My wife and I were thrilled when JLH came out and got it immediately.  We're both big Justice League fans (mostly from tv) but could not help but be very dissapointed with the game.

We played two-players and enjoyed the different abilities of the characters.  However the overhead view (much like the X-Men games but not as good) often obscured the action and lots of tight spaces made running in tandem difficult more often than it needed to.

Worst is the "dramatic" depiction of the characters.  Not to sound too nerdy here but, Superman is supposed to be, well, nice/good, but was portrayed as overly testosterone-y.  The cutscene graphics were outdated and made the heroes look unnatractive, the storyline was very simple and showed very little creativity.  With the wealth of DC story writing they could have done so much better.

The game was very short (about 15 hours).  There were destructable surroundings but you don't get anything for destroying your surroundings, like power-ups or secret items (and we broke everything breakable...everything).  And when the game ended, it just sort of ended, no cool closing cut-scene for completing the game, just looping graphics behind the credits, no easter-eggs (that we found anyway), nothing much at all.

The designers/developers needed to play a few other games to see what they were competing against.  I would rather assume they didn't instead of assuming they did and just chose to make a comparitivly weak effort at a game that so many were looking forward to.

So, if you want to play as The Flash, or unlock Hawkgirl, you can have some fun, but I would warn any buyers to keep their expectations very low because the designers seemed to be just phoning it in.
My wife and I were thrilled when JLH came out and got it immediately. We're both big Justice League fans (mostly from tv) but could not help but be very dissapointed with the game. We played two-players and enjoyed the different abilities of the characters. However the overhead view (much like the X-Men games but not as good) often obscured the action and lots of tight spaces made running in tandem difficult more often than it needed to. Worst is the "dramatic" depiction of the characters. Not to sound too nerdy here but, Superman is supposed to be, well, nice/good, but was portrayed as overly testosterone-y. The cutscene graphics were outdated and made the heroes look unnatractive, the storyline was very simple and showed very little creativity. With the wealth of DC story writing they could have done so much better. The game was very short (about 15 hours). There were destructable surroundings but you don't get anything for destroying your surroundings, like power-ups or secret items (and we broke everything breakable... everything). And when the game ended, it just sort of ended, no cool closing cut-scene for completing the game, just looping graphics behind the credits, no easter-eggs (that we found anyway), nothing much at all. The designers/developers needed to play a few other games to see what they were competing against. I would rather assume they didn't instead of assuming they did and just chose to make a comparitivly weak effort at a game that so many were looking forward to. So, if you want to play as The Flash, or unlock Hawkgirl, you can have some fun, but I would warn any buyers to keep their expectations very low because the designers seemed to be just phoning it in.