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[Darth Smurf X]

I haven't really been interested in starting either of these games. But, within the past week or so, I've watched this:

EZA - Toy Box Tuesday

And this:

Kinda Funny Plays

Brandon and Greg's enthusiasm for these two games is infectious. Almost to the point where I want to give one of them a shot. Maybe.

So... are there any adults on NeoGAF that play these games and what are your thoughts?

I love Star Wars, Marvel and DC. The problem is... I have tons of LEGO Star Wars sets and want to continue with LEGO, but Star Wars is with DI. But LEGO has Portal and Back to the Future. And Stay Puft.

Anyhoo... which is a better game? Which has the most game types? Which is more fun? Which is the more costly investment? Which is the most popular, aka: most likely to get future support?

I don't even know if I'll ever buy either, but I was curious as to what the NeoGAF community's opinion is.

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

I've played a ton of both, they're really aimed at different experiences.

Lego Dimensions is better as a 'game'. It has a long, fully-formed campaign that is really fun, and you can use any combination of characters. If you've played previous Lego games then you know what kind of gameplay to expect.

Disney Infinity is more like, a series of many mini-campaigns that are sold separately. One problem here is that in each campaign you can only use characters that are appropriate to that world. So in the Monsters Inc. levels you can only use Monsters Inc. characters. Many characters like Anna and Elsa, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, etc. don't have a campaign for their franchise, so you can only use them in the Toy Box. I think with Disney Infinity, the main draw is the creation tools. Lego doesn't have anything like that.

If you're interested in a more traditional single-player game experience, definitely go with Lego Dimensions. If creating your own levels and games is a draw, consider Disney Infinity.

 

[Cyryus]

I haven't played LEGO Dimensions yet but I have played quite a bit of Disney Infinity 1.0 & 3.0. The Disney games AREN'T that great. Their playsets are fun but not deep and personally, the Toy Box mode doesn't do squat for me.

My wife was into DI1.0 when it first came out, collected a bunch of the characters and the games were SUPER shallow and very boring. But the figures themselves are amazingly detailed.

I skipped over 2.0 and then when 3.0 was announced and it featured Star Wars, I freaked out a little and bought every single Star Wars figures and picked up the game itself. Its ALOT better then 1.0. My wife and I played quite a bit of the Prequel play set, a lot of fun and great to hear all the Clone Wars actors come back to do all the Voice-Overs. I played some of the main trilogy's playset and its pretty good and then I played most of the The Force Awakens and sadly, its the weakest of all 3 playsets. BUT the expansions for 3.0 are freakin great! The Raceway Speedway is kinda like a watered down Mario Kart but still great fun, Toybox Takeover is AWESOME, its like an Action RPG with leveling up and stuff, we had the most fun with this one in particular and the Marvel Battle Ground one is a lot of fun as well (Kinda like Powerstone meets Smash Bros) but you need more then 2 players to get your money's worth.

TL;DR: Sorry if its too long, trying to type this at work real quick. But in the end, the figures themselves are amazing, I have them displayed on my wall and they loo great. And version 3.0 is pretty sweet but make sure you can get a deal on it!

 

[styl3s]

Entirely depends on what you prefer because they are different games. Disney Infinity is more about creativity and throwing you in a big sandbox and letting you create a toy box for you to play in or you can play other peoples creations and it has little campaigns.

Lego Dimensions is exactly what you expect out of a Lego game the only difference is you can build the toys you are playing with in-game and instead of a one IP experience you can play across multiple IPs mix-matching characters from other films and stuff.

These games are the very definition of apples and oranges. Personally, i prefer Disney Infinity but i also love Disney and i love being able to just go in and create my own levels and play other peoples creations.

 

[xXCrazyCostaXX]

I own them both and got the platinum on both. If you are looking for a fun story that's long and also has a bunch of side stuff and ton of characters/franchises I would go with Lego Dimensions. If you want to build levels and mess around get infinity.

Overall I enjoyed Lego Dimensions way more since it felt like a game rather than a builder, and I played through the entire game couch co-op with my girlfriend and she loved it. For what it's worth she hated infinity.

 

[Adam Blue]

I'm a big Star Wars fan and a week or so ago I accidentally stumbled upon a Disney Infinity video showing space combat with the right music from the movies. I decided to try it out since it was on sale at GameStop.

I got the Clone Wars set, and it has actually been very fun. I had to get over the "design" of the characters and the world, but I get what they're doing. So far I have only done campaign, as I don't understand anything else like the Toy Box. I'm playing this from the perspective of a Star Wars fan that wants a Star Wars game (Battlefront was pretty weak IMO).

