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Lego Minifigures Online is a MMO for Pc, Ipad, and IoS phones where you can use the minifigures from Lego's originally named random pack line: "Lego Minifigures." It is a fairly resent game, so much so in fact that most of the internet is still using beta test information on wikis and other blogs. With the general stuff out of the way lets get started.
After creating an account we wait at the loading screen. And wait, and wait. My first complaint about LMO is the initial loading time is super long. I had to get a book to read to just to remain patient. So be sure to have something else to do. Luckily, after that the load time is shortish and really just comes down to computer power. This is also true of spike lags which will probably happen to everyone a few times turning play so be ready for those.
The gameplay is simple and similar to the earlier Diablo games in terms of controls. Enemies are like most enemies in MMOs; two or three hits with a striker character is all that's necessary but will attack en mass, making some areas hard to get through if you don't know the way. (Luckily though, you get a map early on so a quick look over of that will help you on your way.) The bosses are challenging without being hard, there isn't really any problem solving involved, just smash everything really, but boss fights are my favorite part of the game.
Your characters, obviously, come from the Lego Minifigures line alone, sadly they only come from the main numbered series, meaning that the Simpsons and Lego Movie series's aren't ingame. This seems like a bit of missed opportunity to me, humor wise, but there is plenty of other humor ingame so I can't complain. Each character has two characteristics, and two attacks. The first attack is just the auto attack with the mouse button but the other is the "super attack," which is unique to each character, ranging from a shield that both protects you and damages enemies, to a single hit, high damage attack, and so on. Each character feels unique from the others, so it doesn't feel like you're playing as the same figure with a different skin.
The last aspect I want to talk about is the community, in any MMO the people can often make or break your enjoyment of the game, regardless of how good the game actually is and so far, its kind of in the middle. In my play so far I've only seen four other players. Other people clearly play the game from what I've seen from online forums people just compare LMO to the previous Lego MMO: Lego Universe. This is a little sad to me, Lego Universe was a bit more serious in tone while LMO is definitely more humorous. This alone makes the two fairly incomparable.
So over all: Lego Minifigures Online is a fun game, its mutliplayer capabilities are limited so far do to its small fan base, but this will probably change in the next few years, and I recommend this game to both Lego fans, and people wanting to get into MMOs.
