This game is overall a great game and the only reason I want to get Apple Arcade is because of this game. The island interactions are really fun! Lots of stuff to do on the island. The best part of the game is having the freedom to customize your Lego Star Wars character, which has been my dream since the 90’s.
However… I really wanted to give this game five stars, but I didn’t because the Observatory HoloSims freeze too much. It can be frustrating when you are fighting well with a lightsaber, and the game starts to do a slideshow effect causing your character to fail the mission in some cases. BUT… that being said, I do not mind when the game crashes. I know I have heard the game runs hot, so I would much rather have the game crash. That way I can just reboot the game effortlessly.
Last thing: I genuinely like this game. I have been playing since launch, have been playing it almost every day for two years, and have been hoping there will be many more jubilantly fun, sometimes competitive-yes, but mostly entertaining gameplay time invested in the upcoming years for this game.
This game is entertaining, and surprisingly, not repetitive, even after completing the main stories. The graphics and sound effects are surprisingly good, even when playing full screen on a 4K monitor.
I do have one suggestion/request: please make the social aspect default to “Friends Only” or “Do Not Disturb” when the game is launched. Most days, as soon as I start the game, I’m bombarded with requests to join groups, until I’m able to change my status from “Available”. Sometimes they come so fast and back-to-back, that in the process of trying to change my status, I end up accidentally accepting a request, which takes me to the Team screen, where I have to then leave the group, and start the process all over again. Please make the default settings “Friends Only” or “Do Not Disturb”.
In the Star Wars Castaways game on Arcade / Mac there is a problem with the Imperial battleground where even my max level game (Lvl 15 support) cannot fight. I lost 30 -minutes- due to another player that was overpowering everyone. Each time I accessed the game I got thrown out or was unable to play against anyone. I've uploaded a screenshot of the players involved. This game was enjoyable until tonight. Gameloft or Disney need to either pull this game or remove hostile users. In another incident about a week ago. a player was repeatedly allowed to invite random players and then leave AFK the game. Nothing in the game stopped them from abusing it. You need to put controls on this game where it is RANDOM MULTIPLAYER. This is a basic and expected necessity in 2023. I should not have to send a screenshot each and every time. Why doesn't this game have a Player ID and Data Center listed for it? Mac isn't iOS, but MacOS isn't an option in the dropdown menu. Random matchmaking is a risky business for all video games. Game loft knows better. Apple Arcade might be silent for now, but it’s a big problem if your game supports hostile AFK activities by not allowing users to report or block hostile players. I don’t recommend this game for kids on Arcade at this time. Get them a console that sends user activity to a bigger network that will attempt to stop hostile “players.”
In the Star Wars Castaways game on Arcade / Mac. there is a problem with the Imperial battleground where even my max level game (Lvl 15 support) cannot fight. I lost 30 -minutes- due to another player that was overpowering everyone. Each time I accessed the game I got thrown out or was unable to play against anyone. I've uploaded a screenshot of the players involved. This game was enjoyable until tonight. Gameloft or Disney need to either pull this game or remove hostile users. In another incident about a week ago. a player was repeatedly allowed to invite random players and then leave AFK the game. Nothing in the game stopped them from abusing it. You need to put controls on this game where it is RANDOM MULTIPLAYER. This is a basic and expected necessity in 2023. I should not have to send a screenshot each and every time. Why doesn't this game have a Player ID and Data Center listed for it? Mac isn't iOS, but MacOS isn't an option in the dropdown menu.
I HIGHLY enjoy this game with all my heart! I am a die hard Star Wars fan through and through and have completely enjoyed this game! With that said my only gripe would be that it gets very monotonous to play the SAME levels Over and over and over and OVER!! It makes it hard to play for longer than an hour or two. I absolutely LOVE the vehicle Holosim but am DYING for a new level or two! I appreciate all your hard work that went into this game and I love it so much. Just a little more variety would be fantastic! Also I would like to take a second to say how AMAZING it would be if you also made a game like this that was Ghostbusters! We really REALLY need a LEGO Ghostbusters game!! Ok that is all! Thank you!!
