LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Standard Edition - PlayStation 5

It was a great game, made a lot of references to the movies from animated to live action. Over all very quality game. Fun change of pace from traditional Lego games

Fun gameplay, good story, and great design. This takes Lego games to the next level, while also being nostalgic.

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is a humorous love letter to the Batman franchise. Incorporating bits of all the films, the old TV series and animated series, various comics, and taking gameplay influence from the Arkham series of games, Traveler's Tales has woven everything together into a fantastic game, easy enough to be enjoyed by kids, but with enough depth to entertain adults as well. The story can be run through rather quickly if desired, but with the vast expanse of Gotham City to explore with literally hundreds of collectibles to find and random crimes to stop and other activities, it's easy to get sidetracked and spend hours just flying or driving around the city. There are always two characters in play, Batman and one sidekick, and the player can switch between them. If more sidekicks are unlocked, they can also be swapped in, which is necessary for a lot of the puzzles and collectibles, as each character has two special abilities, many of which are needed for various interactions with the environment. Even the Batmobile gets involved with these, sometimes needed to pull a heavy object or launch missiles to blow up debris. Combat is the Freeflow system from the Arkham games, just with a layer of silliness over it. Enemies literally fall to pieces when defeated, and the takedowns include things like throwing a pie in their face, or attaching a balloon to their belt so they just float helplessly, Silly stuff, perfectly in line with other LEGO games. Gliding has been simplified from the Arkham games as well, as you just click L3 and more or less fly. Holding X will make you descend, but nothing can make you climb and you do slowly lose altitude. For this kind of game, it makes more sense to make it easy, rather than the diving and climbing to glide further in the Arkham series. The only downside I have experienced is with grappling around Gotham. For whatever reason, there are buildings it just will not let you grapple to the top of. Sometimes it's obviously done for puzzle purposes, but others, especially in free roam just don't make sense. But this is the smallest blemish on a very polished, entertaining, and just plain funny game.

This game was excellent! I particularly enjoyed the artistic style and the combat and stealth mechanics. It's a truly great game.

This is a really fun game. Gameplay is fluid and well paced, and you can set the difficulty. The story is fun and never too serious - it introduces the core characters and themes while adding levity and humor. A great game for a Batman fan who wants to introduce their kid to Batman but doesn't know where to start. My only critique is that the game occasionally slows down a little when playing split-screen, particularly when driving.