LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 is the game that will reunite you with all of your favorite heroes, Each one with its own set of skills and abilities, each one with a part in the main storyline. Some technical bugs may occur, but it won't take away from this MARVELous experience.

The latest installment of the Lego Marvel series doesn't deviate too far from the franchise's formula, which means it probably won't draw new gamers into the fold. However, it checks all the right boxes and hits most of the necessary marks, giving fans exactly what they crave.

A few technical hiccups and minor quibbles aside, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 tops off a great year for comic book properties with a fun, varied adventure.

It's a lot of fun, and you're never stuck for something to do. It's also the perfect game to play with your friends and family, and the sheer amount of characters means there's someone for everyone.

With the enormous available characters, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is a fun to play game.

One of the best Lego games of the entire series, with a dizzying array of bizarre characters and some genuinely compelling gameplay for younger players.

Playing LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 is a constant battle between being pulled in by TT Games' charm and being pushed away by the repetitive gameplay. For every excellent moment there are seemingly multiple forgettable ones, but if you can stomach the lows of the story, then there are some fun times to be had. Still, this middling effort shows that the LEGO series is in need of some revitalising changes.

Just amazing so many characters and an amazing story, the open world chronopolis is so big there are so many things to do there like unlocking characters, vehicles, and gold bricks, it is just so much fun to play you can play it for hours and hours amazing

This game is carried on the back of its story and characters. Both have a massive level of charm and everything about the interactions and character dialogue is lovable. The roster is massive and the world is surprisingly diverse. The only real problem with the game is the gameplay itself. This is a Lego game, which means it is a kids game. The puzzles are not difficult, the bosses are easy, and the entire game is a relative walk in the park. That is to say the only problem with the game is that is has a charm and fun that makes it a definite favorite across different age ranges, while having gameplay mechanics that are only suitable for children. It is a unique problem that Lego games have, and honestly is not a bad problem to have at all.

I think that a young kid who loves the Marvel comics or movies will adore this game. It’s got everything they could possibly want out of a fun Marvel game for their age group. As for adults, I’d say there’s enough here that’s worth a look over a weekend rental. If you’re looking for a game with a more relaxed pace to chill out with over the holiday season, this one is definitely worth a shot.

I really should preface this with: I'm not a fan of Marvel but I really liked the first game. But this one seemed held together with string, with some deeply unenjoyable load times and a frustratingly long unskippable post-level roundup stat screen. Intro and outro cutscenes were skippable when you replay levels, but slow scenes and pans within the level were not. The map was awkward and not terribly legible - unlocking the Gwenpool missions helped because finally there was a fast travel point that you could see more clearly than the Map Points (the decision to obscure those with a small green tick like all the other icons is quite funny though,) but I'm curious as to why they were designated fast travel points at all. I actually did enjoy the cast, and I'm sure it's my own unfamiliarity with the franchises but often I'd load into a level with no idea of what my characters could do and how to interact with the game's puzzles, and the game was very very very unpredictable with its nudges and help, often simply trying to talk about another nearby interaction, and covering the minimap as it did so. On top of that, there were just too many powers per character, and having every button have tap, double tap and hold powers did not work well. The fact that Iron Man would go into an incredibly long transform animation every time I tried to switch was infuriating and I dreaded having to use him at all. The writing was pretty solid, but again let down by the game simply not being good enough - repetitive and overlapping dialogue meant much of it was annoying in their effort to bring the city to life. Stan Lee sounded absolutely terrible and having him constantly bleating in most of the levels was dire. He'd start calling for help anytime you were near, and the levels are not big. It could be relentless. There were some inspired collectables and fun minigames, but there were some really terrible ones as well, and with no way to track most of them without just exhaustively scouring the whole map, it felt so dated and tiresome. I'm sure there's a lot of joy to be had if this was the only game you had over the summer, but I'm pretty sure that even older Lego games worked better than this did, and I sure hope more recent ones got it back under control. Would not recommend.

Compared to its predecessor, this game is a major let down. The story is fun, but it lost a lot of its "Lego Charm" in the gameplay. All the battles are much slower, favoring button mashing over "Action Puzzles". The puzzles are less intuitive, neither copying or building upon the last game, just providing mechanics that are a further stretch from what is reasonable. The camera is worse in this game, being a little too far zoomed out to determine what is actually going on in the puzzle you are trying to figure out. The cast is far more niche, requiring you be a super fan to recognize half the characters. All in all, I would recommend you avoid this game.