Review: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (PlayStation 4)
Join your favorite Super Heroes and Super Villains from different eras and realities as they go head-to-head with the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror in the all-new, original adventure.
Pros:
- Crisp HD graphics.
- 22.22GB Download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Comic book aesthetic all the way through from speech bubbles to comic book style menus and end of level breakdown.
- Autosaves and has a save and quit option.
- Drop in and out local co-op.
- Original story by Kurt Busiek.
- New time manipulation mechanic to change the state of the game elements like slow down time for example.
- Pause menu will show you your active character as a trading card showing off stats and what abilities you have. Has a cool bit where it has the origin and description of the character.
- Familiar controls.
- Checkpoints scattered all over the levels.
- Cool features for characters like Starlord can put headphones on and you listen to the GOTG soundtrack whilst playing.
- On-screen prompts for QTE, waypoints and interactive objects.
- Battle arena- 2-4 player local multiplayer game mode. Two modes with 4 arenas. One mode has you painting the floor then cashing them in for points.
- Huge open hub world where it combines the levels from the story and seamlessly combines them. There are collectibles and side missions to do.
- The story is really good and takes a stab at the earlier comic book stories and adds a lot to the universe.
- Clean clear UI.
- Freeplay- Once you finish a level you can replay it and skip cutscenes and change to any unlocked characters.
- Decent voice work.
- Humour all the way through it.
- Biggest game yet in both size and content.
- 200 odd characters to unlock from the famous ones to the not so famous.
- Easy to play.
- Stud counter is back. Collect studs to fill the bar to earn a gold brick.
- Bricks- Gold, Red, and pink blocks to collect to unlock new items and other secrets.
- Addictive.
- Perfect game for the younger gamer.
- Vehicles to play with and spawn in in a cool way.
- Tons upon tons of replayability.
Cons:
- Unskippable boot up video.
- The camera can be useless in tight situations but also in split-screen.
- Mini-games fall flat and feel boring and not that fun.
- Splitscreen is hectic with pop-ups, Screen split and noises.
- Not the official actor voices.
