{"id":8262,"date":"2026-04-08T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/believe-it-or-not-i-think-gta-6-could-learn-a-few-things-from-lego-city-undercover\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:00:00","slug":"believe-it-or-not-i-think-gta-6-could-learn-a-few-things-from-lego-city-undercover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/believe-it-or-not-i-think-gta-6-could-learn-a-few-things-from-lego-city-undercover\/","title":{"rendered":"Believe It Or Not, I Think GTA 6 Could Learn a Few Things From Lego City Undercover"},"content":{"rendered":"

GTA 5 has three playable characters. Nice one. Lego City Undercover has over 300<\/em>. Look, my tongue is firmly within my cheek here; I don\u2019t actually believe that Rockstar\u2019s much-heralded efforts were surpassed by this once Wii U exclusive Lego game that came out just months before Michael, Franklin, and Trevor\u2019s story. But while Undercover is by no means a masterpiece, there are some areas where it genuinely shows ambition beyond Rockstar\u2019s. Please stick with me. I haven\u2019t gone mad.<\/p>\n

Yes, we\u2019re all clinging on through this multifaceted apocalyptic present to make it to GTA 6, and you\u2019ll no doubt have several recommendations about what to play in its place over the months preceding its launch. Red Dead 2 is my favourite game ever, but that\u2019s an obvious one. The Saints Row games are fun, but we\u2019ve already got a new Scary Movie coming this year if you want to revisit that puerile place in time. Sleeping Dogs will forever be the hipster pick thanks to its stylish Hong Kong action, but have you played it recently? It\u2019s fine. That\u2019s why I come here bearing the gift of Lego City Undercover \u2014 a good, if not quite great, take on the open-world city genre, but one that was forgotten all too quickly.<\/p>\n

GTA 4\u2019s Four Leaf Clover, you are not going to get here, with Rockstar\u2019s trademark sprawling, cinematic missions not part of Undercover\u2019s offering. Missions instead are limited in scope, with chases short and rarely taking advantage of the scope of the larger city map, instead taking place in small puzzle-filled pocketed environments outside of the free-roam area. The same limits can be seen in combat, which almost entirely consists of hammering down the attack button and putting plastic fist to face. In that regard, though, it’s very similar to a Rockstar game; Let\u2019s face it, you\u2019re not playing GTA for its rudimentary cover-based gunplay, but for those high-stakes set-piece events that you rarely find elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead, the very first gunfight or car chase will ultimately feel almost identical to its first, albeit with slightly more exotic weaponry. What you will discover in Lego City, though, is greater systemic progression when it comes to problem-solving than that found in any Rockstar game. Abilities unlocked throughout the story mode can then be taken advantage of when exploring the open world, providing the key to unlock its many secrets. This approach gives you a genuine reason to switch up which minifig you\u2019re playing as, since each harbours its own unique skill. <\/p>\n

What you will discover in Lego City, though, is greater systemic progression […] than that found in any Rockstar game. \u201c<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

GTA 5 may have had three protagonists, but outside of each having their own story missions, there was little reason to switch between them. Sure, they each had special abilities, such as Franklin slowing down time while driving, but those skills weren\u2019t effectively integrated into the gameplay. Lego City Undercover, meanwhile, makes great use of characterful, unique abilities which are directly tied to problems and objectives. There are some genuinely nifty detective-like quirks, such as scanning heat signatures in a surrounding area when searching for suspects. Could the bank-robbing clown be the orange silhouette sporting an oversized curly wig hiding in a shed? Probably. In that sense, its crime-stopping borrows as much from L.A. Noire as it does GTA, just without the often unintentionally hilarious interrogation sequences where you can falsely accuse foreign diplomats of major offences involving minors. That wouldn\u2019t quite fit the happy-go-lucky Lego mould, I guess. <\/p>\n

Undercover, just like every other entry in TT Games\u2019 library, is made for the whole family to enjoy, and so takes that rock-solid Rockstar open world base and tweaks it with every age of player in mind. There\u2019s a charm to every interaction, such as a film noir-ish, jazzy double bass being plucked while you sweep an area for footprints using a UV light. Nearby chattering NPCs, meanwhile, provide a PG version of what you may hear on a Los Santos street corner. In great Lego fashion, each item you collide with along the city\u2019s roads is packed full of studs, just like the backstage area of a Magic Mike show. <\/p>\n

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