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Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed brings the magic of Disney to life in a vibrant 3D platformer. This faithful remake sends Mickey Mouse on an epic journey through Wasteland, a realm of forgotten Disney characters. As Mickey, you will dive into a fantastical world, and armed with paint and thinner, shape your adventure and the fate of this alternate world.

Release Date: August 27, 2024
Systems: Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, S and X, PC
Developer: Purple Lamp
Price: $59.99

Epic Mickey was part of an effort by Disney to re-brand Mickey Mouse as a character by placing less emphasis on his pleasant, cheerful side and reintroducing the more mischievous and adventurous sides of his personality,[2] depicting him as an epic hero. It was directed by Warren Spector, who collaborated with Walt Disney Animation Studios on the project, with help from Powerhouse Animation Studios, who made the cutscenes for the game.[

The game is set in the Wasteland, a pen-and-paper stylized world, created in the game's narrative by the sorcerer Yen Sid, as a place for "forgotten things", namely disused or obscure Disney characters. It is physically inspired by Disneyland, and appears as an intricate model in Yen Sid's workshop. However, Mickey Mouse's fiddling with Yen Sid's paintbrush causes mass damage to the model, turning Wasteland into a post-apocalyptic landscape.

And featuring Oswald The Lucky Rabbit!



Various improvements added!

-Camera options
-A sprint button
-New finely detailed graphics, with improved lighting and darker ambience
-Overall improved control scheme (left trigger for paint, right trigger for thinner)
-Quicker load times
-60 fps (except for Switch)

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Reviews

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is rated 'Strong' after being reviewed by 63 critics, with an overall average score of 78. It's ranked in the top 29% of games and recommended by 68% of critics.

opencritic.com

 

[Deerock71]

 

[Dacvak]

Release Date: August 27, 2024
Systems: Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, S and X, PC
Developer: Purple Lamp

And featuring Oswald The Lucky Rabbit!



Various improvements added!

-Camera options
-A sprint button
-New finely detailed graphics, with improved lighting and darker ambience
-Overall improved control scheme (left trigger for paint, right trigger for thinner)
-Quicker load times
-60 fps (except for Switch)

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Reviews

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is rated 'Strong' after being reviewed by 63 critics, with an overall average score of 78. It's ranked in the top 29% of games and recommended by 68% of critics.

opencritic.com

Damn, that concept art is so freaking good. I wish the game looked like that.

I remember briefly trying this on the Wii but not coming away too impressed. I wonder why they chose to remake it now? Maybe to try and re-strengthen the classic Mickey IP?

 

[Chuck Berry]

Damn, that concept art is so freaking good. I wish the game looked like that.

I remember briefly trying this on the Wii but not coming away too impressed. I wonder why they chose to remake it now? Maybe to try and re-strengthen the classic Mickey IP?

Who knows, but just going off of the demo they did a pretty damn good job with QOL improvements and really beefing up the artistry. Personally I think the new coat of paint (derp) actually makes it look a little closer to the concept art than the washed out original Wii version.

 

[Dacvak]

>60 fps (except for Switch)

Dammit

 

[Chuck Berry]

>60 fps (except for Switch)

Dammit

Yeah word around the campfire is that currently the Switch version isn't very good performance wise. Low framerates especially. If you can, grab it for the 5, PC or the stronger Xbox.

Also the price point is a bit of a buzzkill too. $60 is a pretty steep asking price for a 14 year old title despite how much work was put into touching it up.

Consider grabbing it around the holidays when it'll probably be on sale.

 

[Dacvak]

Yeah word around the campfire is that currently the Switch version isn't very good performance wise. Low framerates especially. If you can, grab it for the 5, PC or the stronger Xbox.

Also the price point is a bit of a buzzkill too. $60 is a pretty steep asking price for a 14 year old title despite how much work was put into touching it up.

Consider grabbing it around the holidays when it'll probably be on sale.

Oh cool, there’s a demo. I’ll give that a shot before I commit to buying it. But that’s a good idea to get it around the holidays, I bet it’ll be at least 40% off.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Say what you will, but I think the idea of the mad scientist trying to rip out Mickeys heart with a plunger is some pretty twisted shit

 

[cormack12]

Nice OT!

 

[jburdick7]

Man I had this on the Wii back in the day but never finished it.

Demo ran great on my Steam Deck when I tried it out, gonna wait for a sale but definitely planning on picking it up to play on my breaks at work.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Oh cool, there’s a demo. I’ll give that a shot before I commit to buying it.

This is what I did and I was immediately impressed. Totally unfamiliar with Purple Lamp's work.

 

[Ristifer]

Always wanted to play this but never have. Guess I’m gonna have to try the demo and see how that goes.

 

[JimboJones]

Lipstick on a pig.
Unimpressive back then still unimpressive now.

 

[Chuck Berry]

So far so good

 

[Alan Wake]

This is pretty good. I like it. I never played the Wii original but I've watched some of it and this obviously looks way better. Runs pretty smoothly on PS5. Only problem is that it launched just after Astro Bot, which puts every platformer out there to shame.

 

[Jesb]

I’m interested but not at it’s price.

 

[Alan Wake]

I’m interested but not at it’s price.

Mm, a bit pricey. I waited for reviews before jumping in. Seems like THQ Nordic often keep the price a tiny bit higher than most people would like (same for Alone in the Dark, which for me was worth full price but for most people probably wasn't). It's a short game, and I can understand why people hesitate.

