Parents' Guide to

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

By Christopher Healy, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 10+

Vast world, fun superhero characters that finally talk!

Game Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows, Xbox 360 2012
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this game.

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Based on 2 parent reviews

swampfoxsouth
swampfoxsouth Parent of 11-year-old
February 8, 2023
age 7+

Good game for kids

Great game for kids seven and older to enjoy.

This title has:

Easy to play/use
codybear36
codybear36 Parent of 1, 3, 6 and 10-year-old
July 20, 2012
age 5+

great game

my nephew who is 5 years old cant stop talking about this game. when i go over my 2 sons who are 10 and 16 play it with them. i watch them play it and it is appropriate for 5 and up

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models
Too much violence
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What’s It About?

In LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES, the evil Joker and Lex Luthor team up in a plot to destroy all the LEGO brick buildings of Gotham City. Batman and Robin enlist the aid of their high-flying pal Superman (and eventually the entire Justice League, including Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, and more) to save the day. LEGO Gotham City, which can be explored freely in between story chapters, is a vast open game world filled with hidden challenges and bonus treasures. In addition to all the hero and villain characters that can be controlled by players, there are also loads of vehicles (land, sea, and air) that can be used for both exploration and combat.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (2):
Kids say (32):

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes offers something no LEGO game has offered before -- the ability to save your game in the middle of a level. Since some of these story levels can take up to forty minutes to play through, those save points are a huge relief (though it would be nice if they didn't disappear as soon as you used them once). It's also fun to finally hear the LEGO mini-figures speak, which allows for great comic interplay between the heroes in cinematic sequences. And the vast open world means there's so much more to do beyond the main plot. Aside from some potential dizzying when the split-screen kicks in, this is another great co-op experience from LEGO.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the fighting in the game. Does portraying the characters as LEGO toys make the violence more palatable? Is the hand-to-hand combat different from the fighting where weapons are involved?

  • Parents can also talk to kids about tie-in marketing. Does playing a LEGO video game make children want to buy LEGO toys? Or vice versa?

  • Friends, siblings, and even parents can play cooperatively as a team. What is hard about working with a partner in a video game? What's nice about it?

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