Yes, you can play as a dinosaur. That's the big question everyone wants answered about Lego Jurassic World, the 56th game in the Lego franchise and the first to take on the might of Jurassic World's box office bite.
It's great fun too - and it happens early: about 20 minutes into the game, feed a sick triceratops the right food and you can wake him up, take him over and wreak havoc, smashing up trees and bunkers with your carnage-creating horns. Later on you'll also get to play as a velociraptor, stegosaurus and the mighty T-Rex.
Unfortunately, playable dinos are among the few innovations on show in Lego Jurassic World. If you've played any of the recent instalments - from Lego Batman 3 to Lego Marvel Super Heroes and The Lego Movie - you'll know the formula: bash stuff, build stuff, then collect as many coins as possible. As well as comical cut scenes, there are subtle jabs at the franchise's most well known moments: at one point you'll ride a cow horseback-style on the spot where he'll be used as bait to feed a hungry T-Rex.
But this is mostly a rinse-and-repeat effort from previous Lego games. There's certainly nostalgic fun to be had playing through scenes from all four of the Jurassic Park films - even if the first remains the best. And while teasing out the dinosaur reveals can be fun, the puzzles are simple, the graphics blocky and there are buggy moments - especially trying to control the camera while taking a head-spinning trip around Jurassic Park in a dodgy four-wheel drive.
