Quick Look: Disney Epic Mickey

" Looks like the magician at the start was just painting a scale model of Disney land... wait... "

Really like the intro and the art style, but the gameplay seems a bit flat.

Ayyo Mickey, jump that ramp!

No interest in ever actually playing this, but I'm glad someone finally made a game for kids that doesn't treat them like they're retarded. This would make a good gift for anyone under 10 I'd bet.

weird. Did anyone else see the error where the thinner bottle is completely absent when mickey first reaches for the brush?

Theres something very N64ish platformer feeling here... I kinda like this.

Mickey doesn't have much cred in my circles

I would buy a Wii for this...

why is the great gazoo showing mickey mouse around?

It looks incredibly meh.
 
Extremely guided to the point where you don't have to think on your own at all and at the same time there's so much important text that it might be a problem for those young players it seems to be aiming for. Why didn't they at least voice Gus? It's not like they didn't have space on the DVD.

looks pretty "by the numbers".

I'm willing to trust Warren on this one. 

sometimes i hate the way the dudes play games.

" @Gap said:

" Looks like the magician at the start was just painting a scale model of Disney land... wait... "

How can he be painting Disney Land if this all happens before any of the Mickey Mouse 
 
cartoons? Weird. "

" @brocool said:

" this has probably been the most quiet quick look ever, whats up? "

they gave me the distinct impression that they'd rather be at home right now... "

This game looks insanely boring.  Hey who wants to waggle shoot paint and have silly easy 3d platforming and puzzling?  Never never annndddd never.

Covering dudes in paint just makes me think of Ghostbusters 2 with the slime!

Low energy Quick Look just in time for Thanksgiving. Surprised to see content today, but not bad.
 
That game has some style, but the game stopping for a cut scene every other room is kinda rough. Really breaks up the flow of everything. Hopefully later on, it doesn't hold your hand so much.

so its an ad for disneyland? 

I think the constant hand-holding and breaking of gameplay by cutscenes would drive me crazy. Plus the game seems pretty arbitrary about what can be painted and what not. I'll pass.

I'm actually pretty interested in this game now!

" This game looks insanely boring.  Hey who wants to waggle shoot paint and have silly easy 3d platforming and puzzling?  Never never annndddd never. "

Funny, for some reason this reminds me of MediEvil for the PS.

Still not interested in it. 
 
Should point out that I never liked Mickey Mouse much. Now if this game has Bug Bunny and/or Daffy Duck...

This QL hasn't changed any of my opinions about this game. There are multiple more atmospheric games on the market this year, and the gameplay makes an argument for the second weakest major platformer on the Wii this year (this still tops Sonic 4). But in a year with Super Mario Galaxy 2 (WAY better gameplay), Super Meat Boy (again, WAY better gameplay), Kirby's Epic Yarn (WAY more realized atmosphere,) Donkey Kong Country Returns (atmospheric moments are beautiful, and of course, way better gameplay,) AND Sonic Colors (better gameplay and writing,) I don't see the market that hasn't gotten a better platformer for the Wii this year. 
 
As for people saying "I would buy a Wii for this," I hope you've already played Fallout: New Vegas, Red Dead Redemption, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, LIMBO, and Heavy Rain when you say you want another atmospheric game. Oh, and Amnesia for PC, too. 
 
I don't mean to say that people can't like this game; it's not bad by any standard, but it's coming out alongside a year of games that are excellent for the same reason, many of them in the same genre. This reaction that Epic Mickey is bringing something brand-new to the table is just odd. Maybe it's fan loyalty (Warren Spector, obviously, has done great things) but as I've learned with Brütal Legend, name recognition is only going to carry me so far. The number of people on this QL who think the game looks meh seems to support my thoughts; it seemed like I was crazy for not caring about this game, but it's looking like the "paint and thinner only affect an arbitrary half of the environment" is pulling other people out of the atmosphere too.

" It looks incredibly meh.  Extremely guided to the point where you don't have to think on your own at all. "

" looks pretty "by the numbers". "

Epic Mickey is epic

Even though I don't own a Wii this looks like an interesting title to own.Though I just don't get it.If so much time passed by why does he still look like the classic Mickey?

Epic Mickey...more like Epic YAWN

This game sort of brings to mind all of those mediocre not-quite-bad platformers of the PS2 era like Vexx. Basically, the game design feels old.
 
I like some of its ideas, but I'm not interested in playing this kind of platformer anymore.

Reminds me more of the 3D platformers of the PSX/N64 era. For some reason it gives off a 40 WInks vibe.
 
The painting mechanic looks very one-note. Also not loving the constant fetch quests either. Having a morality system in a kid's game is potentially interesting though.
 
I've heard pretty mixed things, and this QL more or less confirms them.

Wat a dick mouse, screwing with stuff like that.. he didn't have to touch! 
 
Oh well......

This maybe the longest it has taken Jeff and Ryan to talk during a QL.  
 
Things are changing maaaan.

this game looks really sharp, i guess thats the art direction the took that seperates this from most of the flat, boring 3d platformers on the wii, looking forward to seeing reviews. im interested in hw the late game plays out difficulty wise

" Only Wii game I have been interested in! "

" This QL hasn't changed any of my opinions about this game. There are multiple more atmospheric games on the market this year, and the gameplay makes an argument for the second weakest major platformer on the Wii this year (this still tops Sonic 4). But in a year with Super Mario Galaxy 2 (WAY better gameplay), Super Meat Boy (again, WAY better gameplay), Kirby's Epic Yarn (WAY more realized atmosphere,) Donkey Kong Country Returns (atmospheric moments are beautiful, and of course, way better gameplay,) AND Sonic Colors (better gameplay and writing,) I don't see the market that hasn't gotten a better platformer for the Wii this year.  As for people saying "I would buy a Wii for this," I hope you've already played Fallout: New Vegas, Red Dead Redemption, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, LIMBO, and Heavy Rain when you say you want another atmospheric game. Oh, and Amnesia for PC, too.  I don't mean to say that people can't like this game; it's not bad by any standard, but it's coming out alongside a year of games that are excellent for the same reason, many of them in the same genre. This reaction that Epic Mickey is bringing something brand-new to the table is just odd. Maybe it's fan loyalty (Warren Spector, obviously, has done great things) but as I've learned with Brütal Legend, name recognition is only going to carry me so far. The number of people on this QL who think the game looks meh seems to support my thoughts; it seemed like I was crazy for not caring about this game, but it's looking like the "paint and thinner only affect an arbitrary half of the environment" is pulling other people out of the atmosphere too. "

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I dont understand why it's called "Epic" when it's hardly epic. Not to say it's a bad game.

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This game is about the Disney company's hubris. How does Mickey destroy the world? By creating a massive image of himself that he tries to make more and more massive. This turns into the Phantom Blot. Disney's hubris. When Mickey is forced to enter the world he's created, some of the Phantom Blot enters into him. That is why he's dripping upward like that. So, the realization of his own hubris is something that Mickey can't really ignore anymore. But as he says "I'm still me." Throughout this game, Mickey is in a state of cognitive dissonance, attempting to come to terms with the "blot" inside him, his own hubris.
 
That is a pretty goddamn subversive message for a game put out by Disney that is specifically about Disney.
 
As for the game itself, kind of reminds me of American McGee's Alice, but I wish they had been able to take it further.  Still, this "Tragic Kingdom" vibe doesn't completely disappoint. And like I said, this game's underlying them is amazing. I think this quicklook got me interested in this game again.

Nice one Mickey. Way to fuck things up.

Can't wait to play this at Christmas. Spector said it takes around 26 hours to finish but I doubt it's that long.

I'd really wish each cartoon he jumps into changes the art style according to the cartoon. That would have been an incredible feature they seemed to leave out. Still look great.

I love that you guys allow video downloads. I can watch everything on my TV now :)

I love boats.

I don't understand why people like this game. It looks like a terribly bland platformer with two magical hoses. Essentially Super Mario Sunshine except with more plain platforming.  

All of the Epic Mickey hate in the comments makes me really sad. I think it looks like an amazing game.

Looks fun. I'm kind of sad they didn't went full on hardcore like in the artwork, but it still is full of nightmare fuel.

@Ragdrazi said:

" This game is about the Disney company's hubris. How does Mickey destroy the world? By creating a massive image of himself that he tries to make more and more massive. This turns into the Phantom Blot. Disney's hubris. When Mickey is forced to enter the world he's created, some of the Phantom Blot enters into him. That is why he's dripping upward like that. So, the realization of his own hubris is something that Mickey can't really ignore anymore. But as he says "I'm still me." Throughout this game, Mickey is in a state of cognitive dissonance, attempting to come to terms with the "blot" inside him, his own hubris.  That is a pretty goddamn subversive message for a game put out by Disney that is specifically about Disney.  As for the game itself, kind of reminds me of American McGee's Alice, but I wish they had been able to take it further.  Still, this "Tragic Kingdom" vibe doesn't completely disappoint. And like I said, this game's underlying them is amazing. I think this quicklook got me interested in this game again. "

I thought it looked pretty cool initially; the paint / thinner mechanic seems to have oodles of potential, but the constant interrupting gameplay in order to tell you what to do would drive me crazy. I know, this is just the intro section, and the target audience probably isn't an experienced gamer like me, but still.

I will paint you in the FACE