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[Peterthumpa]

Platform: Nintendo Switch / PS4 / Xbox One / PC
Genre: Open world action-adventure game
Players: 2

In LEGO City Undercover, Chase McCain is trying to arrest the dangerous Rex Fury who is responsible for the recent crime wave in LEGO City. To do this he goes undercover, exploring the sprawling open-world LEGO City and donning a range of different costumes for special abilities; for example, dressed up as a miner he can utilise dynamite, while becoming a robber lets him pry open doors.

• Experience LEGO City like never before. Players will encounter familiar play sets come to life as they explore the vast city, looking for clues to bring Rex Fury to justice.

• Players can go undercover with a variety of disguises, including a firefighter, a construction worker, and even a robber, and use their unique abilities to solve puzzles and access new areas of the city.

• There are more than 100 vehicles for players to collect and use to explore the city, including sports cars, motorcycles, and even aircraft.

• LEGO City: Undercover delivers humor, parody, and more with fully voiced characters and ambient crowds, bringing LEGO City to life.

PS4 screenshots:

Quick and dirty, will probably update later (and also art stolen from the awesome original OT, credits to CoolS and Katana_Strikes for the original thread and artwork).

 

[hatchx]

Probably the best Lego game in terms of originality, ambition, humour, and gameplay variety. I recommend it to anyone who didn't play it the first time.

Really enjoyed it on WiiU. It's a shame they didn't fix the load times. Would have been what triggered a double dip for me.

 

[icespide]

I like the thread title

 

[ScientificPizza]

Someone tell me about the Switch load times

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Easily the best Lego game ever burned to disc, don't sleep on this one, even if you didn't care for prior Lego games.

I'm struggling with whether or not I want to double dip, personally.

 

[morpix]

Nice OP, been waiting for this. Possibly Switch/PC double-dip.

 

[BassForever]

Probably the best Lego game in terms of originality, ambition, humour, and gameplay variety. I recommend it to anyone who didn't play it the first time.

Really enjoyed it on WiiU. It's a shame they didn't fix the load times. Would have been what triggered a double dip for me.

I'm gonna double dip since I never finished the wiiu game and would really love to play this game with a friend.

 

[Xcell Miguel]

Some Switch 1080p videos (including a framerate analysis) : http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_switch_videos_of_lego_city_undercover-18971_en.html

We should have PS4 videos in the coming days.

 

[Brandon F]

Probably the best Lego game in terms of originality, ambition, humour, and gameplay variety. I recommend it to anyone who didn't play it the first time.

Really enjoyed it on WiiU. It's a shame they didn't fix the load times. Would have been what triggered a double dip for me.

Really??? I was all set to double dip as I could not stand the loading on Wii U. Is this not fixed really?

 

[The perfect Dark]

Does it still have long loading times (like one minute) on the Switch? I've played it on WiiU but couldn't finish it.

edit: Wow, seems like it does. Holy shit.

 

[Christberg]

Wound up double dipping on this, overdue for another run through after 5 years and the graphics updates and portable ability make it a somewhat easy choice. Very good game, don't sleep on it if you haven't played it yet.

 

[off duty ninja]

I am extremely curious about the load times across all platforms. I liked the game but the load times on Wii U were unbearable for me. I'd double dip on a ps4 or xbone version if the price and load times are right.

 

[Calamari41]

This is a stellar game. If anybody is on the fence, just go for it. I played it to completion at the original launch and if I didn't still have hours and hours left to put into Zelda, I wouldn't hesitate to double dip and play through it again.

People aren't exaggerating about the loading times, though. Have your phone nearby to kill time. Thankfully the huge loading screen are relatively rare.

 

[oatmeal]

Opening loading im not concerned with. It's the going inside anywhere loading that killed t for me

Such a horribly optimized game on the Wii U

 

[ScientificPizza]

Opening loading im not concerned with. It's the going inside anywhere loading that killed t for me

Such a horribly optimized game on the Wii U

Yeah it actively drove me away from it even though I really liked it

 

[Plum]

Some Switch 1080p videos (including a framerate analysis) : http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_switch_videos_of_lego_city_undercover-18971_en.html

We should have PS4 videos in the coming days.

Good stuff. From the framerate analysis I've decided to get this. I was expecting constant drops but that doesn't seem to be the case, for a game like this I can live with some drops to 25-29.

 

[jman4371]

Bought the switch version and I'm kinda disappointed. While it's cool to have it on the go, docked or undocked, performance is under 30fps a lot in the open world. Hopefully there's some patches in the future.

Someone tell me about the Switch load times

They average about 45 seconds for me. 20 seconds better than the Wii U but still awful. :/

 

[esmith08734]

Some Switch 1080p videos (including a framerate analysis) : http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_switch_videos_of_lego_city_undercover-18971_en.html

We should have PS4 videos in the coming days.

Thanks for this.

 

[ScientificPizza]

Bought the switch version and I'm kinda disappointed. While it's cool to have it on the go, docked or undocked, performance is under 30fps a lot in the open world. Hopefully there's some patches in the future.

They average about 45 seconds for me. 20 seconds better than the Wii U but still awful. :/

That's sad to hear

 

[off duty ninja]

Opening loading im not concerned with. It's the going inside anywhere loading that killed t for me

Such a horribly optimized game on the Wii U

I don't believe it would be hyperbole to say it had the worst load times of any game I have played in my life and I am 39. There may have been worse games but I am hard-pressed to think of one.

I agree the initial load would be fine if that was basically it but I remember going in and out of the police station and other in game loading taking forever too.

 

[BrhysH]

Double dipped, I have the WiiU original and now a Switch copy coming. I enjoyed it, the game has charm... Plus I couldn't pass up buying it new for only 27 bucks.

