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GF Rating
8
Very Good
Not an Epic, but an Above Average Mickey
posted by EmoChips (KATY, TX) Dec 1, 2010
Member since Aug 2007
65 out of 70 gamers (93%) found this review helpful
Pros:
- It's Disney. Nobody in this world hates Disney and their characters.
- It felt weird [in an awesome way] to play as Mickey Mouse in this... I wouldn't say entirely kid-oriented setting. The game is more for teenagers and adults who have a soft spot for Mickey as the game does have a more young adult inclination to it.
- Being given the choice to be Mischievous Mickey or Goody Goody Mickey. The game will still follow the basic storyline[I'm around the 60%-70% mark in the game] but you are given choices on how to do missions. A couple of them will give you the option of taking the easy road and doing it the "mean/thinner" way or the good/paint way. Just the fact one can do so with Mickey makes it all the more satisfying.
-A lot of the missions can be done with either paint or thinner.
- [for those who saw old cartoons... even House of Mouse] there are many old faces in here and seeing them in a non goofy [no disney pun intended] manner makes it better for me.
- The story is nothing out of this world, but seeing Mickey talking [well characters grunt and do noises while subtitles appear similar to Banjo Kazooie] and having serious/sad conversations again..... just makes it awesome because it's Mickey. Our childhood Mickey.
-the cutscenes have a beautiful art style.
Cons:
- The camera. Nothing game breaking, but this is where the second joystick would be preferred over the d-pad and wiimote combo.
- the gameplay is nothing awe-strucking. The paint/thinner mechanics are nothing mind blowing. It's just a platformer/adventure game.
- the game's main appeal pre-release [more on the hype in the next point] was the steampunk/dark like Disney locations. It's more of a Tim Burton than a dark. Pretty to look at in a twisted way.
- Some textures and objects are subpar.
- The hype made the reviews lower. people were expecting the second coming of Mickesus.
Overall- 8/10. Definitely worth a play, the pros outweight the cons.
Buy or Rent?- Rent.
- It's Disney. Nobody in this world hates Disney and their characters.
- It felt weird [in an awesome way] to play as Mickey Mouse in this... I wouldn't say entirely kid-oriented setting. The game is more for teenagers and adults who have a soft spot for Mickey as the game does have a more young adult inclination to it.
- Being given the choice to be Mischievous Mickey or Goody Goody Mickey. The game will still follow the basic storyline[I'm around the 60%-70% mark in the game] but you are given choices on how to do missions. A couple of them will give you the option of taking the easy road and doing it the "mean/thinner" way or the good/paint way. Just the fact one can do so with Mickey makes it all the more satisfying.
-A lot of the missions can be done with either paint or thinner.
- [for those who saw old cartoons... even House of Mouse] there are many old faces in here and seeing them in a non goofy [no disney pun intended] manner makes it better for me.
- The story is nothing out of this world, but seeing Mickey talking [well characters grunt and do noises while subtitles appear similar to Banjo Kazooie] and having serious/sad conversations again..... just makes it awesome because it's Mickey. Our childhood Mickey.
-the cutscenes have a beautiful art style.
Cons:
- The camera. Nothing game breaking, but this is where the second joystick would be preferred over the d-pad and wiimote combo.
- the gameplay is nothing awe-strucking. The paint/thinner mechanics are nothing mind blowing. It's just a platformer/adventure game.
- the game's main appeal pre-release [more on the hype in the next point] was the steampunk/dark like Disney locations. It's more of a Tim Burton than a dark. Pretty to look at in a twisted way.
- Some textures and objects are subpar.
- The hype made the reviews lower. people were expecting the second coming of Mickesus.
Overall- 8/10. Definitely worth a play, the pros outweight the cons.
Buy or Rent?- Rent.
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GF Rating
6
Above Average
Frustrated...
posted by TheDew777 (ACWORTH, GA) Dec 12, 2010
Member since Dec 2010
23 out of 30 gamers (77%) found this review helpful
I wanted to like this game so much. The story is very creative and interesting and I love the nostalgic feel of the levels, but the game is ultimately too frustrating to be enjoyable.
I found myself constantly battling with the camera angle to properly platform. I can't tell you how many times I missed an easy jump and fell to my death in an acid pool because I had some awful camera view to deal with. You are forced to constantly adjust the camera with the D pad while platforming and it becomes so tiresome. It's a shame too b/c I really wanted to see how the story progressed and I really like the aspect of the player being able to play through as a helpful Mickey or a mischevious Mickey. The in-between levels that feature 2D side-scrolling are great and taken directly from old Mickey movies.
I gave up on this one shortly into it. Definitely try before you buy and if you are buying this for your kids thinking it will be some easy happy fun time, don't. The game is actually scary and will frighten younger players.
I found myself constantly battling with the camera angle to properly platform. I can't tell you how many times I missed an easy jump and fell to my death in an acid pool because I had some awful camera view to deal with. You are forced to constantly adjust the camera with the D pad while platforming and it becomes so tiresome. It's a shame too b/c I really wanted to see how the story progressed and I really like the aspect of the player being able to play through as a helpful Mickey or a mischevious Mickey. The in-between levels that feature 2D side-scrolling are great and taken directly from old Mickey movies.
I gave up on this one shortly into it. Definitely try before you buy and if you are buying this for your kids thinking it will be some easy happy fun time, don't. The game is actually scary and will frighten younger players.
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GF Rating
5
Fair
Epic Fail
posted by calebsdad (Bellevue, NE) Dec 2, 2010
Member since Sep 2005
22 out of 32 gamers (69%) found this review helpful
I was soooooooooooooooooo very excited for this game that i put it in the moment i ripped open the envelope. I was treated to a beautiful opening sequence that helped tell the lead-up to the story the game would tell. From the there the game fails in so many ways i couldn't help but almost cry. the platforming camera is so frustrating that I almost quit the game in the first task (jumping over a bridge) the game is in 3d but you have very limited control of the camera so from a jump across a bridge the camera should be from the side allowing you to gauge your progress in mid air, nope not there, maybe it was behind me that would be acceptable at least, no it was in-between behind and to the side thus rendering it not just useless, but counter to the game play. this is just the first of the major disappointments. next comes the disappointment that we are treated to DS style reading of all dialogue with the occasional grunt. really???? we couldn't get some voice acting here?????? next comes the fact that when i have to lock on to an enemy the lock on mode either sucks or is non-existent and here again our old friend the camera fails to be of any help. Levels design fails to be interesting and totally random at best. the game is beautiful and the story is so interesting, but they might as well just make it a movie or graphic novel because as a video game, epic mickey is an epic fail.
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