And even though I didn't like the idea of required Gold Bricks, truth be told, I wasn't actually sure if that was the case with this game; there wasn't a single time where the game halted my progression for not collecting enough Gold Bricks, and since I only got 162 out of the 450 there are in the game by the end, I can at least say the game isn't strict regarding this sort of thing, which is more than I can say for Marvel