LEGO DC Super-Villains

 Xbox One
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6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 183 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 7 out of 183
  3. Negative: 66 out of 183
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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Oct 23, 2018
    8
    There’s a decent amount of characters available and each one has their own abilities and little quirks which makes them fun and stand out. I’ve always enjoyed the presentation side of things in each LEGO game and once again I enjoyed what both the visuals and sound design had to offer in this game.
    I found the gameplay to be better than ever in this game because they’ve sorted out a few    There’s a decent amount of characters available and each one has their own abilities and little quirks which makes them fun and stand out. I’ve always enjoyed the presentation side of things in each LEGO game and once again I enjoyed what both the visuals and sound design had to offer in this game.
    I found the gameplay to be better than ever in this game because they’ve sorted out a few issues that have dogged some LEGO game’s in the past. The story is very well written and the added humour and little details included here and there keeps the story fun and interesting throughout. You’re given more freedom than in previous LEGO game’s and being able to fine tune your created character was an addition I thoroughly enjoyed. There’s a few technichal issues that show themselves every now and then but thankfully none of these issues harm the fun factor too much. I got stuck a few times during my time with the game which was a little frustrating. Overall I’ve always enjoyed playing LEGO game’s because it offers you fun and enjoyable moments unlike any other game. Despite this though I can’t help but feel that the series of game’s has grown a little stale over recent years, well that is until now. Don’t get me wrong LEGO DC Super-Villains hasn’t reinvented anything as such but what it has done is finely tuned certain aspects whilst also giving you a lot more freedom in the process. This freedom then comes in the form of being able to create and finely tune your own character and this without a doubt makes the already very good story stand out even more. Another thing that stands out even more than in previous LEGO game’s is its gameplay. Everything just feels much more smoother this time around and whilst it still suffers with a few technichal issues I was easily able to look past them because the fun factor never dwindled throughout my time with the game. In fact it was that fun that the frustration created by getting stuck every now and then was never a problem either. Without a doubt then LEGO DC Super-Villains gets a very big recommendation from me because in a way this game gives the series a new lease of life and if you’re a fan of these types of game’s then you will no doubt have fun with this game from start to finish.    … Expand
  2. JustinMikel
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
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  3. CoolDadTx
    Apr 19, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It seems like there are 2 teams building LEGO games. The first team is using an enhanced engine that fixes a lot of the flaws of the original, has a tighter story and is generally more enjoyable. This team created LEGO Incredibles and LEGO Force Awakens. The other team is using the same buggy engine that LEGO games have been using for years. Given the limits of the engine bugs are all over the place and the controls are bad. LEGO Marvel, LEGO Harry Potter and LEGO DC Super Villains fit into this category. After playing a couple of the recent LEGO games that are solid this seems like a massive step back.

    Let's start with the bugs that plague this game that we thought had finally been solved. Characters get stuck on scenery and cannot get out except dying. I had to restart entire levels because of this. Characters falling through scenery is also common. The horrific vehicle controls also return along with the races that make you want to throw a controller. Barely touching the stick and your vehicle is most likely going to do a 90 degree turn into something. Didn't this get fixed a couple of games ago?

    Like a few of the earlier LEGO games, this game does not support resuming play after the Xbox goes to sleep. I cannot think of a single other series that has this problem. It should be a requirement for certification that your game can resume after going to sleep. Instead you have to sit through the, unskippable, intro every single time you wake up your Xbox. Why does this game require that I stare at trademark logos for several minutes just to play your game. Hint: I'm not watching your logos. I start the game and go get something to drink or whatever. When I get back it will finally be at the loading screen I care about.

    The story is OK but there was so much potential here that I'm just shocked that this is the best they could come up with. I cannot understand the rationale for making the bad guys behave like good guys for story sake. In all the other games you play good guys and eventually unlock the bad guys. This should have been inverse. Let me play as the bad guy and do bad guy stuff. Then have me fight the good guys and eventually unlock them. But no, the story takes the bad guys and makes them act good and then team up with the good guys for more good. So much potential lost here. You could have replaced all the villian names and you would have had a generic comic hero story. Just so, so disappointing. It also seems to have way more levels than needed. Each level is longer than normal and so they just drag on and on. Almost every level has a boss fight where the boss instant-kills most characters which makes most levels just dull. It could have been several levels shorter and conveyed the same story.

