Crispy™ Marvel Lego (any format)

[crufty]

is it me or is this one of the better & more ridiculous games released in 2013?

maybe i'm just an old fart but i am truly amazed from the snippets of gameplay that i have seen others play. the star wars, indiana jones & dc heroes just didn't do it for me really.

have years of rogue likes made me a easily dazzled by things the jaded gfx whore sees right thru--or is this game really that good?

so far i am loving the marvel cliches! good stuff. also--the ability to wander around nyc, causing mayhem.

only thing i wish--four player action!

 

[DakaSha]

I could score some brofists here, but meh

 

[Erzherzog]

Have you not played a platformer in the last decade?

 

[crufty]

well,given that i'm an old fart, probably not as many as others.

but really, i thought i had. the legos series is well known to me, as is mario and sonic, rayman, etc. i am used to the hub -> jumping puzzle -> action -> jumping puzzle -> set piece w/quicktime event, etc

the integration of theme and gameplay is pretty tight, each of the characters really has different stuff to do (vs star wars and indiana jones, where they were all basically the same, except only the droid could hit the droid buttons, the wookie could hit the wookie buttons). I guess it's not that much different, instead of a droid button it is a glowing object, still, the feel is 180 from that. also the animation is really pretty cool. I thought anyway, all lego-y, very imaginative!

but that is why i ask--am i just like rip van winkle, who today, would wake up and be amazed by microwaves and instant coffee?


for example, super mario world 3d is a fun, solid platformer, but it didn't leave me thinking wow that is some cool shit. i did like super mario wii-u, that was some cool shit w/the gamepad and all. but man marvel i was like wtf is this. if i was 8 yrs old i would be having an orgy of destruction, plowing hulk through nyc, smashing every taxi in sight.

we have a wii-u so each player has their own screen--only way to co-op in my opinion.

so i guess nobody has really played it yet. i thought it was way more inventive and creative then i expected. again, i'm not playing it--just watching it casually every now and then.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Yeah, from what I've read the Lego games are one of those weird franchises that actually get better with each title (imagine that). I have Lord of The Rings, didn't play it yet though.

 

[Name]

The main missions are pretty cool and diverse and showcases major characters and settings from current movie franchises (MCU, X-MEN&F4, Amazing Spiderman), but the open-world feels pretty meh.
And I keep wondering What If they made a normal game (that is not LEGO bricks) with same gameplay... that would look cooler...
Still Deadpool is better than LEGO brick humor lol