LEGO Batman (PS3)

Of all the things I was expecting to do over the last couple of weeks - playing my way through for the entire Lego Batman game on PS3 was not on my list. For one thing I am a little old for a gamer, though the average demographic is, it appears, rapidly catching me up. For another thing school is out, however it turned out that in the coldest weather we have had for 30 years, Gotham City with a 6 year old as my Robin was a strangely alluring place. This game was released in 2008, and was the fifth in the lego series, it is currently available from Argos as part of a 2 for £30 promotion, which ... more

This is the third in the recent series of Lego games from Traveller's Tales, after Star Wars and Indiana Jones. The concept is fairly simple: Take a hit film series, recreate some of the great action scenes as a computer game and dress it all up in Lego. Although presumably aimed at younger gamers, they've proved a hit with adults too due to some great gameplay and the irreverent humour of the concept. Graphically, the game is pretty much what you'd expect; it's as if someone's built a giant model of Gotham City out of Lego and you're in it. Each of the characters is rendered as a Lego man (or ... more