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Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

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Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham cover
Developers
Traveller's Tales
Publishers
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
OS X Feral Interactive
Russia 1C-SoftClub
Engines
Nu2
Release dates
Windows November 11, 2014
macOS (OS X) November 28, 2014
Reception
OpenCritic 74
IGDB 76
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Cinematic camera, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Adventure, Open world
Vehicles Automobile, Flight, Space flight
Themes Contemporary, Space, Sci-fi
Series Lego Batman
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham on HowLongToBeat
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham on IGDB
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham guide on StrategyWiki
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham on MobyGames
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham on Wikipedia
Lego Batman
Subseries of Batman
Subseries of Lego
Lego Batman: The Videogame 2008
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes 2012
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham 2014
Lego DC Super-Villains 2018

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is a singleplayer and multiplayer cinematic camera and third-person action, adventure and open world game in the Lego Batman series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
Premium Edition; includes all DLC.
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
Windows
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Premium Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
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Premium Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Premium Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC Additional game content.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions Game does not contain microtransactions.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Man of Steel Included in the Season Pass
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Batman 75th Anniversary Included in the Season Pass
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Dark Knight Included in the Season Pass
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Batman of the Future Character Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Rainbow Character Pack Available for free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Arrow Included in the Season Pass
Windows
macOS (OS X)
The Squad Included in the Season Pass
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Bizarro Included in the Season Pass
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Season Pass Included in the Premium Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Heroines and Villainesses Character Pack Available for free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\LEGO Batman 3 Beyond Gotham\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/LEGO Batman 3/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/313690/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\LEGO Batman 3 Beyond Gotham\SavedGames\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/LEGO Batman 3/SaveData/
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\313690\remote\savedgames\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/313690/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud
Stores up to 8 MB of files.

Video

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Choose From Screen-Res as your aspect ratio.
Cutscenes are framed for 2.35:1 or 1.78:1, depending on the scene.[Note 2] Cutscenes are Vert- at wider ratios and letterboxed at narrower ratios.[Note 3] Actual gameplay is Hor+.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Unknown fixed amount.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Edge AA, incorrectly referred to as a type of FSAA. Required for Depth of Field to work properly.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  2. Start the game and press Ctrl+ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel.
  3. Open the Display menu and select "Windowed Mode" and "Force Override".
  4. Set the preferred window style and close the Control Panel.
  5. Press Ctrl+ Shift+O to toggle Special K's On-Screen Display.

Notes

The game will minimize to taskbar when pressing Alt+Tab .

Input

In-game keyboard settings.
In-game keyboard settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game inversion settings.
In-game inversion settings.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Cutscenes are hard-coded at 5.1.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Windows language must be on Español (México).
Japanese
Untested: https://colyn.jp/legojapold/

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz on startup. The config file must be manually edited to set the refresh rate permanently.
Set screen refresh rate[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open pcconfig.txt.
  3. Change ScreenRefreshRate to the screen refresh rate (e.g. ScreenRefreshRate 120).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c, 11
OpenGL 2.0 OS X only.
Shader Model support 3, 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
DirectX 9 mode is 32-bit. DirectX 11 mode is 64-bit.
macOS (OS X)
32-bit only.[1]

Mods

See the beginners setup guide for instructions on how to configure the game for mod support.
Setting up mods requires extracting the game's .DAT files, which noticeably increases file size, increases load times, and may disable achievements.

Visual enhancements

  • 2K or 4K splash screen by SirYodaJedi - Increases the resolution of the splash screen that appears after the legal splash screen from 1024x1024 to 2048x2048 (for 1080p) and 4096x2048 (for 1440p and 2160p) using promotional materials.

Audio enhancements

Miscellaneous/Unofficial content

  • Level Select by SirYodaJedi - Adds a level select screen to the main title menu, allowing one to jump into any story mode level as if it were a new game level.

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7600 GTS
ATI Radeon X1950
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.9.5
Processor (CPU) Intel 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/313690/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (313690) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  2. Main story cutscenes are framed for 2.35:1 and bonus level/DLC cutscenes are framed for 1.78:1.
  3. Visual cues occasionally poke out of these letterboxes for dramatic effect.
  4. Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League, Batman Beyond, and Justice League vs. the Fatal Five
  5. Arrow and The Dark Knight

References