LEGO DC Super-Villains cover art

LEGO DC Super-Villains

Low-stakes smash-and-collect play testing patience and collectible routing, not skill.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    2/10

    Button-mash combat designed for kids

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Enemies pose no adaptive threat

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    1/10

    Stud and collectible placement is fixed

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    4/10

    Character-ability matching and collectible routing, gently

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2018
Developer
Traveller's Tales
Franchise
LEGO
Platforms
PS4, PC, Mac, XONE, Switch
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
IGDB critics
70/100
IGDB users
76/100
PuzzleHack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventureActionComedyOpen world