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ManimalX -> LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/24/2008 1:45:26 AM)

Any fans of the LEGO video game series out there? I just picked up the LEGO Batman for my Xbox 360. My son started playing LEGO Star Wars with me when he was 3 1/2, and was able to beat the game during his 4's. We played the first level of Batman together and had a blast. I played through the first level and it is easily as fun as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones LEGO installments, with enough of its own personality to stand out from the others:

-Vehicles become more important
-Characters have more personality exhibited through their actions(for example, fighting moves are different, animation for actions like using a tightrope are different for different characters)
-After you complete a level as the good guys, you get to play the same level from the bad guy perspective.
-More unique "gadgets" (The Batarang can hit multiple selected targets in one throw, Mr. Freeze has a freeze gun, Batman and Robin each have different suits they can don: water suits, heat suits, gliding suits, etc)
-More uniquely accessible areas (instead of just silver objects that only blow up with Star Wars thermal detonaters or Indy Bazooka/Dynamite, there are items only destructible with superhuman heroes/villains, mind control ability, freezing abilities, etc). This makes the "Freeplay" replays much more interesting

LEGO "violence" aside, the LEGO games are extremely fun family games.

Comments?



mapachito13 -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/24/2008 10:43:39 AM)

My sons have gone through the Lego Star Wars Complete Saga and have Lego Batman reserved at the local Game Stop for the WII. I will be picking up for them today. I'll bet they finish their homework in record time tonight!



ManimalX -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/24/2008 8:03:20 PM)

Haha! Nothing like a new video game to motivate a kid to put the ol' nose to the grindstone! On an opposite note, I remember the day my mom let me skip school so we could be at the Game store when it opened. The occasion? Street Fighter 2 for the SNES!!! It was raining all day and I bundled up in a blanket and played SF2 all day... Man, that is a good memory!

I've been having a blast playing LEGO Batman with my 5 1/2 year old. I think it is a little more difficult than the other LEGO games. There seems to be a lot more hidden objects and harder puzzles.



iluvatar -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/24/2008 8:53:27 PM)

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ORIGINAL: ManimalX

Haha! Nothing like a new video game to motivate a kid to put the ol' nose to the grindstone! On an opposite note, I remember the day my mom let me skip school so we could be at the Game store when it opened. The occasion? Street Fighter 2 for the SNES!!! It was raining all day and I bundled up in a blanket and played SF2 all day... Man, that is a good memory!


Seriously? I could barely stay home when I was sick. Oh, and SF2 was better on the Genesis w/ a 6-button controller.

-Dan.



ManimalX -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/24/2008 10:23:43 PM)

Hehe, yeah the Genesis was pretty cool. I remember playing Altered Beast and Sonic a lot on one of my friend's systems. As far as SF2 goes, I used to be the neighborhood champ! I was banned from playing as Ken or Guile since I usually won and usually had to be Dhalsim or Zangief (everyone on my block considered them the worst for some reason).

Regarding staying home from school.... well, my mom was always pretty cool about that. She has been a school teacher since she was 17 and got too worked up over "perfect attendance" awards, so long as grades remained good. Humorously, my dad was the opposite and used to think it was "punishment" to make me miss school if I slept in too long and missed getting a ride to school. Oh, the horror! Staying home all day raiding the cupboard and playing Nintendo! [sm=angelic.gif]

Unfortunately we have to grow up some time ;) I still get in some COD 4 and Civ Rev on the 360 when I can, but no more 12 hour all-night Final Fantasy 3 game sessions like I did when I was a lad ;)



mapachito13 -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/24/2008 11:50:30 PM)

I remember playing Pong with my friends! Then we were "styling" with our Nintendo playing Space Invaders, Defender and other games with those primitive blocky graphics!

Kids finished homework in record time!! Played for a couple hours before it was time for bed. Now I got leverage on them again! [Diabolical laughter]



ManimalX -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/25/2008 7:44:15 PM)

Well I don't remember Pong, but my first games were played on a Commodore 64. This served the family well until my dad and step-mom broke down and bought an NES for us kids. At my mom's house, I talked them into getting a Sega Master System. Astro Warrior, Black Belt, Space Harrier, Wonder Boy, Rambo... those were the days :)



iluvatar -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/25/2008 9:35:58 PM)

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ORIGINAL: ManimalX
Unfortunately we have to grow up some time ;) I still get in some COD 4 and Civ Rev on the 360 when I can, but no more 12 hour all-night Final Fantasy 3 game sessions like I did when I was a lad ;)


I didn't really get into COD4 very much. I really liked Portal, but before that, the last game I really liked was Hitman: Blood Money. I'm waiting for Braid to come out on the PC. I'd also like to try the news Star Wars game, The Force Unleashed, when it comes out on Wii. I've heard mixed reviews so far; some people love it, but one reviewer hated it for a lot of reasons that would make me hate it, too. [8D]

I go to a monthly game developer's meeting and a couple months we had Ralph Baer come and give a talk - he invented the Magnavox Odyssey and Simon! [sm=eek.gif]

-Dan.



