DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos is an Action and Adventure game developed by PHL Collective and published by Outright Games. Play Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman to protect the people of Happy Harbor. I enjoyed many aspects of this game, but there were some less desirable parts.
The story revolves around the people of Happy Harbor. Mr. Mxyzptlk (Mxy) tricks the citizens into becoming the new mayor and does what he can to make Justice his League life a nuisance. One of her missions is to fix sewer pipes. Once done, it turned out to be a trick and the Justice League flooded everyone’s homes.
Mxy is the antagonist, but the villain is the giant starfish Starro. His henchmen are tiny starfish that stick to people’s faces and control their minds. Green Lantern, Aquaman, and Flash are captured so Starro can steal their powers and rule the world.
For superhero games, the stories are on par. An evil villain is trying to rule the world. Only the Justice League can stop it. To run the story, you play the game as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman and solve different missions. But missions are repetitive over time, to say the least. Also, I think some missions were “filler” to prolong the game.
For example, one mission was to protect a child’s sandcastle on the beach from Mxy’s minions. (His minions were also sea creatures and fish people, but not starfish.) The task felt out of place and lacked plot. The game he divided into 4 chapters and each chapter is divided into missions. Chapter 1 has 7 tasks, Chapter 2 has 6 missions, and Chapters 3 and 4 have 5 tasks. These missions didn’t take very long, and the shorter chapters made the ending rushed.
The gameplay of DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos is solid. You can switch between Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman at any time using the directional pad on the left Joy-Con. Each has its own health bar and special moves. For example, Superman has laser eyes, Batman can summon bats, and Wonder Woman can rain arrows of fire. However, each has more moves that can be learned. These moves can also be upgraded with money and materials found around the world.
When I fought bad guys, I mostly pressed the Y button to throw punches and kicks, and used special moves and special moves whenever my hero recharged. As a fighting game, it was fun. However, when there were a lot of enemies on screen, the framerate could drop. The game also crashed for him twice, so he had to reset the game. For example, got stuck in a boat. All buttons worked except the B button. Resetting the game made it work, but still frustrating.
Cyborg was always on standby, except playing as the three main superheroes. After rescuing Green Lantern, Aquaman, and Flash, they will also be put on standby. You can set one of them as a ‘support’ and have it in combat as an NPC for a minute or so.
In addition, there are side missions. Admittedly, I didn’t do those side quests. The main game was already too repetitive and I was reluctant to add extra tasks. You can change the costumes of his three main girlfriend characters by exchanging the Cosmic Book.
But what bothered me the most was the lack of multiplayer.The game is advertised as multiplayer, but I was disappointed when I realized that multiplayer wasn’t part of the main story. Instead, there is another mode called Instant Action. I tested it with my sister assuming we’ll take down enemies together, fight each other, and play some minigames as Justice League.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t. In Instant Action Mode, you and her one local her friend can explore Happy Her Harbor together and take turns as three main her characters. Some enemies can be defeated together. But the story didn’t last and there weren’t any small missions to complete together. It felt like a pointless mode that was just added to make fun of what happened.
Finally, DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos has five difficulty modes: Story, Easy, Normal, Hard, and Heroic. I played in normal mode because I thought it had a good balance. However, curiosity drove me to give Story Mode a try. Due to story difficulty, special moves recharge faster and take no damage. So you can easily play the game even if you have small children or siblings at home.
The difficulty of the story is one of the reasons this game should be aimed at a younger audience. The graphics are vibrant and use 3D character sprites. Menus and skill trees are easy to navigate and understand. The game is fully voice-acted, whether characters make jokes during battles or discuss missions during story scenes. The voice acting is great and that was my favorite part of the game.
I had a great time with DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos. I’m a huge Justice League fan and it was fun to revisit these characters in a different way. Also, the voice actors were perfect for the characters, and the script was comical.
Can you see yourself playing the game again? No, probably not. Aside from the side missions, there isn’t much replayability. But I think this is a game that my 7 year old nephew would enjoy, and since there is a story difficulty level, I think my 4 year old nephew would probably have a good time with it.
