
"You're going to be playing Wonder Woman, Solomon Grundy, Flash. "You're not going to be playing Batman and Robin in every level," he said. Now, Lego Batman 3 is having the Justice League from the start, bringing the Legion of Doom in, and then going into a whole branch of the DC universe we've not been to before, with the Lantern worlds."Īlthough Parsons calls this a "natural evolution" for the series, it's clear that players love to put themselves in the shiny boots of super-heroes and villains. Lego Batman 2 was all about effectively bringing the Justice League into the story. "You had villain missions, but it was all about Batman and Robin. " Lego Batman 1 was all about Batman and Robin," explained game director Arthur Parsons at a recent preview event. Batman starts out pursuing the Legion of Doom, but they all realize they are going to have to team up, just to take Brainiac down. He has taken some of the Lanterns hostage. Not only are we transported away from the confines of the streets of Gotham, but out into the majesty of space. Part of this generous expansionism is to do with Lego Batman 3's intergalactic plot. A selection wheel allows the player to choose from a variety of suits, widening the potential for problem-solving and allowing people to play the game their way, instead of searching around for suit signals in the game-world. This time players can take on the roles of 150 DC characters including good guys (the Justice League) and bad guys (the Legion of Doom). In this third game, the developers have decided to throw open the toy box and allow players more freedom to explore and experiment than in the previous two games, released in 20. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, officially announced today, seems to contain all the elements that make TT's superhero action-puzzles so successful (Lego games have sold over 100 million copies). I recently threw Lego The Hobbit at them to stave off the collapse of my Saturday retreat, but Bilbo, Thorin, Gandalf and Smaug can only hold the line for so long. After hundreds of hours of play, the children are beginning to show signs of boredom with LMSH. This is why I am giddy with excitement about Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, due out this fall for all major platforms, including Wii U, 3DS and PS Vita. My children (I have four boys) play this game fervently and with a quiet devotion that allows my wife and I to sleep, snooze, nap and snore all the way through to the crazily bohemian hour of 8:15 am. They come in the form of TT Games' sublime adventure Lego Marvel Super Heroes. Each and every Saturday morning, superheroes visit my home and they save my bacon.
