LEGO Batman: The Videogame (PlayStation 2, 2008)

I dislike the fact that they sent me an empty game case. And there's no phone number where I can actually talk to someone in person about this matter. I spent almost 30.00 on this game for my grandsons' birthday. I hope I will hear from them today, as I did send an e-mail...we'll see...

I like that there is a rating on the game so I know it is appropriate for my grandson. He loves the other Lego games, so I'm sure he will love this game too. It will be a GREAT birthday gift.

Traveler's Tale has released another Lego title, and they did a good job at avoiding a straight copy and paste of the formula from the previous games, but I think the pool of game-play ideas for the genre is starting to run dry.

WHAT'S GOOD
Villain play-time: The biggest innovation of the game is allowing you to play through a story mode as the villains. So you play as Batman and Robin attempting to foil the plans of your foes, then turn around and work on the plan that is trying to be foiled. As nice of a touch as this is, it's the same game-play, just more levels.

Bat-Suits: Another way Travelers Tale mixed up the game-play was by providing different suits for Batman and Robin to find an change into. Each suit provides a new talent or feature for the heroes to use to solve the puzzles. I believe that it's merely substituting for a lack of hero characters to use, however it is a nice touch and fits in well with the Batman theme.

The things to ride: The vehicle levels are fun, and better than before. There's also extra items to find and ride in your standard level, like mech-suits and dinosaur skeletons. Awesome.

Movie Tie-ins: So Lego Star Wars was based on the 6 star wars movies and Lego Indy was based on the first 3 Indy movies. Lego Batman does not follow the same story lines as any of the Batman movies created to date. There are however obvious parallels between Lego Batman and the Tim Burton Batman movies. Things like similar plot points, and the music is basically the same soundtrack.

That which is "still": It's STILL fun, it's STILL accessible to a large audience, and there's STILL lots to collect and unlock.

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER:
Level sizes: Although the puzzle solving is still completely intact, to me the levels themselves didn't seem quite so large. They felt like they went by quicker, and did not have such a variety of locations. This makes sense as it's suppose to all take place in Gotham, but it doesn't help keep the environments exciting.

The novelty is starting to wear thin: If you've never played this style of Lego game before, than you'll probably have a greater sense of "this is so cool", but with 3 other similar Lego titles before it, the concept isn't as engaging as it used to be. This is the first time I didn't feel compelled to go back and collect all the mini kits or get all the "Super-Hero/Super-Villain" statuses (although i probably will anyway). Traveler's Tale hasn't bled the genre dry quite yet, but I think perhaps 2 Lego releases in the same year may have been a bit too much. I would likely welcome another installment that utilizes another franchise, but I can wait for it until at least Q4 2009.

FINAL WORD:
There are some new surprises, the puzzles are still intriguing, and the game still has the charm you'd come to expect. It was fun, and if you liked the previous titles you'll like this one too.

Great game for children....Easy to navigate characters in the game. Fans of Legos will enjoy this game....

If you enjoyed LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Indiana Jones then you will definately love LEGO Batman. Staying true to form none of the characters actually talk. They do however make you laugh with the little pieces of comedey in the videos. The gameplay is the same as the previous titles and the concept the same. In LEGO Batman though there are added things to make the game even better like the different suits and the automobiles. One of the other neat things is that with LEGO Batman you can play not only as the good guys but also as the bad guys. I highly reccomend this game for all ages.

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item just as described, super fast shipping,and good price, so glad i bought from them, my son really liked this game, and since its not so new in the market its at a very low price

This game rocks. Super little kid friendly. I bought it for my seven year old and he thinks it's the best game ever. I chose this game because LEGO has been apart of my childrens lives for a long time and they still haven't let me down. Excellent choice.

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The game is excellent for my grandchildren who age between 5 to 12. I liked it because it is challenging to all ages and it gives them something to do together.

The game is extremly amazing, as my son says. I would give this seller ten stars for shipping and descriptions of the game. This was a great price for a brand new game. Will do business again.

This item is great. It shipped very quickly and was in great condition. My son had been wanting this game for months but it was so expensive in the stores. I got a great price and my son loves it.

I am happy with my first experience on Ebay. Seller gave fast shipping and has very good products (working ps2 games) Thank you so much.

Fun game but my kids solved it way too fast. They played it over and it also opened up mini games too.

This item was receoved extremely time and my 8 years old loves it!!!! Excellent customer service from start to finish (*_*)!

great 2 player action my son and I have completed 35% of the game so far. it really makes you use your head for thinking and memory

Son wanted this for 5th birthday, I was unsure if it would be too old for him, but the whole family loves it! Great humor in it too!

Got this for my 11 yr old son who adores everything Batman and is also visually impaired. We were leery at first due to the "darker" images being more difficult to see but he has yet to have problems with it. He had asked for this game in the Lego series to complete his collection and as always LEGO for PS2 did not fail to please. Some levels are more challenging than others but he has really enjoyed the fact its not "a cake game" some levels and missions as I said are easier than others but all in all highly recommended for most ages groups, I would say 7 and up. Under 7 might need some help.

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the game is a great game. the action is easy to follow, the chactors are interesting. play is fast but easy to conrtol. ovreall is an excellent. i recommend it for some fun play.

Was exactly as stated! prompt shipping and perfect product. I will buy again from this seller if need be. thanks for the service.

My 4 year old likes this game. About halfway thru though you start playing the game as the villians, which doesn't matter to him. The one negative would be that it doesn't follow any familiar move plot lines like Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones do. I like that aspect of those 2 games a lot when I played those with my son. We bought it because he enjoyed the Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana jones for PS2 very much.

My nine year old loves this game, everytime we would go to wal*mart my son would run to eletronics to play the Batman game ,the I saw it on ebay and i knew he would be excited to recieve it, and on the first day he play for about four hours ,the next day him and a friend played for the whole day. My son loves this game.

the game came in perfect.I think the store our person did a great job.I will recommend to anyone.they shipped right on time package came in and the kids loved it.the price was as good as it gets.I would give this store 5 stars out of 5.Thanks bill