 

[oatmeal]

I don't believe it would be hyperbole to say it had the worst load times of any game I have played in my life and I am 39. There may have been worse games but I am hard-pressed to think of one.

I agree the initial load would be fine if that was basically it but I remember going in and out of the police station and other in game loading taking forever too.

Yep same feeling here. Maybe Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. That shit was fucked up too.

Great games, both of them, but totally unenjoyable to play.

 

[wetflame]

Shame that the Nintendo Easter eggs are only in the Switch version. I mean, I know why that makes sense, but still. Would be good if they'd replaced them with some rough equivalents.

Well probably pick this up for PS4 at some point as I love my Lego games. Played them all, other than Lego Movie and Jurassic Park, which I believe were developed by a different studio.

 

[Solidsnake32292]

Double dipped, I have the WiiU original and now a Switch copy coming. I enjoyed it, the game has charm... Plus I couldn't pass up buying it new for only 27 bucks.

If I may ask, where did you find a switch copy for $27??

 

[PaulLFC]

PC runs at 1080/60 for me. Port is barebones to say the least, including non - functional graphics settings on the main menu. No borderless windowed (really? In 2017?). Seems to lock up if alt-tabbed.

I couldn't get Gedosato to work with it to see if I could downsample or force borderless, but that could just be idiocy on my part rather than the game itself.

 

[Dragoshi1]

Only two questions;

Is the Skeleton Rex unlockable now for open world goodness?

And are there new Nintendo Easter eggs, or just the same ones as before?

 

[Morfeo]

I actually beat this with my son on the Wii U. Its a solid game for sure, and great for kids. Also really like the title!

 

[Xathos]

Downloading small patch for Switch version.

 

[dragonflys545]

Bought the switch version and I'm kinda disappointed. While it's cool to have it on the go, docked or undocked, performance is under 30fps a lot in the open world. Hopefully there's some patches in the future.

They average about 45 seconds for me. 20 seconds better than the Wii U but still awful. :/

Wtf... I thought with the cartridge/sd cards load time would be much faster...

 

[cleveridea]

From other thread - cdkeys has the game for the ridiculous price of $15. Bought and registered fine for me, downloading now.

 

[Maxrunner]

What is the extra Nintendo content?

 

[Lkr]

From other thread - cdkeys has the game for the ridiculous price of $15. Bought and registered fine for me, downloading now.

let me know how it is, i have yet to see any indications of performance. i assume the load times will be fine on an SSD but i don't know what system to buy this for. i was originally leaning switch since i want shit to play on it

 

[bonesmccoy]

$70CAD on Steam, or $19CAD on CDkeys.

 

[Penguin]

How is co-op in the game?

 

[LordKano]

Some Switch 1080p videos (including a framerate analysis) : http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_switch_videos_of_lego_city_undercover-18971_en.html

We should have PS4 videos in the coming days.

It looks great ! Clean and colorful. The lowest I've seen it drop in the framerate vid is 26fps during an explosion. I can live with that. Now I'll just have to wait for a sale.

 

[LordOcidax]

Some Switch 1080p videos (including a framerate analysis) : http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_switch_videos_of_lego_city_undercover-18971_en.html

We should have PS4 videos in the coming days.

fps are a lot better than i expected in the Switch version. Great to see the Switch running this good in 1080p.

 

[Mudron]

Legitimately LOLed at the title.

 

[Visualante2]

It's always a bummer that they don't include online co-op with these titles any more. Would add so much value.

edit. The art is really nice in this game. Loved what I saw in ACG's video review.

 

[r3n4ud]

$70CAD on Steam, or $19CAD on CDkeys.

Yup, absolutely crazy charging full price for this :/

 

[leng jai]

How big the PC download?

 

[BrhysH]

If I may ask, where did you find a switch copy for $27??

Amazon had a pricing error I believe or a promotion... Not sure. I saw a thread about it and said hey why not might as well.

 

[Data West]

How big the PC download?

17.2 gb

 

[Outtrigger888]

fps are a lot better than i expected in the Switch version. Great to see the Switch running this good in 1080p.

I thought the switch version was 720p docked?

And are there any co-op videos anywhere?

 

[talkingood]

Crossposting from the other thread, but the load times are really good for me on Switch, installed on system memory.

Here's the video of the Switch loading times I just took. As you can see, the loading starts about 10 seconds in, finishes around 45 seconds. So about 35 seconds total. Is it possible that day one update improved the loading times this much?

Pardon the messy setup, we just moved.

 

[-shadow-]

That title... Nice!

 

[Karak]

It's always a bummer that they don't include online co-op with these titles any more. Would add so much value.

edit. The art is really nice in this game. Loved what I saw in ACG's video review.

Ya I admit there is a ton to like here. Just not at all impressed technically with the remake and to be honest even if it wasn't a remake. Technically its got a lot of FPS issues later game.
That being said. It there are times where its just pure fun.

 

[Plum]

Looks like the Switch version is out of stock on Amazon UK. I guess I'll wait a bit before getting the game, got Persona 5 to play anyway.

 

[LordOcidax]

I thought the switch version was 720p docked?

And are there any co-op videos anywhere?

It's 1080p docked.

 

[hydruxo]

Those screens in the OP give me LEGO Island vibes

 

[BigEmil]

Ya I admit there is a ton to like here. Just not at all impressed technically with the remake and to be honest even if it wasn't a remake. Technically its got a lot of FPS issues later game.

It's neither a remaster aswell it's a simple quick barebones port nothing really improved just added a 2 player mode in and there near full price for a 4 year old game