The Bandicoot Banter

So I decided I wanted to finish this thing before we hit February, so here we go.  The exciting conclusion of my analysis of the Lego LP video games phenomenon, starting from where we left off on the last article, which was Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Screenshot from " Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes " This is an interesting one, as it is the perfect combination of a simple Lego money grab while at the same time, trying to change the formula up just a tad.  While the basic formula of making things out of lego pieces, collecting studs, and collecting minikits were the same, Lego Batman 2 was the first Lego LP game to feature both dialogue and an open explorable world.   This would be more impressive to me if this game wasn't the 11th in it's franchise, however, beggars can't be choosers.  The video game community was finally getting changes to the same old stale Lego formula, and these were changes for the better to be su...

So let's talk for a brief moment about one of modern gaming's most persistent video game franchises...or series...or genres (I'm not even sure what to consider these games considering they are from the same developer, but they feature many different IPs in their repertoire.)  We'll call it a franchise for now and dub it the "Lego Video Games Licensed Property Franchise." In the past 10 years, Lego video games have been on the rise and, no one really knows why.  This year's release of Lego: Marvel's Avengers will make the 20th Licensed Property (LP) Lego Video Game release since their debut in 2005.  I mean, they're decent games yes, but why make every single franchise into a Lego version of itself and marketing it as such (probably to milk every penny they can out of the franchises before they die or are forgotten, but that's none of my business.  So I guess the best place to begin would be at the beginning, and it just so happens that I bega...