Do you not understand how much content focusing on "all the properties" would entail? They own way too much stuff to do that even remotely.
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Disney Infinity 3.0 |OT| Episode 3: The Playset Awakens
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Do you not understand how much content focusing on "all the properties" would entail? They own way too much stuff to do that even remotely.
Chiaroscuro
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They have been slowly adding figures from their older properties, like Mulan, Stitch, Fantasia, etc. But they are always single figures. It is a bigger risk to release more figures from the same old franchise and even risker to realease playsets. That is way we may never see an Aladdin playset sadly.
My guess is they are finding that the actual "play rate" on the digital stuff is a lot lower than they expected, and they are looking at Nintendo who is making a fortune on Amiibos with minimal digital content, and are focusing more on making money just selling the figures. Which is a shame, because I'm having as much fun playing this as anything I've messed with in a long time. But then I got basically five games (not even counting the toy box) for around $20, I don't know that I'd feel the same way if I had spent ten times that much and had some figures on a shelf as well.
Chiaroscuro
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I know that story, and sadly it says it is too risky.
El_Cinefilo
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Gave Battlegrounds to my son this morning, So far I'm probably having more fun with this than any of the other playsets I've played (which is most of them 2.0 onwards). It's very Power Stone.
It seems pretty generous too, letting you play as characters you don't have with the weekly trial ones and even the one's that aren't on trial that you can spend in game tokens to play as. (so far it seems pretty generous at dishing out the tokens just for playing).
even the costumes that were on power discs seem to all be available to unlock for use in the battlegrounds mode by doing challenges.
This doesn't really effect me since I don't know anyone else who collects these but when you put a figure on the base it says it unlocks the character permanently. Does it mean for the session or properly permanently forever like it sounds? because that seems surprising and open to abuse by people lending each other characters.
It seems pretty generous too, letting you play as characters you don't have with the weekly trial ones and even the one's that aren't on trial that you can spend in game tokens to play as. (so far it seems pretty generous at dishing out the tokens just for playing).
even the costumes that were on power discs seem to all be available to unlock for use in the battlegrounds mode by doing challenges.
This doesn't really effect me since I don't know anyone else who collects these but when you put a figure on the base it says it unlocks the character permanently. Does it mean for the session or properly permanently forever like it sounds? because that seems surprising and open to abuse by people lending each other characters.
Just for the session, as you suspected. You can exit out of the game to your system's main menu, but as soon as the game or system shut down, the figures stored in memory are gone until you put them back on the base.
KelpPlankton
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Takeover is a lot of fun, I just wish it were longer.
It would be nice if something like Takeover is built into future Disney Infinity games. Maybe even with a bit of platforming thrown in so it's not just top-down brawling the whole time?
There's a solid base there they could build a really compelling any-figure experience out of.
It would be nice if something like Takeover is built into future Disney Infinity games. Maybe even with a bit of platforming thrown in so it's not just top-down brawling the whole time?
There's a solid base there they could build a really compelling any-figure experience out of.
They could have all of those without having to give Square a penny on their own and happily say fuck Kingdom Hearts...
I am not saying that you will not see some kind of tie to KH in the future, most likely a figure of some sort
There is. As much as I like the Toy Box Hub I think an actual built-in game mode like TBT would be a nice inclusion.
I think Disney would get more traction with something like a "Magic Kingdom" type theme since Kingdom Hearts is such a niche product by comparison for the target audience.
KelpPlankton
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Disney owns Kingdom Hearts though. Square-Enix is the one paying them to use the licence whenever they make those games.
I don't think we'll see a KH playset, but it's totally possible they'll do a Sora figure or something like that to tie into the KH3 release marketing-wise. Maybe costume discs for Donald and (the inevitably released) Goofy? Who knows.
I did not know that.
We have many things with potential though.
We have the Alice stuff, though I would definitely have preferred the animated versions, and Beauty and the Beast on the horizon (I will again hope for animated versions....)
We have Ducktales returning to tv , Pete's Dragon, Finding Dori, and Moana....
There are a couple retailer listings in Europe indicating that the Finding Dory playset is coming June 23rd and it may also be a single figure playset. Retailer listings may not be the most reliable source of info but that does line up some with the movie's release date.
Finding Dory Appears on Amazon Italy Including Release Date!
Finding Dory Coming on the 23rd June (europe)
Finding Dory Appears on Amazon Italy Including Release Date!
Finding Dory Coming on the 23rd June (europe)
Decided to jump into disney infinity. Got these figures plus the portal and 3.0 for 60 total.
http://i.imgur.com/rn2jOR6.jpg
I want to get aladdin, jasmine, gamora, drax, spider-man, black panther, the hulk, black widow, anna, elsa, han solo, leia, luke, finn and rey eventually.
http://i.imgur.com/rn2jOR6.jpg
I want to get aladdin, jasmine, gamora, drax, spider-man, black panther, the hulk, black widow, anna, elsa, han solo, leia, luke, finn and rey eventually.
Thinking of picking this up for me and my other half. We also have children in the house, who although don't generally game, I think they perhaps might with this.
She's absolutely mad on Marvel, and we also both really like Star Wars. I did consider the LEGO Marvel games, but to be honest I'm more than a little burnt out on the LEGO formula, and I think she would enjoy the actual physical figures.