Anyway, I was pleased with the "character-action-lite" going on. I'm a big fan of Bayonetta and the like, so I will easily criticize this stuff.

With a saber attack, force push, and special attack, you also have a dodge/block that can be upgraded to stagger/parry. Characters have multiple skill trees, each with different skills. Then, I'm doing all this on different planets, which is open world - some of it reminds me of Banjo Kazooie. There's also an extreme difficulty that is a must for seasoned character-action gamers.

Not only that, each planet has their 'space' to be in, so you can take a ship, fly to space, do battles there and go to another planet. I'm really impressed.

The Clone Wars era music is spot on too. They picked some good scores to use.

 

[hikarutilmitt]

LEGO is basically like the other LEGO games but with swappable sets on the portal and a longer single player campaign. They keep adding sets to it wth patches.

DI, particularly 3.0, is focused more on individual sets and their stories. 3.0 is going to be their building block as a game engine, this time, instead of iterating with 4.0 later this year so it will be expanded upon more as time goes. DI 1.0 is actually really good and varied, 2.0 was kind of anemic and 3.0 has a better variety of things to do.

Of the two, my wife seems to mostly prefer LEGO, I'm enjoying DI more and DI seems a lot less buggy, to me, than LEGO has been.

 

[El-Suave]

Disney has the superior figures in my opinion - they just look good and are fun to display. The playsets I've played are largely forgettable though unless you're into the creation part of the whole package. Then you'll get the most out of your investment and can use all the figures and features.
Lego is the better game - think of traditional Lego games that are made more interactive by the portal toy. It is repetitive, too though but it's a pretty big game. As far as the investment goes Lego is expensive, too and you might be better served getting one of the standalone games which already cover many franchises.

 

[petethepanda]

If you've played any of the other TT Lego games, you'll already know if you'll enjoy Dimensions or not, as it's pretty much another one of those. But it's a good one of those, and I enjoyed it! The purchasable level packs were disappointingly slight, however (for example, the Back to the Future pack takes less than two hours to do pretty much everything).

Disney Infinity is on the edge of greatness in a way that's a little frustrating. In the current version the combat has been fleshed out considerably and the Star Wars playsets are pretty fun, but they get a little repetitive, and the Toy Box mode that's kind of the cornerstone of the game is simply not very fun for me. It's good, and I'm glad I played it, but it falls short of what it could be. I have high hopes for the next one, though, whenever it comes.

 

[ghibli99]

Yeah, like others have said, I like the DI figures more, but I like the Lego game itself better, and the Lego game does a better job at making the toys feel connected to it. DI feels kinda stuttery when you play it too (I'm on PS4), and the framerate isn't terrific. In that respect, it sometimes reminds me of so many mid-budget PS3-generation licensed games. That's not to say I'm disappointed. I had a pretty good time with the SW and Inside Out sets, and there is a lot to do/collect.

 

[Darth Smurf X]

If you're interested in a more traditional single-player game experience, definitely go with Lego Dimensions. If creating your own levels and games is a draw, consider Disney Infinity.

That seems so backwards to me that LEGO doesn't have a creation tool. Odd.

This is actually getting more difficult to decide. Mario Cart/Space battles vs. better "game." Hmmmmm...

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

That seems so backwards to me that LEGO doesn't have a creation tool. Odd.

Well DI kind of has to, because otherwise there would be literally nothing to do with the characters who don't happen to have their own full-fledged playset, which are most of them. That is the biggest head-scratcher for me, I feel like it kind of misses the point of doing a crossover game in the first place.

Keep in mind also that Lego Dimensions is only one game, but there are three different Disney Infinity releases, and the playsets are only compatible with their specific version. Figures are all forward-compatible though, so Disney Infinity 3.0 will recognize every figure that's been produced.

 

[Cyryus]

That seems so backwards to me that LEGO doesn't have a creation tool. Odd.

This is actually getting more difficult to decide. Mario Cart/Space battles vs. better "game." Hmmmmm...

Luckily you can get both games and their figures, playsets, level packs and what not usually on sale. I know Amazon & Walmart are currently rocking a LEGO Dimensions sale and if you price match that at Best Buy with the 20% GCU, you could get it for pretty cheap.... I've been thinking about doing the same!

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Can't speak for Lego Dimensions but Disney Infinity was...okay at best. A solid middle-of-the-road licensed title.

Admittedly I'm not huge on the "Make your own game!" sorts of software so maybe it's just not for me.

I have all of 1.0 and 2.0's lineup (Figures and Discs) with the exception of Ronan, and by the time 3.0 rolled around I think I burned myself out.

I pre-ordered the game at launch and I've barely gotten past the opening cutscene.