LEGO Batman 2 – DC Super Heroes

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is a 2012 Lego-themed action-adventure game developed by Traveller’s Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game is a sequel to Lego Batman: The Videogame and the second installment in the Lego Batman series. The main storyline follows Batman, Robin and later Superman as they attempt to foil the Joker and Lex Luthor’s plans to have the latter become president of the United States, joining forces with the Justice League along the way. As a result, the game’s cast is larger than its predecessor and includes characters outside of the Batman series.

A standalone sequel, Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, was released in November 2014, followed by a spin-off, Lego DC Super-Villains, in October 2018. Many years after the big breakout from Arkham in the previous installment, an award show is held in Gotham City, Lex Luthor loses the “Man of the Year” award to Bruce Wayne. Suddenly, the ceremony is interrupted by a group of villains led by the Joker, who rob the audience and steal the award. As the Joker presents a film about himself, which showcases his laughing gas that can make people temporarily adore him.

Bruce dons the Batsuit and, with Robin’s help, defeats Harley Quinn, the Riddler, Two-Face and the Penguin. The Joker escapes via motorboat, but Batman and Robin pursue him to Amusement Mile and capture him. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is an action-adventure open-world game, and is in some ways similar to the Batman: Arkham series. The gameplay is similar to Lego Batman: The Videogame, and presented in the third-person perspective where the playable character is allowed access through the visible elements of the 3D space they are in, although some missions force the camera to be in a 2.5D perspective. 

The game is set primarily within Gotham City, although Metropolis is also visited as part of a mission. The player can freely explore Gotham City and unlock various characters within it, and some of the elements are broken into “bricks”, which the player can use to build new suits or construct objects that can help solve puzzles. Like its predecessor, the player can defeat enemies by using the abilities each character provides, such as Superman’s super freeze or the Joker’s handbuzzer, as well as traditional combat moves such as standard punches and kicks.

Most enemies in the game do not carry weapons, although boss levels may have certain weapons or abilities that the player must counter. Combat rewards the player with studs, which the player can use to purchase new characters to use in the game’s free roam section, and thereby contributes to their “True Hero” percentage for the mission. Some suits from Lego Batman: The Videogame return in Lego Batman 2, such as the magnetic suit for Robin, and the sonic, demolition and sonars suit for Batman.