The Best Lego Game Out There, But It Still has The Same Old Problems...
The Bad: Horrible and Irritating A.I., No online Co-Op, No Logic in Puzzles, Everything else from the last games.
Lego Batman is certainly the best in the Lego game series and a nice way to tie fans over until Batman: Arkham Asylum and if they do a TDK game. But it, like the other games, has inherited the original's flaws: Bad A.I., Bad Camera, and Occasionally Glitchy Gameplay.
Story wise, the game's pretty good for a Lego game. Some people have said the game needed more humor, but I think the game is just fine as it is. Batman is portrayed as a Dark and highly competent hero and the Joker is a Psychopathic genius, all in a Family Friendly way.
Visually, the game's captures the feel of the city pretty well, but Gotham can look Generic at times. The artwork of Anton Furst is beautifully rendered into the game and several locations from the films Batman and Batman Returns are present like, the Gotham City Hall, Flugelheim Museum, Axis Chemicals, Artic World, Gotham Cathedral, and the Monarch Theater.
Gameplay wise, there's many Characters to play as and there are 15 missions for the Heroes and 15 for the Villains. However, the game's A.I. is horrendous and can be frustrating throughout the game. The bad camera angles can make jumps and glides hard to judge. The game is prone to some occasional glitchy gameplay. The Puzzle are very illogical and can get frustrating some times. And there's no online Co-Op either.
The Soundtrack in the game is the 1989 Danny Elfman Batman Score, which fits well into the game, but it can get pretty annoying when you hear the looped over music playing for like the fifteenth time through the level.
Diehard Batman fans should get Lego Batman, but for the casual gamer or a Lego game fan should try a rental instead.