Lego Worlds is the best for lego destruction.

A few tips I just remembered: run away from harder encounters at first. Blow all your money on the front line (first 4 characters) for armor and weapons. Grind your way to level 6 or so before exploring the city and taking out the statues. Make sure you go to the advancement office to level up and to get new spells. By level 7 or so you should be good to start the dungeon. Save often, don’t go too deep, repeat the process of fighting and leaving to heal and grind your way up till the fights are easy, then start exploring.

I remember this game. I got pretty far in it. It’s super grindy. I remember there’s a part of the city near the starting tavern where there’s a little alcove with two doors facing each other. I spent a long time holding down the forward button and it would auto go in one door, out, into the other one, and back. Opening doors can randomly spawn mobs.

I’d go there fight a battle or two and heal up at the tavern, save, and go back. It’s close enough I wouldn’t normally random encounter before getting back.

I actually just bought it again on gog today. I was a little dissapointed that the legacy mode doesn’t show me the old graphics.

This feels about right. I have an OLED and I got it about 6mo after it came out. I’m rocking it most days, and it doesn’t feel End Of Life. But I could see maybe wanting a new one in a few years.