Posted by zompist under Lego Batman 2 was on sale recently, so I picked it up. In brief: the main story is fun and very cute; the open world bit is only half cooked. I’ve never played one of these Lego games before, so here’s how that works: the characters are made of Legos. So are part but not all of their surroundings– in general, the Lego bits are the things you can interact with, which is a pretty clever bit of design signaling. (If you’ve played the others, apparently it’s a big thing that in this one the characters talk.) A level basically consists of a series of obstacles, to be solved by the characters’ special abilities. E.g. you might use Batman’s batarangs to destroy something out of reach, or Robin’s acrobatics to climb, or Superman’s super-breath to turn water into ice (which can be traversed). It looks like it’s optimized for two-player co-op, but it’s quite easy to play solo– there’s a key press to switch characters. At first you only get Batman and Robin, but later you get Superman and then a whole slew of heroes.
The puzzles are designed so that you have to switch frequently. Sometimes when you destroy something, they can rebuild the Lego pieces into something else. Often this is a suit dispenser: jump on it and Batman or Robin changes into a different outfit with new powers. In the screenshot, Bats is wearing his Electrical Suit, which lets him walk through electrified areas and power devices up or down. The story levels are a lot of fun. The designers have worked hard to make the game look and act like a set of toys: the characters waddle around cutely, they look pleased as punch when they change suits, when a character dies it shatters into blocks, and you are encouraged to mindlessly destroy things. If you die yourself, you respawn right there, so it’s never a real setback. Most of the time it’s fairly clear what to do; I am not very good at the sort of thinking required and had to consult a walkthrough. The game was evidently designed for consoles, so it comes with a pretty horrible set of controls– all keys, no mouse.
I had to remap just about everything to have it make sense. (I recommend using the arrow keys for movement, using space for jump and E for action as in sanely designed games, then using T for tag and G for ‘special’. Then you move with the right hand and do stuff with the left.) There aren’t many controls, and most are explained in-game, but they neglected to tell you how to punch things (it’s Action, the one I remapped to E). After the Asylum mission you can wander Gotham City as you like. The walkthrough suggested that you wait till the story mode is over before doing so, as there’s a lot you can’t do till you’ve unlocked all the basic heroes. This is bad advice, because the story missions are the best part, and you shouldn’t rush through them. In any case, the main mission took me about 15 hours. After this you can roam Gotham and pick up new characters. This part of the game is frankly disappointing. For one thing, you have to buy each character– not with real money, but with the studs you’ve collected by destroying Lego objects.
This was a strange design decision, because it’s easy to run out of studs, so you can’t collect more heroes till you go on a rampage. And busting up objects, in the quantities needed to collect 50 characters, is not that fun. There’s a lot to do– climb buildings as Robin, rescue citizens, drive or boat around. But it feels like you have to run a round quite a bit to find these diversions. Finding the unlockable characters sounds like it should be a great time– each one is slightly different– but for the most part the fights are too easy and the payoff is low. (One exception is Lex Luthor, who you want for his special gun that destroys black Lego objects, which no other character can do.) Plus if you defeat them and you don’t have enough studs, you’re out of luck, which is a strange punishment for the game to apply. So, it’s fun to run around for awhile changing characters, but actually unlocking everyone and finding all the collectibles doesn’t seem very attractive.
I think they would have done a lot better to have fewer characters, but more challenging mini-levels to get through to unlock them. Or have more character-specific things to do, like the Robin acrobatics diversions. Story mode has a story, by the way. It’s pretty good, as Batman stories go. Probably the best thing about it is the interaction between grumpy Batman and cocky jocky Superman. It lightly pokes fun at their relationship, and yet it actually creates a character arc for the game, which is more than you might expect in a kids’ version of DC.Get the latest LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes cheats, codes, unlockables, hints, Easter eggs, glitches, tips, tricks, hacks, downloads, trophies, guides, FAQs, walkthroughs, and more for PS Vita (PSV). has all you need to win every game you play! Use the above links or scroll down see all to the PS Vita cheats we have available for LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. We have no tips for LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes yet.
If you have any unlockables please submit them. Go to the "Extras" menu, and you can activate the following cheats by entering the corresponding BEEP BEEP : ZHAXFH CHARACTER STUDS : TPJ37T EXTRA HEARTS : 4LGJ7T EXTRA TOGGLE : 7TXH5K FALL RESCUE : TPGPG2 GOLD BRICK FINDER : MBXW7V MINIKIT FINDER : LRJAG8 PERIL FINDER : RYD3SJ RED BRICK FINDER : 5KKQ6G REGENERATE HEARTS : ZXEX5D STUD MAGNET : MNZER6 STUDS X2 : 74EZUT SUPER BUILD : JN2J6V VINE GRAPPLES : JXN7FJ We have no unlockables for LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes yet. We have no easter eggs for LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes yet. We have no glitches for LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes yet. Created by: Alek Kettenburg. Read the full guide... A Winning Formula (Bronze) Swap characters using Super Freeplay. Collect all the Villain characters. Bane of my Life (Bronze) Take down Batman with Bane. Using the Batman glide ability, spend 5 seconds or more in the air.
Behind Enemy Lines (Bronze) Complete Attack on LexCorp. Brick by Brick (Silver) Collect all the Red Bricks. Stun an enemy using Commissioner Gordon's trusty weapon and finish them. Complete Brawl at City Hall. Complete Assault the VTOL. Complete Robot Sky Battle. Hero in Train-ing (Bronze) Justice is Served (Gold) Win gold in every arena in Justice League Mode. Complete The Final Battle. Complete every arena in Justice League Mode. Open Mic Knight (Bronze) Road to Ruin (Bronze) As Catwoman, use the Stealth Takedown ability to attack Batman. Collect all the Sound Bite tokens. Unlock all the Ability packs for the Character Customiser. Collect all the Hero characters. Taking the Plunge (Silver) Help an enemy off a ledge in Wayne Industries. The Big Brick Theory (Bronze) Create your first character in the Character Customiser. The Joke's on you! Complete The Joker Getaway.
Achieve a True Hero stud total. Finish a level without losing all your hearts. Arkham Asylum Antics (Bronze) Complete story level 3 Complete story level 4 Complete story level 5 Complete story level 6 Collect all the gold bricks (Single Player Only) Do a finishing move Collected all of the Trophies Complete story level 13 Complete story level 8 Down to Earth (Bronze) Complete story level 10 Play a level in co-op Collect all the red bricks (Single Player Only) Unlock all female heroes and villains. Climb to the top of Wayne tower while riding a Gorilla and playing as a female character. Green Lantern's Light (Bronze) Defeat Sinestro as Green Lantern Get 50% (Single Player Only) Harboring a Criminal (Bronze) Complete story level 2 Complete story level 15 With Brainiac, defeat any LexBot Unlock all Justice League characters (Single Player Only) Kal-El Last Son of Krypton (Bronze)