Nice video, hopefully the game's as improved...

The colors hurt my eyes... The actual models are nice, but they don't show much more...

Epic Mickey reviews

IGN UK

It’s tough to criticise a game that gets so much right and Disney Epic Mickey is just so close to being an outstanding experience. It’s disappointing that a game as richly imaginative and thoroughly charming as Epic Mickey stumbles at a fundamental level, particularly when its problems simply belie a lack of polish rather than any cataclysmic design missteps. Yet, in spite of its obvious flaws during 3D platform sections, there're still moments of genuine bliss to be had as you stumble through lovingly-recreated cartoon classics and muck around in Junction Point's wonderfully warped world. True, its rough edges grate more often than they should but Disney Epic Mickey ultimately proves to be a solid, rewarding, frequently delightful, oft-times magical game.

ONM

At times, it's one of the best-looking games on Wii - it swims in its own painterly style, and the Disney-grade animation lends every motion some real punch. If you look past its shortcomings as an admittedly un-epic platformer, you'll see that Epic Mickey is a deep game with explicit replay value and immense character.

CVG

Disney Epic Mickey, with its freeform nature and deep exploration, has plenty of appeal - and completists and adventure fans may even adore it.



But its rough edges ultimately dampen its potential. If only it had been given an extra lick of paint...

1up

Epic Mickey doesn't make a great first impression. Sure, it at least looks good, and the cut-scenes are done in a charming-without-being-saccharine art style (though one that's completely separate from the main game). But what's more important to me is that I actually want to go back through the game and find out just how much my choices mattered. Epic Mickey despite its mechanical flaws and sometimes over-reliance on gaming tropes, makes me want to play through it again and see how the world would be different if I wasn't so nice.

IGN USA

Can a stellar story, fantastic characters, incredible cutscenes, and a solid core gameplay mechanic overcome numerous, fundamental problems with controls, the camera, and even continuity? Ultimately, the positive elements of Epic Mickey do manage to make this worth a shot. Going in with the proper level of expectation should manage to keep some of the WiiMote throwing to a minimum… just keep that wrist strap tight.

Eurogamer

For all its big ideas, Disney Epic Mickey never quite weaves its disparate strands into a convincing whole. Its conceptual ambition is let down by merely adequate mechanics, and Mickey himself remains a rather abstract figure at the centre of it all.

GAMESRADAR

For me, the surprises, historical reverence and inspired platforming creativity make this the Wii game of the year. Hopefully, it won’t all be lost on the broad audience it’s aiming for, because both Disney nuts and old school gamers will find Epic Mickey well worth their while. It’s a life-affirming tribute to both forgotten characters and game genres well worth remembering, with an all new added twist. And contrary to how it looks, there’s a startling amount of maturity and replayability wrapped within this family-friendly package.

SCORES

Seem to range from 6/10 to 9/10 but most fall around the 8/10 range. Seems flawed but good despite it.

travo said:

I will try my luck tomorrow.  The manager there is pretty awesome.  I've had trouble with used discs before and he replaced it with a new game.

Ugh, if I ever buy used in store I ask to see the disc before buying. And it works, I have turned down many manky game discs. Game UK when you buy a used game they try and sneak the disc into the box before you can see it then seal it and if you break the seal you often can't return it.

Something tells me I will really like Epic Mickey despite the rough edges. I think I will especially appreciate the dark/dystopian atmosphere of it.  I think a lot of people here and on other forums were sort of very excited to begin with, and then cooled off it (especially since the very mixed reviews), but personally I have been the opposite.

Definitely buying this game, and feeling very excited for it (not as much as I am for Donkey Kong but a lot nonetheless)

I completely understand the practice of doing this.  I would too if I was in charge of a million dollars worth of merchandise in a cramped store with just me and another employee watching over everything.  My solution:  Have cardboard rectangles displaying the front and back cover, so gamers can examine it.  Maybe that will cost more money to make, but I'm certain Gamestop can afford it.

Anyone who has played the original Goldeneye, check the intro camera fly by on the Archives level on Wii.

That put a huge smile on my face when I played it. The camera swoops through the level.

bugsonglass said:

I think they have hundreds of empty DVD cases (and even if they don't they are very easy and cheap to get).  I'm also sure they can easily get a printout of the box cover.  Presto - Display copies without having to gut games.

I'm sure part of the reason is employs use that as an excuse to play the games and still sell them on as new

I was really peed off by GAME UK. I took a new game to the counter and they slipped an instruction booklet and game disc into the box and quickly sealed it. When I got home I saw that it was used. I took it back and had a little argument with them. They said I bought it used but the frigging receipt clearly marked it as new. They had to go into the back to get a new sealed copy and gave me a haughty look.

The Gamesradar guy is a Disney nerd and platformer nerd and he gushes about Epic mickey in his review. He seems to love the platforming, which everyone else says is average.

Gamesradar Choice quotes from the review said:

Now, that’s not to say you too must be able to tell the difference between a Horace Horsecollar and a Clarabelle Cow in order to enjoy Epic Mickey. Nor does it require you to have played all the Jak, Ratchet & Clank games, or everything ever released on N64… but it certainly does help. And judging by those criteria alone, Epic Mickey is absolutely breathtaking.

For animation nerds, it’s going to be nothing short of a godsend. The thousands of pieces of Disneyana tucked into every fiber of Epic Mickey’s being is inarguably part of the game’s charm. And recognizing them, especially for an animation enthusiast, is a wonderful, nostalgia-fueled game in and of itself.

I think these are some of the most elaborate, well constructed platforming levels I’ve ever seen.

Some of the most complex, vast, and impressively branching game environments the genre’s ever seen.

For me, the surprises, historical reverence and inspired platforming creativity make this the Wii game of the year.

I haven’t fallen so head over heels with the look, feel, and play of a third-person platformer since the original Banjo-Kazooie.

And through it all, Mickey runs, jumps, and spins attacks with all the grace found in Mario Galaxy, only with collectibles Disney fans will find infinitely worthwhile.