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Disney Epic Mickey |OT|
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ibu
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The cut scenes are pretty damn good actually, they are based on the actual famous Disney storyboard artist, Mary Blair. Same art style right down to the rich vibrant colouring. So to criticise that is essentially criticising all the Disney animations from 30's-60's.Nose Master said:
You make some interesting points but mist remember to make these cohesively, without pandering to hyperbole.
Appreciate the game for what it is a historical eulogy to Disney heritage with a macabre twist and the over riding theme, all our wrongs can be put right.
It is a shame the controls are slightly off and the camera has a mind of it's own at moments, these occurrings can cause frustration in heaps. But these do not ultimately sully what is a solid game with moments of brilliance and fond memories.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Nose Master said:
You are entitled to your opinion, and some of the things to said have sense, but the bolded part is idiotic.
Congratulations for calling the Mary Blair style cheap, becuase it is not (and neither is the animation in it, but as you dont now even who is Mary Blair you probably dont know a shit of animation). Are you the type of guy that calls childish or idiotic the design of the facade and ride It's a Small World?
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Deleted member 30609
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I don't think the issue is the quality of the animations so much as it's their inconsistancy with the rest of the visuals. Mashing together different styles like that just ain't the fashionable thing to do nowadays.
Jeff Albertson
Member
As a Disney fanboy I'm already loving it ten minutes in, I got far too excited to hear the remix on
Once upon a dream
SpacePirate Ridley
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GhaleonQ said:
Its very possible he thinks it doesnt have too much movement, im sure he thinks that its too static and that characters dont have too much animation, when that is totally wrong, he can also think its too flat.
People that like animation will notice it looks like an animated storyboard and that the style is lke that because it tries to emulate Mary Blair's drawings.
thegodsend
Member
I'm stuck and I have the feeling it's a bug... very early in the game 
At the carnival, I fixed the broken flying elephants and the tea cups. I then got access to a room with a chest, which I opened. Afterwards, there was nothing left to do and I wanted to leave with the boat, but the gate is closed. I can't find any other exit or any other task and I'm running around the area for 30 minutes now. Any idea?
thegodsend said:I'm stuck and I have the feeling it's a bug... very early in the game
At the carnival, I fixed the broken flying elephants and the tea cups. I then got access to a room with a chest, which I opened. Afterwards, there was nothing left to do and I wanted to leave with the boat, but the gate is closed. I can't find any other exit or any other task and I'm running around the area for 30 minutes now. Any idea?
All I know is that you're meant to hop on the boat which will lead you to the next part.
ChoklitReign
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Go on...Lard said:
thegodsend
Member
one_kill said:
It really was a bug. When I restarted "from last checkpoint", everything was done but the boats were going to the next part. wtf.
still, good game
Version 3.0
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Wizpig said:
Pointer performance depends completely on how much "anti-jitter" they've put into the game. Since their solution for a jittery cursor involves a delayed response, the higher they put it, the more lag you get. Games like Trauma Center and most FPS games have it very low or off, so the pointer response is perfect, but your aiming cursor is only as steady as your hand. Other games have it turned up very high, and the pointer lags terribly. But it's rock-steady on-screen even in an amateur's shaky hand. Link's Awful Crossbow Training is a good example of high anti-jitter. The Wii menu itself, and most Nintendo games, have it set in the middle somewhere.
Sounds like they have it turned up pretty high. Yuck.
Best Buy and Toys R Us have some nice deals for this game. Buy Epic Mickey (and/or DKCR at TRU), and get 50% off certain (any in TRU's case) Wii game.
The TRU deal is better, but if you have it preordered at Best Buy, you also get $10 if you have the rewards thing. You wouldn't be able to use it right away, though.
The TRU deal is better, but if you have it preordered at Best Buy, you also get $10 if you have the rewards thing. You wouldn't be able to use it right away, though.
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Deleted member 30609
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I don't think it's a very controversial thing to say. If you're making big three dimensional rooms in a 'realistic' style (I don't have the correct word in my vocabulary to articulate what I'm trying to say here, maybe 'traditional rendering style' or something), then, you know, it will look much nicer with better hardware.MYE said:
Scope and ambition is all well and good on the Wii, just make the right concessions when working in a 3D space. Smaller worlds, a simpler yet no less easy to read art style and, should you be using the pointer, get that thing as close to Nintendo-smooth as possible.
