SmokedMeat
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Epic Mickey 2 is coming to Vita later this year
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We're starved?
News to me.
I certainly am. There's been nothing this year and nothing coming until the end of the year except for bad monster hunter clones and indie games that even if I wanted to play I could play most of them on PC or PS3.
Cornbread78
Member
Start the petition. BL2 day 1 here...
Ruud_Luiten
Member
Uhm... Ok
Every game is a game I guess
Every game is a game I guess
BlackGoku03
Member
Ouch.
Dreams-Visions
Member
this game was bad wasn't it?
so who cares?
so who cares?
My five-year-old son and I co-oped this on wii, and let me tell you, it was a god-awful experience. He begged and begged me to buy it after we finished EM1 last year, so I gave in.
The controls are horrendous and frame rate was terrible, but what really summed up our experience was the fact that we broke the game in 4 different areas where Mickey would inexplicably free-fall in open space, forcing us to reboot the game over and over again.
Add to that a story which is half as long and half as entertaining as EM1 (which itself was a snoozefest), an extremely bland colour pallette with half-assed art direction, and you have one of the worst games I have ever had the misfortune of playing.
hence the why
Disney closed down Junction Point, so I have a feeling Virtual Toys is doing this port. They did the Phineas & Ferb: Across the Second Dimension port for PSP, which was also a year after every other version.
What a weird port. If this was announced before the game was found out to be a turd I would've been interested because I think the touch screen could've leant itself to some unique game play. But now? Uh, no.
What a weird port. If this was announced before the game was found out to be a turd I would've been interested because I think the touch screen could've leant itself to some unique game play. But now? Uh, no.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
The other versions are even worse.
Virtual Toys also did Cars 2 for PSP - another late port* that was published by Sony.
*actually I'm not sure if it was a port per se, but the point stands.
Heart Attack
Member
I get that it's cool to hate EM because neither game got close to fulfilling it's full potential, but if you like Disney and enjoy platformers, it's a solid buy. Sure it has problems, which we all know since the first game, but it isn't that bad of a game overall. Camera problems remain, some glitches occur every now and then, a broken AI partner, a shit framerate while in Co-OP. But even then, the game is enjoyable, and playable. I doubt that 90% of the people in the thread have played either game in the series.
Father_Brain
Banned
Ah, didn't know about that one. Yeah, pretty safe bet that they're handling this.
What? :O
Nose Master
Member
Finally, a real reason to pick up a Vita!
JUST KIDDING EM 1 and 2 ARE BOTH DOGSHIT
Orbis Tabula
Member
Kind of ironic. Isn't Epic Mickey 1 the game that got a ton of Gaffers banned for port begging, or am I thinking of something else?
So yeah, it's probably them who are doing this port. They're located in Spain, and SCEE are announcing this port. Makes sense.
For those wondering, a Vita version of Disney Infinity was put on a retailer's website. That port makes a lot more sense ...
Father_Brain
Banned
It's not impossible at this point, but wasn't that listed on one of those obscure European/South American stores that appears to add listings based purely on Internet speculation and rumor?
It's why I usually just stick to the main Vita game thread for the month. It'd be nice if people would actually inform themselves about what games are available on the console before they do the whole "Dur hur, Vita haz no gaemes," schtick.
As someone who actually owns one, I have over 45 games installed on my system, a few more that are retail cart only, and there's a bunch more releasing over the course of this year that will just add to my Vita backlog.
The system is certainly not beyond criticism as far as its market presence goes, but the hardware and software available on the system is pretty impressive. The point of a handheld is handheld games. It doesn't matter if MGSHD is on consoles when the point of it being on the Vita is so that you can play it on the go.
I welcome ports, original IPs, spin offs, etc. If they're fun, I'm all there.
With all that said: Epic Mickey 2? Really? Did anyone ask for this?
Hell, if people are giving the Wii U crap for getting Deus Ex: HR, I have to say I'd much rather get a port of that for the Vita than Epic Mickey 2. Though, full disclosure, I never played any of the Epic Mickey games, so I have no idea if the games are actually good or not? Are they actually bad games? If EM2 is genuinely good, well, I'll rethink my position and check it out on the Vita. I have more time to play games on the go than I do console these days.
electroplankton
Banned
Still one of the biggest IPs in the video-game industry.
Yeah, it was a Spanish retailer. Although, all of Disney's recent Sony handheld ports have been handled by a Spanish studio ...
Do you think they'll change the AI? Honestly, the AI made the demo god-awful, otherwise I could've seen myself having fun with this. I don't know why they didn't just go with the co-op mechanic that lets you switch back and forth between the two characters at will.
Edit: Also, how was Virtual Toy's previous work? Better than the console equivalents? Worse? About the same?
Edit: Also, how was Virtual Toy's previous work? Better than the console equivalents? Worse? About the same?