You can even float all the way up to the Helicarrier, stationed above the city, where all the collectibles are stored. The flying mechanic takes a while to get used to, but once you're au fait with Iron Man's blasters, you can zip around Manhattan in a flash. The missions usually take place in contained locations - prisons, secret hideouts, Stark Tower, and so on - but Free Play lets you roam around the entirety of New York City. What's more, the missions are visually cluttered as a result, and that means that it all looks a bit muddy on the Switch, especially in handheld mode.īecause Super Heroes is at its best when you're able to freely switch between X-Men, Fantastic Four, and the Avengers, Free Play is undoubtedly the best part of the game. You'll get a lot of pop-ups about needing "magnetic powers" or "web-slinging characters", and it can be frustrating if you know exactly what you need to do, but you're just not allowed. Lego games want you to replay all the levels, so the missions are cluttered with stuff that you can't use yet. The plot can sometimes feel like a paint-by-numbers tutorial in which you're penalised for trying to skip ahead, though. The actual missions themselves limit you to a pre-chosen group, and although those characters will get you through the mission, they won't have all the necessary powers to unlock all the secrets within - you'll need to come back in Free Play for that, with a larger arsenal of superheroes to choose from. They're all superheroes and villains, so it's no surprise that they're all extremely overpowered, but LEGO Marvel Super Heroes does a fantastic job of letting you feel powerful, not bored. Our favourite character was Dark Phoenix, because she can fly, set things on fire, use telekinesis, and control the minds of others a close second was Squirrel Girl, who can summon armies of squirrels to tear people apart. Not all of them are unique, mind you - many of them are some combination of flying/invisibility/shape shifting/lasers - but the combinations are nonetheless extremely fun to play around with. The more well-known characters will unlock throughout the story, but many more are also scattered throughout New York City, and you'll have to complete puzzles to win them to your team.Įvery character has their own powers. There are over 150 of the blighters to unlock, with multiple outfits for a few of them, like Iron Man's various suits, and Spider-Man's different costumes/identities. The characters are the shining Arc Reactor at the heart of Super Heroes, which is no surprise, given that Marvel's roster has been built up over 60 years, in countless comics, movies, and even musical spin-offs. That well-trodden Lego gameplay of "smash everything until you figure out what to do next" is still present in here the difference is that now all of the characters have superpowers, and smashing things is infinitely more fun and varied. But you don't need to be a superfan to enjoy the game - and thank goodness for that, because trying to catch up on the Marvelverse these days is like attempting to memorise Wikipedia.
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