There are well over 100 playable characters – most unlock as you play through the story, others as you complete challenges. How many Lego Marvel characters do you get to control?

Plus, an ongoing series of downloadable updates keeps it current with thae latest Marvel movies and TV shows. It’s no shocker that your kids will have a blast playing, but the sharp writing and wry nods to comic geeks are also great for you.

Medieval knights and cowboys, floating districts, dirigibles, ancient Egyptian pyramids complete with traps, underwater cities – all in different neighborhoods.

There’s a fun story here: Kang the Conqueror has ripped time and space apart, pulling different eras and locations from across the multiverse and mashing them together into a single city. In this free-roaming Lego-ized action-adventure game, originally released in late 2017, cherry pick from a huge cast of Marvel characters and watch the hours fly by while you take on the main story-driven missions, side missions or just run around and bust up the Lego scenery to collect Lego studs, the in-game currency. A brick by brick guide to the video game so overstuffed with heroes, it belongs in a sandwich shop.Īvengers: Infinity War is here, and in honor of this special occasion, we’re obligated to introduce you to a Lego game that's your best bet for the entire family to live out all those Marvel mash-up fantasies - Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.