Lego Batman borrows from Insomniac's Spider-Man games for the best open-world Gotham yet |
Even before it came out, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight sparked a lot of chatter about how it emulates the feel of Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham games. The trilogy (and its black sheep prequel, Batman: Arkham Origins) originated a new type of freeflowing melee combat, and melded that combat with slick stealth gameplay.
Lego Batman does a good job of bringing that melee combat to its Lego world, earning those comparisons to the Batman: Arkham titles. And that shouldn’t be too surprising; a small contingent of Rocksteady developers lended their Bat-expertise to Legacy of the Dark Knight. But for as much as it is an Arkham facsimile built out of Legos, Lego Batman actually tops the Arkham games in one specific way.
Arkham City, Origins, and Knight all feature open-world exploration as a major pillar of the experience. Their Gotham Cities are vast and filled to the brim with activities to do, like collecting never-ending Riddler trophies. Perhaps the best........