LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame Reviews

first game ive ever 100% in the lego series and my first game ever to 100% i use to play this game a lot on my 3ds and i wish i still had my old 3ds, i really loved 100% this game, it was very fun and i recommend too

Pure Nostalgia, just bought and replayed the whole thing. 100%ed it. Very well made game from a gone era of gaming.

[h1]Rating:8.5/10[/h1] Another solid Lego game with very memorable levels and characters as well as mostly fun new mechanics and abilities for puzzles and combat. Small issue is I lost five hours of progress when I switched computers, but the game now works with the steam cloud, so it shouldn't be a problem for anyone else now. [h2]Puzzles:[/h2] The puzzles utilise a few unique mechanics, with Batman and Robin changing suits mid-level being the main feature in the hero levels, which is a very cool feature to change the basic formula. Although some suits, like Batman's heat resistance suit or Robin's diver suit feel a little underutilized by the game (heat resistance was needed maybe five times for 100%). Additionally, I let out a small groan every time I needed to switch to the attract suit in a free play level, and the attract suit makes it possible to softlock yourself in some levels, which certainly shouldn't be possible. The villains campaign takes a slightly different approach, and sticks to a 'main' villain for a set of levels and switching out their companion with new abilities. I don't really like how some abilities (freeze gun, ivy's plants, penguin bombers, etc) only have one character attached to them, though. The puzzles that use character abilities from both campaigns are the standard affair, break, build, push blocks, the works. No puzzle was too difficult to solve, but I do like how they keep bringing back the TCS dance pad, and hope they continue to do that. [h2]Combat:[/h2] I do not like the combo system increasing stud payout, since it feels undeserved a lot of the time it pays out, and having to try and position the enemies close to a purple stud, or breaking objects as I combo, often won't work with the enemy AI or weirdly strict combo timer. Asides from that, I love the different grab animations that each character has (breaking the back of a police officer with bane is always a comedic experience) and the animations on the actual attacks feel improved. Also, the way that unique abilities are integrated into combat is nice, I loved letting the AI control Mr. Freeze and let it run wild on the enemies for me. Speaking of, the AI companions got another upgrade, and can actually kill enemies now! [h2]Level Design:[/h2] The levels in this game are at their shortest, you get six episodes of five levels, four of which are ground levels that take around twenty minutes, and the fifth a vehicle level (Except for the riddler's episode for some reason) that generally takes about ten minutes. The vehicle levels here are a mixed bag, the levels themselves are generally good, but there are just so many constantly respawning enemies. The AI also doesn't feel like it was designed around the ground levels, since it will get stuck on random things constantly, meaning you have to backtrack to tag back to them (lucky the tag distance in this game is so far). Asides from that, I like all of the levels, they are all made super memorable by either having a unique boss encounter at the end for the Hero levels, or by playing as a new member of Batman's rogues gallery for the Villain levels. The actual look of the levels also feels varied, as you constantly jump across Gotham (although the locations from a Hero level often correspond to a Villain level as well). Levels take place in an abandoned toy factory, a zoo, a church, the sewers, the botanical gardens, and so much more. I truly believe that the design of the levels is where this game shines. On a side note, you will always have just two playable characters, no level's story mode ever gives you a third to play as. I found this odd given the last two games both had parties that could get much larger than two. [h2]Side Content:[/h2] In a similar fashion to Lego Indiana Jones, this game only really has free play and two bonus one million stud levels to go through. Free play involves picking up several collectables around the map, Minikits specifically can be hidden in real devious places, with a couple being in random areas that you have no shot to be able to visually see. Red Bricks are still here, with Hero level Red Bricks granting suit upgrades as opposed to extras. While the suit upgrades are cool, they aren't super useful, with most providing small speed upgrades on your abilities. New to this game, there are also 25 people to save from thugs (in both Hero and Villain levels, which is odd), they're all super easy to find, and saving all of them gets you a special character.

Very good game and nostalgic to me personally but it clearly hasn't been updated for newer devices and crashes often on them i attempted to play it twice and both times only managed to make it 15 minutes in before it crashes which would be less annoying if that gave me the amount of time i need to finish even the first level (as i'm a completest who attempts too 100% every level) it may work differently for others since this is just my personal experience but i have had people tell me they had the same issues

I love this game I started playing it to 100% it and now i bought every Lego Batman game my wallet is thanking me.

Really fun game still holds up to this day and it does have some Jank but it's still a fun game love the characters, levels and the fact it's a Batman game and I do love Batman.

Played it as a child, once I grew up I started falling out of love with gaming as a whole as it is not as interesting to me anymore now that i am older. Once I started playing this again though. I felt like a kid again and I 100% this whole game in like a week. Best game of all time.

its annoying how you gotta adjust the settings just to have the game work well, irritating if you just wanted to turn off your brain and play, not deal with crashes, lag, and the robin's rc car not working, ill try to fix them and try again but rn, im annoyed

Overall, I would definitely recommend getting LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame if you're in the mix of playing it. It's still an enjoyable game in 2025 after nearly 17 years since its original release date. If I were you, I recommend getting this game with the LEGO Batman Trilogy bundle as it's such a great deal, especially when it's on sale. Going into the game, you can tell it has this older LEGO Video Game charm to it, maybe it's just nostalgia talking but overall this game looks nice and I really enjoyed completing it to 100%. It being an older LEGO Video Game, it doesn't have any voice-lines other than grunts and expressions but I wouldn't say that it's a bad thing. It still manages to push humor through, although it's definitely more inclined to younger audiences, I would say it's great for everyone. It has a good music soundtrack, there's multiple levels and tons of replay-ability with "free-play", multiple puzzles and collectibles as you play through the game. Plus a small roster of characters with different abilities you can choose from in free-play. Depending on your play style, you can expect between 10 - 30 hours of gameplay. Other than that, It's a great game to play either solo or with a friend. This is ultimately up to preference but I would recommend playing with a controller. Throughout my experience, I haven't crashed once or had frame drops with this game, it's definitely more polished for a LEGO Video Game but take note that you can still experience some bugs as I did although rarely. Lastly, make sure to turn "V-Sync" on as this game isn't really designed to run higher than 60hz and having a frame rate higher than that can cause bugs or even soft-locks in some levels. That's all, have fun! :D - Mushmistle

Lego Batman is a game that you can play. there are legos, you can break them, one of them is batman, I believe the Joker is there too. enjoy?