Is it Really Worth it? LEGO DC vs Marvel Collection Bundle

Best rated bundle last week was LEGO DC vs Marvel Collection Bundle from Green Man Gaming, with an impressive 8.1 / 10 for the cheapest $1 tier and 6.7 / 10 for the highest $8 tier.

This bundle might hold the record for the number of times its games have been rebundled but weirdly enough, all of the games were new to me.

I'll approach the review a little differently this time. Since all the games are very similar, I'm finding it difficult to separate my thoughts on each one. Instead, I'll give you a brief overview of every game and share my overall impressions in the conclusion.

LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame

A LEGO adventure where all the villains of Arkham Asylum team up and break loose, and only Batman and Robin can stop them. You capture the Joker, Penguin, Scarecrow and more, then switch sides and play as the villains.

My playtime: 40min • Will I keep playing? 👎

LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes

A LEGO adventure where Batman and Robin join Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and other DC heroes to save Gotham City from Lex Luthor and the Joker. You can explore Gotham on foot, in the air or in vehicles like the Batmobile, Batwing and Batboat, and for the first time in a LEGO game the characters talk.

My playtime: 40min • Will I keep playing? 👎

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham Premium Edition

A LEGO adventure where Batman joins the super heroes of the DC universe and blasts off to outer space to stop Brainiac, who is shrinking worlds to add to his collection. You visit different Lantern Worlds, fight in space combat for the first time in the series, and can unlock more than 150 characters. The Premium Edition adds the Season Pass with six DLC packs.

My playtime: 30min • Will I keep playing? 👎

Achievement count	% owners completed	Median completion time
70	24%	34h

LEGO® Marvel™ Super Heroes

A LEGO action-adventure with an original story crossing the entire Marvel Universe, featuring more than 100 heroes and villains. Iron Man, Spider-Man, the Hulk, Captain America, Wolverine and others unite to stop Loki from assembling a super-weapon, while you chase Cosmic Bricks across LEGO Manhattan.

My playtime: 50min • Will I keep playing? 👎

Achievement count	% owners completed	Median completion time
45	26%	38h

LEGO Marvel's Avengers Deluxe Edition

A LEGO adventure with characters and storylines from the Avengers films and more, where the most powerful Super Heroes team up to save the world. The Deluxe Edition adds the Season Pass.

My playtime: 40min • Will I keep playing? 👎

Achievement count	% owners completed	Median completion time
70	24%	39h

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Deluxe Edition

An original LEGO adventure where heroes and villains from different eras and realities fight the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror across the time-tossed city of Chronopolis. You play as the Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther, Captain Marvel and dozens of others, travel from Ancient Egypt to the Old West and New York in 2099, and can face friends in new battle modes. The Deluxe Edition adds the Season Pass.

My playtime: 50min • Will I keep playing? 👍

Achievement count	% owners completed	Median completion time
75	17%	57h

LEGO DC Super-Villains Deluxe Edition

An open-world LEGO action-adventure where you create and play as your own super-villain. With the Justice League gone, the self-proclaimed "Justice Syndicate" takes over Earth, and you team up with The Joker, Harley Quinn and the rest of the Injustice League to find out what the new heroes are up to. The Deluxe Edition adds the Season Pass.

My playtime: 1h • Will I keep playing? 👍

Achievement count	% owners completed	Median completion time
75	19%	42h

Verdict

All of the games have very similar gameplay: basic combat, destroying everything on the screen then rebuilding it into a thing required to progress the level, lots of characters with different abilities requiring you to switch between characters.

All games have questionable controls, with one button used for multiple actions, plus different action on button hold. Also, I didn't have luck getting it to work with my PS5 controller, but all games worked great with my dusty Xbox 360 controller. Even though these games are easy, I got stuck quite a lot due to issues with control prompts and mechanics not explained properly.

The number of different characters is impressive, but the highlight for me was actually creating your custom character in Villains. You can tweak looks, special effects and the abilities. I noticed that I enjoyed the newer entries more. Even though the newest one is still eight years old, the gameplay feels more polished and varied.

The only 2 I'll keep playing are Super Heroes 2 - I like Guardians of the Galaxy characters and the soundtrack, and Super-Villains - standing out thanks to the custom character creation. Those 2 are valued around $9.50 making the $8 bundle worth it but not by much so my score will have to be much lower that the formula score.

My Score: 6.1 / 10

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