Epic Mickey 3DS: Power of Illusion (Nov 23rd)

[Andyliini]

The review from VGCHartz gives a little more positive image from this game, altough still no that great.

 

7.5/10

 

The game is still short, but they mention that the side-quests can extend the game time up to 25 hours, which seems like solid length for a game. I probably won't buy it before I find a bargain on it. Mainly because I have so much other things to play.

[welsh_gamer]

Did anyone else keep their pre-order?

 

Spent around 2 hours with it so far, and it has it's up and downs. Feels like a slow paced, Disney themed version of Mighty Switch Force to me, due to it being more of a puzzle platformer and having to find characters in each stage.

[Grazza]

Personally, I never had it on pre-order but I'm still quite interested to play it... just maybe not at full price. I'm hoping it becomes around £20. If not, never mind. It's just that I'm hooked on Etrian Odyssey at the moment.

[Lens of Truth]

Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion is beautiful to look at. It's also quite obviously unfinished. The building blocks of the ultimate Mickey Mouse game are here, but we'll have to wait yet another day to see that vision become reality.

http://www.destructoid.com/review-disney-epic-mickey-power-of-illusion-239231.phtml

 

Sigh. I thought the turn over on this game seemed too quick.

 

@welsh_gamer Nice to hear you picked it up. The Mighty Switch Force comparison gives me hope! With the WiiU and all I decided at the last minute to cancel my preorder. I need every remaining penny for Christmas presents! I'll definitely get a copy in the new year though.

[welsh_gamer]

 

Sigh. I thought the turn over on this game seemed too quick.

 

 

.... and it's over. Only 11 levels and 3 boss fights! What a huge disappointment. The game looks and sounds amazing, the difficulty level is spot on, yet it feels like I've only played a quarter of the game!

 

For those wondering, the painting mechanics are kinda poor They work well in the boss fights but apart from 2 or 3 sections in the main levels, they were just used as filler.

 

 

The game is still short, but they mention that the side-quests can extend the game time up to 25 hours, which seems like solid length for a game.

 

The side quests are tedious though. I've done a few of them and they simply involve replaying previous levels to pick up items and characters, which aren't well hidden and the levels haven't been altered, or going back and forth between rooms on the map passing on messages from one character to another.

 

Was really hoping that this would be something special and a keeper for my 3DS collection. Wait till it's between £10 and £15 before investing.

Edited November 25, 2012 by welsh_gamer

[Dog-amoto]

There were a stellar last couple of levels and Pete was such an evil bastard. He stole Pluto, who DOES THAT!?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_definition_of_planet

[FireMeowth]

Man, I can't believe how much I'm enjoying this game.

 

Only played for about 3 hours and 30 minutes, though it feels more like 10 hours. And I mean this in a good way, because I'm loving every second.

 

Coming up to the first boss now, just finishing up some sidequests before moving on.

 

EDIT: Just over 4 hours (04:01) played, cleared the east wing of the castle completely. Well, as completely as possible before moving on to the next wing. Yay~

 

EDIT2: Also, I absolutely love the writing in this game. 30 seconds after I first found Donald I was already convinced he was great in this game.

Edited November 27, 2012 by FireMeowth

[solfan]

As much as I loved it, And I really did, It felt more like it should have been an e-shop game, I got about 7 hours before watching the ending credits and I think I would only need about another ~2 to unlock everything.

Either way It was a very fun game I split the price with a friend so I didn't pay much for it as well.

[FireMeowth]

Almost 11 hours in, and just finished the first stage of the third wing.

I really feel sorry for those reviewers that only took 2-3 hours to complete the game. They must have missed out on 90% of the game's content...

 

EDIT:

12 hours and 30 minutes played after finishing the second stage of the third wing and all the quests available so far.

 

It still feels like there's so much left to do, too, even though I know I'm getting close to the "end" - I've only fully upgraded three of the at least 22 upgradable rooms in the Fortress... I wonder how many quests I've got left to do, and how many I'll have to upgrade manually with the Upgrade Stars...

 

Guess I'll find out in a day or two, though.

 

Edited December 3, 2012 by FireMeowth

[Grazza]

Nice to hear some of you really enjoyed it anyway. I'll make sure I play it sooner rather than later.

[Hero-of-Time]

£20 on Shopto. Still too high methinks. Drop to £15 and I will think about it.

[Dog-amoto]

I played the demo. Wasn't overly impressed. Found using the touch screen to paint/thin to be a good idea, but it was just boring to do. It got boring after 5 minutes in the demo so I can't imagine enjoying the rest of the game.

[Aneres11]

I have £10 off shopto and this is £20. So I'd need to pay a tenner.

 

People who've played this - is a tenner worth it or should I put the £10 off I have to an AAA title like NSMB2 and get that cheaper?!

[welsh_gamer]

Wait.. I'm sure it'll be cheaper in the after Christmas sales.

[Aneres11]

Thanks Welsh!

 

Decision made!

[Grazza]

Did you know the demo of this is in the European eShop too? I gave it a spin a few days ago.

 

The first thing I want to say is: don't take the criticisms of the controls too seriously. It doesn't feel slow or floaty at all, and pressing A twice to attack is no problem whatsoever. I'm not being nostalgic about Castle of Illusion, but I honestly think this was a case of reviewers wanting everything to feel the same.

 

Unfortunately, I can't say the same about the painting and thinning. I actually do hate to criticise a game like this, which has been created with a great deal of fondness towards Castle of Illusion, but the painting/thinning just gets in the way of the platforming. You have to do it a lot more than I expected - almost every step of the way. It would have been a lot better not having it at all, and instead being a full-blown platformer.

[-Dem0-]

It's £17.86 from ShopTo at the moment.

 

http://www.shopto.net/video%20games/3ds/3DSDI17-disney-epic-mickey-power-of-illusion