LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight - Gamescast Plays

Summary

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Kinda Funny Gamescast: LEGO Batman – Legacy of the Dark Knight Plays

Episode Date: May 19, 2026
Main Hosts: Tim Gettys, Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller, Blessing Adeoye, Andy Cortez

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Overview

This episode of Kinda Funny Gamescast takes the crew—and their audience—deep into the newly released LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. The team provides a hands-on look at the open world, customization features, side missions, and overall feel of the game, all with their trademark banter and insight. Having finished the main story, Greg leads the way through post-game content, character switching, Batcave customization, Easter eggs, and robust Q&A from the live chat.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Game Structure & Post-Game

• Main Progression:
  • Greg has finished the main story (~15 hours to credits, [01:04]).
  • The Batcave becomes a hub for customization and displays post-game.
• Post-Game Activities:
  • Replayable missions, open-world challenges, collectibles, and Batcave decorations ([01:04]–[04:20]).

2. Batcave Customization

• Customization Mechanic:
  • Players can decorate the Batcave with items and trophies earned by collecting and completing levels ([02:16]).
  • Customization is "surface level": items are placed in designated slots, not freeform ([03:43], [03:50]).
  • Greg finds it underwhelming, saying:

    "I'd feel a lot better about it if you could just remove that ugly gray landing pad." — Greg ([06:01])

• Functionality:
  • Decorations mainly serve as visual progress markers and player preference ([04:38]).

3. Collectibles & Open World

• Vehicles and Costumes:
  • Many unlockable Batmobiles, cycles, and character costumes for aesthetic customization ([01:16], [02:02]).
• Open World Layout:
  • Gotham is divided into islands, navigable by driving or gliding; Batcave is accessible via fast travel ([06:13]–[06:42]).
• Side Activities:
  • Wanted posters: Collect clue fragments, ID suspects "Guess Who?" style, track them down ([10:13]–[13:00]).
  • Constant pop-up crimes ("there's always going to be a crime... we can't save everybody" — Greg [16:14]).
  • Riddler/Cluemaster puzzles, races, traversal trials, and minigames ([16:26], [19:21]).

4. Character Variety & Switching

• Playable Characters:
  • Seven playables: Batman, Catwoman, Nightwing, Gordon, Babs/Batgirl, Robin, others ([08:15]).
  • Each has unique abilities and a personal skill tree ([08:41], [09:48]).
  • Character swapping is instant with the D-pad; Batman is always the lead ([11:46], [12:15], [24:47]).
  • Quote:

    "Yeah, you can just hold down on the D pad and then you have the quick select." — Greg ([08:15])

5. Skill Trees & Gadgets

• Upgrades:
  • Basic Wayne Tech skill tree (gold bricks from main missions), plus individual character gadgets ([09:47], [35:45]).
  • Greg admits effects are subtle:

    "Do you feel like you're actually getting stronger? Like you feel those differences?"
    "No." — Greg ([09:06])

• Gadgets:
  • Each hero has signature gadgets (e.g., Catwoman hacks, Batman's batarangs) ([35:45]).
  • Some gadgets—like dive-bombing—must be unlocked; not always intuitive ([24:33], [25:33]).

6. Co-op & Split Screen

• Drop-in, Drop-out Co-op:
  • Seamless, frame rate does dip when split ([48:42]–[49:09]).
  • Players can freely switch characters, and both operate independently in the open world ([51:10]).
  • Preference for picture-in-picture over dynamic split-screen ([49:22]).

7. Easter Eggs & Fan Service

• References Galore:
  • Billboards, dialogue, and side activities packed with DC and pop culture nods (e.g., Smallville, Kevin Conroy, Tommy Lee Jones/Two-Face jokes) ([22:46], [23:19]).
  • Multiple Batmobiles and Batsuits, including 1966, 1989, Batman Beyond, Arkham variants ([19:29], [31:03], [34:13]).
• Community Involvement:
  • Chat contributions, live Twitch/YouTube questions, performance/race challenges among hosts ([18:13], [19:21]).

8. Critical Impressions

• Strengths:

  • Vibrant, fun open world full of collectibles and objectives ([18:32], [37:01]).
  • Family-friendly, approachable co-op perfect for casual sessions ([36:40]).
  • Numerous customization options—vehicles and suits ([32:34]).
  • High production values, especially on PS5 Pro ([18:54], [40:53]).

• Weak Points:

  • Shallow Batcave customization ([03:43], [06:01]).
  • Skill trees and progression don't feel transformative ([09:06], [39:03]).
  • Driving isn't as tight or satisfying as more refined racing games ([20:54]).
  • Fewer playable characters than classic LEGO games ([08:15], [52:23]).
  • Some puzzles and side content are repetitive or "dead easy" ([37:15]).

• Voice Acting:

  • Sidekicks like Catwoman, Gordon, and Babs shine; Batman’s voice feels "middle of the road" ([13:59]):

    "He’s kind of just tofu that’s there. And I think that allows the other folks around you to shine." — Greg ([13:59])

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Batcave Customization:
  "It's LEGO, so I get it. But I don't want to be spending studs on a gas tank number one..." — Greg ([03:26])

• Character Playstyles:
  "I really, really like Catwoman... Her voice acting’s really, really great." — Greg ([13:59])

• Open World Chaos:
  "There’s always gonna be a crime. Everywhere we go, there’s gonna be a crime. We can’t save everybody." — Greg ([16:14])

• On Skill Trees/Upgrades:
  "Make me use them. Make it matter. Make the combat get that deep, make the stealth get that deep. Where I need to go deep, especially for the harder difficulties." — Greg ([35:19])

• Driving Races:
  "I'm terrible at driving, but if I boost the entire time and get used to that, then I can drift." — Greg ([20:35])

• Hot Take on Split-Screen:
  "Just picture and picture it. Just give us two widescreens that shrink down to whatever..." — Greg ([49:30])

• Classic Kinda Funny Banter:
  "We're not gonna end up on livestream fails for that." — Greg, about their LEGO Batman statue ([30:33])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | 00:57 | Greg confirms completion of main story; open world intro| | 02:16 | Batcave customization discussion | | 06:13 | Moving into open world; traversal mechanics | | 07:03 | Open world side activities; crime system | | 08:15 | Playable characters and character switching | | 09:48 | Character skill trees and upgrades | | 10:13 | Wanted posters side activity explained | | 11:46 | Character swap UI and functionality | | 13:59 | Favorite sidekicks and voice acting impressions | | 16:14 | Constant crime events, importance for mission flow | | 19:21 | Vehicle selection, race mechanics, driving impressions | | 22:46 | Notable Easter eggs and references | | 24:47 | Co-op, character selection, and instant swaps | | 35:19 | In-depth discussion of skill trees and utility | | 37:15 | Riddler puzzles and side content quality | | 42:24 | Catwoman’s unique powers, traversal, and minigames | | 44:39 | Community/online engagement and game demand | | 48:42 | Co-op, frame rates, swapping, split-screen critique | | 52:23 | Missing features from older LEGO games | | 55:18 | Batman lore knowledge, using the game for intro to lore |

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Memorable Moments

• LEGO Batman Statue Reveal:
  The team unboxes a custom LEGO Batman statue sent by the publishers as a launch celebration ([29:31]).

• Humorous Take on Batman Beyond:
  Banter about Batman Beyond’s legacy and referencing the show’s boldness ([31:18]).

• Parenting & Bat-Lore:
  Greg discusses playing with his young son Ben, balancing Batman lore with age-appropriate content ([36:40], [55:18]).

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Final Thoughts

• For Fans & Families:
  This LEGO Batman delivers a playful, accessible, and reference-packed romp through Gotham, suitable for old and new fans alike.
• Casual Fun:
  Perfect for “turn off your brain” sessions and family play, with seamless co-op and plenty of collectibles.
• Not Groundbreaking:
  Hardcore LEGO or Batman fans might crave deeper systems (“marathon not a sprint platinum” – [36:35]), and some old LEGO game features aren’t present.

"I think it'll do it for most people. I don't think I'm seeing people with unrealistic expectations. And I'm excited to keep playing with Ben." — Greg ([54:55])

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Closing Section

Listener Call-To-Action:
Greg encourages the audience to share their thoughts in the comments and continue the conversation. With enthusiasm high, chat engagement, and confirmed DLC in September (play as villains!), LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight has all eyes on its colorful, brick-built Gotham.

