Disclaimer: We downloaded the PS4 game DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos to review free of charge, but words and pictures are mine. This post contains affiliate links, see more information here.
We’ve been lucky enough to be on the receiving end of a PlayStation 4 from a friend and my kids are absolutely delighted. In terms of games, we don’t have a lot of suitable games to choose from (I’m absolutely not letting my seven year old play Fall Out 4…) so when I was told that DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos was coming out I thought it would be a good one to try.
Fortunately (!) two days of teacher’s strikes happened to co-incide with getting this new game to review so we managed to give Cosmic Chaos a good go!
What’s DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos about?
The new DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos game revolves around Superman villain Mr Mxyzptlk (note: I have zero idea how you’d pronounce this even after listening to the game…) who is there to disrupt the mayor’s inauguration and become the new mayor of Happy Harbour. Working together, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman must stop him by completing missions and killing the baddies.
Despite it being cartoon-like in appearance, there are five difficulty levels (from ‘Story’ to ‘Heroic’) which give the game a wider appeal than just kids, although it’s definitely suitable for youngsters.
What is gameplay like?
Playing DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos is straightforward. You start out following the instructions; there’s lot of story to lead you through and you don’t have to read the screen as the story is done via cutscenes with narration.
The game explains how to use the various controls – moving, flying, charged attacks etc – and how to use the maps along the way. The missions get progressively more difficult; at the start they’re ‘find this character’ etc and as your level increases they get harder and you’ll have problems to solve and more tricky baddies to defeat. Luckily you can switch to easy mode along the way if something is too difficut.
I asked my son to describe what he was doing and this is what he said: You can play as Superman, Batman or Wonder Woman. When you’re Batman or Superman, you can fly (Wonder Woman only swings on a rope). You can drive cars and boats, and the fish are evil. If you get hit by a starfish it can wipe your brain.
That’s about as much as he was sharing, so I thought I’d try it myself and I actually got quite into it!
The controls are easy to use and you will learn how to use them as you go (even for an oldie like me). They’re not too precise; so you can fight baddies and throw barrels etc without having to be pointing in exactly the right direction. It’ll teach you how to heal up your character, how to switch between characters and how to access the map, change outfits etc etc.
The music and dialogue is fun and gets you involved in the story; there’s lots of jokes and puns and things that will appeal to kids and a little to adults too.
Does DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos have a two player mode?
The game is undoubtedly best played in single player mode. We played together in co-op mode and spent about an hour just wandering round, killing fish monsters, driving cars and exploring the island before I lost the will to live. This was before I realised that playing in two-player co-op mode, you don’t get missions to complete so it all feels a little pointless.
For this reason I would suggest it isn’t the best game for a pair of siblings, better if you have one kid that likes to play alone.
In summary
All in all it’s a fun game which kids will definitely enjoy and even adult DC fans will get a kick out of.
How much and where to buy
DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos is available from Amazon on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5 and XBox One and currently costs around £40 depending on the platform