{"id":16259,"date":"2017-03-17T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T00:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16259"},"modified":"2017-02-28T17:37:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T17:37:52","slug":"lego-dimensions-the-lego-batman-movie-story-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/17\/lego-dimensions-the-lego-batman-movie-story-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Dimensions: The LEGO Batman Movie Story Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Recently, The LEGO Batman Movie came out in theaters, and it\u2019s a blast!\u00a0 Not quite as good as the original LEGO Movie that it spun off from, but still a hoot and a half in its own right.\u00a0 Now you can relive the action and fun of that new flick with The LEGO Batman Movie Story Pack for LEGO Dimensions.\u00a0 It\u2019s available for nearly all the current game consoles, but reviewed on Wii U here.<\/p>\n

So what is LEGO Dimensions?\u00a0 It\u2019s essentially like Skylanders except the figures you get are made out of LEGOs that you must build.\u00a0 I even wrote a big article about LEGO Dimensions a while back that you can read if you want more information<\/strong><\/a>. Anyway, here is the box that The LEGO Batman Movie Story Pack comes in.<\/p>\n

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So what do you get in The LEGO Batman Movie Story Pack?\u00a0 Well, first, you get a new backdrop you must build to decorate your portal pedestal with.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a shot of the original LEGO Dimensions portal, which looks a bit like that thing in Stargate.<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s the shot of The LEGO Batman Movie portal.\u00a0 It\u2019s just the Bat-Computer from the movie.\u00a0 I\u2019m a little disappointed with it since it doesn\u2019t really do much in comparison to the other Story Packs I\u2019ve reviewed.\u00a0 The Fantastic Beasts one had working elevators and the Ghostbusters one had sliding doors.\u00a0 But the Bat-Computer really doesn\u2019t do anything cool like that.<\/p>\n

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At least you get two playable characters, plus a vehicle.\u00a0 You get Robin from the movie, who is actually pretty versatile.\u00a0 He can use his gymnastic skills to swing on poles and fit into small spaces.\u00a0 He can also repair broken machines for some reason.\u00a0 Plus he can change into a Batman costume with huge shoulderpads that give him even more abilities, like being able to throw a pole to swing from, and using a shield to reflect lasers.\u00a0 Batgirl has pretty much the same abilities as Batman, but she can also hack into special computers in the game.\u00a0 The Batwing can fly and pull and tow certain objects as well.\u00a0 Here\u2019s what the pieces look like all built and out of the box.<\/p>\n

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Once you start playing, you\u2019ll have the option to download the assets for the new LEGO Batman Movie levels and hub world, so you\u2019ll have to make sure you are connected to the Internet.\u00a0 Also make sure you have plenty of space on your memory card, as the updates hog a lot of it.\u00a0 Luckily the game makes it fairly easy to manage your update data, as you can download and erase updates via one of the new menus. One more thing to remember is that you also must have the LEGO Dimensions Batman figure to start the game.\u00a0 This shouldn\u2019t be a problem since he comes with the Starter Pack, but if you lost your Batman figure, you won\u2019t be able to start the Story Pack at all.\u00a0 They kept Batman pretty much the same, but he has a new skill here where he fires off a Bat-Merchandise gun which stuns enemies but also makes them wear Batman T-shirts!<\/p>\n

The Story Pack has six stages based on the events of the movie.\u00a0 You also get to enter a new hub world as well, which is Gotham City. It\u2019s not quite as good as the Gotham you got to explore in LEGO Batman 2, but you\u2019ll still get to tromp around downtown Gotham, Wayne Manor, an amusement park, and Arkham Asylum.\u00a0 It also connects the movie levels to each other. \u00a0With six levels and a hub world connecting them, it\u2019s like getting half a full LEGO game, so that\u2019s pretty good.\u00a0 While you build only two figures, you\u2019ll have the option to switch to other characters in the story levels.\u00a0 Gameplay is like any other LEGO title, and you can also bring in any other figure or vehicle into the levels as well.\u00a0 Want Homer Simpson to join the team?\u00a0 You can do it here!\u00a0 While the levels follow the plot of the new movie, they add a lot of LEGO humor and have plenty of guest appearances from other LEGO Dimensions worlds.\u00a0 There will even be spots that you must use certain other characters to unlock goodies and such.\u00a0 The hub world also has extra side missions for you to earn more gold bricks and other stuff.<\/p>\n

The new levels also add a few new features to the portal itself as you play.\u00a0 Like summoning parts of other LEGO worlds to help you solve puzzles.\u00a0 Only problem is that like the main LEGO Dimensions game, using the portal features isn\u2019t very intuitive all the time.\u00a0 And like other LEGO games, it\u2019s a bit buggy and froze up on me once, but luckily it was between levels so I didn\u2019t lose any of my progress.\u00a0 I also don\u2019t like how expensive these sets are, but LEGO toys tend to be pretty pricey anyway.\u00a0 But other than that, it\u2019s a really fun add on for LEGO and Batman fans, and helps keep the Dimensions game fun and fresh.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

LEGO Dimensions is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Cartoon Violence and Crude Humor. If you\u2019re OK with your kids watching the movie, they\u2019ll be OK with the game, too.\u00a0 While I would recommend most LEGO games to all ages, I think LEGO Dimensions is best for older kids.\u00a0 One, the things you build are pretty complicated sometimes, so they would need to be experienced LEGO handlers.\u00a0 And like other LEGO toys, the sets are pretty expensive so kids would need to know how to keep up with and take care of their toys, as the game is useless without them.\u00a0 And plus using the pedestal is not very intuitive.\u00a0 Also don\u2019t forget the whole choking hazard thing with small LEGOs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently, The LEGO Batman Movie came out in theaters, and it\u2019s a blast!\u00a0 Not quite as good as the original LEGO Movie that it spun off from, but still a hoot and a half in its own right.\u00a0 Now you can relive the action and fun of that new flick with The LEGO Batman Movie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-movie-reviews","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16259"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16261,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16259\/revisions\/16261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}