I'm not quite getting all this excitement and love for Epic Mickey

http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/110/1101123p1.html

Personally I think it looks like an average 3D platform game with some slightly interesting game mechanics and some cool Disney inspired designs and characters.

Based on what has been shown at this stage I really don't think it's going to be quite as good as some people seem to think.

If it stays exactly as it is I'd guess it's around an 8.0 game from everything I have seen.

As I side note I also have to point out that all the HUD stuff is fugly imo, from the overly generic aim cursor to the cheap looking health icons and other stuff that doesn't look right with the rest of the games graphics and style.

As soon as I saw how much the motion controls played a part in the game it lost 2 points for me. It's up to the Disney charm & gameplay to score a full 8 marks from me, but it certainly looks like it has the charm. I'll probably pick it up on the art alone.

It looks interesting, has great setting potential, will propably have better plot than any other platformer this gen and it's made by a guy who designed one spectacular game in the past. There's plenty to get excited about, altough the hype is definitly getting out of hands in this case

If it stays exactly as it is I'd guess it's around an 8.0 game from everything I have seen.amaneuvering

I don't own a Wii.... but Epic Mickey would be an auto buy.. it definently has the feel of Mickey Mania from the SNES. which is one of my all time favorite games..

I really am trying to figure out why people are so hyped about this game. From what I can see it's basically just SMG 1/2 set in the Disney universe and with an add/remove paint mechanic (that's probably not used that well in the end, outside of making platforms appear and disappear), less impressive graphics and more generic gameplay design (from what I can see).

I mean maybe it will be good but there are so many 3rd person platform games on Wii already and to me this doesn't really stand out from any of the other ones in any meaningful way, or certainly not any way that we should all be getting so hyped for it.

Is it maybe just because it's Warren Spector doing a Disney game that everyone assumes it's going to be something special?

As of now I'm simply not convinced by anything I have seen on this game.

It strongly reminds me of the CIassic 16-bit era Disney games like Castle of Illusion, World of Illusion, Mickey Mania, Donald in Maui Mallard, Quackshot Starring Donald Duck, Mickey's Magical Quest etc etc.

These were my Mario and Sonic when I grew up so that's why I'm hyped for the game.

I really am trying to figure out why people are so hyped about this game. From what I can see it's basically just SMG 1/2 set in the Disney universe and with an add/remove paint mechanic (that's probably not used that well in the end, outside of making platforms appear and disappear), less impressive graphics and more generic gameplay design (from what I can see).

I mean maybe it will be good but there are so many 3rd person platform games on Wii already and to me this doesn't really stand out from any of the other ones in any meaningful way, or certainly not any way that we should all be getting so hyped for it.

Is it maybe just because it's Warren Spector doing a Disney game that everyone assumes it's going to be something special?

As of now I'm simply not convinced by anything I have seen on this game.

amaneuvering

From what I've seen I don't understand how you've come to this assumption. It doesn't look like it plays like Super Mairio Galaxy at all.

it looks like a fun, nicely done adventure game on the wii. Fuhgeddabouditt

I'm not really a fan of the mouse, so I'll be skipping it.

http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/110/1101123p1.html

Personally I think it looks like an average 3D platform game with some slightly interesting game mechanics and some cool Disney inspired designs and characters.

Based on what has been shown at this stage I really don't think it's going to be quite as good as some people seem to think.

If it stays exactly as it is I'd guess it's around an 8.0 game from everything I have seen.

amaneuvering

You need to read this:
http://uk.gamespot.com/users/Ninja-Hippo/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25838174&tag=all-about%3Bblog2

[QUOTE="Fuhgeddabouditt"]it looks like a fun, nicely done adventure game on the wii. AdrianWerner

Please, you know what he meant.

It doesn't look like SMG at all, I'm not sure how you are drawing that conclusion. I'm not as hyped as a lot of others, but it still looks like an amazing game so far. I'll wait for reviews before really deciding, but it looks like a buy for me.

There will always be critics, baseless or not.

It´s being done by Warren Spector,so it´s probably going to be good.

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

[QUOTE="Fuhgeddabouditt"]it looks like a fun, nicely done adventure game on the wii. JLF1

Please, you know what he meant.

[QUOTE="JLF1"]

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]Adventure game? Huh?

