History YMMV / LegoCityUndercover

* GoodBadBugs: A coding oversight for the PC port resulted in the Red Brick Extras being automatically unlocked after collecting them, rather than needing to buy them like you're intended to. Not only does this render the Police Station's Red Brick store pointless, it eliminates the need to save up studs for the previously-exorbitantly-priced stud multipliers, heavily amplifying their GameBreaker nature.

** Then of course there’s "[[Music/KatrinaAndTheWaves Walking on Sunshine]]" which plays in the opening, setting the mood for the fun you're about to get into.

* SpiritualAdaptation: While the stories are only similar on a superficial level at best (and even saying ''that'' much is more than a bit of a stretch), gameplay-wise this is essentially a LEGO-fied child-friendly version of Creator/RockstarGames' ''VideoGame/LANoire''.

** The ice Cream Truck Time Trial is among the more infuriating ones for one specific reason: the ramp jump in Paradise Sands onto the roof jutting out of the tunnel mountain, because jumping both onto and off of that roof has a frequent tendency to either launch you into the water or flip the truck upside down, helpless against the impending self-destruction and forcing a race restart.

** The Super Color Gun Red Brick, as it completely frees the player from having to seek out Color Changers, especially since there are objects that need to be painted without any hint as to what color they're supposed to be.
* GoodBadBugs: A coding oversight for the PC port resulted in the Red Brick Extras being automatically unlocked after collecting them, rather than needing to buy them like you're intended to, meaning the stud multipliers don't need you to save up to buy them, which heavily amplifies their GameBreaker nature.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The people who kidnap Forrest Blackwell at one point. [[spoiler:Were they aware of his plan and intending to stop him? Alternatively, was the kidnapping staged by Blackwell to keep his publicity up, or possibly to throw Chase and the police off his trail?]] Blackwell himself suggests that they were [[spoiler:environmentalists]] out to get revenge on him for [[spoiler:his attempt to disrupt the Bluebell National Park ecosystem, but he could very well be lying]].

** For a completely different variety of awesome, the music that plays on Hayes' Farm or whenever you're riding a pig is just about perfect, folksy, sweet, and oddly nostalgic all at once. And it's one heck of an ear worm to boot.
** The beautiful Italian-sounding strings and piano piece that plays in Vinnie Pappalardo's ice cream parlor is pretty great, too, and is a perfect fit for an Italian gangster-movie pastiche.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Frank Honey. Whether or not his stupidity and manchild antics is annoying or funny is up to the players.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[VileVillainSaccharineShow Forrest Blackwell]] is a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt multi-billionaire]] and [[TheManBehindTheMan the true mastermind behind the events of the game]]. After his plans to build an apartment complex in Bluebell National Park was rejected by City Hall for endangering wildlife, Blackwell plotted to build his "utopia" on the moon instead, all the while spitefully swearing revenge on Lego City. Two years later, Blackwell hires Rex Fury to pull off several robberies to acquire everything he needs for his plans, and kidnap Professor Henrik Kowalski to force him to build a device he needs for his moon base under the threat of murdering his daughter, Natalia. Afterwards, Blackwell plans to take off to the moon via the rocket in Blackwell Tower, while intending to have Lego City and its inhabitants reduced to ash by the rocket's flames out of petty spite. After Rex is defeated by [[PlayerCharacter Chase McCain]], Blackwell betrays Rex and attempts to kill both him and Chase, all the while planning to resume his plans of destroying Lego City while [[ForcedToWatch making Natalia watch]].]]
* DifficultySpike: Certain story missions taking place in the main overworld can be this, since if your vehicle gets destroyed, or you let your target get away, you can actually ''fail'' instead of simply respawning on the spot. Some of these missions are also on a time limit, too.

** "Blue" the fill-in for Red from Shawshank Redemption was asked if he was [[Creator/MorganFreeman "Free, man"]] to which "Blue" denies... [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie Morgan Freeman as a LEGO minifigure, eh?]] For some bonus points: Blue's actor would later go on to [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin said character]] in ''VideoGame/TheLEGOMovieVideogame''.

** Considering that Chase and Chief Dunby's voice actors, Joseph May and Kerry Shale respectively, also played [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt]], this game can give a rather amusing insight of what it'd be like if the Fat Controller didn't have faith in his engine.

** Then of course there’s "Walking on Sunshine" which plays in the opening, setting the mood for the fun you're about to get into.

* CompleteMonster: [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Forrest Blackwell]] is a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt multi-billionaire]] and [[TheManBehindTheMan the true mastermind behind the events of the game]]. After his plans to build an apartment complex in Bluebell National Park was rejected by City Hall for endangering wildlife, Blackwell plotted to build his "utopia" on the moon instead, all the while spitefully swearing revenge on Lego City. Two years later, Blackwell hires Rex Fury to pull off several robberies to acquire everything he needs for his plans, and kidnap Professor Henrik Kowalski to force him to build a device he needs for his moon base under the threat of murdering his daughter, Natalia. Afterwards, Blackwell plans to take off to the moon via the rocket in Blackwell Tower, while intending to have Lego City and its inhabitants reduced to ash by the rocket's flames out of petty spite. After Rex is defeated by [[PlayerCharacter Chase McCain]], Blackwell betrays Rex and attempts to kill both him and Chase, all the while planning to resume his plans of destroying Lego City while [[ForcedToWatch making Natalia watch]].

* GameBreaker: The stud multiplier Red Bricks are easy to find and make the Lego City Hero ratings a matter of getting one purple stud. Thankfully, a lot of red bricks cannot be found until the endgame, or after the story is over.

** "Blue" the fill-in for Red from Shawshank Redemption was asked if he was [[Creator/MorganFreeman "Free, man"]] to which "Blue" denies... [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie Morgan Freeman as a LEGO minifigure, eh?]]
*** Bonus points: Blue's actor would later go on to [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin said character]] in ''VideoGame/TheLEGOMovieVideogame''.

* ThatOneSidequest: Some of the Time Trials and Vehicle Robber Arrests can get quite frustrating if one is not accustomed to how different vehicles handle. The Muncher Time Trial and Transter Robber Arrest in Fresco especially come to mind for the unlucky.

** Considering that Chase and Chief Dunby's voice actors, Joseph May and Kerry Shale respectively, also played [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt]], this game can give a rather amusing insight of an inverse relationship between Thomas and the Fat Controller.

** An of course, there’s ‘Walking on Sunshine’ which plays in the opening.

*** Bonus points: Blue's actor would later go on to [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin said character]] in the Lego Movie Video Game

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:Forrest Blackwell's EvilLaugh during his video-screen meeting with Rex. It just keeps going on and on...]]
** The cannon in King's Court. You'll be walking by minding your own business, and the damned thing will begin firing on you continuously, with cannonballs/[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bullet Bills]] that lock onto you no matter where you dodge!
** Speaking of sharks, there's what happens when Chase falls into water infested with sharks: one flipping leaps out of the water and devours him. It happens so quickly, it feels like it's coming out of bloody nowhere and you're only warning is that three note sting that sounds like it was right out of ''Jaws.''
** Once you get to Free Play mode after you finish the game, there’s no background music as you play. The silence can be eerie, and it gets even more eerie when the distant bells start ringing or when the ominous drums randomly start up at some points.