there’s the Collect mode, in which you have to collect collectibles (which can vary depending on the stage you’re playing in), and the player or team reaching a certain amount of money to achieve victory. Brawl Royale meanwhile sees multiple players go head to head in a chaotic rumble, with the player who beats the most opponents crowned the victor. Then there’s Free-For-Brawl, a fast last man standing mode that will replenish some of your health every time you defeat an opponent.
PLAY ONLINE
LEGO Brawls is, of course, very much an online-focused game and offers online content in various forms. In addition to the above-mentioned modes, the game also features a Party mode, which allows players to host or participate in private matches. For online play, the Party mode offers 4v4 matches, while when played locally it switches to free four players for all. In the meantime, LEGO Brawls also includes global leaderboards for those who want to work on climbing that ladder.
CROSS PLAY
Considering how focused on playing online LEGO Brawls It goes without saying that having cross platform multiplayer enabled would be a huge boost to the game. Fortunately, that will very much be the case. Players of Apple Arcade, PlayStation, Xbox, Windows and Nintendo Switch can play with and against each other LEGO brawls.
THEME CONTENT
LEGO Brawls is structured around players playing content grouped into different themes and playing each theme to unlock more of the content. Your performance in matches determines how many studs you earn, and these studs are in turn used to unlock new minifigures, power-ups and more content. Unlocks are tied to specific themes, although there will be an element of randomness with the occasional bonus unlock. Of course, players can switch between themes at any time, so you don’t have to worry about being locked into a single content track for too long.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Again, given LEGO Fighting’ nature as an ongoing multiplayer-focused game, it’s no surprise that it will receive regular updates. These will take the form of community events, which will bring new seasonal and limited edition content to the game throughout the year. Similar to, say Splatoon’s Splatfests, players will join one of two teams competing in an event and contribute to the overall victory of the team.
MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS
LEGO Brawls is not a particularly demanding game from a technical point of view, which should of course not be surprising. If you plan to play it on PC, you will probably easily clear the minimum system requirements. The game requires an Intel Core i5-4430 or an AMD FX-6300, along with a GeForce GTX 960 (with 2 GB VRAM) or a Radeon R7 370 (with 2 GB VRAM). You also need 5 GB of free storage and 4 GB of RAM. The game’s recommended requirements haven’t been confirmed yet, but it’s safe to assume they won’t be very demanding.
PS5 AND XBOX SERIES X DETAILS
As you’d expect, you’ll enjoy a few perks when you play LEGO Brawls on current generation consoles. It has been confirmed that on Xbox Series X, LEGO Brawls runs at 4K and 60 frames per second. Presumably we can expect the same on PS5, although there’s no official word on that just yet. What to expect from the game on the Xbox Series S, too, remains to be seen.
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