Anyone else miss the old lego games?

[Sovereign _909]

I loved Lego Creator and Rock Raiders when I was a kid! Rock Raiders had one of the best opening cinimatics of any game.

 

[Dango]

I had Lego Racers 1 for the N64, and I had Lego Racers 2 for PC. I was the best out of all my friends with my awesome custom car.

EDIT: Oh Christ I just remembered Lego Rock Raiders for PC, that game confused so much as a kid.

 

[deadguynotyetburied]

Actually, I miss Legos. No, not the kits that are designed to build one thing and include as few generally usable parts as possible. I mean the old basic building block sets. I don't see why you'd play with Legos in a computer game.

 

[SturmDolch]

I loved Lego Island and put hundreds of hours into it. I also really liked Lego Rock Raiders. My first sandbox and RTS games, respectively.

I remember getting Lego Creator: Harry Potter, thinking it would be a game about Harry Potter except played by Lego characters. It ended up being some lame game where you build things... And guess what they release now that I'm not interested anymore? Yup. Lego Harry Potter.

 

[HT_Black]

I played through Lego Island 2 and three something around seven times each; no other game has ever been able to come anywhere near that in terms of time put in. Additionally, Rock Raiders got me into RTS for the first time (I could never get past the penultimate set of levels, though), Lego Racers 2 got me into racing and introduced me to the concept of an open-world game, Alpha Team was the first puzzler (and 3D game) that I ever played, and Bionicle Heroes some game from 2006 that I don't want to remember right now introduced me to the 3rd person shooter.

For the record though, Lego Island 3 was the best thing they ever did prior to 2005.

 

[|Ookami]

Actually, I miss Legos. No, not the kits that are designed to build one thing and include as few generally usable parts as possible. I mean the old basic building block sets. I don't see why you'd play with Legos in a computer game.

Ah, you got there before me.
Anyway, this.
I loved building things with blocks and legos when I was little; it was how I spent most of my time (that, and slamming together those little metal cars). Other girls dressed barbies...I built fortresses and cities and stages epic battles. Good times.

When I first found out about a lego video game, I thought it was the most ridiculous thing I'd ever heard. I'm surprised this many people like them (not in a rude way--I've never played one, so I can't claim to have an opinion on whether or not they were good). What's the appeal?