View All 5 Photos in Gallery Tremendous amount of collectable content and many characters to unlock. Plenty of great humor. Classic smash-happy gameplay is as fun as ever. Enjoyable mini-games add variety.Predictable, monotonous boss fights. Combat is a chore. Solutions to problems can be unclear and confusing at times. Voice acting is repetitious. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham delivers exactly what you would expect from a Lego game: simple combat, light-hearted storytelling, and lots of smashing and collecting. Some rough edges sully the overall enjoyment, however. Traveller's Tales's Lego video games have captured the creativity and whimsy of Lego building blocks for nearly a decade. The latest game in the series, Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham ($29.99), marries the simple fun of past Lego games with playful storytelling that draws from decades of Batman and DC Comics history. The result is a pleasantly rich experience, despite some repetitive gameplay. I reviewed the PC game, but Beyond Gotham is also available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, last-generation consoles, and heldhelds.
Far Cry 4 (for PC) Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (for PC) Alien: Isolation (for PC) Lego Does DCLego Batman 3 is like the other Lego titles that have come before it. You take control of the Dark Knight and Boy Wonder and use their puzzle-solving special abilities to explore the game world. Along the way, you tear apart Lego structures and debris, build quirky Lego constructions, and find as many collectibles and currency studs as possible. The story follows a grumpy Batman and overly cheery greenhorn Robin as they team up with the Justice League and various Lantern Corps members to take down the maniacal, planet-collecting Brainiac. The plot unfolds across 16 mission-based chapters, each of which takes place in a unique stage or environment. Missions generally cycle among characters as the story progresses, which keeps the experience fresh and interesting. As in previous games, Lego Batman 3 lets you switch among your party of superheroes at the touch of a button.
The many heroes and villains in the game each have unique powers that are crucial to solving puzzles or defeating certain bosses. Solving one problem may require the use of Superman or Martian Manhunter's laser vision, while another may demand Cyborg's technical know-how. Some characters can swap their suits, giving them new abilities and puzzle-solving techniques. For example, Batman's power suit lets him destroy otherwise unbreakable silver Lego objects. Suit switching was an important mechanic in previous games and is made more streamlined in Lego Batman 3 because you can switch suits on the fly rather than having to backtrack to a changing station. Story missions are somewhat inflexible in that you cannot choose which characters to take with you on a mission. The narrative cycles through heroes as the story demands, limiting how effectively you can explore. However, once a mission is complete, it's available in free-play mode, which lets you return to the stage with your preferred characters.
Any secrets and goodies you've passed up during the story mission are up for grabs in free play mode, and there are a lot of secrets strewn about the game. In addition to free-play mode, you can also unlock several Lantern worlds later in the game, which let you to fool around, explore, and enjoy mini-games at your leisure. Story missions are also peppered with alternate gameplay sections to keep the experience interesting despite the linearity. The space shooter sections and Tron-like VR missions are good fun, and smashing up miniature versions of Paris and London makes for a refreshing twist on the classic Lego gameplay. Add to this an utterly ridiculous roster of playable characters, and you have enough variety and replay value to tide you over for hours at a time. I took a liking to Batman's butler Alfred very early on, especially the way he channels his inner Captain America and beats bricks and lackeys alike with his serving tray. Players can unlock well over a hundred DC Comics characters to experiment and explore with by journey's end, including Ace the Bat-Hound, classic Justice League members such as Hawkgirl and Shazam, and oddballs like Polka-Dot Man.
The PC version of Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham supports all your standard resolution settings, which range from 800 by 600 to 1920 by 1,080 pixels. But the beauty of the game comes from its simplicity and style: Lego games almost always look great because, quite simply, they're based on Legos. blog comments powered by You (or someone you know) can pay & pick up online orders at a Kmart store - and even use an international credit card. U.S. shipping & delivery Get your order shipped or delivered to any address in the United States - including hotels. Via Sears, we ship to over 100 countries, so you can have your order shipped back home. Kmart International Online Shopping If you are planning to visit the United States, or have friends and family here, shop at Kmart to get everything you want - including gifts for yourself or others. Shopping online in the USA at Kmart couldn't be easier. You can pay for your order in a store or even use an international credit card.
Once you place an order, you (or someone you know) can pick it up at a Kmart store, have it shipped or delivered to a U.S. address, and even have it shipped to over 100 countries - whatever is most convenient for you. Release Date: November 14 (Europe), November 11 (North America)Platforms available on: PS4, Xbox One, Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360, PCDeveloper: TT GamesPublisher: Warner Bros InteractiveGenre: Action platformerThere's a phenomenal amount of stuff in LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. So many studs, so many secret collectables, so many Adam Wests to rescue.If you're of the obsessive completionist mentality and Bats gets his (bat-)claws into you, this could eat up months.But that would be months of collecting everything you could in a by-the-numbers LEGO game. After a point it wouldn't be fun. And that fact unfortunately stretches beyond just those looking to pick up All Of The Things - because LEGO Batman 3 just highlights how much of a refresh the LEGO series of games needs.If you played LEGO Marvel Super Heroes last year, you've pretty much played LEGO Batman 3.
It's a similar setup, it also features over 150 characters and it feels very much the same - just with a DC Comics lineup.That means you're - once again - making your way through a bunch of levels, figuring out how to progress (it's hard to call them 'puzzles' per se), battling countless identikit minions or bosses who need simple tactics and, of course, smashing everything in every room.It would make Hulk proud, but it's not Marvel so we'll go with Killer Croc instead, seeing as he's basically a palette swap of Dr Banner but with a Cajun accent.In fact, while the mind wanders in that direction, the 150 characters thing isn't that impressive when you realise so many of the playable LEGO tykes share exactly the same abilities.There are standout individuals, sure, and taking off as Superman - with his trademark music kicking in - is never not great, but after a dozen or so characters it just feels like window dressing.As for the action itself, there are a couple of elements that stick out as oddly unpolished;