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LEGO Marvel's Avengers for PlayStation 3
LEGO Marvel's Avengers for PlayStation 3 lets you experience the Avengers films as a LEGO action adventure. Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye face threats from the Marvel cinematic universe. The story uses the first two Avengers films as an important foundation, alongside playable events from other Marvel films. You fight, build solutions and switch figures to overcome obstacles. LEGO jokes offer a different view of the films between familiar events.
Each hero has their own abilities, from heavy strength to special weapons and movements. Avengers can also perform attacks together. That makes it useful to look at which characters are standing together at a given moment. Outside the story missions, you explore different environments, including Manhattan, Asgard and locations associated with individual heroes. You search for collectibles, complete smaller tasks and learn how other figures move through the same area. Not every location is equally large or arranged in the same way.
You play alone or together as two players on the same PS3, with one controller per person. The combination of story and free exploration provides opportunities to return later with new powers. This is the separate Avengers game, not LEGO Marvel Super Heroes in different packaging. The content described concerns the standard game on disc. Separate expansions and previously issued download codes are not automatically included; the offered version is explicitly marked No Manual in its product title.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European 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
The manual is missing from this copy of LEGO Marvel's Avengers for PlayStation 3. That is why the product title says “No Manual”. You receive the game in its box, without the instruction booklet. This makes the contents clear before you order.
The original printed manual usually contains at least English and often around six European languages. The languages vary by edition; Dutch is not always included. This information describes the original booklet and does not mean that it comes with this copy. A copy with a manual is offered separately when available.
The history of LEGO Marvel's Avengers
TT Games developed LEGO Marvel's Avengers and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released it in 2016 for platforms including PlayStation 3. It followed LEGO Marvel Super Heroes from 2013 but chose a different narrative basis. Instead of creating another entirely original Marvel conflict, the developers built on the cinematic universe. The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron supplied the central events, supplemented by sections from four other films about the heroes involved.
Director Arthur Parsons explained in 2015 that the team wanted to look beyond the two Avengers films alone. Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World also received playable content. At the same time, the makers drew figures from the comics for free play. The storyline and the collection of unlockable characters therefore did not come from exactly the same limited group of sources. That distinction explains why you can encounter other Marvel faces outside the film chapters.
At release, the publisher highlighted combined Avengers attacks and multiple explorable environments. The variety between a large city and smaller locations was intended to show different sides of the cinematic universe. The familiar LEGO foundation remained: break apart, rebuild, combine powers and return later. Separate expansion packs also appeared and must be distinguished from the standard edition. The PS3 version thus shows a specific period in which TT Games linked its Marvel adventures more closely to cinema stories without abandoning the collection of comic-book figures.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes on PlayStation 3 also brings many Marvel characters together and lets you explore Manhattan. It tells an original story featuring Spider-Man and the X-Men among others. Avengers bases the main events on the films and gives combined Avengers attacks a prominent place. It is therefore a separate adventure, not a rerelease.
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes on PlayStation 3 also combines superpowers, building puzzles and local cooperation. Batman, Robin and Superman form the core of a standalone DC story there. Avengers uses Marvel film events and lets you visit different familiar locations. The same habit of finding the right power for an obstacle consequently gains a different narrative context.
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham on PlayStation 3 likewise uses many heroes for fights, puzzles and collecting tasks. It travels to the Lantern worlds to stop Brainiac. Avengers draws its environments from the Marvel cinematic universe, with Manhattan and Asgard as examples. Both change characters and locations, but use a different source for their central conflict.
The LEGO Movie Videogame on PlayStation 3 also turns a film into a playable LEGO adventure. Emmet's journey follows one animated film and connects building to instructions and Master Builders. Avengers combines events from several films and places more emphasis on superpowers and attacks between team members. They share the chance to relive recognisable scenes with LEGO humour.
LEGO Batman: The Videogame on PlayStation 3 shares the switching between characters to solve building puzzles and fights. The original Batman game stays closer to Gotham and also offers stories from the villains' perspective. Avengers focuses its central campaign on film heroes and connects it to multiple explorable locations. The character collection therefore gains a different composition and background.