Random -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/26/2008 6:25:25 AM)

My son is 5, and we have done the Indiana Jones and most of the Star Wars together. We bought Batman yesterday, but we aren't going to play it until we finish Star Wars. I think we have something like 152 of the 160 gold bricks, plus there are a few things that don't earn bricks that we haven't finished yet.

I love the multipliers! Once you get them all, each stud is worth 3,840 times its normal value, so you can build up points quickly. I think we have about 3 billion points in Star Wars right now.

I agree, these games are good family fun because the "violence" is just breaking a few Lego pieces. There are a few areas that my son doesn't like, but I just do those on my own and then he plays again.



mapachito13 -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/26/2008 10:02:12 AM)

My 11 year old likes Lego Batman better than Star Wars. He says he likes the graphics better and he thinks it is funner to play.



ManimalX -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/27/2008 1:24:22 AM)

I agree regarding the graphics. They have gotten better every installment. Batman has some levels where police and fire blue/red lights are flashing around the scenery and in HD it looks superb!

Also, as Random mentioned, the drop in/drop out play is really great. If someone gets tired of playing, they can drop out. If they want to play ten minutes later, they can jump right back in with the push of one button.

I forgot to mention that the musical score is also a highlight of this game. The developers chose to use the Danny Elfman score from the Tim Burton films, which is one of the more excellent film scores in the history of films.



mapachito13 -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (9/28/2008 2:37:09 AM)

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ORIGINAL: ManimalX

I forgot to mention that the musical score is also a highlight of this game. The developers chose to use the Danny Elfman score from the Tim Burton films, which is one of the more excellent film scores in the history of films.


Danny Elfman has shown himself to be on par with the scores from the greats. Who'd have ever thought the lead singer of Oingo Boingo would have such great musical talent. By the looks of his body of work, he's been a busy boy!

"In addition to his work with Tim Burton, Elfman has written scores for numerous other films including:

Forbidden Zone (Richard Elfman, 1980)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Cameron Crowe, 1982)
Weird Science (John Hughes, 1985)
Back to School, (Alan Metter, 1986)
Wisdom (Emilio Estevez, Robert Wise, 1986)
Big Top Pee-wee (Randal Kleiser, 1988)
Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988)
Scrooged (Richard Donner, 1988)
Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990)
Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty, 1990)
Nightbreed (Clive Barker, 1990)
Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1993) (theme)
Sommersby (Jon Amiel, 1993)
Black Beauty (Caroline Thompson, 1994)
Dolores Claiborne (Taylor Hackford, 1995)
Dead Presidents (Hughes Brothers, 1995)
To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995)
The Frighteners (Peter Jackson, 1996)
Freeway (Matthew Bright, 1996)
Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, 1996)
Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997)
A Simple Plan (Sam Raimi, 1998)
Instinct (Jon Turteltaub, 1999)
Proof of Life (Taylor Hackford, 1999)
The Family Man (Brett Ratner, 2000)
Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002) (The instrumental pieces "After Midnight" and "Roxie's Suite")
Men in Black II (Barry Sonnenfeld, 2002)
Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002)
Red Dragon (Brett Ratner, 2002)
Hulk (Ang Lee, 2003)
Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi, 2004)
Deep Sea 3D (Howard Hall, 2006)
Nacho Libre (Jared Hess, 2006) (Ramses Suite)
Charlotte's Web (Gary Winick, 2006)
Meet the Robinsons (Steve Anderson, 2007)
The Kingdom (Peter Berg, 2007)
Spider-Man 3 (Sam Raimi, 2007)
Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris, 2008)
Wanted (Timur Bekmambetov, 2008)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo del Toro, 2008)
Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008)
The Wolf Man (2009 film) (Joe Johnston, 2009)
He has also written the theme music for several television series, including:

Pee-wee's Playhouse (some episodes) (1986)
Sledge Hammer! (1986)
The Simpsons (1989)
Beetlejuice (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
The Flash (1990)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
The New Batman/Superman Adventures, (1997)
Perversions of Science, (1997)
Dilbert (1999)
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Point Pleasant (2005)"

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ManimalX -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (10/1/2008 1:11:08 AM)

Holy Macaroni! I knew that I liked Elfman's compositions, but I had no idea he had such a huge repertoire of GREAT scores!

Embarrassingly enough, do you know how much I used to love the Sledge Hammer theme? A LOT... The score and the closing shot of Hammer's gun on the silk pillow... priceless...



mapachito13 -> RE: LEGO Batman: the Video Game (10/1/2008 8:09:25 AM)

When I hear other scores for the comic book character movies by other composers I hear an Elfman-like score. I think he has captured the quintessential sound of that genre. John Williams Superman soundtrack being the exception.

My kids are still playing that game whenever they can. They'd play it night and day if I let them. It's nice that they can save it at any time or one can drop out when someone hasn't finished their homework or chores. It also gets rid of the plea, "But we need to get to such and such a spot in the game so we can save our progress!"



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