Youre Better Off With a Paper Wishlist...

I recently picked up LEGO: Dimensions for my PlayStation 4, and was presented with one of the best crossover games I had ever witnessed. The tie-in app, however, seems more like a commercial for the game rather than a useful way to monitor your collection. The only content in Collection Vortex is a bland Wish List and Collection feature and bios and videos for all of the playable characters. And by the only content, I mean THE ONLY CONTENT. Theres no information on character and vehicle abilities, no instructions for building said characters and vehicles, no crucial information whatsoever when attempting to complete the game 100% as I am. Theres also a scan feature present, which works fine, except for Level Packs, which oddly translate to the Starter Pack when scanned. About the aforementioned videos, they refuse to play on my iPhone 6. I am not sure if its a device problem or an app problem, but I could have perhaps squeezed a little more out of the app had this worked. Also, as reluctant as I am to sound nitpicky, every time I go to add a pack to my Wish List/Collection, I am forced to go back to the beginning of the menu, which wears on my thumb due to all the necessary scrolling. Its aggravating when I buy a haul of packs and have to continously swipe to go back to a certain category. Well, Ive spent roughly two weeks with the app, and I can prove that it is a simple, useless advertisement for the game, only serving useful to those who (somehow) cant remember which Packs they have bought. Its a shame. This app could have been a great companion for that one grocery store trip, and assisted completionists like me into deciding who I need to buy in order to do this. With the second year of LEGO: Dimensions around the corner, it would be beneficial if they updated the app to not only include the newest characters and vehicles, but to add some of the lacking features in order to make it a useful app rather than just a 400+ MB commercial sleeping on my Home Screen. Overall, youre just better off creating a Wish List/Collection with a plain old pencil and paper.

Antpsantos00 about LEGO® Dimensions™, v1.1