Overview
Estimated Platinum difficulty: 2/10
Offline: 4 8 25
Online: none
Approximate amount of time to Platinum: 25-35 Hours
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 3 (First for story, second for collecting Minikits and citizens, third free play around Gotham City for characters and collectables)
Number of missable Trophies: None (Story Select/Free Play)
Do cheat codes disable Trophies?: No
Does difficulty affect Trophies?: No
Any Trophies that glitch?: No
Extra equipment needed?: Yes, two controllers are needed for Co-op.
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This game is not meant to be taken seriously, if you love superheroes, lego games and have a good sense of humour then this game is for you. For the first time ever a lego game has voice acting and personally it makes the narrative much more dynamic and interesting. Now just one or two things which I need to bring to your attention before we start the guide.
Story Mode and Free Play Mode
Throughout this guide there will be a consistent reference to Free Play Mode and Story Mode. This is mainly due to some trophies and elements of the game can only be achieved through playing under one of these modes. Story Mode is where you are usually confined to playing as Batman and Robin, sometimes there may well be an additional character to play: such as Superman. But the most important thing to note about Story Mode is you don't have the choice to select what characters you play as and, the characters which you do have will always have the ability to complete the levels, but not in its full entirety. Free Play Mode is where you are at liberty to choose any character which you like to play as, this mode is unlocked after every level that you complete in Story Mode. Playing under this mode makes the levels much easier to negotiate and most importantly you can accomplish all aspects of a level, such as: Minikits and Saving Citizens.
Cheats
For some gamers using cheats is usually frowned upon, however this game embraces the idea of using cheats and you can get them by either: punching in the code in the extras option on the pause screen or by finding the Red Bricks around Gotham City. It is strongly recommended that you use all cheats in order to Platinum this game in a reasonable time. Also bear in mind that, every time you exit the game, you have to switch all the necessary cheats which you use back on. it is quite simple to do, just go into the extras option on the pause screen and toggle the off to on. For the full list of cheat codes see Extra! Extra!
Format
The Road Map and Trophy Guide both coincide with each other. I have tried to take into consideration how your steps to platinum can compliment the Trophy Guide at the same time. In other words, the trophy descriptions are chronological; the ones which you will see at the top, will be the first ones which you will get and the ones at the bottom will be the very last.
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ROAD MAP
Stage 1
In your first playthrough you should be targeting 19 trophies. Essentially all you have to do is to complete all the levels under Story Mode There are 15 levels to conquer and you are awarded a trophy for each one that you complete. To start a new level you have to go to the computer terminal at the center of the Bat Cave and each level is numbered 1-15 and are scattered around the map. Throughout Story Mode you will get two or three computer terminals in each level which will enable you to save your game. If you do save your game and exit the game completely; upon returning make sure you drive or walk to the specific location in Gotham City - your current mission where you last saved is represented on the map with a Batman Logo. Do not go to the Bat Computer and select your level number, this will result in you having to start the level again
Throughout your first playthrough try to get: Super Hero, Dynamic Duo, Combo Hero and It's A Bird... It's A Plane Lastly, try to get as many studs are you can; if you are convincingly getting 'Super Hero' status for every mission and you have the Stud x2 cheat switch on. Then you should be aiming for around 2-3 million studs mark in your first playthrough. Having this kind of wealth will make it easier later on in the game, which I will touch on in Road Map Stage 2.
Stage 2
After your first playthrough you should of obtained: 19 trophies, 30 gold bricks and around 2 million studs. Now for your next part, you now need to do some work around Gotham City under Free Play Mode (which has now been unlocked). First go for Test Hero whilst in the Bat Cave and then depart and go for Subway Hero. After this you will need to unlock The Joker, Lex Luthor and Man-Bat - see Team Building for the value and whereabouts of these characters. It is fundamental that you unlock these characters in order for you to complete the next stage. If you are unfortunate enough not to have enough studs, then keep replaying the start of the first level under Free Play Mode with Flash, so you can efficiently collect more studs. Once you have obtained these characters move on to getting Red Bricks: 14, 15, 16 and 17 - see Extra! Extra! for whereabouts and value. These bricks will significantly improve and enhance your wealth of studs. Last thing to do in Gotham City is to go for Gorilla Thriller. All of the above amounts to 2,400,000 studs and you will need to get these characters and bricks before your next playthrough.
Your next playthrough of the story must be under Free Play Mode. Start from level 1 and target the House of Luthor;. also in your second playthrough make sure you rescue all citizens in peril and collect all Minikits, so you can make good inroads for Minikit Hero and My Hero
Before you start Level 3 - providing that you have had all stud multipliers turned on - you should of accumulated substantial amount of studs. Therefore, you will need to go around Gotham City again to unlock the following Characters: Poison Ivy, Penguin, Harley Quinn, The Riddler and Aquaman - see Team Building for the value and whereabouts of these characters. This will now allow you to clean up on Minikits and citizens in peril for the remainder of levels post level 3. A quick note on unlocking Aquaman, you will probably find that you are 25 gold bricks short of unlocking him. See City Slicker on how to get up to 70 gold bricks which is the required amount to unlock him.
After you have completed your final story playthrough, go to the Bat Cave and test all 15 Minkit vehicles for Minikit Hero. After this finish collecting all 20 red bricks for Extra! Extra! and then move onto collecting all 250 gold bricks for City Slicker and My Hero. Whilst getting these collectables you will automatically unlock Halfway Through. After this go to Gotham Central Park and complete the secret mission for Toy Gotham.
Now to move onto unlocking the rest of the characters. First go for all villains to unlock Super Villain. Just bear in mind that when you are encounter Sinestro, make sure you defeat him as the Green Lantern for Green Lantern's Light. Also when you unlock Brainiac take out a Lexbot for Inferior Machines. Next move onto unlocking all the heroes for Team Building, Justice League and Girl Power
Lastly, find and purchase all vehicles around Gotham City, once you have done this you will unlock The End and Complete Hero
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