Update: Recently when I get into the game I get a notice that I need to log into my Game Center, however I’m already signed in and then it tells me that it cannot connect to the Hub!! My online stuff is messsed up and it’s not on my end because everything works in all my other games! 3 stars until it’s fixed!
The game is super good with a lot of cool features and characters to collect. But I really think that the classes need to be more balanced. For example the force/Jedi class is WAY to powerful for example the force ability’s have zero cooldown or limit so you can just force push people around and it’s really not fun. Sure grenades can take one down but you only get three, and yes I know that infinite grenades would be OP maybe infinite grenades with a ten second cooldown. Also the support class can not blow stuff up to move it like the trooper can or use the force to move it out of the way like a force/Jedi can. Also one last thing, more blasters, I don’t know were you would get them maybe a default blaster with a little technic price on the end would be cool.
Anyway it’s a super cool game altogether
The game and mini games can be fun to play through. After a bit they can be repetitive. The graphics are fine. The problem is the constant crashes. [The crashes are even more frequent in the current update - as of October 2022.] Worst still, harder (two star) daily challenges seem to no longer provide the promised rewards for completion. For whatever reason, the game do not register the conditions being met. For example, “get a gold medal in any observatory holosim with three corruptions.” So, play a three corruption holosim, complete it with enough points to be awarded a gold star, exited to lobby and… nothing. Game still thinks the challenge was completed. Try a different holosim with three corruptions, same. Switch to the one star challenge. Rewarded upon completion. What gives?
To top everything off, last week’s special weekly challenge with the final prize being a “custom podracer,” had no directions to redeem. According to someone online, it was a glitch related to achieving a certain achievement it the October Event, and using that achievement that will cause the glitch.
This game is a complete waste of time. Don’t play, don’t download, don’t recommend.
Hi dev team, I’ve been playing this game since launch, and I’ve noticed a consistent downward trend in the currency I can earn from replaying the observatory holosims, making me and I’m sure many others want to quit playing. To earn rewards and complete quests, players have to play the same levels over and over, and so it becomes very noticeable and frustrating when a holosim can earn up to 1.6K bits, and then after this new update, only about 800 bits. I am breaking every object, defeating every enemy, even the respawning ones, and choosing the highest corruption level every time, so I KNOW this massive decrease is real. This makes the game a lot less fun because the high prices of items begin to feel unreachable especially when we are used to almost double the bits per holosim. It is also frustrating because in these levels, many times an enemy, corrupted enemy, or object will actually not drop money at all, where PRIOR to this update they would. They may even appear to drop bits, but then vanish as soon as they touch the ground of the level, resulting in a completed 3 tier holosim earning 4-8 HUNDRED databits less than previously. This change may not be intentional, and I’m sure the disappearing bits are a glitch, but it is unplayable and we need this to be fixed to continue working to earn rewards and therefore playing at all.
I don’t usually write many reviews, but this game just needs one. A lot of the other reviews are just people saying their phones is too hot. I play this on an iPad Air 4th Generation (my phone can’t support it, so I understand those peoples’ frustration) but this game is fluid. I’ve rarely had it crash, and I’m already done with the quests, but I kind of want more. You should do something like with Sneaky Sasquatch, where after you complete the quest, it moves you onto another problem (an example would be that the holosims are acting weird and you need to figure out what the problem is), this would be an amazing addition to the game, and I can’t wait to see what else you guys do with this game. Keep up the hard work!
Constantly crashes & freezes. I get usual errors saying someone else is using my Game Center account or that I’m not connected to the internet. You have to wait days even weeks just for a new rotation of clothes that you haven’t already bought. Which makes the game boring and repetitive. The pilot controls are trash. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve crashed into things because the joystick auto corrects to the center. The insignificant story can get done in a matter of hours. There’s a long delay when trying to run &/or evade after combat. Then there’s a certain time in the day where the entire event disappears. If you do your missions ASAP you won’t get rewarded with event XP. Offline mode is burden since you can’t race & all you can do is the same repetitive & boring maps. Compared to the other Lego Star Wars games, this one is the least worst. This game feel’s unfinished & lacks in longevity. I’m only a month deep into this game & it’s already burnt out. The relevant events are the only thing keeping this game alive.
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