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End of Summary

Transcript

[A]

What is up, everybody? And welcome back to your gamescast plays for the week. And this is one I've been waiting for for a very long time. Today I'm joined by Greg.

[B]

Hi.

[A]

Cole. Hi. And Chip.

[B]

Chip. All the dogs are here.

[A]

All the dogs are here. And all the dogs are out.

[B]

I bet you didn't think I had a lap big enough to hold two wiener dogs, but I'm. Look at you, bro.

[A]

I'm excited because it's launched at early access. Launch for LEGO Legacy of the Dark Knight for a title that is way too long.

[B]

Whoa, whoa.

[A]

Come on, bro. Come on. We got short. Just call it Batman. Remove the LEGO part of it.

[B]

You're getting the LEGO out of it. I think it'll sell it to so many kids.

[A]

No one cares.

[B]

Nobody cares.

[A]

But I'm so excited because, honestly, I've been avoiding a lot about this game in terms of gameplay. I've listened to your review, but I have so many questions. I want to see it in action. Sure, Greg. Where are we starting in the game? Where are we in this Currently?

[B]

You are post game. I have beaten LEGO Batman. Legacy of the Dark Knight. What is it called?

[A]

Legacy Theater.

[B]

And, yeah, it took me 15 hours to roll credits on it. I took time running around the open world. So now whenever you start it after the fact, you start in the Batcave, which is yours to customize. One of the nice little things you drop down here, obviously, the Nightwing cycle that he uses, the Batmobile I've picked. But then all the other motorcycles and cars we have unlocked so far get to that here as well. So you get to see them visualized. Animated series. What up? You know what I mean? And you see the gaps for the ones that I could come over here and still spend my studs on if I wanted to.

[A]

Gotcha. And can you see which ones you're unlocking? Or is it kind of like a.

[B]

Oh, yeah, it's your.

[A]

Hey, this is what you're getting at, right?

[B]

Yeah. You're gonna do it.

[A]

Gotcha. So there are some secret ones, right, that are like.

[B]

Those are ones you unlock by doing the challenges around the city or whatever, stuff like that. Usually it's pretty good about telling you what it is. I'm thinking a lot of costumes. When you come in on your costumes, which are a big deal, you can come in and see the ones you don't have and see. Okay, you do this by doing the cat activities in Gotham, by doing the signs.

[A]

I have an idea what that one is. That's pretty cool. Yeah. I mean, hopefully it's the. Was it the new 52 version of him? That'd be sick. This is sick. So we're already in the Batcave right here. What does customizing it look like? How deep can we get in there?

[B]

Sure. This is something I complained about in the review of something they're doing. And I'm like, it's all right if you want that wants or something. But you have these sections over here where it's like, you can go and put your stuff down on them and actually decorate them how you want to see. As I run over, it says customize. Boom. I can pop in then and I can go to my inventory and say, okay, what do you want to put there? I'll put a bench press there. And I'm like, all right.

[A]

And you still have this ugly ass thing at the bottom.

[B]

That's just an ugly ass thing. I mean, it's Lego, so it's like. I get that to that degree, but it's like one of the things I was complaining about in the review, right. Was like, okay, so I'm picking up all the studs, as you often do have to in every Lego game. Right, of course. And the idea is that you're then taking them, cashing them in for different things to buy, whether it be vehicles down there for me, costumes. But then you do have these bat mite stores littered throughout Gotham. Right. So you come in here and this is where. Yeah. They'll sell a few costumes right up front. Hell, yeah. I actually really want.

[A]

That's awesome.

[B]

We have to.

[A]

Yeah, we have to grind.

[B]

We gotta go get.

[A]

I'll help you out.

[B]

We have to go get. Yeah. What is it, 3,000? It'll take two seconds, but then it does. It's like, well, do you wanna buy a nose entry sign? Like, no. What about a gas tank number one?

[A]

Like, no, I'm saving my money for gas tank number two.

[B]

What am I doing? You know what I mean?

[A]

Hey. Okay, well, Moon Mobile.

[B]

Moon Mobile. Okay.

[A]

You know, Moonmobile is what I said.

[B]

One of us is right. So it's like, I don't. The costumes, obviously, I'm all about. But, like, the other stuff and the decorating, it just isn't my.

[A]

Especially since it literally just. Can you, like, stack things on top of each other or is like, you're just putting a bench press.

[B]

No, you're putting a bench press. And now that's what's in that space.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So it's like, okay, like, not for me. And it's, you know, I Think it's one of those things to give you the customization for sure. But, like, you also don't need. It's not worth dwelling on because, of course, the whole point is to get out and go do some stuff.

[A]

Yeah. So are you collecting things that are Batman related to, you know, or is it just like, you know, stop sign number five? Like, do you have, like. I don't know.

[B]

I mean, there's a. Like, there's bigger. So when you're doing the levels, okay. So when I was back up at my back computer there, if you want to, you can go and replay all the levels of the game.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And when you're doing that, there's things in every level that are laid out there. Like the trick trophies for. Think of your big playing card, your dinosaur, your penny, and stuff like that. That when you knock all those out, you get those and have the ability to place those in your world. But I believe it's placing the exact same way. So you come over here.

[A]

Gotcha.

[B]

I guess minor spoilers for titles of chapters if you want to. Yeah, but see, it has the check mark on it because I already went through and got all the stuff there or whatever. But here you go as an example, right, of like, cool, there's a red brick to pick up here. But then there's also the bonsai tree. Four out of fives to go get there.

[A]

So then once you get that, then you get a bonsai tree. I do believe it.

[B]

Okay. Gotcha. And I've been so uninterested in this entire experience of decorating the Batgave that I was like.

[A]

And you can see where my mind goes to. Of, like, I'm interested in that.

[B]

It's like, all right, cool. Yeah, you could do that. Let's see. I got a couple. Let's see.

[A]

If I toss them over while you do that, I'm gonna shout out King Arabla for subscribing on Twitch. And also, anybody out there, if you have any questions about LEGO Batman, Legacy of the Dark Knight super, chat them over on YouTube and we can get them read out and answer those questions from a Dark Knight expert. Miller. That's cool that he can use it, though. Get some reps in there.

[B]

That's pretty sick.

[A]

He got a little treadmill.

[B]

Come on.

[A]

He would never do cardio.

[B]

I'll put the vaulting wall in there. Whoa.

[A]

Do you think he'd jump over it? Vaulting wall.

[B]

So. Yeah.

[A]

Okay, we got some stuff.

[B]

Here are the ones that I've unlocked. Yeah. As I've Played or whatever.

[A]

Oh, they have giant bomb.

[B]

We don't say that here.

[A]

No, sorry, my bad, my bad. Yeah, the trophy thing, this is really cool. Is it? I think it's cool to see these things is what I'm saying. Not putting it in the places. I think my issue with it, honestly is these big, ugly gray landing PA where I'm like, if you just remove that or have the ability to just turn that off, I think I'd feel a lot better about it. Ooh, trophy.

[B]

You know it. Ooh, that's the bad hound there.

[A]

Bat Hound. He stays there forever.

[B]

He's right there. It's like a good dog chasing you around your house.

[A]

Okay, perfect. So then you're in here and then I'm assuming you can just jump into the open world and choose any of the.

[B]

Yeah. If you wanted to, you could go from here and just warp out to whatever.

[A]

Is there like a driving situation where you could drive like seamlessly through it or are you just teleporting?

[B]

So this is the place you would teleport to when you're ready to go to the cave and then when you're ready to get back out into the open world.

[A]

Okay. They just take you out. Gotcha. Okay. I don't know if there was this big highway that gets you all the way over here.

[B]

No, no, no. But you can drive between the world, the individual parts of Gotham. So it's not like I'm always having to warp island to island. I can drive island to island. But to get to the cave here. Yeah. You do have to jump into it.

[A]

Shout out to product of Arkham subscribing with Prime. If you have Twitch prime, you have.

[B]

No, that's a Batman.

[A]

Amazon prime, maybe Twitch prime. And then Arson Melee. That is not a Batman thing. That username over there, the product could be.

[B]

I mean, arson melee. There's an arson. There's arsonists in Batman. There's Batman.

[A]

He got really into arsonists through Batman. That is true.

[B]

It's like somebody just punched him over.

[A]

Okay, so now we're in the open world and you've already completed the main story. Right. So how does the open world work when it comes to side quests and side activities? Are there just a bunch of crimes happening at all times?

[B]

Yeah, exactly. So it's your playground right there. You see? We get popped one right away.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Ourselves out. Let's just go off and see what's up. The.

