GIVEAWAY AND REVIEW: Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes game for XBOX 360

I really wanted to call this the Hamster Ball of death and other Batman powers...

A week out and the excitement was building.  My son was spending every spare minute googling the  new Lego Batman XBox 360 game.   Within days, I knew more than I ever wanted about The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Cat Woman and the rest of the huge cast of characters.  "And you can explore the whole city of Gotham City!" he told me as we strolled out to get the Sunday papers.

By Monday evening the emails had been checked a dozen times to see exactly when the game would arrive.

"So it should arrive on Friday, Mum?"  and other variations on this question punctuated the week with monotonous regularity.

And this is what did arrive:

The Bat Box

THE REVIEW

In aspie boy's own words, as I don't play video games.  I don't even play Farmville, so it's over to you, son..

What is the game about?

"Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor are competing for the Man of the Year Award. When Bruce goes up to get it, the Joker appears and crashes the party, and Batman and Robin have to stop him causing chaos. Lex Luthor breaks the Joker out of Arkham Asylum and asks the Jokers to help him to win an election. Batman and Robin have to stop him.

"It is all set in Gotham City, except one level which is set in Metropolis.

"Batman and Robin have to stop the Joker and Lex Luthor getting kryptonite, destroy a giant cloud robot and join up with the Justice League aka the DC superheroes from the Marvel comic series."

What are the good things about the game?

"It's fun, and it would take a long time to complete. Like the other Lego games you have to collect gold bricks and fight villains, like the Joker, General Zod and Sinestro.

"It's a great game to play for the family, it's child friendly, with good humour, and there's voice acting which is a new feature of the series.

"You can finish the story in about 9-10 hours, but there's lots more to do in the game, including exploring Gotham City. Every level has 10 mini kit pieces and when you collect 10 you get lots of studs (money) and you also get a different version of your vehicle.  The story is very exciting, and when you're flying around Gotham City it's awesome.

"You can play straight through the game and just collect 7 characters, but there's another 43 available by exploring Gotham City. Characters like Martian Man Hunter, Superman, Supergirl and Catwoman.

"There's a handy map system in the game that helps you to find things that are well-hidden - unlocking  Gotham City gets this.

"Batman and Robin have 4 different suits each that change how you control them, and give them different powers, eg electricity and superstrength, batsuits for gliding and the x-ray suits that offer x-ray vision.  Robin has this acrobat suit, that gives him access to the hamster ball of death.  He climbs into it, rolls into people, and they die!"

So do you want the game now?  If so, you have enter the giveaway...

THE GIVEAWAY

Everything in the Bat Box is available in this giveaway, including an unopened copy of the game, just not the bat box itself.  UK and Ireland addresses only.

How to enter

On the blog: leave a comment below that enables me to contact you if you win.

Email: send an email to stilllookingforbluesky@gmail.com.

Facebook: has strict rules about competitions and giveaways that I really can't work out, so I'm not accepting comments on any of my Facebook pages as an entry, but comments are still gratefully received!

Twitter: post a tweet about the competition as an extra entry.  Just make sure to leave a comment here or mention @c_oreilly in your tweet so that I know.

Closing date for entries is 8pm on Friday 3rd August, 2012

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Disclosure: This game was provided to me for free to play and review.