Lego super heroes 2 switch review full#

We're a long way off being classed as a hardcore Marvel fan - and indeed, Marvel aficionados will likely appreciate the little nods and references way more than we do - but we are a die-hard LEGO game fan, and this is the first one we've struggled to get into.

To make things more confusing, the game also often refers to characters by their 'real' names rather than their hero names, with Giant-Man routinely being referred to as 'Hank' in dialogue, leaving us with no idea they were one and the same until about half way through the story mode. By contrast, the sequel throws in Ravonna Renslayer, Eson the Searcher, and The Presence as fairly major characters from the off, with little to no explanation as to who any of them are in the story, or what they're doing, leaving us scratching our heads. Sure, the original LEGO Marvel Super Heroes had a fair few cameos, but the story largely centred on the Avengers, with the odd special appearance from the X-Men and Spiderman thrown in for good measure - and almost every character got their own intro and personality.

However, we can't help thinking that LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 possibly takes the obscure Marvel references a bit too far. Having player 2 have to go out on the wing while player one flies is pretty cool, though We promise not everything in this review revolves around The Guardians of the Galaxy too - it's just a coincidence! As is traditional, different characters have their own special abilities, and you'll need to make use of everyone's special powers to get through each level, perhaps using the sheer strength of Drax to shift fallen debris, blasting through shiny metal barriers with Rocket Racoon's rockets, or using Star Lord's built-in jet pack to reach high up areas. Over the course of the game, you'll find yourself battling bad guys on the roof of a runaway train with Star Lord, fighting your way through futuristic Xandar as a winning combo of Rocket Racoon and Groot, and battling your way through the wild west as a rootin' tootin' version of Captain America to name but a few. With a story that mostly involves travelling to various Marvel destinations in search of Nexus shards, the good guys end up dividing themselves into teams of three or four to cover Chronopolis quicker, giving you the option of which team you fancy going with first.

Lego super heroes 2 switch review full#

While there is a central, open world hub packed with quests to complete, the individual levels themselves here are proper, self-contained LEGO levels, with minikit pieces to collect, stud bars to fill, and a Stan Lee in Peril to find - unlike the more open levels we found in LEGO Ninjago (for more on that, check out our full review).

In terms of structure, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 very much sticks to the tried and tested LEGO formula, with 20 levels (plus ten pretty substantial bonus levels) packed full of light platforming and puzzles, along with plenty of bad guy bashing, a smattering of slapstick humour, and full support for drop-in, drop-out co-op.

With everyone from The Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers and Spiderman to the more obscure spanner-headed dog Lockjaw, Wasp and Black Panther getting in on the action, there's something for everyone, whether you're just a passing Marvel fan or a die-hard comic book nut. By rounding up the shattered shards of something called the 'Nexus', they can restore order to the galaxy, putting an end to Kang's conquering fun and freeing the citizens that have been trapped in his bizarre citadel. Taking in everything from the Avengers' Manhattan, to medieval England and Asgard to name but a few, many a famous (and not so famous) Marvel face find themselves displaced under Kang's dictatorship, and decide to fight back. What really gets us going though, is cutesy, blocky renditions of our favourite film characters, and a silly, slapstick storyline from the masters at Traveller's Tales - yes, our most hyped game of 2017 was LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 - a sequel to one of our favourite LEGO games of all time.Īs is always the way with these things, the game begins with time and space as we know it in trouble in Marvel-land, as a nefarious time-travelling bad guy by the name of Kang the Conqueror, who sounds uncannily like LEGO City Undercover's Forest Blackwell, is rounding up all his favourite places and eras and merging them into his ultimate destination, Chronopolis. For us, we don't usually find ourselves getting excited about Panzerschrecking Nazis, or testing out the latest in 'movie studio-style advanced shadowing and occlusion techniques to benefit character rendering and overall pitch presentation'. Where other people get hyped for the latest Battlefield, Call of Duty or FIFA instalment each year, we do things a little differently here at Everybody Plays.