User blog:Sidorak12814/Lego Universe

EPIC!!!
Oh, right. I have to handle this calmly. Darn.

Heck with it. YEEE-AHHH!!! OH! OH! OH! BOO-YAH! (Does Happy Lego Universe Dance) Lalalalalala! Pant...Pant (Falls on face)

Okay. I'm good now. In case any of you weren't aware, Lego Universe is available for pre-order. I'm so happy. It looks like a big improvement on Lego Network as far as social interaction goes, and is way more cool and engaging. I love the adorable little Lego Zombies! They're very cute!

One thing I noticed is that it's forty bucks. That's nice. I was expecting fifty, like most Wii games and Spore, so 20% discount on the expected is a nice surprise. Seeing as that may only be for pre-order, I'll have to order it soon. Whatever. It looks like I have till autumn anyway.

That's actually one-and-a-half years later than it was originally planned to be released. It might be that way for one of a few reasons.


 * Setbacks
 * Lego could have been experiencing problems during development, and thus it was impossible to get the game out in time.


 * Revision
 * I case you haven't noticed, the images and game concepts were not very developed in the beginning, and neither was the apparent idea of the game. Lego could have been making a very simple game at first, just a social thing with a loose story, but, after the feedback from fans expecting something big, they overhauled the game almost entirely so it would meet expectations.


 * Marketing
 * Lego might have planned it to be this late all along, but didn't tell us to keep our hopes up. They kept us looking to the near future, so the game wouldn't seem too far away to anticipate with excitement and joyous discussion on the forums. All the while, we were anticipating a game coming out in "Summer 2008" (one mention only, quickly unsubstantiated), then "2009" then "late 2009", on to "2010", and finally to "autumn 2010." It could simply have been a marketing ploy (Called a lie by most people) to keep publicity in good shape.

Oh, well. Now they've got too many people to confront if they postpone it again, and now they've released the Pre-Order, so they're pretty stuck with this fall being the release date.

Anyway, I look forward to this game and the Lego Community's thunderous rush of approval ratings and new Lego Club memberships.

Random trivia: Super Mario Galaxy 2 is available for pre-order at GameStop, while Metroid: Other M's release date was moved to August 31.