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Disney announces Infinity 3.0 Launch Info - Release set for August 30th

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Today Disney announced an August 30 release date for the Star Wars-themed Infinity 3.0 starter pack, but anyone who has invested in one of the annual toys-meet-games titles knows that the starter pack is just the beginning.
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Release Date - August 30th
Starter Pack - $64.99 Twilight Republic (Anakin + Ahsoka)
Special PS4 Star Wars Bundle - $114.99 comes with Rise of the Empire + Twilight Republic Anakin, Ahsoka, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Boba Fett
Rise of the Empire - Timed PS4 Exclusive only in bunduru
Inside Out - Pixar Playset (Joy + Anger)
Tomorrow Land Power Discs

Stand Alone Characters
- Star Wars Rebels Set
- Mickey
- Minnie
- Olaf
- Tron Set
- Sadness Disgust Fear
 
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James Scott

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I'm still baffled that Mickey and Frozen don't have playsets. Still not sure on the game, best buy has it for fairly cheap with a pre order and gamer's club unlocked, but I've never been too big on Star Wars.
 
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Zalman said:
Cool. I'll pick up Mickey and Minnie. Is Mulan coming later?
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Yeah more characters should launch in wave 2 which will probably coincide with when they drop the Rise of the Empire playset for everyone outside of the PS4 Bunduru.

Expect more Disney characters along with the launch of more SW stand alones.
 
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SomewhatGroovy

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I REALLY hope they design some great Star Wars levels for this and not bombard it with silly fetch quests nonsense from the past entries. I want an excuse to buy these if they can make a great Star Wars game, period.
 
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SND

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Expensive Star Wars game releasing two days before Max Mad and Phantom Pain. “It’s a bold strategy Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for him.”
 
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FearMyWrench

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Last year's game was a buggy mess, was hoping they would launch later this time to make for a more stable launch... and they push up the release earlier. Going to be very cautious this time.
 
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RK128

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The PS4 exclusive bundle looks like a good value overall; for the price of two full-retail games, you are getting:
-Two 'Play-Sets' that are each 10-20 hours worth of content
-Five Characters (which are normally 12-15 bucks per character) = 90$ Value
-The extra play-set (Episodes IV-VI) = 30-40$ Value

Not that bad overall, considering 3.0 is supposed to be a huge improvement over both 1.0 and 2.0. I hope with Sumo Digital and Ninja Theory on board (with Ninja Theory making the Twilight of the Republic Play-Set), I have hopes that this is a great game.

I won't get it due to not being a huge fan of the whole toys-to-life concept but I hope that its a great game for people who enjoyed prior Infinity titles :).
 
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Zalman

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victor.m said:
Other than children, who buys these? I've never really seen the appeal. Perhaps I am missing something?
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I just buy my favorites and display them. Disney has always been a big part of my life. The game itself isn't that great if you ask me.
 
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curb

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I got in on a deal and preordered that full Saga set a couple weeks ago. Fingers crossed that the gameplay improvements live up to their potential.
 
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James Scott

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victor.m said:
Other than children, who buys these? I've never really seen the appeal. Perhaps I am missing something?
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Collectors. Disney's IP is pretty popular, a unified line of figures has its appeal. The game, although mostly composed of several licensed kid game-quality "sets" it also has an expansive 3D game creation sandbox
 
finalflame

finalflame

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Zalman said:
I just buy my favorites and display them. Disney has always been a big part of my life. The game itself isn't that great if you ask me.
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Ah -- so like Amiibos? If so, that makes sense. I just don't understand the appeal of the game itself, perhaps because I've never played it, but jut seems like generic beat 'em up with Disney characters?

The combination of the game + characters to the end of actually just playing the game seems expensive is all.
 
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Sora_N

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The characters I want are always in two pacjs.. Spiderman and ahsoka :/

I preordered mulan and the tron figures though.
 
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jwk94

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So I've never played this before, I'm vehemently against characters not having playsets but I finally caved because the Star Wars stuff looks like fun. Are the sets forward compatible? Would I be able to purchase some of the previous playsets and play them here or do I have to buy their games?
 
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jwk94 said:
So I've never played this before, I'm vehemently against characters not having playsets but I finally caved because the Star Wars stuff looks like fun. Are the sets forward compatible? Would I be able to purchase some of the previous playsets and play them here or do I have to buy their games?
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Characters are forward compatible. Playsets at least 1.0 didn't work with 2.0.
 
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RK128

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victor.m said:
Ah -- so like Amiibos? If so, that makes sense. I just don't understand the appeal of the game itself, perhaps because I've never played it, but jut seems like generic beat 'em up with Disney characters?

The combination of the game + characters to the end of actually just playing the game seems expensive is all.
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The Infinity series a jumbled mess regarding its gameplay :l.

