With an incredible arsenal of superheroes and all their powers at your disposal, it's a real shame that combat is limited to a single button press with a random power emerging. You can also beef up yourself and allies to make battling enemies easier, but the combat in general is by far the game's weakest element. Not only can you create nearly every superhero or villain from the DC Universe as well as every piece of their gear, but you can also add adjectives to every character and item to solve the puzzles, such as writing "sleeping" on an enemy to render them incapacitated or "warm" on an ice barrier to melt it away. To add a bit of a challenge, Mxyzptlk will introduce himself early in the game and offer a reputation multiplier at certain times if you can solve the riddles under his parameters, such as not creating weapons or solving a puzzle without flying. The arbitrary placement of quests sometimes makes it even easier, as you may often have missions completed without even doing anything simply by having random objects and random characters placed in a situation that causes the objectives to complete themselves. For example, one distraught musician wanted to form a band, so typing "drummer" into the notebook instantly created the band member, and I racked up easy reputation. Some require a little bit of thought, but most have fairly simple solutions. Solving the missions grants you either Gotham, Metropolis, or Oa reputation points, which are the currencies used to unlock new stages and continue with the campaign.Īfter recovering the Starite from a particular level, you can return whenever you please to find a new set of random missions waiting for you. To progress in the story and unlock new areas, Maxwell must aid citizens and superheroes with the help of his notebook. In order to find the Starites, Maxwell will travel to the locations of other resident superheroes such as Superman, Green Lantern, Flash, and a few others. To make matters worse, the twins cannot return home until the Starites are recovered and the globe repaired. Like Maxwell and his Justice League allies, Doppelganger and his evil crew are searching for Starites, which were spread across the universe after Lily plummeted into Gotham and her globe broke apart. Somehow, after transporting to fictional world, a sinister doppelganger of Maxwell has teamed up with the supervillains. Yet a peaceful visit is out of the question, as an evil presence not only threatens the home of the Caped Crusader, but the entire DC Universe. Then, in a moment of brilliance, Maxwell writes "Gotham City,” rips the page from his notebook, and presses it against the globe, which transports the two to Batman's urban playground. Maxwell can conjure anything simply by writing it in his magical notebook, and Lily's globe has the power to transport them anywhere they'd like. Of course, the argument doesn't end there, as our sibling protagonists are no ordinary children. The story begins rather innocently, with our hero Maxwell and his twin sister Lily enjoying pretend time, regaling each other in some classic comic book moments and bantering over which superhero is the greatest one of all.
However, the overall gameplay ends up being more than a little flat, with a dull canvas for your imagination and a difficulty level beyond remedial. It is absolutely bursting with DC lore, and it’s a must have for any comic book aficionado.
SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED WII U REVIEW SERIES
The result, Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, is a marriage between the creative freedom of the Scribblenauts series and the epic struggles in the DC Universe. Instead of a generic adventure, this time around, developer 5th Cell opted to dive into the licensing arena thanks to its publisher, Warner Bros.
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