Lego Dimensions

Plot

A shapeshifting interdimensional traveler named Lord Vortech and his robot X-PO land on Foundation Prime, the hub of the Lego multiverse. Their goal is to collect twelve Foundation Elements—objects like the ruby slippers, the One Ring, and a piece of kryptonite—that were scattered across reality long ago. These items, when combined, unlock the Foundation of All Dimensions, a force that would let Vortech merge every dimension under his rule. X-PO grows uneasy with Vortech’s plan, so Vortech exiles him to the void of Vorton, ignoring the danger of using the elements. Since Vortech’s body can no longer handle dimensional travel, he tears open rifts to recruit villains from other worlds and kidnaps heroes, which weakens the barriers between dimensions and causes chaos.

When Robin, Frodo Baggins, and MetalBeard are taken, each secretly carrying three of the elements, Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle chase them to Vorton. There they fix a broken rift generator with X-PO’s help. Using the generator, they hop between dimensions to find the remaining elements and five missing Keystones that power the device. With special Keystone Devices, they wield the Keystones’ abilities, fighting and aiding various heroes and villains. The trio eventually confronts Vortech on Foundation Prime, but this is a trick: his minions steal the elements from Vorton. Vortech absorbs the Foundation’s power, fuses the captured friends with a part of himself into a monster called the Tri, and sends it to attack the heroes’ home dimensions. His henchmen abandon him, afraid of meeting the same fate.

Reception

Lego Dimensions received generally favorable reviews on Metacritic. IGN gave it 7.7 out of 10, noting its characters and fun references. GameSpot awarded 8.0, calling it both a great toy and a great game, and praised the open-world sections for adding hours to the experience. Polygon gave 8 out of 10, commending the innovative blend of toys and games and the writing. Good Game: Spawn Point hosts Bajo and Hex both gave 3 out of 5, praising the puzzles and mechanics as possibly their favorite Lego game, but harshly criticizing the pricing model as poor value, stating that recent Lego games were nearly as good without requiring expensive expansions. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Lego Dimensions debuted at number two on the sales charts in its first week, with sales surpassing those of Skylanders: Superchargers and Disney Infinity 3.0 in the same period.