[A]

Can you do the. Oh, you can do it. Fuck yeah.

[B]

You know what they're doing and that's the thing where it's like, driving's fun and all, but, like, I find myself gliding a lot more than anything, honestly. Just because it's so much fun, then you're right into combat. Right before we went live, I cranked it back up from playing with Ben from the easiest difficulty to the hardest difficulty. Again, the differences here would be, as you look down in the lower left hand corner, you see that I have only four hearts and I also have three guys above it. Those are lives. So it's like if you fail, it's more for a mission than it is open world. But if I was running around and getting my butt handed to me or whatever and losing over and over again, you'd have three lives. I think I lost one life once and it was mainly because I was

[A]

talking, so it was like, not because you're bad.

[B]

Come on. I'm goaded.

[A]

Whoa, he's goaded with the sauce. Kids, you heard it here. So I saw Nightwing over there, dropped in there in the open world after you finish the game, can you choose who's running around with you or is this kind of the area?

[B]

No. So again, there's seven playable characters in the game, which I think to some long time Lego fans would be disappointed. I think they've done a better job of. Rather than give you a million different dudes for you to go, like, I'm only gonna be this one, they give you the seven that have their individual things. And yeah, you can go into the menus and do it, but you could also just hold down on the D pad and then you have the quicksilver. So if you want to toss Catwoman in there instead of Nightwing or whoever, you can go for it. Of course, when you're in there, you can go in and they have all

[A]

choose the different ones.

[B]

Costumes are all set to go. You're ready to rock them. They have their own. There's the upgrade tree here. And then back with the weighing tech chips. I'm getting back at a workbench. I can apply those to unlock different abilities for Catwoman's whip, for Gordon's.

[A]

Okay, so it's per person skill tree right there. So many darkeners. I can go there. I mean, when it comes to Skill Tree, right? How does that feel? Do you feel like you're actually getting stronger? Like you feel those differences?

[B]

No. You know, again, I think the Wayne Tech skill tree we could have done back and I could bring you to one around here. Where isn't the closest one for me? Me Maybe it's back up here. Maybe it's back. Oh, here, like there some. The blue billboard. I must have one on this island. There it is. Anyways, no, like that's where you're going in and you're making your Batarangs can have different abilities, yada, yada yada. This one is your skill tree with gold bricks that you're getting for completing the main missions. I'm sure there's ways, since there's so many. There has to be a bunch of different ways to do it here that I just haven't gotten into in terms of my post gameplay of going for it.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

But yeah, like this is a little bit different, right. Where it's like, okay, you get critical damage from stealth or whatever. These. I went in and I think I did initially heart stuff. And then I was like, you know what? This is so easy. I just need to pour it into studs. Yeah. So I'm upgrading studs faster and doing stuff to that.

[A]

Shout out to Lucas939 for Twitch subscribing. Gifting out a sub over there. We love you.

[B]

Now before I get out of here, let's do this. All right, so we're doing. This is a wanted poster, right?

[A]

Okay.

[B]

So basically you have three different wanted poster pieces that you have to get together to then go, okay, this is who the person is. And then we go apprehend that person. Okay, so right now, of course.

[A]

So you're just picking them up right now.

[B]

Exactly. So you gotta work together with your guys here to be like, this is from one of our wedding posters.

[A]

Okay? Oh, okay, Gotcha. So they're just little things that. Little mini puzzles.

[B]

Yeah, exactly, yeah. And then we'll go down to this little thing. You have to identify them. It's kind of like a guess who game.

[A]

Oh, okay, Gotcha.

[B]

Where you have your three little pieces to go. Oh, well, this person looks like that and this looks like this.

[A]

Gotcha. And these are just throughout the city. They're not like procedurally generated like.

[B]

No, no, these are specific missions. Again, you throw up in your map here. And you see over there on the left hand side, Right in Old Gotham West. I'm 4% done. And you see there's the little. I'm doing the only wanted poster, I guess in this section of town.

[A]

Yeah. Shout out Push start Joey for subscriber North Prime. Hi all. Got the hype going on there for Lego Batman. We're excited for this one.

[B]

I think they should be.

[A]

If you're in chat, if you're going to buy it. If you're buying the early access. If you're waiting for the end of the week, let us know. Okay, so now you're going over here, you're trying to find the thing.

[B]

You gotta use those peepers, you know what I mean?

[A]

So you have detective vision in this.

[B]

Well, I do, but I just meant open my own eyes.

[A]

Oh, okay. Like your physical eyes.

[B]

Yeah, I'm gonna realize my third eye. You know what I mean?

[A]

Not your video gamer eye, but on your.

[B]

Yeah, use your skater eyes. See? So we pop up there like, okay, this is gonna be a Robin one, right?

[A]

Oh, okay.

[B]

You gotta get the conduit of power over.

[A]

So you're very much switching between these people all the time.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. When you're doing story missions. No, you aren't. But when you're doing open world stuff, you gotta do.

[A]

Okay, yeah.

[B]

How am I gonna do that?

[A]

Do you think that they've done a good job of like setting up the. I guess the UI to switch between characters? Is that easy enough for you?

[B]

Oh, my God, it's so easy. Yeah, yeah, I think, I mean, you. I mean, that's seamless, right? What you've just seen of me going from Catwoman to Gordon to Robin, like, that's so nice. And, you know, not having to come into a menu. Come over here. Do this whole. This whole rigmarole, right? Like just being able to pop.

[A]

I like that. It's just a side thing. It's up and down, right. It's not like the weird spindle thing or whatever.

[B]

Throw one in there, See what you want to do. Gives you little gadget.

[A]

Do you have. You're playing as Batman, it seems like a lot. As the main character, of course.

[B]

Yeah. Batman is always your guy. You're never switching off of him.

[A]

Oh, okay. Got you.

[B]

So it's not like I could have

[A]

a Robin and a Nightwater Catwoman. Okay. Oh, interesting. Okay, so you always have to have a Batman. You're always there.

[B]

You're paired up with somebody else. But see, now it's like, okay, gotta fight you this. Does that look like the hair to you? It looks like the hair. Okay. And then you go, okay, now we gotta find the face.

[A]

Which one? No, that one.

[B]

Well, no, he's got it. Look. He's got a pointy little smile there, doesn't he? Don't you think? You know, maybe it doesn't. You gotta decide. That's probably it.

[A]

That's probably. Yeah, it's your nerd white guy number

[B]

five coming down here you say, I gotta have this ugly ass outfit. Yeah, okay.

[A]

Oh, damn. Oh, that's fun. I like that.

[B]

Now, this is the one where I definitely had times where I was like, where the fuck is he? You know what I mean? Where it's like, okay, I did the thing and now I'm like, shit, where the hell is the guy?

[A]

Oh, and then now you have to find him.

[B]

Yeah, Yeah. I think as somebody who didn't do it often that you are. The random crime that you saw pop up might be related, but it's already gone off my screen, so I can't tell if that's true.

[A]

There's a lot going on.

[B]

So, like. Yeah, exactly. You get used to it. Oh, there it is. It's behind me up there.

[A]

Was Ben getting used to it when he was playing?

[B]

Yes. I mean, he wasn't. Ben hasn't had a lot of time alone on the sticks. Okay. So I haven't had. You know. And I was surprised when we were done. He immediately went back to story missions and was doing that or Rap Versus. I thought he'd be doing open world stuff like Spider man, and I'm sure he will eventually, but right now he was just like, no, no, I'm gonna go rerun the same stuff. And I was like, okay, cool. Okay, cool.

[A]

Who's your favorite sidekick here to have run, man?

[B]

Great question. I really, really like Catwoman. Yeah, I think she's got a great. Her voice acting's really, really great. Gordon's the same way, and so is Babs. Honestly, to tell you the truth, where I was just like, you know what? There's not. There's not nobody I don't like as a side character. Honestly, as I said in the review, I think Batman might be the weakest voice performance. And I don't mean that from the actor's perspective. I just think they gave him a. Hey, be a very middle of the road Batman. Don't be like, also way too Adam Westy or what about it? So he's kind of just tofu that's there. And I think that allows the other folks around you to shine, but it also makes you go, okay, well, yeah,

[A]

I just started smiling immediately when I just heard Robin talking. Like, that's just. He's so cute. I love that. How's Nightwing running around? Like, is he. He's not flying. He's not able to. So how is he getting around this?

[B]

So everybody does okay.

[A]

Oh, they have the.