I know absolutely nothing about the game though. The whole Infinity thing has totally passed me by. It looks like a fun game and I usually admire the figures when I'm in a game shop, but I've no idea what the actual game is. There are campaigns, right? Is it local multiplayer, and if so, co-operative or competitive? Are the figures meaningful in their usage (compared to say, Amiibo) and are the starter packs good value in terms of content? I think I'd likely need the starter pack, The Force Awakens pack, Marvel Battlegrounds and an Iron Man (her favourite) figure to get started.. but I'm not really sure what any of that means in terms of value.
Basically, I think I need a total dummies guide overview! Reviews of the game largely assume you have some grasp of what's going on.
She's absolutely mad on Marvel, and we also both really like Star Wars. I did consider the LEGO Marvel games, but to be honest I'm more than a little burnt out on the LEGO formula, and I think she would enjoy the actual physical figures.
I know absolutely nothing about the game though. The whole Infinity thing has totally passed me by. It looks like a fun game and I usually admire the figures when I'm in a game shop, but I've no idea what the actual game is. There are campaigns, right? Is it local multiplayer, and if so, co-operative or competitive? Are the figures meaningful in their usage (compared to say, Amiibo) and are the starter packs good value in terms of content? I think I'd likely need the starter pack, The Force Awakens pack, Marvel Battlegrounds and an Iron Man (her favourite) figure to get started.. but I'm not really sure what any of that means in terms of value.
Basically, I think I need a total dummies guide overview! Reviews of the game largely assume you have some grasp of what's going on.
There's lots of good info in the OP which I'd suggest checking out.
Basic rundown though:
Campaigns are called playsets. They're themed (Star Wars, Marvel) and only figures from those properties work in those playsets and there are sometimes further restrictions. There's also a Toy Box mode in which you can play user generated content with any character and there are additional Toy Box games you can buy separately.
Local multiplayer, yes. Playsets are cooperative but the Toy Box mode can have competitive activities.
Figures are required to use those characters in-game. Starter pack is a good place to errr, start. The Star Wars starter along with TFA and Battlegrounds would be plenty for the two of you to start with.
Yeah, this is a major bummer. I had picked up Nick & Judy, & I wanted a nice figurine of Scrooge McDuck, given the new Ducktales cartoon is just around the corner.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
Wow. What a bummer.
I guess the good news is that 3.0 is a decent way to go out, given how much of an improvement it was over 2.0. But man, just thinking of all the great characters we didn't get figures of, it's disappointing.
EDIT: Ugh, I guess this means no Peter Pan?
I guess the good news is that 3.0 is a decent way to go out, given how much of an improvement it was over 2.0. But man, just thinking of all the great characters we didn't get figures of, it's disappointing.
EDIT: Ugh, I guess this means no Peter Pan?
Chiaroscuro
Member
What the hell??????
And what does it means for the figures/playsets that should have been out in a month?
Blackburn said in a statement that the Alice figures and Dory playset are still coming out but that's it. They're closing up shop after that.
TangoAlphaLima
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So I just ordered Black Suit Spidey and Nick Wilde for store pickup at Best Buy. And I ordered the Zootopia Power Disc Pack from a seller on Amazon. I think that's pretty much all I need to complete my collection, other than a handful of crystal figures I don't care about, and some Power Discs from 1.0 and 2.0 that I may cherry pick from Ebay.
So that's a no on Peter Pan, then? Bummer.
So that's a no on Peter Pan, then? Bummer.
Sure sounds like it. Just Alice and Dory which I personally don't care about. I guess I'm done.
I'll still play 3.0 as long as it still works as I love those Star Wars playsets. Hopefully it'll work without servers or in a perfect world, get patched.
No, in a perfect world they'd patch it and open up all the playsets and characters.
But they had Disney, Marvel and Star Wars and it should have printed money. Having restrictions about universes and limiting story potential was likely one of a whole truckload of factors in this dying.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you won.
Chiaroscuro
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Well, suicide watch for most of this thread followers...
What's more likely is that we have maybe a year or two at most before they pull the servers and it all stops working. Though of course it would be nice if they patched it to be offline, hell they could sell the Star Wars stuff as stand alone games and I bet they'd do pretty well.
Classy drive-by, bro
Heh, didn't even notice that.
dragonyeuw
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But it sounds as though they're pretty much getting out of console development anyways, licensing their IPs to others. I imagine if that weren't the case, Infinity would live on. Sad about the job losses as well....
Yup - said it before and will say it again, they needed to release the chains and let people just play. Not "These characters work here, and these here, and these nowhere useful again since we didn't bring the playsets forward."
Might not have saved it, but I'd have bought more figures off-clearance if I could do more with them.
dragonyeuw
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Agreed, though I'm not exactly sure how big a role it played in all this. The restrictions were a nuisance, but in the big picture the toys to life idea seems to have peaked, and now going on the downward slope. My biggest issue with Disney Infinity, in particular, more than the character restrictions were some of the playset choices( or lack thereof). Why didn't Aladdin get a full playset? LION KING? FROZEN? What about the classic stuff? So many classic characters that never saw the light of day.
KelpPlankton
Member
Well it had a good run and lives on as a fun sandbox thing with a great mix of characters. Sad anyway.
Hopefully the good to come out of this bad news will be Disney/Star Wars/Marvel properties in Lego Dimensions.
Hopefully the good to come out of this bad news will be Disney/Star Wars/Marvel properties in Lego Dimensions.
TangoAlphaLima
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I guess now is as good a time as any to post the memorial wall of shame:
Ha! I'm third! I think this is the first time I've made a GAF wall of shame.
Me neither. I kinda knocked it out of the park on this one too.
