SpacePirate Ridley said:
No, im not saying that they arguments are not valid, because they are, and yes, this game has some faults (the camera is bad, etc...), but some are also complaining things that other people are liking, and thats only a matter of opinion, and not that the game is bad or good.
Not only other forums im seeing praise, people in real life I have talk, friends... they are also liking a lot the game. And some of there are not super fans of disney (obviously the dont dislike it), but they are enjoying it, and the most said thing is that they are reminded of their good old days with the n64, that when thay are in work or in college for example, they cant wait to arrive home and conitnue playing, just as when they were kids in school playing banjoo kazooie in the afternoon after a snack watching cartoons on the tv.
Obviously, they know that Mario Galaxy is the MUCH better platformer, but that doenst mean they dislike the type of n64 platforming Epic Mickey has, on the contrary, they are embracing it, as they are reminded of the older days.
But I also can understand where the people that dont like it are coming from, as the game has faults amd it could have been better with 6 more months.
At this time, I think the two sides are right. People that love it are not idiots nor they dont have bad taste in games, and people that dont like it are nott wrong complaining of some of the aspects of the game.
Everything related to this game is a matter of opinion. it seems you are taking it personally that people are criticizing a game you may like. People who buy something get invested in it and then cry about topics where to have to hear people be negative about something they like.
Epic Mickey is a game of massive flaws. Really, seriously gigantic flaws. You may like it, but it's not some game elevated beyond criticism and neoGAF is
not being overly harsh on it. I was super hyped for the game and it is a crushing disappointment, and I
love Disney and Warren Spector and even dig the art style and concept.
Epic Mickey is an N64 game. I mean that seriously, and I don't mean in terms of graphics. It's giving me all the nightmares I had when I had to suffer that awful platform. The camera is frequently atrocious. It feels like a the meat and bones of the platforming is a pale reflection of platformers who are helmed by developers who know what they're doing... a hallmark of the mass of N64 era platform mediocrity.
The game has a neat idea, marrying its gameplay (paint/thinner) to the ideals of the black/white morality, but everything that ties it together is simply a mess. The platforming is just sloppy as fuck. There are like a dozen platformers
this year that feel better to play, it's not just comparing it to Super Mario Galaxy. And the type of "N64-era platformer" that this wishes it could be have been done better countless times over....
on the N64. It's the year 2010 and we're getting inferior exploration platformers to crap that came out on N64?
It's tied together by awful collectathoning, the crutch of developers who feel they need to pad out their mediocre package by endless fetch quests. Instead of having to design compelling levels with precise jumping requirements, they simply have you search every nook and cranny lazily for some stupid fucking garbage some character needs. It's terrible game design. Give this shit up developers PLEASE.
God all the quests characters give you are so mundane. I've found maybe a handful of compelling quests the entire six hours I've played so far. The core concept is there... it's all in the execution. I like the animated cutscenes, the whole art direction. I love the idea of the paint/thinner tied to the morality. I really like the way they animated Mickey and friends, good stuff.
But it's all sloppily executed mess.
