If TT Games Ever Takes Another Stab at a Marvel Game, Copying Its Own Homework May Help

TT Games has had a long and lucrative partnership with LEGO and its various collaborators. A studio mostly known for its work on many different Disney and Pixar movie tie-in games, TT Games‘ first foray into the world of LEGO came in 2005 with the release of the now-beloved LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game. With the release of LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga in 2007, TT Games transitioned to working solely on LEGO titles, producing a total of 19 between then and now.

Those 19 have run the gamut of pop-culture, covering major franchises like Batman, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic World, Indiana Jones, and Lord of the Rings. TT Games has often double-dipped with its LEGO adaptations, delivering several games per franchise. Occasionally, that double-dip turns into a triple-dip, and that’s been the case with TT Games and Marvel. But it’s been seven years since the last LEGO Marvel game, and it’s about time the studio dipped in just one more time.

LEGO Marvel Superheroes Has Laid Some Strong Foundations

Released all the way back in 2013, the first LEGO Marvel Superheroes game holds up surprisingly well over a decade later. One of the few Marvel games to bring together the Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and more, LEGO Marvel Superheroes still feels like the full package, bringing 180 unlockable characters to the table along with a bevy of main and side missions that dive into all corners of the Marvel universe. LEGO Marvel Superheroes was also one of the first LEGO games to feature an open-world, and its version of New York is packed to the brim with references and Easter eggs.

Four years later, TT Games took the solid foundations laid by LEGO Marvel Superheroes and turned them up to 11, delivering a sequel that may not technically be better but is certainly bigger. LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 contains 191 unique characters, and almost 300 if variants are included, covering even more of the Marvel universe’s more cosmic-related heroes and villains.

LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2‘s open-world was also massively expanded, delivering a variety of locations from across time and space, including Hala, an apocalyptic Asgard, Attilan, Wakanda, and Nueva York. This is all packaged in a thrilling story that sees Kang the Conqueror connecting all these disparate locations and characters. It’s hard to imagine a Marvel game that would be more complete than LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2.

LEGO Marvel’s Avengers Paves the Way for Another LEGO MCU Adaptation

Coming between the two LEGO Marvel Superheroes entries, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers is often viewed as the black sheep of the LEGO Marvel video game family. Rather than go for one big open-world, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers delivers several smaller hub areas, and rather than allow characters from all corners of the Marvel universe, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers sticks to its titular team and their related MCU movies, resulting in a pretty stretched-thin roster. That being said, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers is still a fun time, and though not all of its missions are perfect, it lays some strong foundations if TT Games ever wanted to adapt more of the MCU.

LEGO DC Super-Villains Paves a New Path Forward for LEGO Marvel

TT Games doesn’t need to just borrow from its own history with Marvel. Instead, TT Games could borrow from LEGO DC Super-Villains‘ formula, and deliver a game centered around Marvel’s most iconic rogues. This game could also borrow LEGO DC Super-Villains‘ surprisingly extensive character-creator, as fans have sorely missed that feature in recent years.