Topic: Epic Mickey Early Review(s)

Tutorials. Most games these days teach you how to play in game. If not, it's usually not hard to figure out.

But sometime it IS hard, and other times tutorial are boring, thats why reading a manual, or just making a fast reading of it is always usefull.

We need to get the word out about this. Every review I've read has complained about the lack of lock on, and it's right there!

Really? There is? I just looked in the instruction manual and it's not even written in THERE! I'll have to try that later.

@SuperMarioFan96
Yep, just hold C while facing an enemy. Works just like a Zelda game, and makes the combat significantly more streamlined.

I only read the manual if I have to, personally. I usually skip tutorials if I can, too. It's just boring and I want to dive right into the game. I figure out the rest on the way. It sucks to do that with strategy and simulation games, though. Epic Mickey doesn't sound like a game I'd have a problem with. Just press every button and see what happens.

@Kid_A, are you doing the NL review of these game, or is anyone other doing it?

Spencer's got it, I believe. I sent an email to Corbie about this (because I thought he had the review) and I think he passed it on to him.

Ok thanks

Yes, that would be me. Still to busy playing to bother to write it up yet.

I was trying not to read other reviews before I was done, but thanks to this thread I'll make sure to mention the lock on feature!

I still want that Nintendo Life review. I want a review from a real gamer that I can trust, not some poser who is out of touch with real gamers.

@Twario - If your a Disney fan it may be worth a purchase. The game has quite a few Disney cartoon and park references. The camera can be manually adjusted when there are issues with the camera angle most of the time.

@nlifegamer
Thanks. My previous comment was deleted because I decided to get it after reading some of these comments. I hope I don't have to return it. I'll be posting my impressions after I play it for a bit.

I'm on the final-ish part of the game.
SPOILER ALERT:
Using paint on the first Phantom Blot and having him become your friend is easily the most heartwarming and adorable thing I've seen all year.

Does anyone have that paintbrush nunchuck? It looks cool, but I wonder how it feels to actually use it?

Just beat the game. The ending is really spectacular; I sort of went the noble route, trying to use paint as much as possible. Without spoiling anything, just know that it's very heartwarming (though, depending on what sidequests you ignore, perhaps a tad bittersweet). Can't wait to go back through and use thinner!

Well, after playing this game for a while, I'm not sure if I can keep playing. It just isn't my thing.

How much time have you put into it? Because if you've put a decent amount of time into it I'd really encourage you to stick it out till the end. The end, truly, is one of the best I've seen, and really made the game worth it for me.

@Kid_A
I've gotten to Tomorrow City, and just stopped playing after that. I still have the game, and I might consider playing it until the end, but so far this just isn't my type of game. The fetch quests and paint mechanic are the things that I don't like. I just found the game to be boring. I'm not saying it's a bad game, it's just not for me.

Tomorrow City is by far my favorite level, so if that's not doing it for you I'd say you're probably not going to enjoy the rest of the game too much. And I agree that the fetch-questing is irritating and really throws off the pace of the game. You gave it a fair shot, I don't blame you.

But I absolutely love this game. I've already started my second playthrough--which I highly recommend to anyone who has beaten the game once. The level of depth in this game is insane; it doesn't really all reveal itself the first time around, but once you hop in a second time and change your play-style, you'll be amazed at the amount of work that went into this game.