LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
2014 TT Games Playstation 4 LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is the (obviously) the third instalment of the LEGO Batman series. The game focuses on Batman, Robin and the Justice League, teaming up with their arch enemies, The Joker and Lex Luthor among others to defeat the evil Brainiac. Unlike the previous LEGO Batman games, Beyond Gotham does what it says on the tin. The main area of the game is set on Justice League’s Watchtower in space. This is the main hub of the game with access to all the other areas and eventually when free roam is activated the Hub Lantern planets. As with all LEGO games, let’s face it, they’re aimed at children, yet adults love them. Personally, I find the LEGO games very therapeutic and above all else, thoroughly enjoyable, regardless of the theme and content of the game. I always feel that the LEGO games always begin once you have finished the main story and the hunting for characters, gold/red bricks and minikits, although this does not take anything away from the main story. A few of the levels I found to be very enjoyable such as ‘Europe Against It’ in which you venture through LEGO sized versions of France, Italy and the UK. There were certain levels which were kind of frustrating, for example, the level ‘Big Trouble In Little Gotham’ was a bit of a pain with the constant spawning of groups of Brainiac minions, which although are not difficult to defeat, during the three sections of the level, became a rather persistent annoyance. As much fun as I had playing LEGO Batman 3, I thought that the missions on the Hub Lantern planets were extremely repetitive, even more so in free play as it felt that TT Games had maybe copped out on sustenance to in essence copy and paste the same ideas onto a different planet skin, but that would be me nit picking. I am going to stick up for Aquaman here (yay, go Team Aquaman). As Aquaman is an integral part of the Justice League, I felt that Aquaman was severely overlooked in the game. I would have happily have sacrificed Batman and Robin’s SCUBA suits for a chance to use Aquaman underwater. When using Superman, I often pressed square wanting to use Superman’s laser eyes, however, this always resulted in Superman using his cold breath, I always felt that square and circle should have been the opposite result, although this probably says more about me than the game itself! As far as glitches go, LEGO Batman 3 was a relatively glitch free game. The main issue I found was during Free Play when using a character which had an animation before allowing the character selection screen to come up. These characters such as Superman and Martian Manhunter frequently stuck causing me to have to reload the game to bypass this issue. Graphically, the game was very smooth, I found no drops in FPS and the Free Play on the Hub Planets was very beautiful and colourful with this stark contrast of the dark city of Gotham. The sound FX on the LEGO games haven’t really evolved over time, but the question is, do they need to? My answer is no, the sound FX work and that is fine. The voices are fantastic, especially the cameos from Adam West, Kevin Smith (\m/) and Conan O’Brien, which for me at points make the game. I also loved the characters random soundbites such as Green Lantern’s “na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Green Lantern!” and Adam West’s cries for help when in peril. The music for LEGO Batman 3 is great, from the ambient sounds in the levels of Gotham and the Hub Planets to the music during the fights is great. However, the one piece of music that did tickle me is the appearances of the 60’s Batman theme and the inclusion of Adam West really did make me smile. Although, this would indeed go over the head of the younger audience playing the game, for someone like me who grew up watching the 60s Batman show with Adam West, was very satisfying and a tip of the hat to TT Games putting it in and also Adam West for appearing in LEGO Batman 3. After gaining the Platinum on LEGO Batman 3, I decided to purchase the DLC and see the extra character packs. I can’t complain at the price of £11.99 as I had a lot of fun in the evening blasting through the DLC. Some of the packs such as Man of Steel, Green Arrow and The Squad were extremely fun and I was gutted that these packs weren’t much longer and contained a possibly longer story mode. I would quite have happily paid £19.99 for a longer DLC pack. All in all, LEGO Batman 3 is a thoroughly enjoyable game. I don’t think the title of the game itself does it any justice (yes, pun intended). Personally, I think the game should have been a Justice League game or a Green Lantern game as this is the main focus of the game. Did TT Games put LEGO Batman as it is more recognisable to kids/rubberneckin’ “comicbook fanboys”? I found the end of the game and trophy hunting the DLC very repetitive, the DLC in particular was exactly the same trophies for each character pack. However, TT Games did great and I look forward to LEGO Batman 4 (If/when it is announced) and just the next LEGO game in general. 7/10 Adam
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