Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight blends elements from Batman films, comics, and other sources to create a fresh, anthology-like Lego experience. The game keeps classic Lego collectathon gameplay while reshaping narrative and tone through hybridized versions of iconic moments and characters. A Gamescom mission takes place at Axis Chemicals, echoing Batman '89's Joker origin but replacing Jack Napier with a Red Hood Gang origin variant. That Red Hood manufactures a lethal laughing compound and even channels a Jack Nicholson impression. The demo features the Robert Pattinson iteration of Batman confronting this blended antagonist.
But Lego franchise games seem to have turned a corner now, as Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was a nicely refreshed take on the entire series, even as it retained the core Lego game collectathon loop. Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight looks to be an even greater departure, standing firmly on a love of Batman across all his media incarnations.
But instead of gangster sociopath Jack Napier being dispatched to destroy incriminating evidence in the chemical plant (but with the situation becoming a setup to kill him for sleeping with the boss' moll), it's Red Hood #1, leader of the Red Hood Gang, as we've seen serve as the Joker origin story in some comic iterations. Red Hood is using the factory to manufacture a strange new compound that makes its victims laugh uncontrollably until they die.
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