[B]

Everybody has their own glider Fortnite guy where you just pop it Off. You're like, okay, now you're off to the.

[A]

Yeah, that makes more sense. Yeah, I'm just. I'm trying to solve problems. Like, it's Arkham City. Like, actually, Arkham City. Like, how would you do this?

[B]

Yeah, no, no, they. They're much more lenient with it. You know what I mean? Gordon just gets the GCPD glider, and he's like, cool. All right, Cool.

[A]

Okay. Yeah, sure.

[B]

Bust this person in this perp.

[A]

Oh, we found him. What did he do wrong?

[B]

It was just on the screen. Oh, we don't know.

[A]

He's laughing.

[B]

That's it. That's it. It's interesting. He was tagged on my screen. And during review prop period, maybe it was a bug, but they weren't.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

So it was like I was kind of doing a seek and find of, like, when it was. When I was in the area of him, they'd be on the screen of like, this guy's wanted. And then when it's. When I wasn't, it would go away. I was kind of playing a hot and cold game all to myself there.

[A]

What's going on with the UI in the bottom left? You're on fire.

[B]

Right? So that means that I have an instant takedown.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Like, I'm gonna. Like, I'm gonna swoop in here, and I might. Again, stealth is. Me and Bear complain about not really. Like, I can come in. These are just gonna be stealth attacks.

[A]

Yeah. So that's an instant one.

[B]

Yeah, but now I hit it and, like, perfect. Okay, now I can just knock all these guys.

[A]

Okay, cool.

[B]

One hit and burn it. And you build that up by obviously just fighting. It's done. It's done Batman style.

[A]

Okay. And that was just a random crime, right?

[B]

Random crime, yeah.

[A]

So they're popping up all the time.

[B]

Okay. Yeah, exactly. It was when Ben and I were playing, and I was like, all right, Ben, we gotta focus on the mission. She's like, but there's a crime. Like, Ben, there's always gonna be a crime. Everywhere we go, there's gonna be a crime. We can't save everybody.

[A]

Really?

[B]

I'm like, yeah, like, that's a.

[A]

It's a life lesson.

[B]

We're never gonna get to the final mission if we keep doing this.

[A]

All right, so we have the wanted posters running around there. Anything else cool that's popping up? I'm assuming Riddler.

[B]

So right now, this is a Clue Master one Clue Master's here ripping off Riddler. And they make jokes about that.

[A]

Okay, so there's no riddler trophies.

[B]

No, there are Riddler's out here too. So you got everybody out in terms of what's going on.

[A]

And Clue master. I didn't even know it was a real one.

[B]

Now there's an order. Gonna be an order to this. See, this is one of those things now you gotta come in and it's always that thing where you're like, oh, you know what? That's a really smart puzzle. And you're like, you know what? No, I'm just stupid. I did that a very dumb way. Oh.

[A]

And then you just have to do the green ones.

[B]

Yeah, see, I'm a dumb gun. I thought there was an order to it. You know what I mean? Or see, uh.

[A]

Oh, how is it doing the multi battery? Yeah, I guess when you hover over it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Barrett's giving you a little hint. He said use, use Robin.

[B]

Over. Yeah, that one. It looks like it's still hitting the one it's not supposed to.

[A]

Oh, it's not.

[B]

I mean, well, I'm not, I'm. I'm supposed to avoid that mid one.

[A]

Right.

[B]

But it looks like it's still slamming into it.

[A]

Can you. Do you have to do it?

[B]

Oh, maybe. I see, I see, I see, I see.

[A]

Yeah, Just take your time with it,

[B]

Batman. It would help me. Yeah.

[A]

The out.

[B]

He's.

[A]

He's such a hyper vigilant dad.

[B]

Yeah. See 60 clue master boxes to go to. Pretty much good.

[A]

Zach in the chat is asking Roger, since you weren't on the preview cast with review cast. I'm curious what to know your touchstones with Batman. I mean, I love Arkham games. I mean I grew up with them. That's the things that made me fall in love with gaming. So. Yeah, this is speaking my language. I actually never played the Lego Batman games. That was like one of the ones I think I was like, I was playing. I was like, ah, too good for this. I don't know.

[B]

I'm an adult. Yeah.

[A]

Even though I totally wasn't. I think I was into the Star wars side of it all. So playing. I like the more mature version of Batman. Even when I was a small kid playing, you know, animated, watching animated series and everything. But I. I really am excited to just fly around the city. I think that's what's getting me super hyped. Looking at this and how beautiful this looks on the PS5. Is this PS5 Pro or just baseball?

[B]

This is PS5 Pro.

[A]

Okay. It's gorgeous, right?

[B]

Yeah. No, it's a really good looking game. And yeah, I was the same way last night where I was like, oh, man, I could. I was like, I'm brain dead. I just want to do something simple in a game. And I'm like, I could just keep trophy grinding. And I was like, but you know what? No, I'll put more time to Forza and go smash billboards there, do X, Y and Z. And it's like, I can't. But it's like, this is that perfect. Just chill out.

[A]

I'm very much in the mood for this. Like, I need something in my life that I can just turn off brain and just have a good smile and run around. So you run right now to a race or something?

[B]

Yeah, let's go do a race. Put Batman back on. I'm a Batmobile guy. Which Batmobile do you want to see out there?

[A]

Let's see what we got here.

[B]

Running 89.

[A]

Do they play any different or are they all the same? I mean.

[B]

Yeah, no, I think the size of the. Like, I was noticing, like, you got Bat Cycles, right? I was like, oh, this is a smaller footprint. It's a little bit better for getting around trashing than the fucking Tumbler.

[A]

Yeah, who cares?

[B]

You know what I mean? What do you want to see?

[A]

I mean, I love the. The OG 60s one. I want to see that. Oh, my gosh. So cool. You have a favorite.

[B]

89 Batman.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

No choice. No, no.

[A]

Really?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, I didn't realize it was like that for you.

[B]

Yeah, I think. I think. I just think. I mean, I like, I love the 66 Batman batting. The 89 one's just stunning.

[A]

How about Batsuit?

[B]

89 Batman is what I'm wearing. I like Bronze Age, that blue and gray one. I talked about that during the review. Well, I was noticing. Oh, that's what it was. Hold on. So what I was noticing when I was playing, I was like, I'm making this too complicated. On the other ones where I was like, I'm terrible at driving, but it was like, I'm not. I kept coming up like a second or two short, and I was like, oh, if I boost the entire time and get used to that, then I can drift.

[A]

That's how you drift in that.

[B]

So it's like, there's more to it. Of like, just don't be afraid to go pedal to metal.

[A]

Oh, no, that's my. It's done. That's me and Forza. That's why I can't play this game. I'm just rewinding. Like, I can't do this. Yeah. So do we like, the driving in this. I mean, you're clearly having some.

[B]

I mean, like, it's not built for that. So I think it's like again, where I'm coming up. Like on the ones where I was talking about, oh, hey, I was doing it. And then I are two seconds short. I'm like, I'm gonna keep going. I'm sure it's trophy related or whatever, but it's like, I don't love it. I don't think it's like cornering great, but whatever. I want to restart it.

[A]

So these races are just with yourself, right? You're not going up against Joker.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay, Gotcha. That's a little interesting.

[B]

I haven't done a traversal trial. Let's go check one of those. Head to Old Gotham West.

[A]

That looks so cool, dude. Just starved. Just starved for an Arkham game. Thank you so much, Stu MC13, for subscribing at Tier 1 over on Twitch. Again. If you want a super chat over on YouTube, you can get your questions answered about Lego Batman. Legacy of the Dark Knight. Oh, do we have the. Or are we. Okay, so it's not like the full dive bomb.

[B]

Yeah, it's a slower one from when I was.

[A]

Performance issues.

[B]

Well, I've never done it. Let's try this thing. I'm sure I won't look like a horse's ass doing it. Doesn't look like a moron.

[A]

What are the. Ooh. Are you getting a lot of finding a lot of fun Easter eggs in the open world? I'm sure I'm already seeing some.

[B]

Oh, yeah. I mean, like we were talking about from the preview, right? Like, the billboards are so funny in terms of what they're doing. Fuck here. But yeah, it's more. The Easter eggs are in the content, the conversations you're having with the folks and the jokes they're putting into the actual missions and whatnot.

[A]

Anyone stick in your mind in terms of like the open world.

[B]

I mean, like, in terms of Easter eggs. There's a Smallville one that I like. That's a reference to the creators of Smallville, of Goff and Millar. So that's cool. I like that, that they get their little due diligence in there. You really kind of just pull your ass across that, huh? Batman.

