History YMMV / LEGOIsland

** OOOOPS! You have to put the CD in your computer!

** "Oops! Driving ain't like skateboarding!"[[labelonte:Explanation]]From ''LEGO Island 2'', Pepper says this every time he crashes into something in the driving mini-game. It became notorious for how often it's heard.[[/labelnote]]

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB97121C540589410&feature=plcp whole soundtrack]] of the first game, despite its very low sample rate of 11025 Hz (with only a few songs stored in the game files at 22050 Hz). Thankfully, higher-quality cassette-based backups of the originals (the master tapes were lost in a house boat accident) have been uploaded over [[https://projectisland.org/music/ here.]] Specific examples:

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB97121C540589410&feature=plcp whole soundtrack]] of the first game, despite its very low sample rate of 11025 Hz (with only a few songs stored in the game files at 22050 Hz). Specific examples:

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smhukUzP3UI The information center.]]
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o47ftj-ob4Y "Brick by Brick"]] by Kathleen Enright.[[note]]Spelled in-game as Kathleen N. Right[[/note]] Also one heck of an earworm.

* ToughActToFollow: Regardless of what you think of the second or third games, it's pretty clear that they suffer pretty greatly from this trope. The first game was such a new and innovative kids' game that had never been done before, not to mention how full of life and creativity it was, where the second and third stuck to more mainstream tried-and-true game design mechanics. The first game is often considered a landmark in Lego's history, where the second and third tend to get glossed over as a result.

** In respects to the music, the end credits show the houses with irregularly proportioned shadows. For some reason, the general look of houses and not being able to access any of them except for maybe two or three really gives off a North Korea flavor.
** If you lost the first game, you got to see [[ItsAWonderfulFailure the Brickster victorious over LEGO Island]] along with music that expresses just how horribly you have failed. See it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNSDo__LPQU here]].
** Unlike the first two games, ''Xtreme Stunts'' gives Pepper black, beady eyes rather than white cartoon eyes. Though more accurate to most Minifigures, it still looks unnerving.

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o47ftj-ob4Y "Brick by Brick"]] by Kathleen Enright.[[note]]Spelled in-game as Kathleen N. Right[[/note]] Also one heck of an ear worm.

* AssPull: The constructopedia in the second game. It's never mentioned in any of the other games in the series, and is literally there just to give the game a plot and not much else.

** Laura Brick's introduction features a Minifigure with an afro, which wasn't an existing LEGO hair piece. The [=2010s=] would introduce an afro hair piece (albeit much smaller).

* ReplacementScrappy: Pete Bog, who seemingly replaced Enter & Return. The latter were more entertaining as they were arguing with each other about silly things constantly, whereas the former played absolutely no role in the whole game besides be dull and uninteresting.
* ScrappyMechanic: The big [[DemBones skeleton]] on the racetrack in the first game. He knocks you back extremely far, and makes your chances of winning very slim once it's happened.

* SoBadItsGood: ''LEGO Island 2'', which has a largely nonsensical plot, comically mediocre voice acting, and [[GoodBadBugs a number of amusing bugs]] (such as being able to walk on water). A scene in the [=PS1=] version of ''LEGO Island 2'' got hit with technical limits even harder when it came to recreating it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbf8Bnw5GFs The end result is rather hilarious.]]

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''LEGO Island 2'' is a rather ContestedSequel, but ''Xtreme Stunts'' fixed almost every problem it had, making the load times short, adding lots of replay value, running without many glitches (with the exception of Motorbike Mayhem), and explaining the mini-games much more clearly.

** Bi-plane can also qualify for such, what with the not-very-well explained scenario (why exactly do you need to shoot bananas at the targets again?), plus the fact that you have to watch your fuel supply which is decreased if you crash into things- which is almost impossible to avoid due to the fact that the whole level is in a canyon and monkeys are throwing coconuts at you), and it's very hard to pick up extra fuel tanks without crashing into the ground by accident. Even worse, on newer computers, the game runs very smoothly. The problem is that the fuel supply is not based on an actual timer, but instead the frame rate (which does cap at 60, but they clearly designed the minigame with 30 in mind). If the framerate is high enough, [[GameBreakingBug the fuel will always run out just before you reach the runway at the end]], unless of course you exploit the fact that [[MercyInvincibility fuel does not decrease when bumping into walls]].

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Island Xtreme Stunts'' was highly overlooked when it first came out due to little marketing from LEGO, and even now it's still the least-known game in the series. As more longtime fans learned of its existence though, it started to become slightly more popular, and is now usually considered a much more worthy sequel than the second game.

