LEGO 2K Drive review: Mario Kart meets Forza in brick-based fun for kids
radiotimes.comSports gaming specialists 2K have teamed up with LEGO for a new brick-based racing game, out today (Friday 19th May), with their hot new release going by the not very imaginative title of LEGO 2K Drive.
When we spoke to the developers a few months ago, their enthusiasm for the game was infectious, and now we've managed to put quite a few hours into LEGO 2K Drive ourselves. But here's the big question – is the game any good?
We're pleased to report that, yes, LEGO 2K Drive is a fun game at its heart, and it's easy to imagine players – particularly young ones – spending a lot of time happily playing it. It's colourful, enjoyable and filled with silly little jokes. And the music is quite catchy, as well!
With a hefty single-player campaign, heaps of multiplayer options (both local and online) and an impressively deep vehicle creation system, LEGO 2K Drive is a game that it's easy to spend time with. It has a decent selection of nice-looking open worlds to explore, and when it gets down to the actual racing, it offers a fun twist on kart racing.
That being said, LEGO 2K Drive is not a game that reinvents the wheel. It wears its inspirations on its sleeve, make no mistake. The open world exploration feels like it was heavily inspired by Microsoft's Forza Horizon series (which had its own LEGO DLC in recent memory), and the actual track racing element will feel pretty familiar to anyone that's spent time with Mario Kart, Crash Team Racing or any of the other power-up-infused imitators that have cropped up over the years.
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