[A]

That was silver.

[B]

I want to do it again because again, that's the whole thing of, like, I've never done one of those before. Let's try it again. That's great. The Kevin Conroy one that I called out in the preview. I like a lot, like I said, the Easter egg of how they talk about Tommy Lee Jones buffoonery and whatever. Oh, they do.

[A]

That's awesome. I don't sanction your buffoo.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

Great, Batman.

[B]

That's what I mean.

[A]

You should go right through that one, Batman.

[B]

You're better than that, bro.

[A]

You're doing good.

[B]

You're doing good. Yeah, I know. I gotta do. I gotta make Lucius happy.

[A]

Do you have Lucius in the ear?

[B]

You do have Lucius Fox. Yeah. These AI or these training modules are all courtesy of one Lucius Fox.

[A]

How's Alfred in this? What type of Alfred we got here?

[B]

You got a.

[A]

We got a dead Alfred.

[B]

The Batman. Alfred.

[A]

Okay. So younger.

[B]

Yeah. Yo. I mean, more. Oh, come on.

[A]

Grizzled and.

[B]

No, I'm trying to say Andy Circus. He sounds like 80 circus.

[A]

Oh, okay. Gotcha.

[B]

But he does have that more. Yeah, Like, I've. I've seen some.

[A]

I want to try this.

[B]

You want to get one?

[A]

Yeah, I'm getting one. I've not picked up this game ever, so I'm excited.

[B]

I'm excited.

[A]

I'm excited to get in there and just crush.

[B]

Hold that X button. Hit that one. Look at the chat. What's going on here? Bad boy? Bear says we got an Andy doing Alfred type. Alfred. He's. But he's doing the Andy Circus, man. You know what I mean? He's doing the Andy Circus business.

[A]

How do I die? Bomb. Oh, no. How do you die Bomb? Is it. I'll hold X. Oh, Axe. Oh, yeah. That's a really slow dive, Bomb.

[B]

Yeah, right? It's not. Not like it was.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Run.

[A]

Get over here.

[B]

Okay, Cool.

[A]

That feels right.

[B]

Now you got it.

[A]

Yeah, now we got it. Now we got it.

[B]

So now when you play this, is this going to be a you and Lianza game or.

[A]

I'm going to attempt to do it. I would love to pick up the sticks and try, like a mission or just some type of combat and see how that flows with the co op. Oh, there it is.

[B]

Barrett calls out the square is the true dive bomb, which I didn't.

[A]

Ooh. Okay. But, yeah, no. Oh, fuck me. Did I get it? Yeah. No, I didn't get it. Fuck, no, I did get it.

[B]

You got that one.

[A]

Okay, gotcha.

[B]

Oh, it's an unlockable. Thank you, Barrett.

[A]

Wow, this is hard. Yeah. I don't love the way this feels, but I'm not, like, mad at it, you know what I mean? It is what it is, Bear.

[B]

Is it unlockable on the skill tree? Is it unlockable with the Wayne Tech.

[A]

Yeah, no, yeah, it doesn't have it. Yeah. All right, there we go. Figure it out, gamers. Yeah, no, I'm definitely gonna, I'll try it out because we always try the LEGO games. We go back and play like the LEGO Star wars games a lot like the OG ones. So I think this is a different type of game and it might be a little bit too much, but yeah, I mean, Ben, you've talked about how much Ben's liking this game, right? Like, has he played the OG LEGO games?

[B]

No.

[A]

No. Really? Okay, that's interesting.

[B]

There's that, you know, barrier of like, what I had digitally, what I had physically kind of thing where it's like, okay, cool. And like that last one, the super villains one that I was Polka Dot man in, like, I only had. Did you know, I only had it physically and it's gone now or some shit like that or whatever. I forget the deal.

[A]

I think I'm racing your performance. That's crazy.

[B]

Exactly, exactly. You know what I mean? And so, yeah, like, I, I, my thought was, I know there's new ones coming. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like, again, some of the quality of life stuff, I was like, I know he's gonna not vibe with that. I want him to be in and out on what he's doing.

[A]

How is it with studs? Like, are we breaking everything and, you know, we're getting studs. Okay.

[B]

Still, there's no, you know, you don't have the like true Jedi meter thing anymore.

[A]

Oh, interesting.

[B]

That's how just old I am. That I still call it.

[A]

No, I still call it.

[B]

But you still, you have plenty of studs to go get.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Okay, cool. Because, yeah, that was the thing going from when I was, when we reviewed the Horizon Adventures one where they just kind of took all that away. Right where all the studs were just. I know it was not built by the same studio, but still, I was wondering if that was kind of like a indictment of what the future of LEGO could be. Oh, you got it. You got that? I think I got a dive bomb. There you go, gamer.

[B]

I didn't need the. There we go. Back on it, baby.

[A]

Killed it, everybody.

[B]

Now we're there, everybody.

[A]

And to celebrate, we're gonna have a lot more to talk about when it comes to Legacy of Batman. But before we do that, we're gonna tell you about our sponsor.

[C]

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[A]

And we are back. But, Greg, we're not just playing LEGO Batman.

[B]

We're living it.

[A]

We're living it because we got something.

[B]

Yeah, I came out of Gamescast today.

[A]

Oof.

[B]

And had this gigantic LEGO Batman statue, something or other. It says one piece. The message came with it. I am Vengeance. I am the Knight. I am LEGO Batman. To celebrate the release of LEGO Legacy of the Dark Knight, we're delighted to share this special gift with you. As a thanks for being part of this exciting moment, we commissioned a LEGO certified professional builder to produce custom built Batman prime figures as featured in the game. Each piece has been individually crafted, making it a unique limited collector's item created exclusively for this launch. So we had Kevin go in and remove all the protective stuff because they were like, please don't, please. You know, before you show it off, take away all the things we sent so it wouldn't break. But I haven't seen it. You haven't seen it?

[A]

No, I've not seen it.

[B]

You ready? I'm ready. One, two, three. Whoa. Oh, Batman.

[A]

Which Batman is it?

[B]

Well, now, uh. Oh, no, no, it's classic. What they describe here in this one, they would describe it as the classic LEGO Batman.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

He's got a fabric cape, though, unlike the one in there.

[A]

Oh, wow.

[B]

Cause look at that. Yeah. There you go, everybody. So you got LEGO Batman there. That's a bunch of different LEGO guys, obviously. But yeah, it almost looks. I mean, it's reminiscent of 89 Batman. But if I could spin my stick here, you'll see, like, of course there's differences, especially when you do it right of like, God damn, it goes the fall. That's like a fucking fall.

[A]

Also, they can't see this.

[B]

Oh, great. Good father. But yeah, whenever we do show it back up.

[A]

I'm showing it now.

[B]

Okay, great. Yeah, you see like his. Obviously he has that keaton Batman. Which of course they do change the bat logo, but more importantly the bat. His utility belt is different.

[A]

That's close enough.

[B]

Very cool. It is close enough.

[A]

That's nice.

[B]

That is very nice.

[A]

That's awesome.

[B]

I like that a lot. I like that a lot.

[A]

Thank you, Lego.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

Lego not sponsoring this, but thank you.

[B]

But you should have.

[A]

You should have done it.

[B]

Where's the money?

[A]

Could have done it.

[B]

What the hell, man? Put it down there. He's okay. Don't worry. He's not gonna drop him. We're not gonna end up on livestream fails for that.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

For something else for sure.

[A]

Yeah. Plus, into licking the.

[B]

But see here, we'll. Let's see. They're doing the Batman Prime.

[A]

Oh, this is Batman.

[B]

We'll put Batman Prime.

[A]

Is it made out of Lego? Yes, it is.

[B]

Yeah, it's custom built. You know what I mean?

[A]

Batman Beyond. I need to see him.

[B]

Here, take a spin.

[A]

Someone with. Oh. Ah. Oh, okay. Okay. Now let me do the moment of truth.

[B]

Oh, just a clock.

[A]

Oh, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.

[B]

They got me too.

[A]

That's all I wanted. I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no, you can't do that. Yeah, I'm rewatching it. That may be on, man.

[B]

No way. Really?

[A]

What an incredible show. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. It's all on hbo Max Incredible. So much sauce.

[B]

It sounds stupid because of where we're at right now, but the balls it took to do that.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

You know what I mean? Now there's alternate universe shit all the time. It's like, hey, we're gonna do Batman. The Animated Series for sure is popular. We're gonna do another one and just do it fucking in the future. But like with Harry McGinnis. Yeah.

