Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

In Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, each character possesses unique skills, either innate or tied to their equipment. These abilities are crucial for progressing through the game.

Abilities:

• Projectile Weapon: Fire or throw items like Batarangs or guns. Hold X to aim at breakable objects and targets. Batarangs home in, while guns shoot straight. (Examples: Batman, Robin, Cyborg)
• Grapple: Use tools, powers, or natural ability to grapple orange hooks, allowing access to upper levels or pulling objects to open paths. (Examples: Batman, Robin, Cyborg, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman)
• Glide: Certain characters can glide using their capes, extending jump distance horizontally. (Example: Batman)
• Shield: Block attacks and cross flames or lasers by standing on a shield pad. (Examples: Alfred, Wonder Woman)
• Flight: Jump and then jump again in the air to fly. Press A to rise, B to lower. Double-tap B to disengage. Double-tap A in the air to boost speed. (Examples: Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, Superman, Wonder Woman)
• Flight with Fuel: Characters with Space Suits require fuel from a dispenser for limited flight. (Examples: Space Suit Batman, Cyborg, Lex Luthor)
• Sense: Use this ability near green sparkles to reveal invisible objects. Tap B to activate. (Examples: Sensor Suit Batman, Martian Manhunter)
• Stealth: Avoid cameras with green laser sights. Tripping them can disable systems. Usually requires holding B. (Examples: Sensor Suit Batman, Stealth Suit Lex Luthor, Cyborg)
• X-Ray Vision: See through walls, primarily used for green walls with mechanisms. (Examples: Sensor Suit Batman, Superman)
• Explosives: Destroy silver LEGO bricks and damage enemies with explosive attacks. (Examples: Power Suit Batman, Demolition Suit Cyborg)
• Sonic: Shatter glass with sonic waves or screams. Hold the button for a continuous stream. (Examples: Sonar Suit Batman, Cyborg)
• Laser: A heat beam that melts gold LEGO bricks and cuts through gold LEGO walls by carving patterns. (Examples: Superman, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg)
• Beam: A focused energy beam that clears normal objects and enemies but does not affect gold LEGO objects. (Examples: Green Lantern, Star Sapphire, Indigo-1)
• Ice: Freeze enemies or LEGO water spouts into ice blocks. Can also extinguish LEGO fires. (Examples: Arctic Suit Batman, Mr. Freeze)
• Electric: Absorb electric charges from generators to fire blasts or power mechanisms. Inherently electric characters don't need to absorb charges. (Examples: Electricity Suit Batman, Cyborg, The Joker)
• Underwater: Sink and manipulate objects underwater, useful for smashing hard-to-reach bricks. (Examples: Scuba Suit Batman, Dive Suit Robin, Killer Croc)
• Toxic Immunity: Walk through green toxic sludge without taking damage. (Examples: Hazard Suit Robin, Lex Luthor, The Joker)
• Vacuum: Suck up loose red, green, and yellow pieces to deposit them into a container for a useful item. (Example: Hazard Suit Robin, Lex Luthor)
• Tech: Interact with blue panels with red blinking lights by pressing B and holding X to hack. (Example: Techno Suit Robin, Lex Luthor, Cyborg)
• Mini-Toy: Deploy a remote-controlled version of yourself (Robin/Lex Luthor's Techno Suit) to go through

Before diving deep into collectibles, focus on completing the story first. Many collection requirements necessitate late-game characters. Enjoy the narrative and tackle collections later.

General Gameplay Tips:

• Smash Everything: Demolish all LEGO objects in the environment to maximize your stud count. Utilize projectiles and lasers for efficient destruction.
• Collect Studs: Aim to collect the required number of studs in each mission to achieve "True Hero" status. Once achieved, your status is permanent regardless of subsequent stud loss.
• Explore Thoroughly: Investigate all areas by running into walls and checking behind them to find hidden paths and collectibles. Valuable studs are often concealed in out-of-reach locations.
• Observe Visual Cues: Pay attention to environmental indicators for progression. Look for soft glows near dirt piles, shiny bricks signaling explosives, lasers, or magnets.
• Collect Minikits: Gather Minikit canisters to assemble pieces of the DC universe. These can be viewed in Trophy Rooms. Each Minikit grants 50,000 studs, with the final one awarding 1,000,000 studs.
• Purchase Extras: After completing the story, consider buying Extras like stud multipliers or collectible detectors to reduce frustration and enhance gameplay.

Hub Areas:

The Watchtower is the central hub for the Justice League, offering access to various locations via slideways teleporters. Early in the game, the Batcave also serves as a temporary hub.

Batcave:

• Initially accessible in the Laboratory, later the entire cave opens up.
• Features a central teleporter, the Batcomputer (accessible via the Back button), an elevator to the Trophy Room (for purchasing Red Bricks and inputting codes), and access to a bonus level after story completion.
• Includes a Character Customizer and an elevator to the Laboratory, which leads to VR Missions.

Watchtower:

• Main area with slideways teleporters and doorways to other locations.
• Containment Cells: Primarily for story elements and extras.
• Laboratory: Houses the Character Customizer and access to VR Missions.
• Control Room: Contains the main computer for mission selection. A meeting room with the Stud Fountain appears here after achieving 100%.
• Trophy Room: Similar to the Batcave's, for buying Extras and inputting codes.
• Hangar: Offers some minor extra content.

Hall of Justice:

• The Justice League's ground-based embassy, mainly for extra bricks, tokens, and challenges. A secret passage to the Hall of Doom is rumored to be here.

New Characters: Batman, Robin

New Suits: Sensor Suit, Hazard Suit

Batcave Interlude:

1. Use the Sensor Suit on the green wall in the back of the Batcave.

2. Arrange the red and yellow parts, then hit the red button to power up a pod.

3. Grapple down the hook to get the POWER SUIT token for Batman.

4. Use the Power Suit to demolish silver objects with explosives and assemble a rotator switch to extend a walkway.

5. Switch Batman to the Sensor Suit, hold B to turn invisible, and enter the enclosed glass room under the camera.

6. Switch back to the Power Suit and blast the silver box to uncover a switch that turns off the camera.

7. Have Robin enter and collect the TECHNO SUIT token.

8. Have Robin use the blue panel in the back of the room to start a hacking minigame.

9. Complete the minigame to enter the elevator for the next mission.