LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight builds on the foundation of previous LEGO Batman games, but it's also making a necessary pivot away from the franchise's trajectory. To date, LEGO Batman has seen some of the biggest shifts in any LEGO series, and LEGO Batman 2 's introduction of voice acting reshaped the entire landscape of LEGO games. The second and third games also expand significantly in scope, bringing in other DC superheroes and eventually moving beyond the Gotham setting.
The shift to an ensemble focus isn't much of a surprise. By the time of LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham 's 2014 release, the DCEU film franchise had kicked off with Man of Steel , and the MCU had landed its big team-up success with The Avengers . Bringing in the whole gang could pull in a wi