The Batman Lego movie story pack is the newest release in a long line of Lego Dimensions sets, and follows the movie adaptation trend of Ghostbusters and Fantastic Beasts, which means it follows the movie pretty closely. if you’ve seen the film, you know what to expect in terms of the plot but the game still has a few gems hidden away to keep you interested. For those that haven’t seen the film, look away now. The story centres around Batman’s arch enemy the Joker who eventually manages to release hordes of baddies from the Phantom Zone. It’s down to Batman and co. to set things right, and you get to be in the middle of it all. In terms of gameplay it’s what you would expect of any Lego game. The visuals are sound and representative of any typical Lego game. That’s not a criticism by the way. It’s praise for continuity. Lego games often have similar themes that run throughout all of their games: good graphics, gameplay, humour and puzzles. And you get plenty of that here.
But the graphics are smooth and colourful and complement the gameplay well. The gameplay is primarily centred around fun, puzzle-solving and dealing with baddies. And there’s plenty to be had here. Though the most disappointing aspect of this game is the lack of the Lego Movie Batman character from the film. You can obviously utilise your Batman character from the original Lego Dimensions starter set, but a bespoke Batman movie character would have been a nice addition. But the gameplay itself is smooth and fun to play. And there are loads of humorous parts that result is frequent bouts of chuckling. My favourite part is the ‘merch-gun’, which is a gun that shoots out merchandise to startled passers by and criminal alike, stunning them in the process. My son, especially, had fun using this to excess. You can shoot people in-game without feeling guilty. Like all story packs the Lego Batman movie set comes with its own bespoke portal and a small selection of characters, this time two (Robin & Barbara Gordon) and a vehicle.
I always feel as though the portal is a bit of a waste, even though they all perfectly complement the story pack. I’d much prefer a few more characters and vehicles, or even a larger vehicle, such as those used by Batman in the movie. The Batplane springs to mind. It might be bigger than the usual raft of vehicle supplied with the packs, but you’d also be able to use it with a physical Lego sets, without it looking out of place next to one of the Lego City airplanes or fire trucks. Or simply replace the portal with the actual Batman charter from the movie. In terms of price it’s a somewhat costly £35. And there are also additional packs available for purchase, bumping up the demand on your wallet. However, in my humble opinion this pack is better than the previous Ghostbusters and Fantastic Beasts sets, with only the original Dimensions starter pack proving the best overall. And there is the compatibility aspect to consider as well. Unlike some older packs that feature in Skylanders of Disney Infinity, all of the Lego Dimensions characters are fully compatible with every story and level pack, ensuring your costly collection can be utilised across the board.
In addition to the story pack there are two expansion packs. One features Excalibur batman with his trusty bionic steed, and the other is Knight Rider, with car and Michael Knight. Each pack and character brings their own set of unique skills and abilities, such as taking down enemies with Batman’s sword or using Michael Knight’s wrist watch to uncover hidden secrets. Overall this is a quality offering. The gameplay is good and the story and action within is entertaining and funny. But there is the occasional bug, but the ones I’ve encountered have never caused any serious issues, just odd, glitchy moments. The story pack maintains the running theme of movie adaptations but this comes across better than the previous ones, most likely due to the nature of the movie. after all, it’s a Lego movie. Out of 5 stars I give the Lego Batman movie pack… Posted in Reviews, and tagged #Batman, feature, Joker, Lego, Lego Batman, Lego Dimensions, Playstation, PS3, PS4, WB, xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One
LEGO Dimensions / Sept. 21, 2016 LEGO Dimensions Knight Rider and Batman Expansion Packs Get Release Date Just in time for The LEGO Batman Movie. Three new expansion packs for LEGO Dimensions will release this coming February, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced. The LEGO Batman Movie Story Pack and Excalibur Batman Fun Pack will release on February 10 to coincide with release of The LEGO Batman Movie. The forthcoming Knight Rider Fun Pack will launch on that date as well. The aforementioned Story Pack includes a narrative-focused experience that features six levels and new LEGO Gateway bricks that can be assembled into the Bat-Computer. Batgirl and Robin minifigures, as well as a contractible Batwing that can be rebuilt into The Black Thunder and Bat-Tank are included as well. Meanwhile, the Excalibur Fun Pack brings with it a new Batman minifigure, as well as a buildable Bionic Steed, which can also be reassembled into the Bat-Raptor and Ultrabat.
The pack also opens access to The LEGO Batman Movie's Battle Arena and Adventure World. Finally, the Knight Rider Fun Pack harkens back to the classic 80s TV series, offering a Michael Knight minifigure that can reassembled into the K.I.T.T. Jet and Goliath Armoured Semi. Warner Bros. is also supporting LEGO Dimensions with a slew of expansion packs coming later this year, including Sonic the Hedgehog, J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Gremlins, E.T. and Adventure Time. Get a sneak peek at each in the gallery below. Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his video content on YouTube.At last, I’m free to speak about one of the most exciting things that we’ve been squirreling away on at TT Games for LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, outside of everything that already makes the game such a fun and authentic Marvel title (Yes, Squirrel Girl reference intended… sorry!). LEGO Marvel’s Avengers is getting some free DLC content exclusively for all PS4 and PS3 players.
And yes, believe it or not I’ve managed to keep a lid on this. I’m not quite sure how… but I have. LEGO Marvel’s Avengers already features content from six epic Marvel films (and a plethora of content from the rest of the Marvel Universe, including a ton of characters from Marvel Comics), however, now PlayStation gamers will be able to add content from two more movies to their experience. So, I hear you all asking: what is this content exactly, and what makes it so exciting? Well, first up we have the Captain America: Civil War Character Pack, which will be available at launch on January 26th and includes nine characters — yes, nine characters — featured in the upcoming movie: Captain America, Iron Man (Mark 46 armor), Black Panther, Winter Soldier, Falcon, War Machine, Scarlet Witch and my personal favorites, Crossbones and Agent 13. It’s a great pack that will hopefully get everyone as excited as I am about the film. Obviously before you ask, yes, you will be able to take all of these characters into the main game, into the various levels or into the eight different open world locations.
The second is the Ant-Man Character & Level Pack, of course based on the Ant-Man movie, which will be available later this spring. This pack features an awesome level based on a section of the film. It also has eleven great characters, including Ant-Man (Scott Lang), Ant-Man (Hank Pym), Ant-Thony (Flying Ant), Cassie Lang, Darren Cross, Scott Lang, Hank Pym, Hope Van Dyne, Luis, The Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), and Yellowjacket. We are really bringing Ant-Man and Yellowjacket to life with all the abilities that you’d expect them to have. The team and I here at TT Games are positive you will really enjoy this DLC offering. When I watched the movie with the team, we really enjoyed it, so much so that I went back to watch it again the next day, and then saw the amazing playsets that LEGO created for the film so to now be able to pair those together and bring them to life in LEGO Marvel’s Avengers is yet another reason why this game has been an absolute delight to work on. We think that this is our best game yet — more humor, more characters, more features, more open world gameplay, more abilities, and of course, more movie content exclusively for PlayStation fans.