Still, it does shake things up a bit.Īlong the way through these puzzles and challenges, you still get a nice amount of expanded vocabulary to work with, in addition to the DC Universe vocabulary. Lord it’s the opposite of a piece of cake… which would probably be no cake at all. It’s much tougher than anything you would find in Unlimited, though, so don’t think it’s a piece of cake. This provides a nice amount of challenge for the gamer, and gives a break from having to learn everything about the DC Universe. For example, in one challenge he requests that you use only words related to food, which is insanely more difficult than it sounds. During his time, he challenges you to use only certain words and adjectives to find solutions to certain problems lying around Metropolis. Along the way, to earn extra points, you have challenges set forth by folks like Mxyzptlk (a character that is known to be in the Superman universe). You get more rep points for being creative with your solutions to some pretty tough problems. So about these rewards for knowing your DC Universe, the better you do with solving puzzles, the more reputation points you earn, which leads to unlockables (such as costumes, items and continues - all valuable when you create your own super hero in the game).
Think about how many years that covers, how many series that covers and how much time went into producing that simply put it’s crazy, but in a good way. Having an almost complete library of DC Universe characters are your disposal is nothing short of ‘epic’. The level of integration really shows that developers from 5th Cell really gave a damn about the gamer’s experience with their title. It’s more than just two licenses coming together to make a game. That being said, it’s very impressive how embedded the DC Universe is in the game. It’s very embedded in the risk/reward factor, which may hurt the game in the long run. Don’t get me wrong, though, I respect the DC Universe, as it has certainly produced some of the most popular super heroes of our lifetimes (and our parents/grandparents), but I didn’t expect this sort of embedded DC Universe love to be in the game. That’s my biggest worry with a title like this, and something I experienced since I’m a huge Marvel Entertainment fan. It’s going to require effort on the part of the gamer, and some may simply not be interested in giving it. Otherwise you either sit around and explore the encyclopedia of DC characters in the Batcomputer database, or you simply move around it. The more creative you are with disposing of villains or correcting situations, the more reward you earn.Īgain, of course you will have to know a bit about the DC Universe to fully grasp it. For example, if you’re needing to accomplish a mission, say trying to take down a villain like Darkseid’s son, you could go the usual route of creating your own arsenal (like a tank) and take him down, or you could create something or someone related to the DC Universe to take care of business. There in lies the rub of the game, though, as not being a fan might add just a bit of confusion on how best to handle things to get the most reward. So, if you’re a fan of said universe then you’re going to find a lot ways to get things done in this game. It takes everything absolutely beautiful about the Scribblenauts universe and surrounds it with a nice DC Universe wrapper. If you’re a fan of the DC universe then you’re going to be in absolute heaven with the recent release of Scribblenauts Unmasked – A DC Comics Adventure.