LEGO Universe is a bit of an anomaly to me. I try to take it seriously when I hear about all the quests, buildings, customizations and everything else you can do it the game – because frankly that is really what I want in an MMO…but…well its LEGO, and I just have a hard time taking LEGO seriously. That being said, giving the game a shot is going to be a lot easier for me, and the rest of us now that it they have decided to make the title partially free to play.
The initial purchase price – certainly a road block for me, and I suspect most of our readers as well, is now gone – so download away! These are the features that will be included in the game without having to shell out any dough:
• Create and customize your own LEGO Universe hero
• Collect up to 10,000 coins
• Earn U-Score to level up
• Explore the Starship Venture Explorer
• Explore Avant Gardens
• Join the Nexus Force
• Sample powerful Faction Gear
• Play the Survival mini-game
• Battle the Spider Queen
• Build and bring your creations to life on your own Block Yard Property
• Visit thousands of other players’ Properties
• Buy and collect cool gear and useful items
Here is what you get when you want to toss them $10 a month for a membership:
• Create up to 4 minifigures on each server
• Stand out with a customized name for your hero
• Trade with other players
• Become Best Friends with other players
• Increase your Friends List to 50 Friends
• Send unlimited Friend Requests
• Mail items or models to other players
• Collect an unlimited amount of coins
• Team up with other Players to take on bigger challenges!
• Chat with other players in Local or Team Chat and Whisper
• Earn U-Score to Level Up to 40, with cool rewards
• Claim and build on Properties throughout LEGO Universe and visit thousands of other players’ Properties! Access to all Properties in the Nexus:
• Collect almost a thousand different models to place on Properties
• Collect almost two thousand unique LEGO bricks! If you can imagine it, you can build it!
• Unlock advanced behaviors to bring your creations to life!
• Visit all of the worlds of LEGO Universe.
• Play all of the fun mini-games throughout the various worlds!
• Eligible to compete in Members-only weekly and monthly contests to win cool LEGO sets!
• Eligible to join the World Builder League by invitation only. Impress our WBL Recruiter with your Properties!
• Explore all new areas and activities that the Nexus Force discovers throughout the years!
Clearly a little longer list if you want to pay the fee. At the very least, giving us a chance to play the game and decide for ourselves if it is worth it, is a great move. To download LEGO Universe, head to http://universe.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx
