{"id":1032232,"date":"2026-01-15T07:19:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/lego-horizon-adventures-review"},"modified":"2026-01-15T07:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:19:22","slug":"lego-horizon-adventures-review-a-hyperactive-minifig-tour-of-zero-dawn-that-completely-misses-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/lego-horizon-adventures-review-a-hyperactive-minifig-tour-of-zero-dawn-that-completely-misses-the-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego Horizon Adventures review &#8211; a hyperactive minifig tour of Zero Dawn that completely misses the point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/lego-horizon-adventures-review-a-hyperactive-minifig-tour-of-zero-dawn-that-completely-misses-the-point.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>When you think of Lego games, chances are your brain will go straight to one of the licensed Traveller&#8217;s Tales games from the last 20 years or so. 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Whether it&#8217;s Star Wars, Batman or Indiana Jones, there&#8217;s no denying their joyful cycles of wild and wilful destruction, clackety building and reams upon reams of daft jokes over the years have come to define what we expect and want from any new licensed Lego adaptation. And I think it&#8217;s important to state up front that Lego Horizon Adventures, which retells the story of Sony&#8217;s Horizon Zero Dawn for a fresh and younger kind of audience, is not that kind of Lego game. 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