LEGO Batman

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Hullo!

Picked this up over the weekend and you can see my thoughts here:

http://www.snappygamer.com/2008/10/13/l ... iew-multi/

It's every bit as good as the other two in my opinion, perhaps better because you don't know what's coming up due to it being tied to a movie storyline. And playing the missions through as the villains = awesome!

Anybody else got it/getting it?

myp · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 14:28

Dimrill says it's the best of the lot, and he likes the other two.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I appreciate I'm in a minority here, but I have to say I really didn't like Lego Star Wars so I shall be avoiding this like the plague.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16663

I wasn't too keen either, it seemed too easy and I'm not into replaying stuff in order to collect things. Apart from Crackdown to get orbs.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

markg wrote:

I wasn't too keen either, it seemed too easy and I'm not into replaying stuff in order to collect things.

This. Also - too simplistic, which made it, frankly, completely boring. "Press button A sixty million times, then occasionally press button B at things that look like they might be Force use-able"

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Bah! I think it's definitely one for people who've enjoyed the previous titles, but I enjoy the simplicity. It's relaxing and fun!

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

Mr Chris wrote:

markg wrote:

I wasn't too keen either, it seemed too easy and I'm not into replaying stuff in order to collect things.

This. Also - too simplistic, which made it, frankly, completely boring. "Press button A sixty million times, then occasionally press button B at things that look like they might be Force use-able"

You have no soul.

CUS · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 14:56

Mr Chris wrote:

I appreciate I'm in a minority here, but I have to say I really didn't like Lego Star Wars so I shall be avoiding this like the plague.

Glad you said it! I really don't like them either. I've tried, god knows I've tried, but I just don't find them in anyway enjoyable, other than for the cut-scenes. Even the presence of Batman can't convince me. They're the 'wrong kind of sandbox', for me somehow.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I think I'd appreciate the sand box aspect a bit more if the camera positioning wasn't so constantly hateful.

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2149

i picked it up, mainly just to review it.

I got very bored of the 'oh look it's a scene from a film but in Lego' thing with the Star Wars games.

Only prob, i bought Blazing Angels 2 on the same day and would rather play that. bah!

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

Mr Chris wrote:

markg wrote:

I wasn't too keen either, it seemed too easy and I'm not into replaying stuff in order to collect things.

This. Also - too simplistic, which made it, frankly, completely boring. "Press button A sixty million times, then occasionally press button B at things that look like they might be Force use-able"

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Boooo! If you could all continue this argument in the comments section of my review, I'd really appreciate it

Jon · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 225

I played the DS version of Lego Star Wars, and after spending ages breaking all the destroyable furniture in the first bit to get the Lego blocks thought "But where is the gameplay?" and turned it off. Since then I've shunned the Indiana Jones one even though unlike Star Wars it's based on films I actually like and will probably do so with this.

metalangel · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 19:30

I'd like to punch the idiot reviewer on some website or other who said this 'eschews the misery of the 1990s Batman and instead focuses on the 1960s Batman campiness'. HARLEY QUINN WAS NOT AROUND IN THE 1960s, YOU KNOW-NOTHING.

Sinestro · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 20:19

Wasn't too hopeful after the disappointing Lego Indy, but I'm completely addicted to this! Spent most of the weekend playing it, leaving poor ol' Mercenaries 2 back on the shelf. Again.

ultrabrilliant · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 22:11

MetalAngel wrote:

I'd like to punch the idiot reviewer on some website or other who said this 'eschews the misery of the 1990s Batman and instead focuses on the 1960s Batman campiness'. HARLEY QUINN WAS NOT AROUND IN THE 1960s, YOU KNOW-NOTHING.

I'm not defending the website man who said this (because he probably is rubbish), but I think he was (clumsily) referring to the tone of the game, which unarguably goes for a campy, comedy vibe, rather than the grimness of Batman Returns et al.

Anyway, I loved LBM. Better than Indy, but not as good as Star Wars, I reckon. I think the Lego... series has to evolve; maybe with LBP-style building bits?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49252

You're never really going to hit 'dark' with lego though, are you?

CUS · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 22:26

Craster wrote:

You're never really going to hit 'dark' with lego though, are you?

Too true.

Meanwhile, Sticklebrick Irreversible is due out on the PS3 next month. I'll let you imagine that anyway you like.

Runcle · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 22:32

Craster wrote:

You're never really going to hit 'dark' with lego though, are you?

right i just thought whats a bit dark? the holocaust was a bit dark, so I search for lego holocaust and fucking hell someones made 'A lego presentation of the concentration camps as a dedication to the 6 million.'

http://www.bangitout.com/videos/viewvideo.php?a=229

so yes everything is on the internet i think we can pack it up now.

Runcle · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 22:37

oh more, apparently some polish guy did an art exhibit in new york with fake lego concentration camp set.

http://raster.art.pl/gallery/artists/libera/libera.htm

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

The perspective on that boxart makes me recall The Great Escape on the Speccie.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12356

I will be picking this up, or playing through with a friend, smiling at the lego representations of Batman and co, and maxing out the game.

Lego games are easy and joyful.

CUS · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 0:37

Mr Russ wrote:

Lego games are easy and joyful.

Hitler thought the same about exterminating the Jews.

