Lego Marvel's Avengers
| Lego Marvel's Avengers | |
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 Cover art for Lego Marvel's Avengers. | |
| Developer(s) | Traveller's Tales |
| Publisher(s) | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Arthur Parsons |
| Composer(s) | Rob Westwood |
| Platform(s) |
Microsoft Windows Nintendo 3DS PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Wii U Xbox 360 Xbox One |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Lego Marvel's Avengers is a Lego action-adventure video game developed by TT Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. It is the spiritual successor to LEGO Marvel Super Heroes and the second installment of the Lego Marvel franchise.[1] It follows the plots of both The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron as well as Captain America: The First Avenger, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier It features major characters from the Avenger's movies as well as characters from comic books and TV shows. Characters include Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Thor, Ultron, Loki, Winter Soldier, Falcon, Vision and War Machine and some lesser known characters such as Devil Dinosaur and Fin Fang Foom.[2] It includes the characters of the Avengers team along with many others.[3] The game was released on January 26, 2016.[4]
Characters
The game features over two hundred playable characters, including returning ones from the previous game. The heroes are drawn not just from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the comics as well. Director Arthur Parsons stated "It's a celebration of everything Avengers. Comic books, movies, cartoons. It's everything you love about the Avengers in video games."[5] Confirmed additional characters include Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel, Sam Wilson's Captain America appearance, America Chavez, Jane Foster's Thor form, Wiccan and Speed.[6] Every two characters have their own unique team-up abilities. There are even separate ones for what character is triggering the attack, meaning nearly 800 team-up moves.
Gameplay
Gameplay is similar to LEGO's long running series of franchise video games, with a focus on puzzle solving interspersed with action. Players often have to solve puzzles spread across the game environment, such as figuring out how to move a particular truck that is blocking their progression. As always, the game has its own unique quirks, for instance taking advantage of its large character library in areas that require two specific characters to team up in order to proceed. Boss battles also take the form of puzzles, often requiring careful timing. While action and fighting are spread liberally throughout the game, it is kept very child-friendly as per LEGO custom. The game features New York City as the main large open world hub, but also, for the first time, includes a dozen other movie significant areas players can travel to, including Asgard, Malibu, South Africa, The Helicarrier, the Bartons' farm, Washington DC and Sokovia.[7] These hubs also feature heavy playability, with hundreds of side quests and bonus levels such as rescuing citizens in trouble, races, and more. The main story actually takes up a fairly small fraction of the game's total "completion". Whilst the game's story is predominantly focused on the two Avengers films there are single levels based on Captain America: The First Avenger, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Development
Audio
Unlike Lego Marvel Super Heroes, which used original voice acting, Lego Marvel's Avengers utilizes audio from the six films being adapted for the game, including voice and music, similar to Lego The Lord of the Rings, The Lego Movie Videogame, Lego The Hobbit, and Lego Jurassic World.[8] However, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Ashley Johnson and Hayley Atwell recorded additional dialogue for their respective roles from the films,[9] and Marvel Comics co-creator Stan Lee returned to voice himself.[10] Robbie Daymond voices A-Bomb.[11] Lou Ferrigno voices himself and Greg Miller voices Aldrich Killian.
Downloadable content
Free PlayStation 4 exclusive downloadable content has been announced. This will include a character pack and a level based on Ant-Man, which will be available in the future, and a Captain America: Civil War character pack to be released at launch. A season pass was also available during launch, which gave players exclusive access to the "Explorers Pack" and other future content, including story levels and over 40 additional playable characters. These will be based on the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. television series as well as levels focused on the comic versions of Black Panther, The Masters of Evil, Captain Marvel and Doctor Strange.
Reception
Upon its release, Lego Marvel's Avengers received mixed reviews. It has a score of 74% on Metacritic[12] Game Informer's Andrew Reiner gave the game 7.75 out of 10.[13] IGN awarded it a score of 6.7 out of 10, saying "LEGO Marvel's Avengers is great fun, but unfortunately restricted by sticking to the Marvel Cinematic Universe."[14] Destructoid awarded it a score of 6 out of 10, saying "It's a fun mindless romp through a couple of interesting setpieces, but not a whole lot more than that when it comes down to it."[15] PlayStation Lifestyle awarded it 7.5 out of 10, saying "Some technical hiccups and the occasional unclear objective can hamper your progress, but these can all be overcome in a game that exudes a fun-loving attitude throughout."[16] GameSpot awarded it a score of 7.0 out of 10, saying "If you've played a Lego game in recent years then you'll know what to expect: another familiar and fun adventure that you can enjoy with your kids."[17] PC Gamer awarded it a score of 52%, calling it "A half-hearted recreation of some fun movies, with almost nothing to offer over its predecessor."[18]
References
- ↑ Cabral, Matt (June 29, 2015). "Arthur Parsons Assembles 'Lego Marvel's Avengers". Marvel. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ↑ Phillips, Tom (October 12, 2015). "Lego Marvel's Avengers covers six Marvel films". Eurogamer. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group Announce an Action-Packed Slate of LEGO® Videogames for 2015". Business Wire. January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ↑ Futter, Mike (August 5, 2015). "Lego Marvel Avengers Delayed Into 2016". Game Informer. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ↑ McWhertor, Michael (July 11, 2015). "Lego Marvel's Avengers adds 100-plus characters, even more Stan Lee". Polygon. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ↑ Brown, Luke (August 5, 2015). "Kamala Khan, Jane Foster and More Join ‘Lego Marvel’s Avengers’ This January". Comics Alliance.
- ↑ Takadashi, Dean (December 9, 2015). "Lego Marvel’s Avengers is loaded with superheroes, villians, cities, and open-world gameplay". Venturebeat. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
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- ↑ Dornbush, Jonathan (October 12, 2015). "Lego Marvel's Avengers to include Phase 2, Agent Carter, more content". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
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- ↑ Robbie Daymond Talks Sailor Moon and More
- ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/lego-marvels-avengers
- ↑ http://www.gameinformer.com/games/lego_marvel_avengers/b/playstation4/archive/2016/01/27/lego-marvel-avengers-review.aspx
- ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/01/28/lego-marvels-avengers-review
- ↑ http://www.destructoid.com/review-lego-marvel-s-avengers-337320.phtml
- ↑ http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2016/01/27/lego-marvel-avengers-review-ps4-playstation-lifestyle/#/slide/1
- ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/lego-marvels-avengers-review/1900-6416345/
- ↑ http://www.pcgamer.com/lego-marvels-avengers-review-2/
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