Game review: Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 – join the block party
With more than 200 characters, the trademark Marvel Comics humour and the chance to create your own superhero, this latest Lego sandbox game is fun for all the family, although not much of a challenge for dedicated gamers
Warner Bros
3.5/5 stars
Following the heroes of Marvel’s expansive comic book universe can be a difficult thing, but there are always familiar faces to look to in the publishing giant’s enormous catalogue. Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 takes a veritable menagerie of characters and sprinkles them throughout a kid and family-friendly adventure that puts even the smaller names in comic book history to good use.
The first Lego Marvel Super Heroes was a smashing success, so it was no surprise we’d be seeing another game following in its footsteps. Packing a ridiculous amount of characters (more than 200, to be exact) into its core game, it offers several chances to play with heroes from your favourite series and find some new faces you will adore as well.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 takes place four years after the first game, and Kang the Conqueror is now in Chronopolis doing his best to take over every world he comes into contact with. The Avengers are working to stop him, but Kang has found a way to thwart the team, creating several different portals between dimensions to invite all manner of enemies and other creatures into the world for the Avengers and friends to take on.