IS THAT COMPANY YOU WANT TO KEEP? THEN BUY LEGO BATMAN

Runcle · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 0:39

CUS wrote:

Mr Russ wrote:

Lego games are easy and joyful.

Hitler thought the same about exterminating the Jews.

IS THAT COMPANY YOU WANT TO KEEP? THEN BUY LEGO BATMAN

well until lego schindlers list.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12356

Hitler saw exterminating the Jews as necessary to cleansing humanity.

I see playing LEGO Batman as necessary to having a good time on a game without having to think too much (my usual fare is puzzle games).

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12356

Runcle wrote:

CUS wrote:

Mr Russ wrote:

Lego games are easy and joyful.

Hitler thought the same about exterminating the Jews.

IS THAT COMPANY YOU WANT TO KEEP? THEN BUY LEGO BATMAN

well until lego schindlers list.

*Pre-orders*

CUS · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 0:47

If only the camp internees really did joyfully explode into a cascade of hearts and puzzle pieces, when blugeoned into submission. Hearts, yes.

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

Bluce_Ree wrote:

I got very bored of the 'oh look it's a scene from a film but in Lego' thing with the Star Wars games.

Conversely I go "That's FUCKING ACE" at all the recognisable bits from the films to the point where I don't really mind that there's very little gameplay in there and light sabre combat is absolutely dreadful (Pinpoint accuracy required with a screaming laser sword of death? I fucking think not. You have to resort to the leap in the air and pound the ground tactic to be sure of de-limbing anyone).

It reminds me very much of Viva Pinata in that there's not that much skill required at all , more dogged persistence than anything, but the ambience and general desire to see what's next keep you playing.

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

FAO Mr Chris.

My sister replied to your enquiry:

Quote:

My answer to this question comes from a non specialist perspective but I'll do my best to answer this.
Re availability of LEGO - LEGO Shop at home is the biggest LEGO shop - albeit online. You can find a really wide range of LEGO products here (http://www.legoshop.com)
Most LEGO play themes have a life span of 2 years or so - they go in and out of fashion like many things do. The popular ranges tend to have a longer life expectancy, and within the last couple of years the LEGO City range has been a popular and ongoing theme, and as far as i know that trend is set to continue.
It is true that there are many construction themes featuring in the city range at present, but the beauty of LEGO is that you don't just have to stick to one theme when it comes to building cityscapes - we have some great houses and shops in the present range, and they can all be used with the city products, see the following examples:

http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.as ... n=348&d=70

http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=10185&L ... &ShipTo=UK

http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=10190&L ... &ShipTo=UK

http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=10182&L ... &ShipTo=UK

Additionally the LEGO Company are always happy to hear consumer feedback, so if your friend would like to contact us directly he can register his comments with us by clicking here http://service.lego.com/en-gb/Contactus/Email.aspx
This feedback gets collated in reports each month, which not only go to product developers and designers, but also to people across all parts of the company, including the CEO!

Like I said, I'm not an expert, and I can't really tell you too much about the castle range, but I do know that we really do listen to our consumer feedback and act on it too, so I whole heartedly encourage your friend to let us know what he thinks.

metalangel · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 19:24

Runcle wrote:

well until lego schindlers list.

SomethingAwful did a Schindler's List LCD game... you had to direct as many Jews as possible into your factory as possible, while ensuring you still let some go to the concentration camps or else your 'Nazi suspicion' bar would fill and it was game over!

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

That's excellent!

Has anyone played the Columbine game? What's it like?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

ComicalGnomes wrote:

FAO Mr Chris.

My sister replied to your enquiry:

Quote:

My answer to this question comes from a non specialist perspective but I'll do my best to answer this.
Re availability of LEGO - LEGO Shop at home is the biggest LEGO shop - albeit online. You can find a really wide range of LEGO products here (http://www.legoshop.com)
Most LEGO play themes have a life span of 2 years or so - they go in and out of fashion like many things do. The popular ranges tend to have a longer life expectancy, and within the last couple of years the LEGO City range has been a popular and ongoing theme, and as far as i know that trend is set to continue.
It is true that there are many construction themes featuring in the city range at present, but the beauty of LEGO is that you don't just have to stick to one theme when it comes to building cityscapes - we have some great houses and shops in the present range, and they can all be used with the city products, see the following examples:

http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.as ... n=348&d=70

http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=10185&L ... &ShipTo=UK

http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=10190&L ... &ShipTo=UK

http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=10182&L ... &ShipTo=UK

Additionally the LEGO Company are always happy to hear consumer feedback, so if your friend would like to contact us directly he can register his comments with us by clicking here http://service.lego.com/en-gb/Contactus/Email.aspx
This feedback gets collated in reports each month, which not only go to product developers and designers, but also to people across all parts of the company, including the CEO!

Like I said, I'm not an expert, and I can't really tell you too much about the castle range, but I do know that we really do listen to our consumer feedback and act on it too, so I whole heartedly encourage your friend to let us know what he thinks.

Ha - an excellent PR person's response. Thank her for taking the time to respond! I hadn't realised they had split some of it across other themes - the Lego Creator/exclusives stuff is totally awesome and I wouldn't have known of it otherwise..

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2149

the bad camera and level design are getting to me a bit.

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