When my replacement XBox arrived back from Microsoft this week the only un-played game in my house was Lego Batman. I’ve played all the double branded Lego games, but now that the license is moving beyond the pure nostalgic high point of the classic Star Wars and Indiana Jones films I think that the line may be starting to show some of the limitations of the format.
Part of the problem is that the slapstick dumb-show used for the story elements only really works well if you’re already deeply familiar …