[A]

Just a new character, right? Like, yeah, it's incredible. Yeah. Having. Yeah. Bruce Wayne pulled out a gun in the first episode. It's like, oh, so good. But yeah, no, this is neat. I'm a stickler for Batman beyond and I really hated the. Do you remember the Arkham City one that they did? Awful. I remember going get my dad to get me a nos energy drink.

[B]

Let me go over here.

[A]

Oh, it's over here.

[B]

Go to the Bat Mipe shirt. Bat Mipe. I forget if I don't know if I ever Even bothered to check if they switch inventory. Like, is the Batgirl suit gonna be on sale here?

[A]

Let's say. Oh, I switch it. Wow. Okay. I can get a red brick.

[B]

Well, yeah, that's actually where it's something. Yeah, that would like. So let me show you. So, like, when you go in here, right, and you go over here and you go to your thing here, like, you can put on modifiers. And so, like, you have not only, you know, you have the suit you want. Sure. But then you can go in and put on different, like, modifiers.

[A]

Okay. On top of it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay. That's cool enough. Yeah, it's cool enough.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I mean, you would want the alternate versions of the specific suit. Right. Like Spider man does.

[B]

Hold on. Let's go. Let's shoot back to the cave and see if I can pick up that Batgirl suit. Because I do want to do a Batgirl thing here with the Tower.

[A]

She's a hacker. Oh, okay. She'd be hacking. She'd be hacking. So the guy's.

[B]

Or Barbara Gordon. No, she's Batgirl.

[A]

Yeah. She don't got the wheelchair version. No, no, they would never do that. They don't have the balls. So you can't play as any type of villain in this. Correct.

[B]

Okay. Hey, Batman. It's Batman.

[A]

Is Batman too annoying?

[B]

No, no, no. I actually kind of. I do dig the way they do it. Of like, he knows, obviously, since he's in from another dimension, that he's in a game.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[B]

We were talking over. But he was like, oh, I see you're enjoying the game. That's why you haven't come to visit me. I don't want a goddamn red bricks. All right. There's the Batgirl.

[A]

Okay, Gotcha. Oh, okay. So these are always gonna. Oh, wow. Ooh, we got the OG Origin. That's nice. That's fun. Yeah. Well, let's see if you can go to Nightwing really quick.

[B]

He's got the Batgirl suit.

[A]

Okay, well, fuck it. I just want to see the suits of Nightwing. God, he's so cool looking.

[B]

Get in there. Tear it up. Tear it up, everybody.

[A]

Oh, Batman beyond version. Oh, yes.

[B]

Oh, interesting. Sad Crab Charlie says there's a DLC coming in September where you'll play as the villains breaking out of Arkham.

[A]

Ooh, I hadn't heard about that. I really like that new 52 version. I don't like the red.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

Oh, okay. Okay. Okay, cool. This is neat.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, I like that. Awesome. I like that they have specifically the Arkham version.

[B]

Yeah, they got the Arkham ones for everything.

[A]

Okay, cool. That's neat. All right, well, you can go back to your. Thank you, Batgirl.

[B]

A cool Batgirl.

[A]

You're a little bat girl.

[B]

Don't be like that. Don't be a hater.

[A]

All right, Blue. I hate women. Give me Nightwing. I wanna see the chief.

[B]

What is diving in right away?

[A]

Yes. In terms of the game. Yeah, yeah. I'm in a weird place. Cause, like, I'm going to New York next week. So I'm like, maybe I should.

[B]

New York, New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of.

[A]

I want it on my ally. So I'm like, I'm thinking about playing it on the ally, but I do want it on my PS5. So I'm like, in a weird place.

[B]

But I hate it when you get to that point where you're. Yeah.

[A]

First world problem. Yeah, exactly. But what was I going to say? Is there. What is, like, the biggest. I would say, like, negative for you of this game. Like, is there something that you're like, man, this is so close to being great. Or like a system.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, again, I think it's. We talked about it in the review, but it's the idea that, like, if you're gonna give me these skill trees, if you're gonna, like, we still haven't gone to check out a Wayne Tech thing of like, oh, well, you know, here's a distraction. Batarang. And here. If you're gonna give me all these different things, make me use them. Make it matter. Make the combat get that deep, make the stealth get that deep. Where I need to go deep, especially

[A]

for the harder difficulties.

[B]

Yeah, 100%.

[A]

So what do the gadgets look like? That was the question I meant to ask.

[B]

Well, here's one. Where to use her? This is your hacking mitigation.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Is it as good as Starfield? No, of course not. But nothing is nothing. But I appreciate a fun different hacking game.

[A]

I like that. Yeah, it's cute.

[B]

Then get in there. Boom. You did the damn thing. You got it. Boom.

[A]

We hacked it.

[B]

You gotta avoid those firewalls, if you will.

[A]

And she's the only one that can hack hacked, right?

[B]

Yes. Yeah, that's her deal.

[A]

And this is opening up the map.

[B]

Yeah. And now watch. It goes boom. Populates me with all the stuff that I didn't know was there already. And you can see the hours and hours and hours of life gone by. Just going, I gotta go get all that. I gotta go get all that fun. We gotta wait Until I cash, and then we'll go check out a workbench so I can show you more of that stuff.

[A]

Okay. So how deep do you think you're gonna go? I know you're picking it up right now. You're playing it as a little fun side game right here. But are we gonna try to unlock everything? Are we trying 100% this.

[B]

What I was saying in the review, I stand by of where I think this is gonna be a marathon and not a Sprint Platinum.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Of like, okay, cool. Yeah, for sure. Ben is gonna keep playing this. It'll be an easy. Hey, let's throw something on Saturday afternoon and play together. Which I really appreciate, and I know he always likes playing with me, but. So I think we will get there eventually. But I'm not like, it's especially where we are right now with as much there is to review and play.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm not gonna be able to sit there and commit obviously to, okay, I'm gonna now just ignore the rest of the world that I would want to for this and, you know, put in another gajillion hours.

[A]

What do we feel about the Riddler puzzles? Dead easy.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, like. I mean, you saw there's a few. I think it's more when they introduce a mechanic for the first time, where you're like, I don't fully comprehend what you want. And then once you're like, ah, aha. Then it's like, okay, then the rest of them are not. None of them are anywhere close to the Arkham Games, where you'd be like, what the. How do you want me to do that? I don't know what the hell I'm

[A]

doing, like, climbing up the biggest building, trying to figure out, like, the angle of that thing.

[B]

Yeah, for sure.

[A]

And do you have a sense of like, hey, if I get all of these, I'm going to get something more than just like a suit or something? No, there's no side quest of like, hey, you're going to beat up Riddler at the end of this?

[B]

Nah, it doesn't feel that way at all. It could be. You could be wrong. You could build that kind of thing. But no, these all feel very much like you go get the little things. I wouldn't put it past it, I guess, to go chase the Riddler down, because obviously they are working. They work with Rocksteady a bit, and obviously they are paying homage to it in so many different ways.

[A]

Sure. Do you feel like the open world is, like, full enough, or do we feel like it's empty. Like, how do you.

[B]

Or you're full enough in the way that. I mean, I think it's a playground. I think it's a Lego playground of let's drive the car real fast, smash into everything, run around this, roll in, get our studs, yada, yada, yada. I don't think it's like a living, breathing. And I don't think it needs to be. That's not really what the game.

[A]

As long as you have things to smash it.

[B]

Yeah, there's plenty of stuff to go do. As you just saw from that one reveal. Right. And then here are the upgrades I was talking about. Right where you can see. I was like, okay, well, yeah, I'm throwing Batarangs a lot. So, yes, let's go where I can hold. I can do more and I can do the target and I can do it. But like, I didn't even bother. I think I was. I figured out that this one eventually was going to lead. There is a trophy for whatchamacallit. Getting through and getting them all for one character. And so I was like. I knew that would be there eventually. So I was like, I'll just start pouring them into Nightwing or Robin, who I was using at the moment just

[A]

to get it out. Yeah.

[B]

It's like, okay, yeah, the hackerings can bypass. Throw it at this. And it's like, okay, but it's like

[A]

you're not using any of that, right?

