We’ve been to the Batcave, and have had adventures playing as Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter aboard the Watchtower. Right off the bat (pun intended), you get about three costumes each for Batman and Robin, and we played as Alfred! Though my son thought the tray he was carrying around made him a pizza server. The game also does a good job of providing variety right away. Even in the beginning levels, it was obvious that we wouldn’t be able to get a lot of the collectibles and max out on bricks without beating the story and unlocking other characters with different powers first. From movement to combat, the game is very friendly for newcomers and young ones, but I’m sure more experienced gamers can still find a challenger here or there in it. Thanks to the familiarity with the way the game operates, with certain costumes having certain abilities that get you past certain obstacles, my son was able to move through the levels with only a few hiccups where I had to take the controller and help. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is an action-adventure game with plenty of puzzles and things to figure out to advance. If you’ve played other LEGO games, and especially other LEGO Batman games, everything will feel really familiar to you. But we don’t start out playing in space we start with the good ol’ Caped Crusader and Robin. He just needs to head to Earth to capture Green Lantern. Brainiac appears and captures them by controlling their minds, as he hopes to harness the power of the Lantern Rings (one from each of the seven Lantern Corps) to shrink worlds and add to his collection. Right off the bat, we are whisked into outer space as we watch several of the Lantern corps converge at the same location and start battling each other, until they wonder who it is that called them. I’m playing the entire game in co-op with my five-year-old son because he loves the following things: LEGOs, Batman, LEGO Batman 2, the LEGO Batman 2 movie, all of the members of the justice league, and playing video games with me. My review comes with a disclaimer, though. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham blasts players into outer space, and with that comes new characters, suits, enemies, storylines and locations. After playing way too much LEGO Marvel Super Heroes and LEGO Batman 2, I’m ready for a change of scenery.