 

[Trilobit]

Lipstick on a pig.
Unimpressive back then still unimpressive now.

When concept art met reality it killed all my interest. If they went at least half-way to the art now instead of just keeping it super kid-friendly I might have been more hyped.

 

[awwr999999]

Damn, that concept art is so freaking good. I wish the game looked like that.

I remember briefly trying this on the Wii but not coming away too impressed. I wonder why they chose to remake it now? Maybe to try and re-strengthen the classic Mickey IP?

The concept art looks like it was made for a PS2 game. PS5 Epic Mickey looks exactly like every other PS5 game with lots of PS5 signature colors - neon blue, green, pink and purple.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Flawless performance on the 5 so far. Also I forgot to mention it uses the haptics well.

Really feels like they wanted to make it look more like the concept art the more I’m playing.

So impressed. Bravo on these guys. For me it’ll already go down as one of the better/best remakes/remasters.

Especially for one that’s going to get really unnoticed. Another victim of releasing at the wrong time. People are tired of remasters and especially when they’re over a decade old and sixty bucks.

Grab it on sale or whatever. Dark Disney is the good shit. I was just talking to a decapitated head of an anamatronic Goofy.

 

[chokotoureiki]

I might pick it up on Steam later. I never beaten it when I had it on the Wii. But it was pretty cool.

 

[violence]

I never played this. He’s mischievous? How much of an asshole can I be?

 

[March Climber]

Damn, that concept art is so freaking good. I wish the game looked like that.

This was one of the reasons back then I had hoped that they would simply wait a generation or two before making the game. There are quite a few games today coming really close to matching concept art 1:1, especially some of the newer high budget JRPGs. This game would have looked insane late-PS4/early-PS5 gen.

 

[Chuck Berry]

I never played this. He’s mischievous? How much of an asshole can I be?

The irony of you posting here with your avatar and username is beyond palpable

 

[LMJ]

This was one of the reasons back then I had hoped that they would simply wait a generation or two before making the game. There are quite a few games today coming really close to matching concept art 1:1, especially some of the newer high budget JRPGs. This game would have looked insane late-PS4/early-PS5 gen.

This was Warrens baby (super psyched they got him to supervise the remake) and he was totally interested in the motion controls of the Wii/ hence it being exclusive

Lipstick on a pig.
Unimpressive back then still unimpressive now.

Tell me you did no actual research on rebrushed, the game has seen a MASSIVE increase to it's visuals (duh lol) and numerous quality of life improvements as well, the OG game was ambitious, but on archaic hardware even for the time and that really held it back.

Not saying it's perfect, but a huge improvement on the original in nearly every way!

 

[Arsic]

Will get this on deep sale as I always wanted to play it but not at full price lol.

 

[JimboJones]

This was Warrens baby (super psyched they got him to supervise the remake) and he was totally interested in the motion controls of the Wii/ hence it being exclusive

Tell me you did no actual research on rebrushed, the game has seen a MASSIVE increase to it's visuals (duh lol) and numerous quality of life improvements as well, the OG game was ambitious, but on archaic hardware even for the time and that really held it back.

Not saying it's perfect, but a huge improvement on the original in nearly every way!

I played the demo, yeah it's improved but the base game is what I have an issue with, I just don't like it. Sorry!

 

[fart town usa]

I really want to get this but it's gonna have to wait until November or December. All horror games for October but I'm strangely geeked to play this, I only dabbled in the Wii version but i enjoyed the Rebrushd demo. I have the sequel on PS3 too.

Let's get a remaster of 40 Winks. I wonder who owns Eurocom's games? THQ Nordic should get on that.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Loved the second game, never played the first one. Was happy to hear when this was announced, picking it up later this year, September was Astrobot/Warhammer, October is Silent Hill 2/Metaphor, maybe towards the end of Nov/early Dec.

 

[existensmaximum]

>60 fps (except for Switch)

Dammit

.. Despite running at a low resolution and looking really bad on a TV, I'm sad to say

 

[LMJ]

I played the demo, yeah it's improved but the base game is what I have an issue with, I just don't like it. Sorry!

No game is for everyone, no worries...my issue was that these devs clearly put work into this remake, it wasn't a cash grab...

Give them their due

 

[Chuck Berry]

Seriously turning into one of the best remakes I’ve ever played: and it’s definitely more of a remake than a remaster. Super fucking solid. Platforming and collecting is very Psychonauts-esque which I fucking love.

You all need to play this once the price drops.

Purple Lamp is big time on my radar from now on. Just a phenomenal fucking job.

*Also just ordered the OG to contrast and compare

 

[Chuck Berry]

Bonus shot of assembled mech goofy

And you can’t say I don’t look good in that blue hat

 

[Alan Wake]

Seriously turning into one of the best remakes I’ve ever played: and it’s definitely more of a remake than a remaster. Super fucking solid. Platforming and collecting is very Psychonauts-esque which I fucking love.

You all need to play this once the price drops.

Purple Lamp is big time on my radar from now on. Just a phenomenal fucking job.

*Also just ordered the OG to contrast and compare

Just hoping it does pretty well at retail.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Just hoping it does pretty well at retail.

Doubtful at its current price but I hope many grab it once it drops a bit

 

[Alan Wake]

Doubtful at its current price but I hope many grab it once it drops a bit

Yep, a bit steep. Should've been 35 or 40.