Disney Epic Mickey (Wii)

This game is very unusual visually, and is a very interesting idea for a game. It is quite dark for a Disney venture, but Mickey makes a very likeable hero. There are some parts which are quite tricky, and my husband had to take over for my son at a few points, who was 6 when he was playing it. Overall, we all enjoyed trying to solve the puzzles and completing the missions, and it certainly held my son's attention until he completed the game.

I bought Epic Mickey over the Christmas period having loved the look of the trailers and watching the opening scene on you tube. First off I love graphic style of this game, for the Wii it really does stand out as one of the best looking 3rd party games. The music is very Disney and so is the story if a little darker than you may be used to.Watching the opening prologue is essential to understanding the games story, it shows you how Mickey creates the world you eventually play in. Mickey gets captured and finds himself between the wasteland world's twisted borders and embarks on a mission to get himself out while making amends for what he did.To get through the game Mickey is armed with a paintbrush which acts as both a Painter and Thinner. You use the paint to paint objects in while using the thinner to remove obstacles in your path, it really is an original idea which is another reason this game stands out. You will learn through your travels that hidden items are hidden throughout the world and thinning as much as possible will allow you to find them.Throughout the game you will be faced with enemies called blotlings which you can paint to make them friendly then they will turn blue and ignore Mickey and even help him out against other blotlings or you can choose to thin them out which will get rid of them completely. Along with these two options Mickey also have a spin attack which is used much like it is in Mario Galaxy by a quick flick of the Wiimote. Later upgrades will give Mickey TV's used to distract enemies, an anvil to crush them and get to higher levels and the ability to slow down time for a few crucial seconds which is handy when moving through fast spinning blades and closing walls.Alongside the main game you can also take part in sub quests by helping out the world's local folk which earns you extra items and power sparks that are needed to allow you to open up new worlds to progress through the game.Throughout the game you will be faced with choices which will determined the games ending and mostly consist of finding certain items and painting bosses or thinning them out. There are a few choices that will creep up on you and before you know it you have already made your choice before you realized it which is another reason to reply the game along with the alternative endings this game holds.You travel between the worlds in the wasteland through a projector screen and enter a 2D sideways scroller. The change is nice at first but doesn't last long before becoming repetitive especially when you are forced to go back and forth for sub quests. The other annoying part of this game and probably the biggest is the games camera; it's hard to control what it does sometimes making the easiest jumps difficult and boss fights very frustrating especially when moving around them and the camera is off facing a wall. You can bring the camera back to behind Mickey but when trying to move around a boss it's not the way you always want to face so sometimes you are not even facing the boss.On whole Epic Mickey is a very entertaining game which allows multiply playthroughs but sometimes the camera issues can be a game killer!

I purchased this for my husband as a Christmas Gift. He had been raving about how good it was going to be from what he had read and heard prior to this. Being a good wife, I purchased it. Unfortunately the game didn't really live up to expectations. It was very repetitive, which didn't inspire him to keep going with the game, like wise it involved collecting lots of things, which he did do to a certain point... until he found this also far to repetitive and didn't see the value in doing it.I'd say if you were buying this for a child then it would be a nice game for them to play. However, any older than 13/14 I'd say there isn't enough different challenge to keep them wanting to go back and play more. Buy them something more like Mario Kart or Super Mario Galaxy, even big kids will play them!!!

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Bought this for daughter who was desparate for it.Didn't like the graphics and found the game frustrating. I don't think they had got the level of difficulty right - not for us anyway.

My 5 year old is bonkers about her best friend Mickey mouse LOL, so she absolutely loves this game, it is different from other games that I've bought, unique to say the least, it requires a little thinking to get through some parts of it, so it stimulates her mind as well as giving her enjoyment, I would have no hesitation in recommending to a friend, 5 stars.

have just bought this game ready to play on new years eve with hubby this gameis great )has ;-great graphicsgreat game playpainting and thinning is geniusa must have especially if you like mickey and disneymy daughter who is 6 years old gave up fairly quickly abit hard for this age rangeme and my hubby luv this game

I bought this for my 6 year old. It's visually impressive but it's a bit difficult for him to play and he's not happy that it's only 1 player as he can't play with friends (or dad). Not a bad game, just a bit advanced for young players.