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I've been a fan of Lego's since I was like 4. However by the time I hit my late teens I could no longer dump out my huge bucket of Lego's on the floor and get busy with them the way I did when I was a wee one. People stared, they laughed, they pointed. They mocked.
My big bucket of Lego's went tucked into my closet, and my secret lover went hidden.
When Lego began releasing video games though I was thrilled. I knew I could get down with my Lego love again; and this time I could play with them without being called weird. Yay! I win! I win! It's my Birthday!!! Woot!!! Woot!!! Happy Birthday!
Oh s'cuse, me...where was I?
Ah yes...
I became a fan of the Lego gaming franchise the moment they released their first game Lego Star Wars. Their most recent release though goes to Lego Batman, the game I will be focusing on today. I had anticipated this games release ever since seeing hearing news about it nearly a year before it even hit shelves.
Lego Batman was released for use on close to every console imaginable, I chose to buy it for the Playstation 3, because I prefer the Sony controllers more than I do XBOX's clunky controller.
The game pretty much follows the same type of feel that Lego games have had in the past. There are a few new additions to game play that I have not seen in the past.
Like Lego Indiana Jones, in Lego Batman you are pretty much playing 3 separate story lines. Batman and his clan of villain crime fighters tag team together to bring down the Joker. Each storyline though plays like a separate game, and new characters are introduced with each segment.
You are not forced to play the game entirely as the 'good guys' though. You have the option to choose to play the game as the bad guys!
You can create havoc while being the Joker, Cat Woman, Penguin, and a slew of other villain's. Having the option to play the game as either the hero or the villain was a very cool addition, and it definitely increased the gaming time, and re-play value above and beyond any other Lego game that had been released in the past.
The controls in the game are all done up pretty simply, and if you have ever played a Lego game on the PS3 console, you likely will have absolutely no issues whatsoever getting back into the groove of things.
There honestly is no real rocket science that goes into the controls. Everything is pretty much laid out for you, and the first segment of the game pretty much shows you how to go about controlling your character and building things with Lego's.
Multi-player:
Lego Batman seriously would not be the same if the multi-player option was not available. I personally only enjoy playing when I have a partner to tag team with. It makes completing missions easier, and in some sections of the game it is frustrating to try and finish certain areas without having a partner.
I was very happy that they added a multi-player option in the game.
Glitches:
As much as I love the game, Lego Batman does come packages with some hiccups.
More than once while playing, we had the game just freeze up on us. This was really frustrating because my console is brand spanking new, so I know it's not the console; not only that, if we were close to completing a mission while the game froze up, we would have to start the entire mission all over again, which was truly a pain in the butt.
