Now that I’ve had the game for a couple of weeks and I’ve already beaten all the story levels I’ve gotten enough of a sense of the game to properly review it. Warning — there will be some spoilers. I have a special place in my heart for LEGO Batman. The first game resulted in my first freelance commission the LEGO Batman Mosaic and an awesome trip to New York. First impression — another splendid edition to the LEGO Games lineup. This game is set up differently from past LEGO games as you actually have an entire city to roam around in. This is a both a good and bad thing. It took me quite a few minutes trying to figure out where the 3rd level was because I didn’t catch that it was a moving truck. So I was driving aimlessly through Gotham trying to figure out where the heck to go. I am the first to admit that I’m not all that game savvy, which is why the LEGO Games keep me sufficiently satisfied and why I don’t mind basically playing the same type of game over and over. I
still haven’t finished playing either Harry Potter 2 or Pirates, but that didn’t stop me from playing LEGO Batman 2. So anyhow, back to this game. Since I was giving myself a mini vacation — as you know I’ve been running around like a crazy person going to all these conventions — I spent several days playing the game (I did more than that, but I did spend a good deal of time playing 😉 ). It probably would have been more fun playing with someone, but unlike some of the past games, its not difficult to play by yourself. This game is the first that the characters actually talk. In my opinion, its about time!! I get that the main reason they did the characters with non-specific verbal sounds was so that they didn’t need to change the language for different countries. But with LEGO programs like Clutch Powers and Ninja Go on Cartoon Network we want our minifigs to talk! I kind of wish that this had been more of a LEGO Justice League Game than a Batman and friends game. Su
perman shows up pretty early, but it isn’t until the last couple of levels that you have any other superheros to play with. And frankly I think its kind of weird that Lex Luthor is the main bad guy, I guess you could argue that Batman already beat all his enemies in the first game, but still it still is a little strange to me. Once you beat the story mode, then its time to collect all those gold and red bricks, minikits and of course all the playable characters. I have to admit, I did cheat a little bit and found the codes online for unlocking the red bricks, mainly because finding all the gold bricks (there’s 250) would be rather difficult without it and I’d rather not spend endless hours wandering. Sure you get several of them by playing the levels but then there’s all those ones around the city. And I mean all around the city — in the park areas, roof tops, out in the waters. If I didn’t have the gold brick finder on, I wouldn’t have ever found some of them. An
d I still have a good deal of them to go. The ones in the park areas are tricky because they can be just a set of trees or bushes that you have to destroy and they are hidden in some pretty out of the way places. But the rooftop ones are just as tricky because there’s a whole combination of things you have to do — jumping, changing suits (Batman and Robin have several different ones), etc. Finding all the characters to unlock is also a pain. The best way to find the villains is to use one of the flying characters — Superman, Wonder Woman or Green Lantern — and fly over the city. There will be these blue and red beams of light you can see all over the city. The beams are where you can activate the remote Bat computer terminal and get vehicles. Some have to be unlocked before you can access them. Once you go to the different locations they will activate where the nearest bad guys are on the map then you can go and beat them so you can purchase them with gold studs. Some villains were only available if you pre-ordered the game. Fo
r the heroes, you need enough gold bricks and to scan the map. It will ping nearby doors and then you can build the door and buy the heroes. So far I’ve found several of the villains but only a couple of the gold doors to unlock. And of course there’s lots of cars, boats and flying vehicles to purchase as well. So all in all. I really like the game. I have lots more of the game to play to get all the goodies, but I’ve had a lot of fun so far. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes the other LEGO Video Games and I find I like it a lot better than some of the past games. I’ve already got my LEGO Lord of the Rings Video Game pre-ordered so I’ll have another review in a couple of months. I would be picking up LEGO City Undercover, but as I don’t see myself buying a Wii U or a 3D DS anytime soon (the only platforms it will be available on) I won’t be getting that game at least for now. Tags: 2012 LEGO sets, 3D DS, Green Lantern, LEGO, LEGO Batman 2, LEGO Batman Mosaic, LEGO City Undercover, LEGO Lord of the Rings, Lex Luthor, Minifigure, Model Building Secrets, Robin, Superman, Video Game, Wii U, Wonder Woman
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Team up to fight the forces of evil in a co-operative mode that lets a second player drop in or out at any time.Protect Gotham City in variety of vehicles including the Batmobile, the Batwing and Joker’s Helicopter. Mac OS X10.6.8Download the MacGameStore App to compare your Mac's information in real-time.Get the Mac AppCPU TypeIntel Mac OnlyCPU CoresAnyCPU Speed1.4 GHzSystem RAM2 GBDrive Space5 GBVideo RAM128 MBVideo (ati)ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT ** Unsupported Video Cards: ATI Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1600, ATI Radeon X1900 XTVideo (nvidia)NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT ** Unsupported Video Cards: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500, NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GTVideo (intel)Intel HD Graphics ** Unsupported Video Cards: Intel GMA 900, Intel GMA 950, Intel GMA X3100 Sign In to write a review. It's a LEGO game Like all LEGO games it's just plain fun. Good for the kids to pass time and fun storyline. No feedback given on this review. I absolutely love this game!
I've played this game a lot with my 7-year-old son on our Nintendo Wii and bought this copy for my Mac to secretly practice. Feral Interactive made an excellent version for the Mac. It looks wonderful and runs pretty smooth on my late 2008 MacBook. If you are not familiar with the LEGO games, try one of the free demos. They are all basically the same: simple, fun and with a distinct sense of humor that works for all ages. This particular LEGO Game is special for its unique storytelling, its use of voice actors and the (optional) open world gameplay. Like all LEGO games, this game is most fun when played together using wireless controllers. But also if you don't own a set of gamepads and a kid, this game is very much recommended. It is worth its full price! 1 out of 2 shoppers found this helpful. Lego gaming at it's best! Something new added is the characters actually talk. The rivalry between Batman and Superman is quite funny. The game loads a little slow and some places seem to run "too" fast, but not enough to make gameplay impossible.