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  • It's not that I don't like the LEGO games. I really do. My thing is, over the last several

  • games, I've this unshakable feeling that...man, these are kind of all the same. Not much varies

  • from one to the next in terms of their core gameplay. Button-mashy combat, collect the

  • studs, solve basic puzzles...I mean, they change the structure, but in terms of what

  • you're doing?

  • It's always...kind of the same.

  • As pretty and massive as it may be? I don't know, I feel like it's...kind of the same.

  • And I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I'm just saying it's a thing. If you're a Marvel

  • fan, this game's gonna make your brain explode into a million LEGO pieces.

  • But if you've gotten tired of these games?

  • I don't know that this one, great as it is, is gonna change your mind.

  • Now, that said...seriously, this thing's gonna blow Marvel fans away. There are more than

  • 150 playable characters from the Marvel universe. That's just...I mean, that's just insane.

  • From the X-Men to the Fantastic Four to the Avengers, oh and about 100 freaking others...this

  • is like a Marvel encyclopedia, but done in LEGO pieces.

  • And instead of reading it, you get to play it.

  • And I guess, if I sound at all negative about this game...I really don't mean to. Because

  • I had a good time with it. I think part of my problem is...I mean, I'm not really a big

  • Marvel fan, so all the sameness of the experience strikes me a bit more, I think. To be fair,

  • if this were LEGO Ninja Turtles, I'd probably be a lot less concerned about that sameness.

  • Like any LEGO title, it's really for fans of whatever franchise it's taking on.

  • I mean, I probably can't even appreciate this game's scale on a level that a big Marvel

  • fan would, but...holy crap, it's massive. Not only are you playing as characters from

  • different series, but you also have bad guys from different series. All mixed together,

  • just like a big Marvel pasta salad. Each mission starts off with you chasing after a bad guy,

  • and as the levels unfold, it's basically an elaborate chase scene...which is kind of cool.

  • Then again...I mean, am I crazy, or...that's all kind of the same, too? Yeah?

  • The puzzles are...certainly puzzles. Usually, it's just about which character has the right

  • ability, so you just switch to the right one and boom. You're golden. Not much thinking

  • involved. These games are more about mindless fun, and they are. I love smashing things

  • made from LEGO and then rebuilding them into more useful things...that LEGO whimsy never

  • gets old.

  • Even if the gameplay might.

  • One of my favorite LEGO games is actually LEGO City, because I think the LEGO gameplay

  • lends itself especially well to an open world, as opposed to linear missions. These LEGO

  • titles seem to be using that more and more to their advantage. Marvel Super Heroes has

  • its main missions, but there's also a hub world. You have a huge city to explore between

  • missions, packed with stuff to find and characters to unlock. And that really helps to break

  • up the monotony that can set in during the missions themselves.

  • Of course, it also helps that the game is so huge. There's always something new to find,

  • some kind of amazing Marvel character for fans to lose their mind over. And honestly,

  • it kind of makes me jealous. Had I grown up with Marvel comics, I'd be just as pumped

  • as you guys.

  • I'm just...I'm waiting for LEGO Ghostbusters. With bated breath.

  • So if you came here to hear a Marvel super fan freak out about this game...sorry. There

  • are plenty of people doing that. As someone who doesn't really know the characters, though...it's

  • easier to point out that, if you're not a huge fan, this game isn't for you. It's not

  • one of those games that transcends its franchise, you know? It's not so good that it doesn't

  • matter.

  • Because beneath all the Marvel love? It's just more of the same LEGO.

  • For better or worse.

It's not that I don't like the LEGO games. I really do. My thing is, over the last several

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