Set to release in May,LEGO 2K Drivewill see players step into the bricks of a LEGO figure, groomed for success, to qualify for and win the Sky Cup Grand Prix Tournament. To do so,LEGO 2K Driveplayers will explore five different biomes of Bricklandia, interact with a number of whimsical characters, complete events and quests, and race against numerous rivals.
Racing is at the core ofLEGO 2K Drive, but it’s not just aracing game. It’s described as a “driving adventure game.” Players are able to dabble wherever they want to mostly, but to “beat” the game, they’ll need to defeat their rivals, including the villainous Shadow Z, and win that tournament. Each rival will leave their impact on the player, as well as the game’s meta, self-referential story. Game Rant recently spoke with creative director Brian Silva about the game’s “silly” story and the rivals players meet along the way.
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LEGO 2K Driveis very mucha LEGO game, and it’s certainly aware of that. Players will meet characters such as Parker Carr from the onset, with the game even calling out its tutorial as a tutorial. It is self-aware at all times, creating moments such as describing Big Butte County as one “letter” away from anarchy. But there’s a reason for that. According to Silva,
“We were just silly and not taking ourselves very seriously when it came to the story. It wasn’t meant to be this really dramatic or huge epic storyline with twists and turns. It’s just silly.”
That also spills over into the various characters players will meet inLEGO 2K Drive. Silva described the approach as “lean and pretty focused,” as no character wasn’t added for the sake of a new character. Parker Carr, for example, is one of the announcers who will join players throughout the story. “We’ve tried to verify that all the characters in the game made sense. We didn’t want to just add an extra character here or there,” Silva said.
In fact, the rivals make up more than half the characters players will meet, clocking in at around 28 total. They each have their own racetrack with a special theme, spread across all the biomes of Bricklandia. These rivals, just like the player, are after the Sky Trophy, giving the world a sense of competition. However, they’re not to be seen as villains.
“They’re all competitive, but they’re all supportive as well.”
When they are beaten, they’ll call on the player to defeat the cheating-no-good Shadow Z to obtain the Sky Trophy.Visual Conceptsworked to ensure that each character had their identity, but that Shadow Z was also the only real villain. After all,LEGO is a family-friendly brand, and this approach embraces that. Ultimately, it’ll be interesting to see how the story and characters ofLEGO 2K Driveare received at launch.
LEGO 2K Drivereleases May 19 for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