BoricuaRob

Please, you know what he meant.

if i were a big wii supporter i would be hyped for it. theres no other reason to be.

It strongly reminds me of the CIassic 16-bit era Disney games like Castle of Illusion, World of Illusion, Mickey Mania, Donald in Maui Mallard, Quackshot Starring Donald Duck, Mickey's Magical Quest etc etc.

These were my Mario and Sonic when I grew up so that's why I'm hyped for the game.

JLF1

[QUOTE="amaneuvering"]

I really am trying to figure out why people are so hyped about this game. From what I can see it's basically just SMG 1/2 set in the Disney universe and with an add/remove paint mechanic (that's probably not used that well in the end, outside of making platforms appear and disappear), less impressive graphics and more generic gameplay design (from what I can see).

I mean maybe it will be good but there are so many 3rd person platform games on Wii already and to me this doesn't really stand out from any of the other ones in any meaningful way, or certainly not any way that we should all be getting so hyped for it.

Is it maybe just because it's Warren Spector doing a Disney game that everyone assumes it's going to be something special?

As of now I'm simply not convinced by anything I have seen on this game.

majadamus

From what I've seen I don't understand how you've come to this assumption. It doesn't look like it plays like Super Mairio Galaxy at all.

I didn't mean it like that.

It's basically just another Wii 3rd person 3rd party platform game, and there's plenty of them, that looks like a watered down SMG 1/2 (in the sense that it's a 3rd person platform game with a well know main character and cartoony looking graphics) with a slight gimmick all of it's own, a gimmick that probably won't be that special in the end, and less impressive looking graphics and level designs.

It just doesn't look like anything special in any way that seems particularly obvious to me, from the graphics and basic presentation, to the controls, gameplay mechanics and level designs, so I really don't get why people are excited about it.

Two words. Warren Spector.-Feath-

THE Warren Spector, the dev who worked on Deus Ex and System Shock? :) This game is going to be great.

I don't own a Wii.... but Epic Mickey would be an auto buy.. it definently has the feel of Mickey Mania from the SNES. which is one of my all time favorite games..

SaudiFury

[QUOTE="-Feath-"]Two words. Warren Spector.WhenCicadasCry

THE Warren Spector, the dev who worked on Deus Ex and System Shock? :) This game is going to be great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp0lIpy_1TU&feature=player_embedded

Ok, it looks much better visually in this video but there are still a few things that really need to be tweaked imo; the HUD needs to be re-done because it just looks amateur compared to the rest of the visuals. The Steamboat Willie sections, despite being nostalgic, looks so boring and generic to actually play. There needs to be some nice effect when jumping through the paintings. The enemies need to have proper shadows rather than circles, once a*******gain. The generic pick up lots of floating green things gameplay needs to be tweaked. It works in a Mario game because it's part of what makes Mario games Mario games, picking up the coins, and the levels are designed around this, but just adding in pick-ups for the sake of having pick-ups has never been a great idea imo and it's why Rare's platform games in N64 era eventually got extremely boring imo.

Basically, the game could be good but it needs a lot more polish in a few areas and they really need to work on the main gameplay imo, because those levels look empty and like there's not much to do beyond collecting some stupid looking green things.

Also, one more time, why are Wii developers OBSESSED with having these crappy looking circle shadows?

Christ even games like Star Fox on the SNES had proper shadows for the player and enemies and that was one of the first fully 3D console games on last-last-last-gen hardware.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSAO_08-vI8&feature=related(check out the boss at the end of the level in particular)

See

And thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s_Vp4i-XdY&feature=related

It's always fun to judge a game before a lot of information is released about it. I have a feeling there will be some tweaks before we see the final product.

It's always fun to judge a game before a lot of information is released about it. I have a feeling there will be some tweaks before we see the final product.

jimkabrhel

GS gives this game A rating, calling it.

[QUOTE="WhenCicadasCry"]

[QUOTE="-Feath-"]Two words. Warren Spector.tomarlyn

THE Warren Spector, the dev who worked on Deus Ex and System Shock? :) This game is going to be great.

Also, he worked on Deus Ex 2 which everyone hates :olocopatho

[QUOTE="locopatho"]Also, he worked on Deus Ex 2 which everyone hates :o-Feath-