    Fortunately the world isn't as congested with stuff as in previous games. I'm really tired of playing through a LEGO game in a couple of hours and then spending dozens of more hours doing the "non-story" stuff that every game seems to think is necessary now. There is some of that here but just not as much.

    The character selection is really a letdown. Beyond a couple of the bigger characters all the main ones are characters only a DC fan would recognize. Clearly they are trying to reuse characters that had similar powers to the Marvel games as you see the same abilities with minor changes. Overall unlocking a new character was uninspiring. One of the big "changes" to this game is the ability to create your own character but it is mostly a useless point. Other than being a plot point throughout the story and eventually giving your character almost all the super powers you need there is no reason to choose this character over any of the existing. Having a single character with multiple powers also makes it less necessary to switch characters which solves the problem of having to find the correct character to use for a certain interaction but mostly makes using multiple characters (and hence the # available), pointless. I do like how they add filtering so you can more easily find characters with the ability you need (fire, demo, etc) but I think the previous game where it would simply auto-select the character you need when you stand in front of the selection was easier to work with. Also the sheer # of ability filters shows there is probably too many abilities to care about anyway.

    Overall an OK LEGO game that completely messed up the potential it had. If you like the older LEGO games and can live with the same bugs then this is going to be more of the same. But for anyone who has gotten spoiled by the newer LEGO games with the better engine then this is going to be a slog.    … Expand
  4. XboxWeb
    Oct 25, 2018
    7
    LEGO DC Super-Villains nabízí spoustu zábavy a zajímavé pojetí, kdy hrajete za ty zlé, což vás bude určitě bavit. Přesto ale série pořád hraje na jistotu a nějaké novinky a změny bychom určitě uvítali. Pro fanoušky se pak jedná o povinnost, ale ani tentokrát nečekejte žádnou revoluci.
  5. saltydog99
    Jul 28, 2019
    8
    This game has its problems as far as campaign goes, but the fun to be had earning characters and vehicles within amazing locations makes this his a great game. The campaign is a rehashing of a story told many times and doesn't add anything new or interesting. The graphics are phenomenal and al the characters are fun and earning them becomes addicting and great fun.
  6. DamoExtreme
    Aug 27, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall great game. Good game play and story. Kept to original back stories of characters. Puzzle solving was good. Quite a bit to explore in the environments. Too a little time to get from a to b , however guidelines were good. Great graphics and sound. A good buy or to put on your wish list.… Expand
  7. Batm
    Oct 23, 2019
    10
    This is my favorite lego game because it has everything that is this the best of a lego game. It gives you joy and excitement. It feels like the dc comics with great graphics!!!!!
  8. Starfree
    May 18, 2020
    5
    I haven’t played a Lego game since they’ve added voice acting. I’ve always loved how the Lego had simple goofy cut scenes like in the original Lego Star Wars and Lego Batman games. I’ve been looking forward to Lego Skywalker Saga to come to switch so I picked this up while it was on sale to get my Lego hype going. But almost all of the cute goofiness of the early Lego games are gone. I’veI haven’t played a Lego game since they’ve added voice acting. I’ve always loved how the Lego had simple goofy cut scenes like in the original Lego Star Wars and Lego Batman games. I’ve been looking forward to Lego Skywalker Saga to come to switch so I picked this up while it was on sale to get my Lego hype going. But almost all of the cute goofiness of the early Lego games are gone. I’ve seen really good Lego DC jokes with the first 2 Lego Batman games. But with this there’s almost no jokes. And the jokes that are in the game are just Joker jokes not even Lego jokes. Voice acting has removed a lot of the original charm but that’s not just it, there’s just not a lotta charm put into it. And this game is advertised as a game where you play as villains, you certainly do a lot of good guy work in this game. You’re just Villains trying to save the world from worse villains. And then half way tough the game you guys play as the heroes. Why am I playing as Batman and Superman in the story of a game about villains? But enough negatives there are some positives with this game. The music is incredible and it’s really nice how the game included some of the smaller villains instead of just Joker, Harley, and Lex. We got Mirror Master bois! The DLC levels were surprisingly fun, especially the Young Justice level that got me fanboying. I like how custom characters effect the story, and most of the charm I expected form a Lego game came from my custom character, if only the whole game was like the custom character...

