7 Video Games That Exploited Your Nostalgia (And WON)

Is there anything more nostalgic than LEGO?

I'll answer for you, no there is not.

Some of the earliest memories of your childhood may well be block-based thanks to this wonderful construction and creativity-based toy (is it a toy? is a brick actually a toy?) and I know of a fair few adults with more than their fair share of Lego Sets adorning their walls and shelves. The love for LEGO has only grown as the brand has expanded into more and more complex sets and tied into almost every IP going meaning that there is quite literally something for everyone to enjoy.

And while the LEGO brand has sometimes churned out a few stinkers in its time thanks, the likes of LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Marvel Superheroes really do stand out as not being just great games but also massive dollops of nostalgia for fans of the medium. However one of the low-key best bangers that LEGO has ever appeared in is, strangely enough, Forza Horizon 4, which created a whole LEGO expansion for the game.

And it is an absolute stonker.

Tearing through LEGO playsets at speed is so much fun that I swear the government will likely ban it at some point, and being able to build your own house is just the icing on the blocky cake. A pseudo-realistic race sim and LEGO shouldn't mix this well, but it forms a sweet and heady broth that you'll be quaffing for weeks to come.