Epic Mickey = epic fail?

In the latest episode of the bonus round, the panel didn't have very many nice things to say about Epic Mickey. They said after they got some hands-on time with the game it was pretty bad. Is this a flop in the making?

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I expected it to be awesome actually.

I'm not sure about the game. I have kind of been on a teeter totter with this. Sometimes it looks great. Other times it looks like a bad game.

I just saw a video on EM, and I think I get what the game is about. The game is more about messing with the environment, finding different outcomes, finding different solutions to a problem, doing small things that affect you as the course of the game goes on and ultimately seeing how it unfolds. Of course the game also revolves around Nostalgia.

The game will only be 8-10. Most likely he did this so a player could experience the many things you can supposedly can do that turns out different. Spector also hinted that there is a lot more to the game than meets the eye.Someone found, I believe he called it a stamp, and when the person asked what it was, he said it was a major part of the game, and that he wouldn't say anything about it. The stamp was of the logo of the game (the painted Mickey Mouse ears), so it has to be of some importance.

Basically if this game is good, it is just because a demo isn't good enough to show its true colors.

im going to wait and see what happens with the final product

I haven't been unimpressed with what I have seen so far so this game stays on my want list, if it is as big as we have been led to believe then judging it by a small demo is a huge injustice.

did anyone really expect the game to be good?DJ_Lae

I wasn't hyped by this game at all. I mean I didn't really like Okami that much and it won't get anywhere near Mario or Zelda. It seems that most games like this look promising but end up being failures but kids will buy it because its Mickey Mouse.

I don't know why they would use EPIC in their title? Maybe it's a way for them to hype up CRAP!!!

I saw that yesterday. All I have to say is that no one on that panel this week, I like. I don't trust any of them. Shane actually picked SMG2 as his game of the year so far (surprising, considering he generally hates the Wii and isn't afraid to say it) -- the other blond hair guy is really weird and says a lot of stupid stuff -- and Tom Russo also works on Reviews On The Run, which is a horrible, horrible gaming TV show.

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As for Epic Mickey, I too haven't seen anything that makes it stand out. We'll see before it's about to come out, but right now it looks like an average platformer with some sort of moral system (a la deus ex.) -- which sounds interesting, if done well. I don't think we've really seen enough of the game to really judge what it'll be like and I certainly don't trust that panel, at all. I mean a guy who says he played a bit of SMG2 and said 'yeah I get it, you jump around as this character' (Tom Russo) is not someone I'm going to listen to when it comes to a platformer.

I wasn't hyped by this game at all. I mean I didn't really like Okami that much and it won't get anywhere near Mario or Zelda. It seems that most games like this look promising but end up being failures but kids will buy it because its Mickey Mouse.

chocolate1325

What does that have to do with Epic Mickey? I'm stil interested in this game, the only complaint they had was its camera, and that can be easily fixed before release.

This game is one that reviews will be the deciding factor on (for me). It could be great, but it has not made me go WOW as Zelda, Donkey Kong, metroid, Goldeneye and more have.

[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"] did anyone really expect the game to be good?The_Pig_Hostage

I bet it's going to be under apperciated like Super Mario Sunshine.

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I wasn't hyped by this game at all. I mean I didn't really like Okami that much and it won't get anywhere near Mario or Zelda. It seems that most games like this look promising but end up being failures but kids will buy it because its Mickey Mouse.

meetroid8

What does that have to do with Epic Mickey? I'm stil interested in this game, the only complaint they had was its camera, and that can be easily fixed before release.

it has epic potental we shall see what happens

I have hopes that this game will be good.When's the last time we had a good game that had Mickey in it?