Rez said:
Sorry but nothing i've seen so far looks half-baked because of technical limitations. Not in its presentation.
And the Wii is hurting its semi-realistic large enviroments? Really?
Textures are sharp and it has nice geometry, colors and designs. Seems to me like they made the game they set out to do, presentation-wise if nothing else. Reviews also seem to back this up.
I apologize if i sound harsh but this "make it 2D, super simplistic/stylized or dont even bother with this system" way of thinking can fuck off.
Last gen games like Silent Hill 3, RE4, MGS3 and SotC are still praised today by their scope and/or immersive, realistic atmospheres, but the Wii cant pull off fucking Epic Mickey now? :lol
SpacePirate Ridley
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Just arrived to new orleans and the game is incredibly awesome in my opinion.
And Ventureland is so good compared to the E3 demo.
Other than that this game is magnificent.
And Ventureland is so good compared to the E3 demo.
from the entrance of ventureland, going through the Pirates of Caribbean facade, the interior of the ride, Jungle Cruise and Skull Rock, and the captain hook fight in the Jolly Roger at the end. What an incredible world and so long.
The sad thing is, I think that Tomorrowland is the worse used, the rides are used in a very cheap way (the worst offender is Carrousel of Progress, that would have been a magnificent stage, is relegated to a stupid door, and not even a tetric version of There's a Great and Beautiful Tomorrow is used. No mention of Adventure Thru Inner Space, and it could have been a great stage, and I would have like a zone with people to talk, just like the first stage of Ventureland. Totally wasted opportunity there.
The sad thing is, I think that Tomorrowland is the worse used, the rides are used in a very cheap way (the worst offender is Carrousel of Progress, that would have been a magnificent stage, is relegated to a stupid door, and not even a tetric version of There's a Great and Beautiful Tomorrow is used. No mention of Adventure Thru Inner Space, and it could have been a great stage, and I would have like a zone with people to talk, just like the first stage of Ventureland. Totally wasted opportunity there.
MYE said:Sorry but nothing i've seen so far looks half-baked because of technical limitations. Not in its presentation.
And the Wii is hurting its semi-realistic large enviroments? Really?
Textures are sharp and it has nice geometry, colors and designs. Seems to me like they made the game they set out to do, presentation-wise if nothing else. Reviews also seem to back this up.
I apologize if i sound harsh but this "make it 2D, super simplistic/stylized or dont even bother with this system" way of thinking can fuck off.
Last gen games like Silent Hill 3, RE4, MGS3 and SotC are still praised today by their scope and/or immersive, realistic atmospheres, but the Wii cant pull off fucking Epic Mickey now? :lol
I think I love you...:lol
whatevermort
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I need some help, please. I'm on the Pirate Voyage mission, and have to find three pumps to get to the next bit. I have found two of the pumps, but the third has eluded me now for around half an hour. I AM GOING MAD. Please help. I've found the one behind the railings, obviously, and the one very close to it on the roof-level, but the other...
Also, out of interest, how far through the game am I?
Also, out of interest, how far through the game am I?
SpacePirate Ridley
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whatevermort said:
Also didnt know where it was :lol
Im sure you have left the first one, as the one in the middle would be the one behind the cage where you have to dissolve the roof, and the other in a porch near the end. The first one is the second level of that stage (i mean above the roofs) near the Fantasia brush trowing you thinner that is in sometype of bridge, well, from were you enter the stage, go up, pass the bridge with the enemy, and when youa rrive to the other part, start erasing all the walls, at the end you will find it.
I think you are in the middle-end part of the game.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Peff said:
Or maybe is that one, I though that was too obvious you had to use thinner in the sides of the door. I found that one the first in that stage.
I think the first one is the worst becuase there is no indication which wall is inside.
StealthGoblin
Banned
Cheapest place to get this in the UK? I was planning to hold off for a bit, but my little sister wants it so we'll get it before Xmas.
magicalsoundshower
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I'm starting to really like this (like 2 hours in) and controlling the camera (which you absolutely HAVE to do to get anywhere) quickly became second nature. The most important thing to do is be prepared to move the camera down a notch at all times so you can judge your jumps better. Somehow I'm sorta starting to prefer this to the more fixed camera angles in like Super Mario Galaxy. I did flail around like a huge idiot at the beginning of the game, though.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
I hope people talk about this on upcoming podcasts. I'm not going to get it myself, but I've been following it throughout development (even went LTTP: Deus Ex) and would like to hear different opinions. I guess I could read reviews, but man I hate gaming sites...everything is flashing and moving everywhere, yeesh.
