Batman won't always tango with a rampaging Bane. But every now and then, you'll find yourself at odds with the world's sense of logic. When you're operating within the constraints of the game, Scribblenauts Unmasked genuinely lets you feel like anything is possible. Invisible rules that, by and large, succeed in hiding from view but rules, nonetheless. Scribblenauts Unmasked even lets you adhere adjectives to almost any object in the world (Super-sized puppies anyone?) and toy with the game's sprawling repository of licensed DC characters.Īs grandly imaginative as it all may sound, Scribblenauts Unmasked still has rules. Think he'd look better with a monocle? Make one and attach it to his tentacular majesty. Once you're done, a cloud will manifest and you'll be able to position it over the flames. Hit enter and you'll be prompted to key in a word - rain, in this example. You want to extinguish it by bringing in a localized shower. Let's say there's a fire in downtown Metropolis. Gameplay-wise, it's exactly what it sounds like. With it, he can bring make anything real he just has to write the appropriate word down. Chalk it up to the magic of Maxwell's notebook.įor those new to the series, Maxwell's notebook is the central gimmick in the franchise. You'd think that Gotham City would look absurd when viewed through such a lens but it doesn't. Weirdly, this preschool-friendly atmosphere works. They squeal relentlessly, kids at a comic convention. Neither Maxwell nor Lily make any attempt at disguising their ecstasy at meeting the super-powered cast. The pastel world of Scribblenauts Unmasked is all cutesy, pudgy mannequins and soft, blobby lines. There isn't a single sharp edge to the game. If anything, the plot seems almost entirely supplemental, an excuse to introduce new areas.īut what Scribblenauts Unmasked lacks in depth, it makes up for in child-like wonder. To get back to the real world, the two must collect all the missing lost 'Starites' from Lily's globe, which was broken upon entry, before the bad guys can.
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Thanks to a fortuitous turn of circumstances, they get sucked into the DC universe where they are introduced to their favorite superheroes and given license to fight in the name of good. To take a step back, Scribblenauts Unmasked is the tale of Maxwell and Lily, two comic book-loving siblings who find themselves living the DREAM. If there's anything to learned from Scribblenauts Unmasked, it's that words have power. In the last few days, I've done everything from wrangle unicorns to drowning a Bizarro Robin in the sewers to accidentally gunning down a brave police officer as he faced off against a flesh mask-wearing Joker to painting pandas green. Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, like all of its predecessors, is sordidly cute, so much so that it can be easy to forget the game will let you be a right bastard if you so choose. This is what you get when you take the easy way out of a crime investigation, apparently: an epileptic talking cadaver. I'm aghast and amused and, maybe, a little horrified.
"It was the primatologist!" The androgynous, blue-skinned, inexplicably naked corpse gasps as it flops across the floor on its back.