Marvel Super Heroes are assembling for an action-packed, brick-smashing good time! LEGO Marvel Super Heroes offers an original storyline in which Nick Fury calls upon Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, Wolverine and other heroes spanning the Marvel Universe to save Earth from such threats as the vengeance of Loki and the hunger of Galactus, Devourer of the Worlds. LEGO and Marvel fans will enjoy classic LEGO video game adventure and humor, while playing as their favorite Marvel characters. In LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, players will unlock more than 100 characters from across the Marvel Universe, including fan favorites like Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Deadpool, Loki and Galactus! The game will pack in a plethora of super-cool character abilities, combat-like action sequences, epic battle scenes, puzzle-solving and a unique story told with playful LEGO humor. E10+ for Everyone 10 and older: Cartoon Violence newsletter and get the latest features, Q&As and competitions straight to your inbox.
By clicking 'Submit', you are agreeing to Science Focus' terms & conditions. You can opt-out at any time. What are you looking for? Can't find what you're looking for? Try the Advanced Search Homepage / LEGO Marvel Super Heroes by Warner Home Video Games PS3 Rated 4.55 by42 gamer(s) You may also like... Skylanders Imaginators: Starter Pack Skylanders SuperChargers Starter Pack Skylanders SuperChargers - Dark Edition Starter Pack Disney INFINITY 3.0 Edition Saga Bundle Starter Pack Smash, swing and fly with over 100 playable heroes and villains from the MARVEL Universe. Leave damage in your wake with Big LEGO Figures like the Hulk and Abomination. Battle with all the powers of MARVEL?s greatest heroes: soar through the air as Iron Man, spins webs as Spider-Man, and bring the thunder as the mighty Thor. Discover LEGO MARVEL Manhattan and travel to other iconic MARVEL locations such as Asgard, Asteroid M and the X-Mansion.The LEGO branded games have been notably ramping up in the past few years, with one or more releases a year being produced by the developers at TT Games.
From Jurassic Park to Batman and The Hobbit, the colorful bricks have seemingly invaded many popular franchises with their own take on the universe. The latest such game is LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, letting players take control of the miniature versions of Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America and Thor as well as other characters and play through the storylines of recent Marvel movies. The formula of this LEGO game remains tried and true, and the few new additions ultimately don’t make a huge difference to the end result. As the name might suggest, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers is focused on the two movies with the same name – The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron. That’s where the majority of the game’s campaign takes place, but there are also levels which are taken directly from other Marvel films – specifically Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: First Avenger, and Captain America: Winter Soldier. If that seems like a lot of material to cram into a game, it is.
The narrative unfortunately stumbles, offering a sometimes confusing mix of levels from different movies in random order. The Avengers films are the centerpieces, but are told out of order, in addition to the in-between stories feeling out of place. The game also suffers because it must adhere to the events of the films, thus having limited freedom to go off the beaten path as LEGO games often do when dealing with comics. But if you’re here just for the action, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers has it in spades. If you’ve played any of the recent LEGO games, you already know what’s on offer – a third person action title with tons of enemies to fight and items to collect. You’ll make your way through hordes of enemies, smashing everything into collectible studs that act as the currency. There’s still just one action button – for normal and finisher attacks - which provides high accessibility for younger fans, but doesn’t exactly inspire deep gameplay options, or a need to put in an effort to perform devastating attacks.
That abovementioned finisher comes as part of the few gameplay changes in this LEGO title. After putting in a few hits on an enemy, a prompt appears above their head, and you can have your hero perform a stylish takedown move. If you’re playing co-operatively (the game supports drop-in/out functionality), and initiate a takedown close to your friend, you’ll team up, resulting in an even more effective, stylish and sometimes funny takedown animation. This adds a little bit of variety to the proceedings – which is desperately needed, given that the game will relentlessly spawn enemies to the point where it’s faster to just run through them to the objective, while your co-op partner acts as distraction. Your co-op buddy will be able to take a rest during the simplistic QTE-like boss encounters, as they won’t have much to do. Players will be able to unlock over 200 characters in all, which is the largest number of licensed heroes in any LEGO video game to date. Many of them will be immediately familiar to fans of Marvel, while others you’ll likely be hearing about for the first time.
In yet another downfall of being restricted to the Marvel Cinematic Universe however, the game lacks X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Guardians of the Galaxy. The actual gameplay and animation variations between all these heroes are rather limited, but there should be enough diversity here to still satisfy the fans. Through the story levels, you’ll need to solve simple environmental puzzles, using specific heroes to overcome challenges. Outside of those, the game features a few larger hub areas that players can explore at leisure. From the huge Manhattan to the smaller areas like SHIELD Base and Asgard—these hubs are littered with the usual crop of side activities and collectibles. Simple quests, races, and other minigames act as familiar filler content in a LEGO game, all in the name of unlocking new items and characters. It must be said that these hub worlds are probably some of the more detailed and authentic locales from any LEGO game – potentially the only upside to whole “being based on a movie” theme.
Running or flying around the Manhattan hub is quite satisfying and even immersive. Speaking of authenticity, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers also uses a lot of the dialog from the films. Hearing the actual lines from the movie may seem immersive in theory, but in reality it comes across as poor audio design. There are only so many lines that are appropriate for the game’s story and action, so things get repeated a lot. The quality of the record itself is far from perfect, as well. Thus, the end result makes the game sound like it’s one of those terrible fan-made dubs from YouTube. The characters that actually have original dialog recorded for the game sound much better. Visually, this is a LEGO game through and through. There’s not much to add – if you’ve played any of the recent titles, you should be familiar with the skillfully recreated LEGO brick style of the game world, the character figurines, and the colorful visuals. The game did stutter on occasion and crashed once, but overall it’s a technically competent game.