1.0 had a very odd mixture of gameplay styles for each playset; Pirates mirrored ACIV, Cars was a semi-open world racing game, Lone Ranger was semi-open world action game, Monster's University was a 'pranking' game, Toy Story was something (don't know if it was just the Toy Box but stretched into a play-set or a action game :l) and Increadables is a open-world brawler. None of them were amazing but at least it offered a lot of verity per play set (and the Pirates, Monsters and Increables all being in the starter pack was really nice).

2.0 was far more scaled back in terms of content; Avengers and Spider-Man were direct copies of one another for there open worlds, the combat system was simple and while you had normal levels, they felt to 'samey' overall to be anything more then just average. Guardians of the Galaxy was completely original but it mirrored its gameplay to the Pirates playset form the original game; lots of action and combat mixed with some world exploring. In a effort to have the playsets be more focused, they ended up making them less 'special', leading to them being very similar to one another.
 
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Kitoro

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Haven't played since 1.0, even though I scored the Marvel 2.0 starter pack for $34 last Black Friday.

Are the playsets still just cookie cutter sandboxes with fetch and kill quests for the most part, or are they becoming more distinct and worthwhile?
 
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Neoxon

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curb said:
I think it was. He said they already announced Ultron but didn't know about figures for the other two (being the twins) *wink*. I think it's happening.
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If it was a hit, my gut is telling me that they'll be the pack-ins for whatever the Marvel playset is.
And obviously Disney would have my money, but they already do with everything else Marvel & Star Wars.
 
Elginer

Elginer

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Hmm... so tempted to finally get into this but the idea of me spending soo much money keeps me away.
 
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curb

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Neoxon said:
If it was a hit, my gut is telling me that they'll be the pack-ins for whatever the Marvel playset is.
And obviously Disney would have my money, but they already do with everything else Marvel & Star Wars.
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Who knows really. I'm wondering if there'll be any Ant-Man content. 2.0 didn't tie to the movies directly so they could pull Ant-Man into the Ultron story.

I'm still hoping for a Captain Marvel figure myself.
 
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mreddie

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curb said:
Who knows really. I'm wondering if there'll be any Ant-Man content. 2.0 didn't tie to the movies directly so they could pull Ant-Man into the Ultron story.

I'm still hoping for a Captain Marvel figure myself.
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I have her power disc, but I get the feeling she'll just have Nova's moves.
 
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Triggerhappytel

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mreddie said:
Didn't sales do well?
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curb said:
It think it does fine. The ESA puts out their yearly summary document (page 11) and it contains the top 20 games on console and PC according to NPD. Disney Infinty 2.0 was 15 and Skylanders wasn't on the list. I doubt it's going away anytime soon.
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Fair enough - I just always had the feeling it had under-performed for Disney, but then if we don't get any sales figures or any official word from them it's hard to tell.
 
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robotrock

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I think I'm going to finally check this out this year. I just want an excuse to buy the Inside Out Playset. What a good movie.
Briarios said:
Every one of these sets goes for 50% off on Black Friday, so if you're in the US and have patience, just wait.
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Good to know.
 
suikodan

suikodan

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I'm trying to understand. If I buy this Starter Set and play the Star Wars Adventure, can I match Buzz Lightyear with the Anakin figure included?

Or each world is "still" exclusive to its characters and that I need to build myself a level where Anakin, Buzz and McQueen can co-exist?
 
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Stanng243

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suikodan said:
I'm trying to understand. If I buy this Starter Set and play the Star Wars Adventure, can I match Buzz Lightyear with the Anakin figure included?

Or each world is "still" exclusive to its characters and that I need to build myself a level where Anakin, Buzz and McQueen can co-exist?
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They are coming out with Toy box takeover games(Sold separately of course) which i believe lets you use characters from different worlds together.
 
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Razgriz-Specter

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suikodan said:
I'm trying to understand. If I buy this Starter Set and play the Star Wars Adventure, can I match Buzz Lightyear with the Anakin figure included?

Or each world is "still" exclusive to its characters and that I need to build myself a level where Anakin, Buzz and McQueen can co-exist?
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For the Disney side the new toybox game has a mini-form of a narrative that brings those characters together at least.
 
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Lan_97

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Pre-ordered the saga bundle. I jumped in at 2.0 after seeing the combat improvements and Marvel characters. The 2.0 playsets were too anemic in content, but 3.0 looks to be another large improvement.
 
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piratepwnsninja

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suikodan said:
I'm trying to understand. If I buy this Starter Set and play the Star Wars Adventure, can I match Buzz Lightyear with the Anakin figure included?

Or each world is "still" exclusive to its characters and that I need to build myself a level where Anakin, Buzz and McQueen can co-exist?
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Most worlds are exclusive. Like, you'll not be able to play the Star Wars playset as Buzz Lightyear or Sully. Disney property holders are very specific about who can go where in things. They're OK with them mixing in Toy Box related stuff, because it is branded as a toy box.
 
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