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Lego Racers is a Mario Kart/Speed Freaks wannabee. Its unique selling point is that you can build your own contraptions out of digital Lego and customise the drivers to suit. You can even 'touch up' the photographs on their driving licences. Them's the good bits. Unfortunately, the meat of the thing isn't quite so impressive. The cars don't handle with any real 'feel' and it's actually darned difficult. If you mess up on a corner (or whatever), you often don't catch a soul. Yes, there's a wealth of circuits and boosters to garner. Yes, there's a two-player game included. But it's not even nearly as good as Speed Freaks, which itself is far inferior to Mario Kart. Disappointing, Mr Lego.
The lead protagonist in Dreams is an ancient Egyptian priest called Duncan. Clearly, this is an excellent starting point. Big Dunc finds himself trapped in a selection of dreams from which he must escape. How so? By turning himself into one of two characters - a big bloke or a flighty female - and by collecting mana (magic stuff - first appeared in Bullfrog's Magic Carpet) which enables him to cast spells. Basically, you have to hop around platforms and glide between worlds and... gosh, it's terribly dull. Dreams is a poor offering which encompasses elements of a few game genres (platform, adventure etc) but can't quite meld them into a successful whole. Avoid. Please.
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