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Unlocking gold bricks – the series’ standard marker of progress – opens up access to a series of hub areas, Earthly and otherwise. There’s plenty to discover outside the story missions.

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham can’t make up its mind about what type of fan it should serve. But what young gamer really knows who Conan O’Brien is? Is a 10-year-old really going to get excited about playing as Geoff Johns? Again and again, TT Games has defended design decisions like the lack of online play in Lego games as the price paid for family-friendliness in its games. The result is a game that doesn’t seem to identify its audience properly. They’re joined by DC execs Jim Lee and Geoff Johns, and late-night host Conan O’Brien, who serves as your tour guide in each hub. Then there are random cast members, like Kevin Smith (armed with a sonar gun, for some reason) and original 1960s Batman actor Adam West, unlocked by completing “Adam West In Peril” mini-challenges in each level. The Fierce Flame is basically just a palette-swapped Flash Doctor Fate just combines the abilities of two “core” characters. The cast of 150-plus characters ranges from known DC faves like Batgirl and Lobo to lesser-known characters like Doctor Fate and The Fierce Flame – but they all draw from the same, limited pool of powers.

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To find and fully unlock everything, you need to run through each level twice, at the very least: Once for the story and again, in Free Play, for the collectibles. Most of it can’t be unearthed on an initial playthrough since the characters in each level – and abilities you have access to – are scripted. Minikit pieces, hidden characters, context-specific collectibles, and more fill every level. Beyond Gotham reins that freedom in, with exploration restricted to hubs like the Batcave and the Watchtower, Justice League’s orbital base. Lego Batman 2 moved the series forward by introducing Gotham City as a freely explorable open world for the first time in any Lego game. Only the collected talents of DC Comics’ mightiest heroes can hope to stop him.

Brainiac is out to shrink down the planet Earth for his private collection, and he’s using the combined powers of the cosmic Lantern Corps (and Sinestro Corps) to win his prize. It’s a new adventure for Batman and his pals in the Justice League. This is a series that refuses to grow, even as it chases an older audience.