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LEGO Batman: The Videogame for PlayStation 2
LEGO Batman: The Videogame for PlayStation 2 is an action adventure in which Batman and Robin pursue escaped villains through Gotham City. You knock enemies apart, build useful objects from loose bricks and find routes past blocked passages. The heroes wear different suits: a change of equipment provides access to explosives, for example, or helps with particular obstacles. A room therefore calls for more than fighting; you also need to see who can perform each task.
The story contains fifteen hero levels and fifteen villain levels. Completing a hero chapter opens the corresponding section that puts the opponents themselves in the spotlight. The Batcave and Arkham serve as bases for these two sides. Vehicles and collecting also feature between the action scenes. Studs buy unlocked characters and extras, while red bricks unlock further additions. You can also assemble your own figures using the character creator.
You play alone or locally with two players sharing one screen. In Free Play, you return with other unlocked figures and suits to find secrets that were previously out of reach. Abilities then matter more than simply picking a favourite hero. Alternating between heroes and villains lets you view the same conflict through different roles, while short building puzzles repeatedly break up the fighting.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
LEGO Batman: The Videogame for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of LEGO Batman: The Videogame
Traveller’s Tales developed LEGO Batman: The Videogame, which Warner Bros. published in 2008. The PlayStation 2 version belongs to that original release, alongside editions for other consoles. Following the film adventures of LEGO Star Wars and Indiana Jones, the team received a different storytelling task: building its own Batman story. The escape from Arkham brought familiar adversaries together without requiring the game to follow one particular cinema film.
The design used familiar elements from earlier LEGO games: studs, replayable chapters, different abilities and couch co-operation. Batman and Robin’s suits gave this system a form of its own. Instead of choosing a different film character for every action, the two heroes could also change their equipment. The villain chapters then expanded the playable roles and made the opponents’ traits part of the puzzles.
The original game tells its story through gestures, sounds and visual jokes, without the voiced story scenes of later LEGO Batman games. The free city exploration of LEGO Batman 2 is not part of this edition either. Here, progress runs through defined levels, the two bases and returning in Free Play. That distinction matters when comparing the early PlayStation 2 version with later DC adventures: the central building and collecting structure is recognisable, but the scope and presentation differ.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures shares building, collecting studs and local co-operation. Indy uses his whip to swing and manipulate objects, while tools help with digging and repairs. Batman and Robin rely mainly on their suits. Indy also follows three existing films, whereas Batman develops an original conflict with Gotham’s villains.
LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game also uses ability puzzles and Free Play. Jedi move objects with the Force and droids open special panels. The first three Star Wars episodes determine its route. Batman replaces that film structure with hero and villain chapters, using suits and enemy traits as tools to reach new parts of a level.
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy also offers two players, unlocked figures and replayable scenes. Its story follows Luke, Leia and Han through Episodes IV to VI. That familiar film route differs from Batman’s original adventure. Both games reward returning, but in Gotham special suits and villain abilities give the search for hidden objects a different shape.
Ratchet & Clank on PlayStation 2 combines jumping, exploration and collecting with numerous weapons. Bolts pay for equipment as Ratchet and Clank cross new planets. The original game is a solo adventure. LEGO Batman divides tasks among several characters and lets a second player join locally, so overcoming an obstacle together matters more often than one extensive weapon arsenal.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King lets two players co-operate in battles from the films. Combining attacks and upgrading heroes matters more there than building puzzles. LEGO Batman also uses a duo, but interrupts combat more often for suits, switches and hidden collectibles. Gotham also tells an original story, whereas The Return of the King centres on recognisable film battles.
