Disney Infinity - Disney's Infinite Moneymaker
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Honestly, I think the idea is dumb as hell. I think pretty much everyone saw the promos and thought, "Oh man, you can play as Mickey Mouse fighting against Davy Jones?! That's so cool!" or something to that effect. Not being able to play characters outside of their established worlds seems like a massive misstep. Combine that with needing to buy characters to unlock levels means I won't spend one red cent on this thing.
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Honestly, I think the idea is dumb as hell. I think pretty much everyone saw the promos and thought, "Oh man, you can play as Mickey Mouse fighting against Davy Jones?! That's so cool!" or something to that effect. Not being able to play characters outside of their established worlds seems like a massive misstep. Combine that with needing to buy characters to unlock levels means I won't spend one red cent on this thing.
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Honestly, I think the idea is dumb as hell. I think pretty much everyone saw the promos and thought, "Oh man, you can play as Mickey Mouse fighting against Davy Jones?! That's so cool!" or something to that effect. Not being able to play characters outside of their established worlds seems like a massive misstep. Combine that with needing to buy characters to unlock levels means I won't spend one red cent on this thing.
#129
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Went to Target later in the evening and they still had everything. All the toys, playsets, power packs, the powerpack case etc.
Looking at them, next to the Skylanders, I wasn't very impressed. The Disney ones while recognizable, are just not as detailed as the Skylanders. Add in that the Skylanders can be played at any time/anywhere (as far as I know) in the game, and this might be a tough sell for Disney after the initial week or two of sales. There is very little to come back to. Once you play and beat the Monsters Inc land, are you going to go out and buy another figure to replay it again? Toybox mode seems like something I don't have the patience for. The toys themselves seem a lot cheaper (I have not compared them directly to Skylanders but would have bought an Oswald or Wreck-It-Ralph had they been available just for display). This just seems far to commercial for me. A $9.99 case to hold coins? (Which I think is a neat little addition and something Skylanders should add in. I love random packs)
In the end, I picked up a used Wii U Skylanders Giant set for $19 (with the initial 3 figures). That'll do. I enjoyed the first Skylanders game enough.
Looking at them, next to the Skylanders, I wasn't very impressed. The Disney ones while recognizable, are just not as detailed as the Skylanders. Add in that the Skylanders can be played at any time/anywhere (as far as I know) in the game, and this might be a tough sell for Disney after the initial week or two of sales. There is very little to come back to. Once you play and beat the Monsters Inc land, are you going to go out and buy another figure to replay it again? Toybox mode seems like something I don't have the patience for. The toys themselves seem a lot cheaper (I have not compared them directly to Skylanders but would have bought an Oswald or Wreck-It-Ralph had they been available just for display). This just seems far to commercial for me. A $9.99 case to hold coins? (Which I think is a neat little addition and something Skylanders should add in. I love random packs)
In the end, I picked up a used Wii U Skylanders Giant set for $19 (with the initial 3 figures). That'll do. I enjoyed the first Skylanders game enough.
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They're banking on the Toy Box (or whatever) mode that is basically an easier Little Big Planet level editor and more integrated online play.
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Edit: basically what RichC2 said!
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I am also surprised that the TRU exclusive power disc did not have any information on the package about it only containing mike's car.
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Infinity seems pretty closed into each 'universe' and after that, it's Toybox only.
Just looking at them up close I wasn't very impressed with the quality.
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For those who have the game, how fun is the Toy Box mode?
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#136
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Just the fact that you can't play co-op without buying two characters from each world is mind-numbingly stupid.
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Yeah, there are still missions in Giants.
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I don't think the Disney figs are bad but yes in looking at them compared to Skylanders figs in store there is no contest .... but Disney's characters are so iconic they don't need to really invest in more than what they did
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Doesn't this character limitation pretty much make leveling-up character irrelevant? Why bother to boost stats to replay the same single level you've already beaten? Do your stats and XP have any bearing on your Toy Box play experience?
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#142
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Seems like more than a solid game behind the gimmick:
I would totally buy it, IF I had all the time and money in the world, especially the time thing.
I barely have time for shit I LOVE, much less shit I'll just like.
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I would totally buy it, IF I had all the time and money in the world, especially the time thing.
I barely have time for shit I LOVE, much less shit I'll just like.
