Why is the ground made of lego??

[Subass39]

is it me or does the ground being made of lego seem kinda odd?

Ive played other lego games in the past and they all had regular ground made of earth, why did they have to change it?


it was better when the maps used earth ground, it made the maps seem more alive and beautiful!

......unlike now, the ground being made of lego and plastic makes the maps competely dull

[Nate]

... the game is called Lego worlds.
If you removed the Lego terrain there would be barely any interaction and would it cause the game to be extremely dull.

Just imagine if you couldn't build or mine in Minecraft, it would be so lame.

We discussed this here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/332310/discussions/0/357287304437271909/

[Subass39]

Originally posted by ⎛Nate⎞:

... the game is called Lego worlds.
If you removed the Lego terrain there would be barely any interaction and would it cause the game to be extremely dull.

Just imagine if you couldn't build or mine in Minecraft, it would be so lame.

We discussed this here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/332310/discussions/0/357287304437271909/

Maybe they should just add an option, regular eath, or everything lego

besides, it wouldnt be lame, you could still shape the land and build stuff on top of it
lego indiana jones had earth land terraforming, it can't be that hard to add it here

or at least a workshop, we can all agree on that

[WoogieMonsutā]

Originally posted by Lockheed:

Why is the ground made of lego??

is it me or does the ground being made of lego seem kinda odd?

Ive played other lego games in the past and they all had regular ground made of earth, why did they have to change it?


it was better when the maps used earth ground, it made the maps seem more alive and beautiful!

......unlike now, the ground being made of lego and plastic makes the maps competely dull

In other Lego games, are you constantly interacting with the ground? Digging and mining, landscaping, terraforming, construction and destruction: if the ground were made of earth, your thread (or someone in your stead) would be titled "Why Isn't the Ground made of Lego like Everything Else??"

[Subass39]

Originally posted by Ojisan Kukkī:

Originally posted by Lockheed:

Why is the ground made of lego??

is it me or does the ground being made of lego seem kinda odd?

Ive played other lego games in the past and they all had regular ground made of earth, why did they have to change it?


it was better when the maps used earth ground, it made the maps seem more alive and beautiful!

......unlike now, the ground being made of lego and plastic makes the maps competely dull

In other Lego games, are you constantly interacting with the ground? Digging and mining, landscaping, terraforming, construction and destruction: if the ground were made of earth, your thread (or someone in your stead) would be titled "Why Isn't the Ground made of Lego like Everything Else??"

That's because the "other" games with earth ground are not sandbox free roam

that's like comparing "Minecraft" to "Minecraft story mode"
2 completely different genres


Nice Try



as for "Why Isn't the Ground made of Lego like Everything Else??"
that wouldnt be likely because all the other lego games originally used EARTH GROUND

[WoogieMonsutā]

Originally posted by Lockheed:

...Nice Try...

I promise, I sincerely was not "trying" anything. But since it appears we're "going there" and I genuinely enjoy making people look stupid...

Originally posted by Lockheed:

...Ive played other lego games in the past and they all had regular ground made of earth, why did they have to change it? ...

Originally posted by Lockheed:

That's because the "other" games with earth ground are not sandbox free roam...

...that's like comparing "Minecraft" to "Minecraft story mode"
2 completely different genres...
...

Now do you see your error? Or do you really want to be the next screenshot in my Artwork gallery?
Take your time, think about it, I'll be here.

[apoundofapples]

If it wasn't a ground made of lego, then the game would be called Worlds.

[Subass39]

Originally posted by Ojisan Kukkī:

Originally posted by Lockheed:

...Nice Try...

I promise, I sincerely was not "trying" anything. But since it appears we're "going there" and I genuinely enjoy making people look stupid...

Originally posted by Lockheed:

...Ive played other lego games in the past and they all had regular ground made of earth, why did they have to change it? ...

Originally posted by Lockheed:

That's because the "other" games with earth ground are not sandbox free roam...

...that's like comparing "Minecraft" to "Minecraft story mode"
2 completely different genres...
...

