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Product SummaryBrand: Warner Bros Format: CD Release Date: 2008-09-23 Platform: Windows Model: 1000038900 Publisher: Warner Bros Product features: - Play as Batman, Robin or more than 12 dastardly villains, all in their quirky LEGO form
- Master special superhero power-suits and the new moves that come with them, while building and using gadgets and weapons unique for each of the characters
- Build and take control of favorite vehicles like the LEGO Batmobile, LEGO Batboat and LEGO Batwing
- Customize your characters, build and transform the game environment, and challenge yourself with multi-layered collectibles and rewards
Video Game Reviews of LEGO BatmanCustomer Review: AI completely broken Summary: 3 StarsThis game is decent fun (I'm still working toward 100% completion of bonus & hidden objectives). However, it falls short of other Lego movie games for a couple of significant reasons:
1. The AI is totally broken. Many times my teammate is so lost that I have to pick up two controllers and control BOTH PLAYERS AT ONCE to get past areas. This is unacceptable, especially late in the series when other games like Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures did it way better. Did they just get lazy during testing? Who knows...
2. Because it's not aping a movie (like Star Wars or Indiana Jones), it lacks the specific scene-gags those games used to create humor. Instead, it substitutes Robin basically being an idiot in every scene... it kinda gets old.
3. Batman and (especially) Robin's "Suits" are no fun. Batman's Glide Suit and Sonic Suit (with the bat-calling upgrade) are kind of cool, but for the most part these suits are only used once or twice per level and thus feel tacked-on.
Maybe they did this because Batman has a smaller cast (very few heroes, very few villains, a bunch of filler--who wants to play as "goon" or "security guard"??) but Robin especially stinks. His suit-powers include sinking in water (whoopee), vacuuming up puzzle pieces, and slowly clomping around in magnetic shoes. In short, if your friend is Batman, you don't wanna jump in and join him/her as Robin... it's like being Batman's garbage man.
I still play this game; it's not terrible. It's just not well-realized, with some design problems (character selection), inferior humor to other games (due to vague source material--comics? movies? what?), and plain broken AI. The highlights are the Batcave and Danny Elfman's awesome orchestral score, which carries the whole game.
Now that I write this, I find myself concluding that without the score, the game would have hardly felt like Batman. Maybe you should go pick it up... Batman: Original Motion Picture Score
Description of LEGO BatmanHoly Batman! All the villains from Arkham Asylum have escaped and it's up to Batman and Robin to stop them!! Play as Batman and his sidekick Robin as you build, drive, swing and fight your way through Gotham City. Then, jump into the story from the other side and play as Batman's foes! There is no rest for the good (or evil!!). The villains are on the loose Take control of the Dynamic Duo, Batman and Robin, as you build, drive, swing, and fight your way through Gotham City capturing escaped villains and putting them back in Arkham Asylum where they belong. Battle against legendary villains including The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman and more to keep the streets of Gotham clean. Then, for the first time, jump into the story from the other side and play as Batman's foes. Enjoy the power you wield as you spread chaos throughout the city.
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