    Overall I’m more disappointed of what Lego games have become. They used to be so charming but now they‘ve lost so much of what made them special. But this is a good game. And I enjoyed playing it. But it always dampers the experience when I can say I’d rather play a the DC Lego game that’s 10 years old....    … Expand
  9. Caldan
    Nov 14, 2020
    7
  10. LRBSTUDIOS
    Jun 15, 2020
    10
    Best LEGO game yet 10 out of 10, It has a great story with great characters the DLCs make the game better.
  11. Arad_esm
    Sep 4, 2021
    9
    Lego dc super_villains has a lot of new mechanics to the lego series . I expected the boss fights harder but they were'nt too long and boring like lego marvel super heroes 2 . The character designing is the best in the series and it has a lot of details. The story is so good that you dont feel boring while playing it . Dc characters looking and gadgets are better than last lego dc gamesLego dc super_villains has a lot of new mechanics to the lego series . I expected the boss fights harder but they were'nt too long and boring like lego marvel super heroes 2 . The character designing is the best in the series and it has a lot of details. The story is so good that you dont feel boring while playing it . Dc characters looking and gadgets are better than last lego dc games they fit to the comic version so good all characters have their special lokking that makes the game entertainment. In my opinion free roam gameplay is the best part of the game.(sorry for bad eng)… Expand
  12. DanielGoshko
    Feb 23, 2022
    10
  13. PoisonIvy114
    Feb 8, 2022
    10
  14. TroyBaker122
    Feb 9, 2022
    10
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    Feb 22, 2022
    10
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  16. MarceloJacobs
    Feb 22, 2022
    10
  17. Corbinu
    Feb 22, 2022
    10
  18. TheCroc
    Feb 22, 2022
    10
  19. JeremyOlagoke
    Feb 23, 2022
    10
  20. GraysonD
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Best lego game ever! There is so much great things to say abt the game as it was a masterpiece!
  21. Thejs
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
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  22. ThomasBuns
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    This is my first game i have ever played, In fact I made poem, "On one rainy day, I was on my way, my cousin had invited me and my brothers to play, we sat down looked at the case he had taken out lego batman but we looked unfazed, so he put it in the ps2 we saw the tv, next thing I know our eyes were glued and our faces shined with glee, the cool lego characters, the animations, noThis is my first game i have ever played, In fact I made poem, "On one rainy day, I was on my way, my cousin had invited me and my brothers to play, we sat down looked at the case he had taken out lego batman but we looked unfazed, so he put it in the ps2 we saw the tv, next thing I know our eyes were glued and our faces shined with glee, the cool lego characters, the animations, no dialogue, no annotations, we played the game all night and day, we cried a lot when we went away, we got home i told my dad that this game rocks, we got it the next time we went to vintage stock, me and my brother played this all day and night, till one day we stopped, dont know what, dont know why. I recently replayed this game with my young 3rd brother, and we played most of the missions, we had fun in case you wondered, this game was always with me since i was a kid, and it will most likely be with as i grow to a man.… Expand
  23. Aigero
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
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  24. VictorEtoen
    Mar 4, 2022
    10
  25. AliMan78
    Mar 5, 2022
    10
  26. XavierChen78
    Mar 5, 2022
    10
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  27. MarvinBracy
    Mar 6, 2022
    10
  28. Dannyboy31805
    Aug 17, 2023
    9
    The score for this game deserves to be way higher. Out of the newer Lego games this is the best (yes better than skywalker saga). It has the best customizer which is good because they also have your custom character as the main protagonist which is really fun and a new way to do a Lego game story. The map is awesome and the vehicles and characters are all great. It’s a classic Lego gameThe score for this game deserves to be way higher. Out of the newer Lego games this is the best (yes better than skywalker saga). It has the best customizer which is good because they also have your custom character as the main protagonist which is really fun and a new way to do a Lego game story. The map is awesome and the vehicles and characters are all great. It’s a classic Lego game that I won’t forget playing and 100%-ing. Give it a shot especially if it’s on sale… Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Cubed3
    Apr 26, 2019
    70
    A very solid and fun Lego game that tries to undo some of the more tired series trends by offering up a more interesting and varied style of humour, deeper puzzles and fighting mechanics but most importantly being less buggy. It's really a great title, and though some fans may find the gameplay still a bit stale, anyone who gives it a shot should find plenty of fun to be had and lots of value for money.
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  2. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Dec 18, 2018
    80
    The best LEGO game for a while, perfectly pitched for couch co-op family fun. [Christmas 2018, p.93]
  3. Generación Xbox
    Nov 19, 2018
    80
    If you are a LEGO/DC fan, this game is a no-brainer. A game that succeed on being fun, without unnecessary distractions.
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