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Disney invited some youtubers to check the game out and their resonse was pretty positive when they checked out the toybox mode.
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Disney invited some youtubers to check the game out and their resonse was pretty positive when they checked out the toybox mode.
#144
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You can easily find the rare coins by scratching the outside of packs. The rare coins have that lenticular effect so the surface is rough. The normal coins are smooth and dont feel/sound the same when scratching the outside of the pack.
#145
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As soon as this gets out you'll see those "rare" coins showing up on eBay and Amazon like the plague.
You would think someone would have discovered this during manufacturing and had a insert of some type to hide this simple uncover method.
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Great, there goes my chance of ever pulling one by luck.
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So from what I've been seeing on Twitter, it looks like the TRU exclusive packs will eventually have 10 different TRU exclusive discs, but right now only Mike's Car is in the packs, not sure why.
Also, TRU has a TRU exclusive case for the discs, that does have the extra spots for the 10 TRU exclusives. But at my TRU, they had it on the same peg with the regular cases, so it was hard to see that there are two different cases. They do have different cover art, but not easily noticeable.
I got the TRU case and based on the art, it looks like besides Mike's Car we'll have a TRON power disc, two TRON toy box decorations, Peter Pan's Flight ride vehicle, a Zurg power disc, a Merlin power disc, and another Cars 2 power disc.
Also, TRU has a TRU exclusive case for the discs, that does have the extra spots for the 10 TRU exclusives. But at my TRU, they had it on the same peg with the regular cases, so it was hard to see that there are two different cases. They do have different cover art, but not easily noticeable.
I got the TRU case and based on the art, it looks like besides Mike's Car we'll have a TRON power disc, two TRON toy box decorations, Peter Pan's Flight ride vehicle, a Zurg power disc, a Merlin power disc, and another Cars 2 power disc.
#148
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BTW : IGN review is up. A very positive 8.7
Each Play Set’s campaign lasts around four hours – add another hour or so if you want to complete every side mission and challenge
The review mainly praised the "Toy Box mode." However the reviewer had issues with it as well saying:
Building isn’t always the easiest, though: it’s sometimes fiddly to line-up pieces – they don’t always snap into place – and when building on a large-scale this can quickly become frustrating and time-consuming to rectify.
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pieces of terrain can’t be overlapped, so if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to build in advance, you’ll soon encounter situations where blocks conflict and can’t be placed down. It’s also really annoying there’s no undo button, especially considering how easy it is to delete something.
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pieces of terrain can’t be overlapped, so if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to build in advance, you’ll soon encounter situations where blocks conflict and can’t be placed down. It’s also really annoying there’s no undo button, especially considering how easy it is to delete something.
It at least mentioned the biggest downfall of Skylanders is also present here too:
...sometimes you’ll come across gated areas accessible only with characters that you have to buy (video advertisements pop up, which comes across as a little on-the-nose) but usually it’s just extra points or an additional character-based challenge that you’re missing out on.
It'll be interesting to see the thoughts of those of you who purchased this after you've played a few rounds. I'd be interested in comparisons to Skylanders as that review didn't mention that franchise at all.
*EDIT*
I just read in a pre-review that the original Wii version of the game is the only one that does not support local cooperative play in adventure mode. (Was that mentioned earlier and I just missed it? I thought I read no online coop mode which I can live without)
That kind of makes it a epic fail for those of us who are Wii only homes...
Last edited by BobO'Link; 08-19-13 at 02:34 PM.
#149
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Yeah, I'm not a huge "design your own level" kinda guy, but hopefully it's easy enough that others can make some great levels. Wait, these are shareable like LBP, right?
#150
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I got the distinct impression the reviewer is a Disney "fan boy" and would like the game no matter what. I came away from the review with a reinforcement of why we will not be making this purchase. For $75, or more if you want to play coop, it just seems a bit expensive for what you *really* get.
It'll be interesting to see the thoughts of those of you who purchased this after you've played a few rounds. I'd be interested in comparisons to Skylanders as that review didn't mention that franchise at all.
*EDIT*
I just read in a pre-review that the original Wii version of the game is the only one that does not support local cooperative play in adventure mode. (Was that mentioned earlier and I just missed it? I thought I read no online coop mode which I can live without)
That kind of makes it a epic fail for those of us who are Wii only homes...
I think they're going less Little Big Adventure level builder and more Minecraft.