Lego Batman: The Videogame
Category: PlayStation 2 Game
Console: PlayStation 2 (Download Emulator)
Developer: Traveller's Tales
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Series: Lego Batman
Genre: Action / Adventure
Mode: Single-player / Multiplayer
Region: NTSC
Views: 1,275,695
Downloads: 989,213
Released: 23 September 2008
File Size: 1.2 GB
Rating: 4.2/5 (185 votes)
Lego Batman: The Videogame is a 2008 action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X. The game is based on the DC Comics character Batman, as well as the eponymous Lego Batman toyline.
The game is similar to earlier Lego games developed by Traveller's Tales, such as Lego Star Wars series and Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, in that it is both a game based on a licensed property, and has environments, objects, and creatures made out of Lego. However, Lego Batman is the first to have an original story.
The game received positive reviews, and spawned four sequels: Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham and Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, as well as a villain-themed spin-off, Lego DC Super-Villains.
The core gameplay of Lego Batman is similar to that of previous Lego video games, such as Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures and the Lego Star Wars series. The player controls any one of a wide assortment of characters from a third-person perspective, primarily fighting enemies, solving puzzles, and collecting Lego "studs", the game's form of currency.
The game is set in Gotham City, with mainly realistic environments, only interactive objects are made of Lego bricks. Occasionally, players must assemble Lego objects to proceed further in the level, cross obstacles, or unlock new suits.
There are thirty levels in the game (divided into fifteen each for the heroes and the villains) as well as two secret levels, which sees the player exploring miniature versions of the Wayne Manor and Arkham Asylum to collect studs.
Lego Batman received generally favorable reviews from critics upon release. IGN gave the game a 7.7 for the Wii, PS2, PS3 and 360, and a 7.3 for PSP stating that while the game has plenty of replay value, it also retains problematic elements from the previous games in the series and does not necessarily add anything new.
During the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Lego Batman for "Outstanding Achievement in Adapted Story".
