Lego Batman (Xbox 360)

I loved the Lego Star Wars games so when it came to Lego Batman, something I love just as much as Star Wars, I wanted to grab it as quickly as possible. However, I do know my bit about Batman so my expectations were high when it came to the look and feel of the game. Luckily Travellers Tales have set the bar high and with the right amount of humour and clever game design, Lego Batman is a great game for anyone to play - even if they don't love Batman.
...wouldn't be much like a Lego game.

Onto game play, and like Lego Indiana Jones, it hasn't changed. This could be good or bad depending on how you look at it, because if you love the way the Lego games play, mashing x to kill the enemies and holding b to build studs - then fine. But if you're someone wanting a bit of change then you'll be disappointed as its really all the same with the look of Batman. You collected studs, break apart ... more

I loved the Lego Star Wars games so when it came to Lego Batman, something I love just as much as Star Wars, I wanted to grab it as quickly as possible. However, I do know my bit about Batman so my expectations were high when it came to the look and feel of the game. Luckily Travellers Tales have set the bar high and with the right amount of humour and clever game design, Lego Batman is a great game for anyone to play - even if they don't love Batman.

Onto game play, and like Lego Indiana Jones, it hasn't changed. This could be good or bad depending on how you look at it, because if you love the way the Lego games play, mashing x to kill the enemies and holding b to build studs - then fine. But if you're someone wanting a bit of change then you'll be disappointed as its really all the same with the look of Batman. You collected studs, break apart scenery, solve puzzles and of course, fight baddies. However sometimes you deal with occasional boss fight but it really isn't difficult, especially because you get unlimited lives. The Lego games wouldn't be Lego games if they didn't have some vehicle part to them and of course Batman has it - which is good because it adds some variety to the game. You can also play as the villains viewpoint, which is much, much better because mainly - everybody loves to be the baddie, but also the baddies display the most personality.

Another problem with the game is that even though it looks good on the Xbox, with a nice presentation - it doesn't really have the link with the comics or films like the previous games had. In fact, it kind of feels like the previous games just with a different template such as the main hub where you choose your levels. In Lego Batman this is obviously the Bat cave, but it has the same layout as the temple in Indianan Jones and the Mos Eisley Cantina. Each level is designed around getting to the boss and little is made to connect them to the films.

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