brandonh83
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Tried the 360 demo about a week ago. Didn't seem like they tried at all.
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Epic Mickey 2 and Epic Mickey: The Power Of Illusion (3DS) Review Thread
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MarshMellow96
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Sounds like a number two, all right.
Getting excited about concept art is always a bad idea.Those early (pre-first game) concept art sketches promised so much...
These ones:
Can't help to laugh remembering the slaughter that was that Epic Mickey thread filled with port begging.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Even though the first game did not review that will it sold over 2 million copies so I guess this one will do fine?
Will pick up both of the games once they are cheaper.
Will pick up both of the games once they are cheaper.
Those early (pre-first game) concept art sketches promised so much...
These ones:
Can't help to laugh remembering the slaughter that was that Epic Mickey thread filled with port begging.
Here's an interesting tidbit: The guy, who came up with the original concept of Epic Micky was Sean Vanaman. He talks about it in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uMxmjuzc7jY It's an interesting story. Worth listening to, imo.
He recently got his big break and became co-lead designer/writer for The Walking Dead game. His game is one of the biggest nominations for this year's GOTY awards.
Too bad no one will know that he came up with the brilliant concept/story of Epic Mickey, aka the only good part about it.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I remember when Warren Spector used to be a mark of a great game...
I'm an Idle Thumbs listener and I didn't remember that! Thanks for that. Now I'm even more sad that that concept was put to sleep.
MillionVolts
Member
Tried the X360 demo last night and couldn't finish it. Just not fun or engaging in the slightest and I got to a part where Oswald was supposed to reboot a generator but just stood around saying "I can do this!" for about five minutes until I finally quit. A 2/10 might be pretty harsh but the review is dead on from just what little I played.
Oh boy, RE5 syndrome.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
I can't believe this is a Warren Spector game ):
Visualante2
Member
e. Beaten, sorry for bump.
You mean that one time. The guy gets way more credit than he's actually earned.
ScreenSplitter
Member
Guess it's back to playing Mickey Mania and watching Fantasia for this disappointed Mickeyite.
Both had so much potential! Power of Illusion could have continued the long-running trend of fantastic 2D Mickey games, and Epic Mickey 2 could have built on the flaws of EM1 and made an excellent Disney platformer. Both look naff though. Can't wait for the TV series and line of toys... oh wait, that was only going to happen if the games weren't shit.
Secret Fawful
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Those early (pre-first game) concept art sketches promised so much...
These ones:
Can't help to laugh remembering the slaughter that was that Epic Mickey thread filled with port begging.
That was never what the firggin game was supposed to be. It was supposed to be a love letter to fans of Ub Iwerks and his contributions to Disney, such as firggin CREATING Mickey Mouse and hand-animating his cartoons alone in a room for weeks.
ScreenSplitter
Member
Yeah I agree anybody wanting H.R. Giger's Disney were idiots, and I'd argue not massive fans of Mickey or Disney in the first place.
Regardless of the art style, the thing could have been cel shaded with Mickey in bright pink, it still didn't have to be a terrible game. If it looked like a surrealist's wet dream, it would still be an awful game.
Bummer about the scores but its hardly surprising. Played the demo last week co-op with a friend and the experience was really frustrating. The game does a really bad job of communicating what your objective is, which left us wandering around a lot until we stumbled into some forward progression.
As others have said, its damned tragic that this brilliant concept has been completely squandered.
As others have said, its damned tragic that this brilliant concept has been completely squandered.
I seem to recall Ultima Underworld being very well liked and one of the most influential RPGs made, but either that means he's simply best with more serious first person adventures, or it means he's just a key component of a great team, but without that great team he doesn't really shine.
Actually, that's probably true of most developers unless they literally make the game all by themselves or with one or two other people (Team Meat and 2D Boy stick out), like I noted in the other Epic Mickey thread (I think) you see a lot of these prestigious people leave their original companies and either make nothing good (John Romero) or their games are still good but nowhere near the heights their names were associated with before (Mistwalker).
Shin Johnpv
Member
How is that possible, the demo is 50 something minutes long?
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
Member
I beat Power of Illusion in 3 hours and 12 minutes. The demo is misleading because it gives you a lot of sidequests that are from later in the game, there are not that many that fast when you play it. There are only 11 stages and 3 bosses. Just Intro castle, London skies peter pan, neverland jungle peter pan, captain hook's ship peter pan, captain hook boss. Next castle stage, Agrabah Aladdin, Cave of Wonders Aladdin, Deeper Cave Aladdin, Jafar snake boss. Underwater Castle stage, Little Mermaid ocean stage, Eric's Castle Little Mermaid, then crappy locked room enemy gauntlet ripped straight from Henry Hatsworth before fighting Misrabel which is Maleficent Dragon. I'm spoiling everything to spare you. It sucks. Don't buy it.
Thanks. I was wondering about the flurry of sidequests in the demo.
Father_Brain
Banned
No Ursula boss, even?
Xander51
Member
Thank you! A shame to hear it has so few stages.
Playing Ultima Underworld when it was released it was a good game, but not all that special. There was a ton of first person RPGs at the time, and while it had freer movement I was more interested in games that were more mechanically dense. So maybe due to the way I experienced it, I don't give the credit it deserves, but it was more of a progression of existing concepts than a revolution.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
Member
Nope, it makes the game feel unfinished. There are only 2 Little Mermaid themed stages and yet Peter Pan and Aladdin get 3 each. Ursula is just another character you rescue who sits her fat ass in the castle and whines at you.
Demon Lizardman
Banned
Welp, looks like that's it for the series.
Father_Brain
Banned
Christ, what was Dreamrift doing in the eight months since this game was announced?
Crap my order has shipped...
Well, by the LOOKS of it there was a chance the 3DS game would be good. Looks like we haven't been lucky!
JrBaconCheeseburger
Member
I got this as the second title at toys r us deal for the wii u.....Will take it back tomorrow morning and get my money back. Funny how there is no good game to get as the second 40% off title.
Still i am glad i did not open this shit.
Wait, so those shallow side quests weren't only a beginning side quests, but quests you get later in the game?
The guy worked on Thief, System Shock, Ultima Underworld, Deus Ex... which one time were you referring to?
I think his problem is that he is not well suited to designing platformers. His strength was in first person simulation while working on smallish teams. The whole giant 700-800 person teams doing 3D platformers just isn't him, even if he is a big Disney fan.