'''You'd Expect:''' That he'd be exiled to a place with maximum security and surveillance, since everyone knows that he can and will cause major damage if he is let free.\\

'''Compounding It:''' The police do ''[[PoliceAreUseless next to nothing]]'' in any of the games to help fix the situation. In the first they do a few things, like collecting evidence and examining it, and are the ones to ultimately catch the Brickster, but in the other two they have incredibly small roles and leave Pepper to do every last ounce of work. How do they have their jobs again?

* HilariousInHindsight: Laura Brick's introduction features a Minifigure with an afro, which wasn't an existing LEGO hair piece. The [=2010s=] would introduce an afro hair piece (albeit much smaller).

* MostAnnoyingSound: The Brickster in ''Xtreme Stunts'' during the minigames in a nutshell: "Hey! I'm not even in top gear yet! Whoo-whee! Hey, didn't someone tell you there's a second gear? Dis is too easy! Taste my burning rubber! WHAAAA-HA-HA-HA!" Repeat over and over again.
** In the first game, you have the ''constant'' whistling whenever a piece of the helicopter is nearby.
** During the racing minigame, every time you shoot an attacking snake: "I GOT ONE!"
** Let's all say it together, shall we? "OOPS. DRIVING AIN'T LIKE SKATEBOARDING."
*** And from the Bi-Plane minigame: "I MUST WATCH WHERE I'M GOING!"
** Most of Pepper's dialogue may qualify, having taken the TotallyRadical gig UpToEleven.
** Rob, the resident prankster on the island. His voice is ''incredibly'' deep and nasal, and sounds both unnerving and unnatural.

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o47ftj-ob4Y "Brick by Brick"]] by Kathleen Enright.[[note]]Spelled in-game as Kathleen N. Right[[/note]] Also one heck of an EarWorm.

* SoBadItsGood: A scene in the [=PS1=] version of ''LEGO Island 2'' got hit with technical limits very hard when it came to recreating it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbf8Bnw5GFs The end result is rather hilarious.]]

-->'''WebVideo/Brutalmoose:''' Oh look, that must be Pepper's terrifying sister! [...] Well if you're gonna be stuck on an island with only a few people, incest is bound to happen sooner or later, am I right?

** Bi-plane can also qualify for such, what with the not-very-well explained scenario (why exactly do you need to shoot bananas at the targets again?), plus the fact that you have to watch your fuel supply which is decreased if you crash into things- which is almost impossible to avoid due to the fact that the whole level is in a canyon and monkeys are throwing coconuts at you), and it's very hard to pick up extra fuel tanks without crashing into the ground by accident. Even worse, on newer computers, the game runs very smoothly. The problem is that the fuel supply is not based on an actual timer, but instead the framerate (which does cap at 60, but they clearly designed the minigame with 30 in mind). If the framerate is high enough, [[GameBreakingBug the fuel will always run out just before you reach the runway at the end]], unless of course you exploit the fact that [[MercyInvincibility fuel does not decrease when bumping into walls]].

* NeverLiveItDown: The flurry of bugs, ''agonizing'' loading times, lack of brick building, poor voice acting and barrage of trite minigames that are ''mandatory'' in advancing the game's plot all seriously hampered whatever potential ''Lego Island 2'' might've otherwise had.

** The [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB97121C540589410&feature=plcp whole soundtrack]] of the first game, despite its very low sample rate. Specific examples:

* HellIsThatNoise: The loud rhythmic whistling in the first game when you're looking for the last four helicopter pieces the Brickster hides. It doesn't help that it accompanies some very eerie music.

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o47ftj-ob4Y "Brick by Brick"]] by Kathleen N. Right. Also one heck of an EarWorm.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Island Xtreme Stunts'' was highly overlooked when it first came out due to little marketing from LEGO, and even now it's still the least-known game in the series. As more longtime fans learned of its existence though, it started to become slightly more popular, and is now usually considered a much more worthy sequel than the second game.

** The [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB97121C540589410&feature=plcp whole soundtrack]] of the first game. Specific examples:

* SoBadItsGood: A scene in the PS1 version of ''LEGO Island 2'' got hit with technical limits very hard when it came to recreating it. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbf8Bnw5GFs The end result is rather hilarious.]]

* FranchiseOriginalSin: People who complain that the gameplay of ''LEGO Island 2'' is just walking through an overworld from one minigame to the next fail to remember that ''LEGO Island'' was literally just an overworld with three "building" minigames and five "obstacle course" minigames. Granted, the overworld of ''LEGO Island'' is much more alive than that of ''LEGO Island 2'', but there isn't much to do in ''LEGO Island'' besides the minigames, which is a common criticism aimed at ''LEGO Island 2'' instead. For that matter, at least the ''LEGO Island 2'' minigames are more varied than those of ''LEGO Island''.