Everything that's come out about the game recently has gotten progressively worse - I wouldn't be surprised at all if the end product turns out to be garbage. And it wouldn't be far off from what I expected, either - did anyone really expect the game to be good?DJ_Lae

Yea I'm sure there's lots of people who thought this was going to be a great game. Honestly I've always been pretty skeptical about it but, I haven't lost hope yet

Everything I've seen and heard make this game look like it will be a great idea with horrible execution.

i just want a 20 hour mickey platformer :P

did anyone really expect the game to be good?DJ_Lae

Its strange, one negative preview pops up and all the haters come flocking over here to say "I always knew it would terrible!!!". Calm down, the game is months away from release, has had over a dozen positive hands on impressions, and as always Warren Spector. I'm not saying that everyone needs to be excited about this game, but the amount of hate in this thread is unwarranted. meetroid8

[QUOTE="Sepewrath"][QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]Everything that's come out about the game recently has gotten progressively worse - I wouldn't be surprised at all if the end product turns out to be garbage. And it wouldn't be far off from what I expected, either - did anyone really expect the game to be good?illmatic87

That's the point Illmatic was making in that post. They were saying that people bash if after a small sample because they had previous misconceptions going in, that weren't met in such a small sample size. And if you work in the gaming media, of all people they should know how Spector is and that you cant judge his games from ten minutes of play time.

I don't understand all the critisism of upcomming Wii games. The other console threads don't just rip on upcomming games, but the Wii area seems to do nothing but tear appart yet to be released games.Why?

Metroid Other M, Goldeneye, Conduit 2, Epic Mickey, and even Skyward Sword get more grief on this board than games from any other console. These critisisms are based on nothing more than screenshots, a few minutes of gameplay video, and a handful of previews. How about a little optimism?

I laughed so hard when I heard they were making a game called Epic Mickey.

I hope not. Being a major fan of Disney animation and of the Wii console, I have high expectations for this game.

When I first saw the concept art I was hyped to the extreme, then I saw game screens and wanted to puke, it looks horrible, I've seen all the screen shots, watched all the video's, and read the previews and it looks like it has the graphics of the Gamecube and gameplay of the PS1, it could have been epic, but alas, it will fail, Epic Fail.

I don´t have many hopes

Right now, I'm going to speculate all of my opinion biasedly, without any experience whatsoever.

That should gage the game accurately enough for me to form a deserving and educated opinion on it.

I'm also going to title another thread with the assumption of consensus in a negative connotation. The goal of this will be to reverberate misinformation with alike absent minded individuals like myself.

Yeah.

I don't understand all the critisism of upcomming Wii games. The other console threads don't just rip on upcomming games, but the Wii area seems to do nothing but tear appart yet to be released games.Why?

Metroid Other M, Goldeneye, Conduit 2, Epic Mickey, and even Skyward Sword get more grief on this board than games from any other console. These critisisms are based on nothing more than screenshots, a few minutes of gameplay video, and a handful of previews. How about a little optimism?

mrfokken

Well actually Eurocom would have more of a track record than BioWare, especially on Nintendo consoles. BioWare has only made like 8 games in their history lol and only a single one was for a Nintendo platform. What Eurocom was doing is kind of what they do, they brought over Duke Nukem to the N64, they did the N64 version of The World is Not Enough and of course Nightfire, this is kind of what they do, so in essence they have more of a track record than BioWare, especially in this kind of situation. If it makes people feel better, the Nintendo version of of most games they have done is typically the best version. BioWare had the luxury of working with publishers like EA, Microsoft and LucasArts, so they get a better hype campaign lol. Sepewrath

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I don't understand all the critisism of upcomming Wii games. The other console threads don't just rip on upcomming games, but the Wii area seems to do nothing but tear appart yet to be released games.Why?

Metroid Other M, Goldeneye, Conduit 2, Epic Mickey, and even Skyward Sword get more grief on this board than games from any other console. These critisisms are based on nothing more than screenshots, a few minutes of gameplay video, and a handful of previews. How about a little optimism?

locopatho

This is literally the first bad press I've heard for this game. I think some of you are overreacting.

I would not panic some people aren't sold on the idea of the game but there is time to iron them out.