RobbieNick
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apana said:
Willy105 was banned? Kid wasn't too bright when it came to his opinions, but he made good OP's. He must've said the wrong thing too many times.
MYE said:Sorry but nothing i've seen so far looks half-baked because of technical limitations. Not in its presentation.
And the Wii is hurting its semi-realistic large enviroments? Really?
Textures are sharp and it has nice geometry, colors and designs. Seems to me like they made the game they set out to do, presentation-wise if nothing else. Reviews also seem to back this up.
I apologize if i sound harsh but this "make it 2D, super simplistic/stylized or dont even bother with this system" way of thinking can fuck off.
Last gen games like Silent Hill 3, RE4, MGS3 and SotC are still praised today by their scope and/or immersive, realistic atmospheres, but the Wii cant pull off fucking Epic Mickey now? :lol
Those have to be Dolphin shots, that looks much sharper than the game I've seen.
Does junction point have a lot of ex-Rares? The level design and textures and Geometry remind me so much of N64 era rare, Banjo in particular....
Ben2749 said:
IMO the game doesn't even start properly till you hit Mean street (the level hub) and beyond.
It gets much better than Asia boat ride.
Been away for most of the weekend, engrossed with Epic Mickey. It officially gets my stamp of approval. It's much bigger than I thought it would be, there are lots of quests some of which are good, others stray too close to fetch questing.
It has some enchanting areas. I'm no hardcore Disney fan, but when the music, visuals and area is juuuuust right, it feels, almost, well magical.
The 2D sections are just little interludes between proper 3D areas. They are throwaway and don't feature any substantial challenge or innovation. But they do have delightful ways of using animation to change the environment, which makes them more than worth investigating.
Cutscenes - the animated ones that is, are brilliantly done. And the game seems to have lots of little secrets tucked away, for instance when I hit Mean Street I thought it was a superficial 2D facade, only to discover that there was a whole new level underneath when you started splashing the thinner about.
There is some BS, like there will be times where you have to find 4 things, and I spent ages looking for them only to find 3 and take the easy way out (paying a character to do it)
Camera is fine, actually, now that I am practiced on it. When it is fixed, it's honestly picking the right angle for the scene, even when you assume it's not and want to see what is unseen. You turn back to see the unseen area the camera wouldn't allow you to see, only to find either a useless drop to your death or a plain wall. Learn to trust the auto-camera and use the c-button centering.
This game is pretty good and is starting to feel "Epic" in a way. Some of the combat is getting more difficult and sometimes frustrating as you can be concentrating on one and several others will bum rush you from behind.
Tomorrow City was hard to see where you were going because of the dark art style, but hell, Tron boss Made it all worthwhile - I will say no more.
Oh yeah on the SDTV to HDTV comparison, SD wins hands down, it's a rounded, soft and jaggie free game, all of which is semi-ruined by HDTV scaling. Jaggies kill it.
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good god, the blatant fetch quest in Mean Street has really killed my urge to keep playing. Who thought that was a good idea.
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I hate that talking to people fades the screen to black on the way in and out of the conversation, kills my urge to talk to people.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Oh yes, the pirate that is in love with the cow is the largest fetch quest of the all... talk with them, go through the cartoon, mean street, go through the cartoon, ostown, find the fucking flowers (one nearly pisses me off to the level of erasing the whole of ostown, im not kidding), give them to Calarabelle, go trough the cartoon, mean street, go through the cartoon, ventureland.
The worst thing of all, I got only one flower, thinking that was it (because I didnt read properly) went thorugh the cartoon, mean street, through cartoon, ventureland, talk with the pirate...
I think Im starting to hate the Thru the mirror cartoon :lol
Please, tell me more...
The worst thing of all, I got only one flower, thinking that was it (because I didnt read properly) went thorugh the cartoon, mean street, through cartoon, ventureland, talk with the pirate...
I think Im starting to hate the Thru the mirror cartoon :lol
gamingeek said:
Please, tell me more...
Vinterbird
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one_kill said:
Restarts to intro-credits. There's no way to go back, you just have to start the game over.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
You should be able to send it back to Amazon with pre-paid shipping, no questions asked. Like most of their customer service, their return/replacement policies are awesomely lenient. They overnighted me replacement headphones and I had a month to ship back the old ones for free.