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LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens for PlayStation 3
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens for PlayStation 3 turns Episode VII into an action adventure with building puzzles, combat and film jokes. You follow Rey, Finn, Poe and BB-8, among others, during their confrontation with the First Order. Familiar locations and events form the main route, while additional adventures provide more background for characters and situations. The game concentrates on this film and is not a collection covering the entire new trilogy.
A pile of bricks does not always have just one solution. The Multi-Build system lets you make different constructions from the same parts. You choose which structure solves an obstacle and can dismantle it to try another possibility. During special blaster battles you use cover and wait for an opportunity to fire back accurately. Familiar jumping and collecting therefore alternate with puzzles where the order of building and acting matters.
You explore areas, use different characters' abilities and return after story missions to search for hidden parts. You can complete the campaign alone or cooperate locally with two players on the same PS3, each using a controller. Space battles and flying vehicles also add variety. This offer concerns the original PS3 game. Separate expansions or an unused download code are not assumed; the description covers the regular game's content and the additional stories included in it.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released in 2016, developed by TT Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The film of the same name had arrived in cinemas in late 2015. The studio was returning to the film series with which its familiar LEGO adventures had begun in 2005. After the prequels, the original trilogy and The Clone Wars, a new generation of protagonists took centre stage, with Rey and Finn alongside returning figures such as Han Solo.
At the announcement, game director Jamie Eden described how closely the studio worked with Lucasfilm. This allowed the game to tell additional adventures leading towards Episode VII alongside events from the film. It gave a game based on one film more room than simply replaying the best-known scenes. The distinction matters: these extra stories do not turn it into an adaptation of Episodes VIII and IX. The starting point remains The Force Awakens and the background to its events.
Meanwhile, the gameplay further developed the familiar LEGO formula. Several possible constructions from the same bricks demanded choices, while cover during blaster battles introduced a different rhythm. Spoken dialogue and the narrative treatment clearly place this entry later than The Complete Saga. It came to PlayStation 3 alongside versions for newer consoles. This product description follows the original PS3 edition and does not treat announced or separately available expansions as content automatically included with a used standard edition.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga on PlayStation 3 covers Episodes I to VI with mainly visual humour. The Force Awakens focuses on Episode VII and related additional stories. Both use character abilities and building puzzles, but multiple building options and shooting from cover give The Force Awakens a different approach to obstacles and opponents.
LEGO Indiana Jones 2 on PlayStation 3 also offers building puzzles, local cooperation and recognisable film scenes. It spreads its adventures over four films and has a level builder. The Force Awakens develops one Star Wars film in greater detail and uses choices between constructions within existing missions instead of emphasising making levels yourself.
LEGO Jurassic World on PlayStation 3 shares collecting, puzzles and revisiting film locations. Four dinosaur films and controllable animals provide its variety. The Force Awakens uses droids, the Force, spaceships and cover during blaster battles. Jurassic World's broad film collection therefore differs from the more focused story around Rey, Finn and the First Order.
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures on PlayStation 3 likewise uses a duo, bricks and film jokes. It tells the original three Indiana Jones films without the later spoken storytelling. The Force Awakens combines its film adaptation with more developed additional stories and new building choices. Similar basic controls therefore do not mean the missions have the same structure.
Sonic Generations on PlayStation 3 is also a character-driven adventure in recognisable environments, but requires speed and precise jumps. You play alone and improve routes with Classic and Modern Sonic. The Force Awakens gives you more time for building, collecting and switching characters, and lets a second player join the campaign locally.
