Is this more than Funko Dimensions?
Experience a festival of fandom like never before in Funko Fusion! Play through iconic worlds and mashup characters inspired by some of your favorite franchises in an action-adventure game with uniquely authentic, irreverent humour from the creative minds of 10:10 Games.
Funko figures have been going for years now and has tons of licenses at its disposal, so it makes sense for a game to reflect that. Funko Fusion clearly takes its inspiration from the LEGO games with it’s level design, pop culture references and humour. This is a third-person shooter though, so it’s designed slightly different to LEGO in this regard.
There are dozens of licenses that cross over here including Hot Fuzz, The Umbrella Academy, Invincible, FNAF, He-Man and Shaun of the Dead to name a small few, while most have their own levels based on them. The levels themselves are chock full of hidden items that you’ll need other characters to get. Puzzles are a mixed bag of nicely designed and feeling quite clunky in their approach, it can also feel pretty chaotic to try and solve puzzles under heavy gunfire.
I don’t know if it’s the same for the PS5 version, but the rumble is out of control on the Xbox version….I had to turn it off in the end as it was more distracting than anything else. It just needs toning down. The shooting itself is also hit and miss, but it really depends on what characters you are using, as each has their own unique weapon and in some cases, abilities.
The level design can be quite inconsistent. Some levels are short, while others feel dragged out, other times it feels like it’s unclear what they want you to do. Certain mechanics can feel clunky and in general, it just isn’t anywhere near as polished as a LEGO game would be. It’s a shame because it has such a wealth of licenses at its disposal and they do some great things with them, but the core gameplay itself does leave a bit to be desired at times.
The visuals are decent, framerate consistent and the soundtrack takes its cues from the licenses. Load times between areas are short and the levels are full of easter eggs for fans of any of the licenses.
The Verdict
The good news is that there’s something here for almost everyone. There’s at least one license here that will appeal to you. It feels like it tried to mix LEGO and third-person shooters too closely, while fumbling the overall mechanics between that and its puzzles. It’s not a terrible game and has tons of content for you to get your teeth into, but it can also be an incredibly frustrating slog at times.