LEGO® HIDDEN SIDE™

I have been trying to collect all of Season 1. I even have the Newbury High School! However, when I try to scan the Ghost Train Express, one of three things happen. The first: it can’t scan it. The second: it ends up scanning a chunk of the background instead of the actual train, meaning I can’t turn the wheel and search for gloom. The third: it works. However, it is rare that the third circumstance will actually happen. I have beaten two boss ghosts, leveled up my phone to OP status, and have most of the ghosts, but cannot scan this set. I really want to fight the Bawa. I am a huge fan of the app. Could you please fix my game, Lego? PS the multiplayer update gives the game a whole new perspective, and gives me a reason to save up my Spirit. Thanks, guys!

As an AFOL and mobile gamer, I have been enjoying this app! I downloaded the game for use with the ‘Shrimp Shack Attack’ set, and have enjoyed both the physical and virtual features. The gameplay was a little confusing at first, with the tutorials being a tad confusing. The hunter side is incredibly fun, as it brings the set to life, adding expression and mystery. The variety of different traps and challenges keep me wanting to use the set again and again. As for the ghost side, I believe this part could be a bit more polished. The controls seem to not respond on occasion, and some of the aim mechanics make finding and hitting the targets more difficult (I’m looking at you, graveyard hedge!). I also think the ghost selection and viewing screens could be better. A filter system would help in searching for ghosts with specific powers. The ability to rotate the ghosts’ models and see their attack animations would also be a welcome addition. These spirits have so much character, and I feel like they should get some more attention. Overall, this app has a great framework and potential to be a really impressive game. However, a few quality of life improvements would really go a long way in bringing the Hidden Side to life.

As an AFOL, I was initially skeptical about Hidden Side when they first came out for several reasons and by some of the early reviews, I am glad I waited. I just hope this doesn’t go the way of LEGO Dimensions, get people into it and then pull the plug 1.5-2 years into what was promised to be 3 years of development and sets. Just got 2 sets and have built one so far and trying the app. Initial game play is not intuitive and confusing. Gun overheats far to quickly (programmed for slower tappers??) and when scanning minifigs, I can scan the same physical minifig multiple times and it doesn’t register the actual minifig, but gives me some random in-game ghost sometimes a new one and sometimes one that I have already found. I have yet to try a non-Hidden Side minifig. More QA and edge-case testing needed. (Note. I spent 14 years as a software QA engineer for an enterprise database company). I would have thought that scanning the minifigs would mean bringing the physical minifigs from the set into game play and that is not what is actually happening

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My friend and I recently bought a pair of deluxe LEGO sets online, and when it arrived in the mail, the sets came with the Newbury Juice Bar set, which advertises the app game on the cover, and shows the set being used with the app. We built the set, downloaded the game, and decided to try out the AR function with the Juice Bar. The game then prompted us to select the set we wanted to use for AR, and the Juice Bar was no where to be seen! The game shows the other sets, which are quite bigger and more elaborate, but they don’t show the Juice Bar as being an option, In fact, the Juice Bar isn’t even usable in the app game at all! At best the mini figs can be individually used with the Gloom Scan function, but then you’d have to wait a full 24 hours to use Gloom Scan again for the other mini fig! The game seems really interesting, and is probably fun to play when you have the right sets, but it’s just a great disappointment that the Juice Bar cannot be used in the game.

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This new update makes it so that you can play with your friends. That seems like a great idea. My daughter doesn’t have any friends. She is on the spectrum, and is very introverted. She enjoyed playing hidden side by herself, and appreciated the challenging nature of the game, which was reflected by the option to pick your difficulty level in ghost hunting mode. This new update appears to have removed both the option to pick your difficulty level AND the ability to play WITHOUT friends as a ghost. My daughter just got 2 new hidden side sets for Christmas (she had 1 previously), and was excited to scan them and play. About an hour later, she was crying because she had beaten the bosses quite easily, and couldn’t play as a ghost anymore. “Why didn’t they keep it so you could pick your difficulty level?” she asked. I didn’t have an answer, except to tell her that HOPEFULLY they’ll bring it back next update.