Lego Dimensions (for PlayStation 4)

The Lego Dimensions portal is one of the most intricate we've seen in toy-based games. The base is a set of three scanning fields marked by a central circle and two L-shaped sections. Each L has a total of three scanners, so you can put seven Lego Dimensions figures in the game at a time.

Certain puzzles wear block hats that, when a character approaches it, display translucent power bricks. These are portal-based powers, and the ones you select require playing with the portal itself.

Lego Dimensions spans 14 different popular properties, including DC superheroes, The Simpsons, Scooby-Doo, Back to the Future, and Doctor Who.

Vehicles have "blank" bases you can write information to in the game. This lets every vehicle have three variations you can build for different tasks, with the option to write the currently built vehicle to the base to use it.

At its heart, Lego Dimensions plays just like nearly every other Traveler's Tales Lego game. You take a team of characters through winding levels, building objects (often by holding down a button), fighting enemies, and solving puzzles using a variety of character-specific powers and abilities.

The Doctor was particularly fun, because his expansion set comes with TARDIS and K-9 figures, and they combine in the game in amusing ways.

The Chell figure let me use her portal gun on special white panels in the Portal section of the demo. It let me reach out of the way items.