superdeluxe

Yup. It will be shareable like LBP.

dsa_shea

Well, my daughter and I played the Monsters Inc. level for about 6 hours yesterday and we are still not finished with it.

musick

or you can look at it as most games carry a $59.99 MSRP
this is $74.99 before discounting ... you can easily save 20% with a coupon from TRU which puts it at the same price as almost all games released and this comes not only with the game but 3 figures, starter disc pack, and a base station peripheral .... if you preordered you likely also received your choice of additional figure for free

when you think about it that way it really isn't overpriced
how much you add on will depend on where you take the price (most can be had at a nice roll out discount now and I assume will be discounted for the holidays, etc)

superdeluxe

Well the majority of the reviews have been fairly positive with those known issues as being common negative points. I think its unfair to categorize the reviewer as a disney fanboy just because you disagree with his review. This isn't some low rent blog, this is IGN. I would like to think that their reviewers are above being studio fanboys but who knows in the end.


Also the other reviews I haven't really compared this to Skylanders as much, as they are pretty different games. They compare skylanders as a action adventure (like diablo), while Disney's strength is more like Garry's Mods for adults (Toy Box) with a good story mode.

JChaos

My gf and I did the same thing on Sunday, had a lot of fun doing the MU missions and especially hunting for all the capsules and banners hidden around the buildings. Reminded me a lot of the old Tony Hawk games where you would see a collectible floating in the air and you would have to figure out how to get up there to get it.

superdeluxe

Not only that but also you can get additional 12-16 hours of story game play by picking up the 2 additional playsets for 30.00$ combined.

musick

We got it yesterday (for Wii) ... I haven't set it up yet for the kid yet (probably tonight) but yes I keep finding out about more and more Wii limitations (not well publicized before launch)

I can't stand the Wii but since as I mentioned earlier I plan to sell my PS3 toward the purchase of a PS4 it didn't make sense to purchase the game for my kid for the PS3 with the chance she would only be able to play for 2 months if rumors are correct about an end of Oct release for the PS4 (and if I sold the PS3 by then)

The Wii still has a huge user base (one that would seem to be ideal for this franchise) but system limitations prevent it from the ability to be as feature rich as the other consoles

Groucho

Where are you seeing that price point? The MSRP for those packs is $34.99, and the cheapest I've seen is at Target this week for 50% off.

Decker

Yeah, they're $17.50 each at Target, which is a good price, but makes it $35 + tax for the two sets. Has anyone confirmed the amount of content in these two sets is similar to the three area in the main game?

Sure enough, I went to Target and easily found a couple of "rare" sets (I assume, at least) by scratching for that lenticular feel. I could have grabbed a few, but didn't know if I wanted any really. I settled on one unopened so if we go this route for Xmas, my boy will get something "Special" with the set.

Dusty Bottoms

Also, if you know someone else to split the deal, the 20% off coupon stacks with the "Buy 1 Get 1 at 50% off" promotion at TRU. I purchased online for in store pickup. I got my PS3 starter pack for $59.99 and and additional Xbox 360 starter pack for someone else for $37.49. I didn't think it was a bad deal at all, especially for launch day.

BobO'Link

I've read most of the reviews and currently there are only a couple of negative ones out there. So far the negative ones feel more genuine than do the positive ones. They dissect the game a bit and point out *why* the cons are truly cons rather than a simple statement of "you can't do..."

Digital Spy sums up theirs with:
I got the "fanboy" part from this line in the review (plus how he constantly gushed while simultaneously mentioning the negatives):
Yes, it might be a tad unfair to peg the reviewer that way as I generally think you can trust a review on IGN. But still that bias appears to exist so I have to give it some credence.

I really want to like this game but being a Wii only household, and all the negatives on Wii for Infinity, I'm pretty sure we'll just sit it out and wait for Swap Force (but it's being designed by a different company for Wii this time out so...)

Deftones

weird. i couldn't get the 20% off and bogo 50% to work online at TRU for in store pickup. wish i would've. would've been nice to get a bit more of a discount to the individual characters that i got.

Dusty Bottoms

That is weird. I had some other stuff in my cart. I think it was an odd number of items, so there may have been something about the combination that allowed it to work. I don't think I tried it with just the two starter packs.

superdeluxe

My mistake I mixed up the Wal-mart figures pack for the Target playsets which were at 17$

Deftones

I need to hit up TRU again to try to get some of the rare discs. That scratch test definitely works. Tried it on the 2 I got from TRU yesterday. The TRU exclusive one definitely had the ridges of the lenticular one.

Decker

I figured I'll find the Starter Kit cheaper than $60 later, and am in no rush to get this game anyway (and it's not like the base game will be rare or scarce). I did (for now at least) pick up Cars, Lone Ranger and Villains pack at 50% off (to go along with my Sidekicks pack $12.99 misprice from Best Buy. Once the game drops cheap (and looking at the inventory left at Target, that seems pretty likely in the foreseeable future), I'll have quite a set for him, though not nearly complete by any means (and $13 for the base figures is pretty insane actually).

Deftones

glad to see i wasn't the only one who grabbed the sidekick misprice from BB. I thought for sure they would've canceled the order, but the didn't.

Adam Tyner

This definitely seems like something that Amazon (and probably oodles of other places) will have at a steep discount on Black Friday.

Decker

I thought it would actually save me more than $2 upon release when I placed the order, but whatever.

SoonerDoc

Does anyone know is everything interchangeable between different consoles? I assume the characters, discs and playsets are. Is the infinity base interchangeable? Can I plug my PS3 base into the 360 or WiiU (assuming I have a copy of the game for 360 and WiiU) and have it work? Is it just a standard USB connection?



thanks.

musick

I had this question earlier .... I can't imagine they would do different bases for different consoles since they all use a standard USB connection ..... my guess is all the infinity bases are the same but I don't know if it has ever been confirmed

Deftones

yeah, but i would've had to gone into a Wal-Mart for that. avoiding that place, alone, is worth like $100 to me.

Decker

Well, I got Target to PM Walmart for the Villains set today, but point taken.

Michael Corvin

Took the kiddos by Target to check out the display unit and figs. They like Skylanders and have most of the figs but they haven't played in months. Anyway, they thought Infinity looked pretty cool, but weren't wowed by it. There were no "can we get it! can we get it!"

So, bullet dodged.

dsa_shea

Well, there is some sort of problem with the PS3 version and after firing it up today to continue on our 6 hours plus of work we were greeted with a data has been corrupted and needs to be deleted. This shit will not fly and they better fix it quick. I like how it is always the PS3 users that get screwed on shit like this.