

The Rock Raiders and the dangerous-yet-cute alien monsters they encounter are all cleverly and whimsically animated - both in the actual game and in the excellent cutscenes that precede each mission.Įach of Rock Raiders' 33 missions is accompanied by simple, low-key techno tracks whose bass-heavy beats are in keeping with the game's underground locales but are otherwise forgettable. Yet your LEGO troopers and buildings look exactly as they should characters and buildings all look exactly like their colorful plastic snap-together counterparts. Rock Raiders' character models are also simple, blocky shapes detailed by simple, solid-color textures. For instance, even though each of the game's levels takes place in some sort of rocky cavern, the walls, rocks, and other features are all plainly but cleanly textured. Their only hope of getting home is to mine the planet's caverns for ore and energy crystals to repair their damaged starship.įrom the moment your first crew member is beamed down to the planet to the end of each mission-based level, LEGO Rock Raiders looks very good. The intrepid Rock Raiders have been sucked into an intergalactic wormhole and forced to land on a faraway planet.


LEGO Rock Raiders takes its title from the actual building-block set of the same name and from the stalwart crew of characters you command in the game. Unfortunately, despite its good looks and sounds, LEGO Rock Raiders is often frustrating and at times downright boring to play. Its clean graphics and quirky animation are complemented by clearly delivered voice-overs, good sound effects and background music, all of which are upbeat, if repetitive. LEGO Rock Raiders is a real-time strategy game that sounds good and looks great.
