LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes – Review – Beating the Villains is a Snap
By App Type: Uncategorized
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By: Warner Bros.
Version #: 1.2
Date Released: 2013-04-24
Developer: Warner Bros.
Price: 4.99
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The LEGO franchise has long since successfully embedded itself in the video game market. LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes is not even the first LEGO Batman game, but it’s among the most fun.
Like all the other LEGO video games, this one is aimed at kids perhaps between 6 and 12 (although older kids might enjoy it as well). You start the game as Batman and Robin and have to wander around certain locales finding LEGO bricks and solving puzzles. You can even fight villains made of LEGO, but it’s a cartoonish violence and no worse than anything you’d see on the Cartoon Network in the afternoon.
While you start as the Dynamic Duo, there are ways to unlock other heroes (and other parts of the game with them). The first is to gather a ton of bricks or otherwise gain points via playing. The other is as an in-app purchase. It depends on whether time or money is more valuable to you.
The controls for the game aren’t terribly sophisticated and even the plot is pretty simple. I enjoyed it more than the last LEGO Batman game I owned (which, granted, was for an earlier iPhone which didn’t even have retina display).
The app is a little pricey compared to other, similar games in the App Store. However, I have no doubt that if you wait long enough, you’ll be able to catch it in a 99 cent sale. If you can’t wait, then there are worse things to spend five bucks on. Enjoy.
Quick Take
Value:Medium-High.
Would I Buy Again:Possibly.
Learning Curve:Low.
Who Is It For:Kids or DC Superheroes fans. Or both.
What I Like:Fun and simple to play.
What I Don't Like:Controls can stick sometimes.
Final Statement:If you're a kid, then this game is as close as you can get to being Batman.
ipad This game includes many hours of content and cinematics that take up a lot of space! You will need 2.6 gb of available space on your device if you install over wifi, but only 1.3 gb of space if you download on your computer and then sync.
As with many large app installations, we advise that you restart your device after installing as this will resolve some stability issues. Also make sure you have installed the most recent firmware.
A few other things we are working on are more frequent saves in the game, and fixing stability issues that some of our players are experiencing.
FEATURES:
80 PLAYABLE CHARACTERS
Justice League favorites such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and The Flash can be unlocked as you progress through the game or accessed at any time through purchase via our in-game store. Have Aquaman, Green Arrow, Cyborg and Hawkman help keep Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Penguin, and Catwoman in check!
SUITS, GADGETS AND SUPER ABILITIES
Master abilities of suits such as Robin’s Hazard Suit equipped with a Pressure Cannon, gadgets such as Batman’s Batarang, and soar through the air with Superman as he fights crime with his Freeze-Breath and Heat Vision!
RETINA GRAPHICS
iPad Retina display compatibility takes LEGO games on the iOS platform to the next level.
DYNAMIC CONTROL STYLES
Switch between “Classic” and “Touch Screen” controls to find the play-style that suits you best.
TALKING MINI-FIGS
For the first time in a LEGO game for iOS, mini-figs talk and bring even more life to this original story!
ACHIEVEMENTS & GAME CENTER
Unlock achievements and connect through Game Center to get the full experience from your Gotham City adventure
What's new
- Fix for issue preventing purchasing of Gold Bricks
- More Frequent Saving – the game now saves at the start of every sub level
- Memory and App Size - reduced memory usage, and lowered the app size to improve stability on iPod 4th Gen
- Various Bug and Crash Fixes
- Issues Downloading - recommend downloading via iTunes first and then installing to the device
- Downloading to Device – if downloading straight to the device, recommend clearing at least 3GB of data, and restarting device before initiating the download
