![]() Blue pieces require magnetism, black blocks require shrinking, gold blocks require lasers, silver blocks require blowing up. ![]() Throughout the game there are different types of blocks or objects that require different abilities to deal with. hang on, is that the new Batman V Superman Batmobile?!Īnd yet, if I may be hypocritically brutal I might say that TT Games have overcomplicated it a tad this time. TT Games may dress it up beautifully, but it’s still basically the same game we’ve played 15 times before.įlying as Wonder Woman is the best. Flying is still far more of a pain than it needs to be, driving is terrible, and the camera frequently doesn’t show enough of the action - oh, and there’s still no online co-op. Playing as at least two characters in a nearly fixed-camera world, you smash LEGO object to collect credit stubs, solve simple puzzles, and explore levels for secrets. However despite a lot of tweaking the general gameplay hasn’t changed since LEGO Star Wars. Let’s be honest now, the LEGO series is both in dire need of a complete revamp… and yet possibly still selling well because fans know what to expect. If you’re a DC Comics fan, as I’ve said twice in this review already and will do again, you have to buy it. Then there’s everything to do with the Adam West ’60s show, which this game absolutely celebrates right down to having a poorly covered up moustache on Cesar Romero’s Joker. Flying as Superman plays his John Williams theme, and flying as Wonder Woman plays her ’70s TV show theme. Do the same with Superman and he quickly switches to Clark Kent, but do it again and Clark pulls open his shirt to reveal the ‘S’ shield and then pops into a phonebox to change. Hold the ‘Switch Character’ button while playing Shazam/Captain Marvel and he yells “Shazam!” and a bolt of lightning transforms him into Billy Batson. Ace the Bat-hound, whose tail keeps on hitting his cape. Mr Freeze sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Batman’s Power Suit looks like his Dark Knight Returns Superman-facing armour. Allow me to give a short list of the things that’ll mean nothing to most people but impressed the hell out of me for pure fanboy glee.ĭex-Starr, the angry Red Lantern cat who wears his Power Ring on his tail. The crazy attention to detail was what I loved most about this game and the franchise commitment frankly isn’t done better anywhere else. The story’s fun and frequently amusing, the gameplay I’ll get to, but the depths of the DC universe TT Games delves to is incredible. The reason for this is simple: it’s pure, unadulterated, never-ending fan-joy. If you are a DC fanboy like me then no excuses - buy LEGO Batman 3 right this instant. The League goes to retake the Watchtower, but they soon discover that the mysterious ship belongs to Superman villain Brainiac, the cybernetic Collector of Worlds, who plans on adding Earth to his collection. Basically it starts with Batman discovering an unknown ship approaching Earth, but his investigation is interrupted when Joker, Lex Luthor and a number of other villains invade the Justice League Watchtower satellite. LEGO Batman 3 does this well, and there are even a couple of entertaining twists along the way. They’re never particularly epic but they do their job, which is to create a fun scenario where loads of heroes and villains clash and go to interesting places. Unlike most of TT Games’ licensed LEGO titles (Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Hobbit etc) their comic book games all tell original stories. So is LEGO Batman 3 the best they’ve ever done or a complete reinvention of a now predictable formula? Well, read on. What makes that fact easier to swallow is that TT Games generally make really great games that are absolutely packed with fan-service. With Arkham Knight not due for another seven months and the chances of a non-2D fighting Justice League game or a decent Marvel game remote this is absolutely the best we have for comic book superhero games for the near future. Turn your nose up if you will, but as a huge DC fanboy I’ve been massively excited about the release of LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
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