User blog comment:BrickfilmNut/What I've Been Working On/@comment-4724333-20141122005410/@comment-4724333-20141122225140

I get the influence that LEGO Universe has had, and I do understand the concepts of paying tribute and nostalgia and all that. I kind of fail to see how they are coherent with the LEGO look in any way, though.

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120115144035/legouniverse/images/2/24/Epic_Trees_in_Storm.PNG

Not only would I be unable to, for the life of me, think of a way to recreate these trees (conifers especially) out of LEGO, they're just too different in general. The trunks are knobbly and twisted unlike nearly any existing pieces, the tops are infinitely thin, the colours don't match, etc. To me, the trees are just weird. Creative and imaginative, yes, but kind of impossible to relate to.

Of course, that's different for me than for you almost surely: I didn't play LU. Whereas the images in your mind when you think of this game are kind of influenced by LU, I'm trying to go from other LEGO media I've been exposed to. So if this is kind of just a way to sort of pay tribute to, or to resurrect, an aspect of LU, I understand and will try to accomodate. I just personally am not sure how to quite go about it while still maintaining some originality, and to be honest, am a little repelled by the style.