LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is TT Games' most ambitious game to date, says Traveller's Tales' Andy Dolan
A portion of a Game Informer interview with Traveller's Tales' Andy Dolan...
GI: First, I have to say you guys have done an extraordinary job with Lego Marvel Super Heroes. I’ve played each of the Lego games since the first Lego Star Wars, and this is by far the biggest and most interesting character roster yet. Not only does the game have an incredibly deep selection of characters, but those characters are filled with unique little details. You probably didn’t need to give Sandman a unique ranged attack (turning into the sand cannon) or have Mr. Fantastic turn into a teapot, but I appreciated it as a player. Am I correct in saying this game has been your most ambitious from a character standpoint?
AD: Without a doubt the most ambitious game to date. When I first started on this game I was so excited, I'm a massive Marvel fan and I couldn’t believe I was getting to work on a game with all these cool characters. And then it dawns on you, "How on earth are we gonna do all these characters justice?" Characters like Sandman, Gambit, Daredevil… They're all so loved by the fans, including myself and the team. You don’t want to let anyone down, and you want to make them as cool as they possibly can be. We have had games with large numbers of characters before, but what really struck me was how diverse these characters are. They all have a unique ability or a weapon or a character trait that makes them a bit different from everyone else. In a way that's great, because you want to make them unique, but it does mean a lot of work. And at the end of the day that's what it comes down to, a lot of hard work from some extremely talented animators who really care about what they are doing. And that's where these touches come from – it’s a love of the characters from the whole team.
GI: First, I have to say you guys have done an extraordinary job with Lego Marvel Super Heroes. I’ve played each of the Lego games since the first Lego Star Wars, and this is by far the biggest and most interesting character roster yet. Not only does the game have an incredibly deep selection of characters, but those characters are filled with unique little details. You probably didn’t need to give Sandman a unique ranged attack (turning into the sand cannon) or have Mr. Fantastic turn into a teapot, but I appreciated it as a player. Am I correct in saying this game has been your most ambitious from a character standpoint?
AD: Without a doubt the most ambitious game to date. When I first started on this game I was so excited, I'm a massive Marvel fan and I couldn’t believe I was getting to work on a game with all these cool characters. And then it dawns on you, "How on earth are we gonna do all these characters justice?" Characters like Sandman, Gambit, Daredevil… They're all so loved by the fans, including myself and the team. You don’t want to let anyone down, and you want to make them as cool as they possibly can be. We have had games with large numbers of characters before, but what really struck me was how diverse these characters are. They all have a unique ability or a weapon or a character trait that makes them a bit different from everyone else. In a way that's great, because you want to make them unique, but it does mean a lot of work. And at the end of the day that's what it comes down to, a lot of hard work from some extremely talented animators who really care about what they are doing. And that's where these touches come from – it’s a love of the characters from the whole team.
