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Steven's Man-Cave: Going beyond Gotham

» Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham’ PS4 review

Steven Cayer
Senior Columnist

 

ven though it’s been

less than a year since
Traveller’s Tales released
their last Lego game, they’ve
done it again with Lego
Batman 3: Beyond Gotham,
the first Batman game on the
next-gen consoles. However,
Lego games will always be
limited in graphics, so I don’t
think there are noticeable
differences in that regard.

This instalment is about

how Brainiac kidnaps the
coloured lanterns (yellow, red,
blue, orange, indigo, and sap-
phire), so he can use their com-
bined power to shrink Earth
for his collection. The Green

Lantern, followed by the Justice this one isalso filled with

League, and its villains must
work together to save the world.
As with every Lego game,

 

collectables, semi-cheesy

: humour, and over 150 different
: characters from the DC uni-

: verse. In Lego Batman 3, your

; main bases are the Watchtower,
: the Hall of Justice, and, of

: course, the Batcave consisting

: questionable characters, such

: as Conan O’Brien and Kevin

: Smith. At first, ] wondered why
: they would be in the game, but
: then, as I played, I found that

: fact surprisingly and randomly
: awesome. One character I

: didn’t find questionable at

: allisTV’s Adam West, who

: played the very first role of

: Batman in the 1960s. You'll

: find him in every level trapped

: in some predicament. There’s

: alsoa bonus level after you’ve

: beaten the game that’s inspired
: by his TV show. As Stan Lee

: was in Lego Marvel, Adam

: West is in Lego Batman 3.

: This game also has the

: same problems as the other

: Lego games—the most obvious
: being the camera. Not being

: able to move the fixed camera

: becomes a nuisance when

: jumping across platforms

: because it means you don’t

: get depth perception.

: Ifyou still enjoy what

: Traveller’s Tales is doing,

: even though there aren't

? many new additions, I rec-

: ommend this safe bet.

: of 16 levels. It is interesting to

: see all of the planets involved

: with the Green Lantern.
There are also a couple of

 

Comic Corner: It’s hard being a former child star

» ‘Red Hood and the Outlaws: REDemption’ review

Brittney MacDonald
Staff Writer

lassically, Red Hood and

the Outlaws: REDemption
is everything any comic fan
could want: it’s bold, has
masterful artwork, and is
filled to the brim with action.
Dig a little deeper though
and you might realize that
Scott Lobdell’s character
development leaves something
to be desired.

Red Hood and the
Outlaws follows the journey
of Jason Todd (a.k.a. Red
Hood, a former Robin with

a precarious set of events,
he finds himself joining
forces with Starfire, who was
previously of the Teen Titans
and whose nuclear powers
are now seen as dangerous
to mankind, and Arsenal, a
former protégé to the Green
Arrow.

So what could be the

I first read Red Hood and
the Outlaws, I was confused:
the overt sexual nature of
Starfire reeked of misogyny,

: but despite her promiscuity
: all sexual encounters were

: initiated by her, developing
: a level of agency that is

00000

: Then I figured it out. It wasn’t
: that Starfire is a glorified

: sexual fantasy, it’s that her

: sexuality was the only aspect

: to her personality. So it was

: bad character development,

: masquerading as misogyny.

: Then I realized that both Red
: Hood and Arsenal had the

: exact same problem, as they

: were both one-dimensional.

: Red Hood with his brooding

: and Arsenal playing the part

: of the witty comic relief. It is

: unfortunate, since conceptually
: I think this series has a lot of

abandonment issues). Through potential.

absent in sexist works such as
Batman: The Widening Gyre.

Artistically, Red Hood

: and the Outlaws is amazing.

: Illustrator Kenneth Rocafort

: does an incredible job, with

: extreme detail and anatomical
: perfection.

As much as the character

: development bothered me, I
: would have a hard time not

: recommending this series.
problem, you might ask? When Definitely worth picking
: up if you're bored, but not

: something to invest a lot of
: time in.

 

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