Now do you see your error? Or do you really want to be the next screenshot in my Artwork gallery?
Take your time, think about it, I'll be here.

but that's the thing

even though LW is a sandbox and the others are not, they can still do the same thing

LIJ is classed as a different genre, but it still had editor mode, which is pretty much a simple small sandbox, if they decided to upgrade the engine on it, it would have been possible to make it into a sandbox game using earth ground

[Subass39]

Originally posted by apoundofapples:

If it wasn't a ground made of lego, then the game would be called Worlds.

idk, i prefered it when Lego devs kept it original

maybe they should just add 2 different modes, one with earth ground, and one with dull plastic ground

A workshop would also be nice

[Lordofd]

I love we get finally a game that's FULL LEGO. This allows for much more MOCing posibilities.

[Subass39]

Originally posted by Lordofd:

I love we get finally a game that's FULL LEGO. This allows for much more MOCing posibilities.

at the cost of making the enviroment look dull

[Thatrius]

I wonder why that in Minecraft, the ground is made of blocks? Why not just use realistic terrain and have everything else made of voxels?

You see, if the ground is not made of Legos in LEGO Worlds (but everything else is), there is not going to be much proportion; and neither will one be able to interact much with his surroundings. Anything you build would never blend in with your environment.

Other LEGO games use realistic earth because there is not any need to interact or build with the elements of the background (and if you'll notice, those pieces that you do interact with are, in fact, Lego bricks). The whole idea behind LEGO is building whatever you can, with what you have, with, well, LEGOs.
LW is made to be a fully-interactive game. And to be honest, I sort of like it that way.

[apoundofapples]

I love the fact it's all legos. I wish all the other games had lego terrain.

[LackingOxygen]

Originally posted by Lockheed:

is it me or does the ground being made of lego seem kinda odd?

Ive played other lego games in the past and they all had regular ground made of earth, why did they have to change it?


it was better when the maps used earth ground, it made the maps seem more alive and beautiful!

......unlike now, the ground being made of lego and plastic makes the maps competely dull

If you actually listened to what they say in their videos, "Everything is lego"

[Subass39]

Originally posted by apoundofapples:

I love the fact it's all legos. I wish all the other games had lego terrain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s

[Majatek]

Personally I always found the inconsistencies in art direction of other LEGO titles that use the hybrid approach of LEGO elements (figures, vehicles, and even buildings occasionally) but with realistic dirt/rock/grass/etc for the ground to be incredibly off-putting and distracting. The LEGO universe is trying to sell to me that everything in it IS made of plastic, after all, and that everything that is in-universe should benefit from how all the pieces can interact with each other. Everything outside of that (ie: The LEGO Movie's “Kragle”) is either immutable and will conflict with LEGO elements (again, by “glueing” them solid) or can't be altered anyway as non-LEGO elements can only be destroyed by other non-LEGO elements.

If LEGO has LEGO-specific plastic baseplates for roads and building instructions where you use LEGO bricks to build up additional terrain, why not extend it to having the entirety of LEGO terrain be made out of LEGO bricks? At least, that's what the line of logic is for LEGO Worlds being made entirely out of LEGO pieces.

Visually, as a result, I can understand why you'd find it dull - but that's only because it lacks two distinct, separate artstyles (photorealism for non-LEGO elements and cartoon style LEGO minifigures/elements) that conflict with each other. If you followed the contradictory themes in real life it would be like creating a diorama where all of the ground elements are made from foam, various glues, flock (for the grass) and paints... To finally populate the realistic looking landscape with LEGO minifigures, vehicles, and buildings - that is, if they're not also made from foam board, glues and paints.

When it comes to LEGO related media, understanding where the line between in-universe LEGO worlds (“worlds” as in the concept, not the game) and non-LEGO worlds is important as The LEGO Movie plays off of this as a key component to its themes of the two distinct worlds colliding, clashing, and complicating things - as well as understanding where the strengths lie in both of them. A LEGO world is made of LEGO pieces that can interact with each other, while the non-LEGO world's strengths lies in being grounded (both metaphorically and literally). The former is malleable and subject to change, while the latter is not. This is why LEGO Worlds opted for worlds made completely out of LEGO bricks.

tl;dr: bla bla bla philosophy and even though yes it may look dull it's only because the counterpoint LEGO style is flawed and lacks flexibility.