LEGO Batman: The Videogame (Playstation 3, 2008)

The first LEGO game I played, and it really amazed me! In-depth lengthy game with excellent puzzles, incredible attention to detail (any Batman fan who plays video games MUST check it out), a lot of free choice in how to complete it. It's cute, it's thematically solid, and it will still make you put in a lot of time and thought as you work hard to complete it! Get your multipliers early so you can rack up the points needed for other purchases.

Warning - It is possible to select a replay team that will not be able to find/get to everything and you have different types of flyers and high jumpers. So if you are replaying and you just can't jump or fly to something, don't drive yourself nuts - you probably need a different character you may not have yet. I recommend getting Scarecrow (high jumper with some ability to drift) and Clayface or Mr. Freeze for superstrength early on, and making sure your Batman is paired with one of them until you get the hang of all the character choices and puzzles. The high jumper is more broadly useful especially at the beginning but both (high jump and superstrength) are abilities you won't get through acquiring Bat-suit upgrades.

The only complaint - the Bat-suit functions are great, but having them be powers added to the entire suit, rather than scrolling through all the suits every time for each task, would have been nice ;)