[B]

No, yeah. It's like, I don't. I can eat the red things you just saw me do. Right. But it's like you never. During my game, I never came here except for Batarangs where I was like, that would actually be helpful to have more Batarangs to do. Right. But here, summon a swarm of bats to distract them. I mean, I've never done that.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Aim with a full focus meter. I would not waste my focus meter on that. I want to do the instant takedown. I'd rather do the instant takedown.

[A]

Craig would never do that.

[B]

I wouldn't waste my time there.

[A]

It is kind of cool that they have it there. You have to go here in order to do all that you have to do.

[B]

Well, no. A workbench.

[A]

Okay, got you.

[B]

So, like, you come out any one of those blue workbenches. There's one there. There's one there. There's one in the cave. So there's one on every island. There's everywhere.

[A]

And how are you getting these bricks again?

[B]

These are the Wayne Tech chips that I'm getting From these ones labeled with W. Oh, okay. Gotcha the gold bricks. And Barrett, I know you stopped after the story, but I also see you in there answering questions. Are we only getting gold bricks from the story? Missions I haven't seen outside of the story missions where I would go get a gold brick. So I don't know where else you'd be filing and figuring those out.

[A]

Falcon fortune.

[B]

Okay, this might play into a narrative thread they left from the game. It's probably a spoiler alert, everybody. No, no, no. It was in a chapter three thing where they mentioned it and then I never saw it. Captain Kaufman super chats that says, can we see the Batman Beyond Batmobile, please? You sure can. Again, just like the other one you can hold up to be sent right to it.

[A]

Oh, she has this little scooter.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

Man, even the rain on top of these Lego figures are kind of crazy gorgeous. Is this PS5 Pro enhanced or is it just PS5 doing the pistol thing?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

It looks gorgeous.

[B]

I don't. Let's check. Because it would be in the options, right. Of jumping in if there was something going on with video performance.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. So it's doing a performance mode right there.

[A]

Oh, looks great.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Shout everybody heard of your first.

[B]

What'd they hear?

[A]

Those are the Batman Beyond.

[B]

Oh, wow.

[A]

Really cool. Damn.

[B]

See ya. Suck on that one, Gotham.

[A]

Listen, I understand why we don't do it anymore, but, like, we just gotta let me run over and explode all the civilians. Like, don't be back. They'll come back. Like, have them, like, spawn right back. Like, just let me explode them. It's fine. Nizzydizzy in the chat says, Greg, following up on a story you told the other day in Albany, New York. We have a guy that goes around with his dog that they dress up as Ghostbusters.

[B]

I love that.

[A]

I love that. That's beautiful. It's crazy that people like Ghostbusters that much, you know?

[B]

You don't, you know,

[A]

see a kid with a Ghostbuster shirt, you're like, man, you're dead.

[B]

Yeah, exactly.

[A]

You don't like this.

[B]

That kid didn't come to it on his own, I'll say that right now.

[A]

Thank you so much. Log V N D H I Subscribing with Prime. Appreciate you. Whoa.

[B]

Now we send in the kitty.

[A]

Okay. And then we get the. Whoa. Kitty was not supposed to be there. Like, oh, no. Oh, no.

[B]

Step back.

[A]

Well, yeah, that kitty's gonna starve to death. Oh, see, she can just spawn cats.

[B]

It's one of her powers.

[A]

Oh, okay, gotcha.

[B]

Begging you guys just to enter.

[A]

Just get in.

[B]

We're on the live stream. Enter the come. Nice.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

It's me that's supposed to. Oh. But they put little cat paws and opened it up the size of a cat.

[A]

She's a cat.

[B]

That's not on me. That's not me.

[A]

She's Catwoman.

[B]

She's Catwoman.

[A]

This is a. I. I love this skin and I'm so excited. How does the Batman Returns skin look? I'm assuming it's going hot it's own.

[B]

Come on. Incredible. Awesome.

[A]

Beyond version of it.

[B]

Remember that? An Hathway?

[A]

I do. Forgot about that one.

[B]

Never forget about.

[A]

Always forget about that one. Always forgot about that last movie.

[B]

That's fair.

[A]

Always forget about that last movie. Except for Bane. Bane was sick, brother. Did you watch the Harley Quinn show?

[B]

First season?

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. That's pretty much all you need to watch. It was good.

[B]

It was great.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pretty fun.

[B]

Rahul Kohli was on it either.

[A]

Oh, he was. He was. So was thing down. Who else was in it? Ron. Yeah, Ron. Yep. There wasn't. Yeah. But I was thinking about the. The Bane in that one. That was. That. That was good. Steven in the chat. Steven Sosa in the chat says the deluxe version of this game is sold out everywhere in Austin. That's crazy. There's a demand for it. There's an excitement. I mean, every single time we put up a short of this, it is 400,000 views. Yeah. We put up the. I put two back to back and was like, yeah. 200,000, 300,000. Insane.

[B]

That's why we're now just a Batman. Lego Batman.

[A]

Yep. That's all we're gonna be doing, everybody. So this is puzzle.

[B]

You know, you don't even have to look. I ran in. I'm like, I don't even want to know what the puzzle is.

[A]

This is the Falcone thing right?

[B]

Where you're trying to get the thing.

[A]

But it's called Hush. There's money. I think Hush is in there. You think Hush is in there? He's like, oh my God, I'm Bruce Wayne. It's like, oh, Thomas Ellen, what's your hype level for the movie? For the next movie, Greg. For the next Batman movie.

[B]

For the Batman movie.

[A]

Yeah. Batman Part 2.

[B]

Let's go. I'm excited. I was let down by the Batman. Cause I thought it looked so great and the trailers were so great, yada yada. And then I got it. I was like, oh, okay. And they also make a bunch of moves like they're gonna fucking kill Alfred. Nope, he's fine. Oh, okay.

[A]

He's chill.

[B]

The parrots are bad. No, they're good. Oh, okay. Well, this is. You know, the Telltale Game was all in.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

No, they're bad, and they're bad people. But then the Penguin, the show made me like the world so much more. Like, oh, yeah, I'm ready for more.

[A]

Yeah. That's notoriously Lienz's favorite movie of all time is the Batman. Really blew her mind. Like, it was one of those experiences of sitting down. And you probably have this experience of, like, watching a movie with Jen and, like, trying to be like, does she like this? She's not like this. And we walked out of theater, I was like, I'm sure she hates this movie. She looked at me, she's like, I'm rocked. I was like, she's like, I have never. I have never experienced a movie that good.

[B]

I love that also.

[A]

Whoa. But, yeah, she's obsessed with it. We've seen it so many times, and we love the Penguin, of course. Yeah, she's very excited about it. I'm just interested to see what direction we take here. Because we have Harvey Dent, right? So it's like, okay, are we doing just Harvey Dent's story? I don't want to do that again. I like him being there.

[B]

I imagine it would be different.

[A]

We have snow going on there, so are we doing a Mr. Freeze situation there? I love a question. I love a good hush as well. So it's like, we've never done that. You know, he did. He did say, like, hey, we're doing something that's never been really done on film before. So it's like, thank you, Billy.

[B]

The pizza for the gifted. Whoa.

[A]

Five subs. Thank you so much. So, yeah, I don't know, man. I'm very interested to see if, like, it's been five years now. It's like, I think we need to. I want to see Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne. That's my number one most excited thing. I need to see him. So excited to see him and what his. That interpretation is, and then just figuring out what that villain is, man. Cause they have a good cast.

[B]

Yeah, for sure. Yeah. I'm looking forward to that. But I'm more excited to see what happens with the DCU back then. I want to see that actually get going, you know, about to get Green Lantern, about to get Supergirl.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Lots of great shit happening out there, man. Of tomorrow, obviously filming right Now, Billy

[A]

the Pizza subscribes to tier 1. Also says, let's freaking go, boys. It's Batman day.

[B]

Let's go.

[A]

Well, it's an interesting one. It's an interesting little hacking minigame right here.

[B]

Yeah, well, this is safe cracking.

[A]

Oh, my apologies, My apologies, My apologies. Bang.

[B]

Okay. Meow, meow.

[A]

And she gets it open and then, oh, there's gonna be a bunch of money and hush. Oh, no, She gets stuck. She's getting stuck in there.

[B]

There it is. Are you.

[A]

I'm assuming it's through the story, right? You're unlocking these characters that you're playing with? Yes. Okay, gotcha. Do you think it's a good mixture? Like, are you. Did you have to wait too long for a certain character? Did you feel like you were getting

[B]

a good job when you jumped in? Especially when I jumped in. It wasn't even. There's 14 of these. Like, I hadn't been keeping up the most on the game, right. Like, I thought I was like, man, am I ever not gonna be Gordon? Like, I'm Gordon for a long time. But then when you. Oh, it's seven people and you get to spend time with them, I was like, okay, okay, okay.

[A]

It did make me laugh in the comments where someone's like, man, imagine being stuck as Gordon playing as Batman.

[B]

They do a good job. Yeah, everybody's super fun making them. Right? There is a great example of what you're talking about, right? Of like, she could just glide with her cat glider.

[A]

Yeah, it's canon. I'm sure.

[B]

You dig long enough, you'll find out for sure.

[A]

And I'm assuming drop in, drop out co op, right?

[B]

Oh, yeah. Super simple, super cool.

[A]

Just fully just drop in, drop out.

[B]

Amazing. Yeah.

[A]

Is this connected right now?

[B]

Can I just drop. Come on in.

[A]

How do I go?

[B]

I go, perfect.

[A]

Boom.

[B]

Wow. There you go. It's one second and you'll see the frame rate drops. But other than what it is, wow. Then I put this over in the review, but I'll do it here too. Then. The thing that I like a lot is. Okay, let's say I didn't understand it or you. Whatever. You can just hit down on the D pad and you hit down on the D pad and then we switch characters.

[A]

Oh, wow.

[B]

Now I'm Batman, you're Catwoman.

[A]

Okay, cool.

[B]

Very nice. Little like. Okay, cool. I like that a lot. You can just jump back and forth.

[A]

Oh, that's easy.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So we're not doing the dynamic split screen, which I appreciate for this type of game. It makes more sense.

[B]

I complained about this as well. I think for a while, I think thought the split screen in these games has not been great.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And yeah, they had dynamic for a while. Personally, I think I understand there's many PC players. I think there's so many people, especially for this kind of game that are playing it on a tv. Just picture and picture it. Just give us two widescreens that shrink down to whatever I guess to be 30 inches a piece or whatever. Like, I feel like that would just be a better move in terms of making this not look so bad. Especially with me trying to teach Ben stuff. Yeah, like, all right, turn. Oh, you went too far. But it's really not you. It's the game. Because that was out of the way.

[A]

No, it's a great call. I haven't seen a game that has ever done that before. I wonder why that doesn't happen before.

[B]

I think it's been real estate for the longest time. But I think at this point.

[A]

Come on now, come on. We gotta figure it out. Or we can Bring back the PlayStation TV.

[B]

Yes. Remember that?

[A]

That's the way it should be.

[B]

Remember that?

[A]

That blew my mind. At a game.

[B]

Listen, if you don't remember, it was a 3D television. But also you could have two people play on the same TV and see different things with the glasses.

[A]

And that to me, that was the moment I was like, man, maybe 3D is the future. That blew my mind.

[B]

This thing is going to take off and sing. I like this too. Again, differences from other games. I can be in my menu, tweaking, changing character stuff. You can keep playing. You don't have to worry about it.

[A]

Yeah, it's super seamless. And how am I switching characters again? That's up.

[B]

You would just change who you are.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

You hold down on the D pad. But because you're Batman, I might be the stronger.

[A]

Oh, okay. Got you. I always have to be Batman.

[B]

Yeah, you hold down, nothing happens, right?

[A]

Yeah. No.

[B]

Okay, so who do you want to be?

[A]

We can do that one Nightwing, if possible.

[B]

Boom. Tap down. Perfect.

[A]

And then. Yep, perfect. Oh, wow. He's so cool. And he flies just so I like him. You got the butt. No, no.

[B]

Yeah. I haven't seen a cheeked up Nightwing.

[A]

No, we gotta figure that out.

[B]

And this is the other fun thing too. I like. You know, again, I think for what Ben and I are doing in my, you know, him being four and a half.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Coward. I haven't experimented much with it, but I do like the Idea that you and I can just go off on our separate adventures here.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Whereas, like, you could go. You could just go open chests or whatever you want to do while I go fight people or, you know, vice.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And obviously, eventually, if we're gonna do, like, a Falcone thing where we went inside, we'd change it.

[A]

But overall, that was fun right there. That made me just that very happy. I've not played as Nightwing in so many years. That made me very happy. Bat mite,

[B]

Also. You sell garbage.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Stop selling fucking trash.

[A]

Let me cycle through it a little bit.

[B]

You want this fucking sign? No, I don't.

[A]

That's a really good Fatmine impression.

[B]

I should have been a cast in this. I don't know what I did wrong. Been like, three Legos.

[A]

They delisted your games. You know, is there anything from, like, the OG Games that you, like, really miss? Like, is.

[B]

Because, I mean, I think, you know, honing in and giving you seven characters that have unique abilities is cool and a good and good idea. I do miss that bench, though, of, like, oh, man, I'm gonna go over here. Who am I gonna unlock?

[A]

Yeah. The novelty of finding somebody and being like, wow, I can play as Bat Mite. Right? Like, oh, how silly is that? But I will say, like, I was kind of a hater on it when I first heard of this. But, like, playing as Nightwing, it's like, oh, this feels like Nightwing. Like, this is really impressive. Like, I did not expect. Expect that at all. I really thought this was going to be a skin of Batman. This feels good, man. Oh, yeah. We're having. We're completely different areas, having different fights,

[B]

just living our bat lives, you know?

[A]

Yeah. Come on. Part of the Bat family.

[B]

Gotham City. Say no.

[A]

Red Hood, though.

[B]

He's in the story narratively.

[A]

Yeah. But not a playable character because he wanted guns. They would never do such a thing. Yes.

[B]

Yes. Yes. Yeah. No. Yeah. And I think, obviously, obviously, killing Jason, Todd, bringing them back, that's tough one to explain to kids. Even as I joked about in the preview, even Robin's parents don't die.

[A]

Oh, really?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, wow. That's hilarious. How did they do that?

[B]

Robin accidentally throws a Batarang or whatever, and it knocks them down, and they land, and they kind of look like, I better get out of here. Dive back into

[A]

Dr. Neal. Thank you so much for subscribing with me.

[B]

Barrett points out, but Bruce's parents do. You know, it's a great question, but even that, it was such a. Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight. And it's just a couple pearls and him alone in the alley.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But you are right that they are 100% dead. Martha. There's a great Martha joke in here.

[A]

Oh, the Martha and the Martha.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Do you think there's enough Batman vs Superman representation or is that.

[B]

Oh, yeah, you got the suit, you got the voice, you got the other suit, you got the Batmobile. There's a nice little joke about Superman on the Batmobile. Like, yeah. You know his, like, description of the Batmobile.

[A]

Joker asks about a reach around. It's great. Whoa.

[B]

We're not doing Justice League stuff.

[A]

We would never do that. Yeah, man. I'm having a good time with this. This is cool.

[B]

Yeah. And again, this is what it is, right? I'm just like, cool. Let's just fuck around and be Batman.

[A]

Any closing thoughts as we wrap this up? People are gonna get out there, play this game.

[B]

I hope they enjoy it. I think, you know, like you said, there's a tremendous amount of interest in it, which is interesting for a Lego Batman game. A Lego game, I guess.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm happy to see the excitement there. I think it'll do it for most people. I don't think I'm seeing people with unrealistic expectations. And I'm excited to keep playing with Ben. I think. You know what I mean, Like Lego games. It's awesome to hear about this September DLC I didn't hear about. They've always been great at continued support. So seeing what it'll be up for the rest of it, I'm stoked for last question.

[A]

Is Ben over here learning about Batman lore through this now or has he already known most of this?

[B]

I would say he knew not most of it. I can't get teach him everything as much as I try regular's homework and

[A]

then also Batman homework.

[B]

I don't. I mean, like. Cause we read graphic novels. Like, I'll read collected works to him and stuff. So it's like he's known the Batman story for quite some time.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

I don't think we've seen it. And again, like. Yeah, I don't think so. No, I don't think we got inter. Maybe Bane. I don't know how much he knew about Bane before this. Bane's good in this.

[A]

Did he scare him?

[B]

No, no, no. Bane is the classic. Daddy, who's that? And it's the bad guy on Xbox. It's Bane, I'm Bane. Every time there's a bad guy, I'm the bad guy. I'm the bad gu.

[A]

Worrying, but. All right, everybody, this has been your Gamescast plays for this week. Go out there, enjoy Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight. Let us know what you think down in the comments below. Have a good one.

[B]

We ended up bug I fell into

[A]

the world what a perfect way to end. All right, peace out, y'. All. Bye. Bye.