Before I say anything else, I'm going to warn you that this review may be a little bit biased. I had been waiting a LONG time for this game to come out and I was eating up any information I could get about it when I first heard about it. So, just to warn you, I'm pretty excited about this game.
Epic Mickey was released December, 2010. You play as Mickey Mouse who had accidentaly destroyed a world that had been created for rejected and forgotten characters. The leader of this world being Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who was Walt Disney's first cartoon character until the rights were lost to Universal Studios in 1928. Years after the "ink blot incident" (where Mickey had spilled paint and thinner on to a model of Wasteland, creating the Shadow Blot in the process), Mickey is pulled in to Wasteland by the Shadow Blot, who is in need of Mickey's heart to be able to leave Wasteland. While Mickey is trying to escape Wasteland, he meets Oswald, who blames Mickey for being forgotten and winding up in Wasteland. Because of that, Oswald agrees to help Mickey find a way to escape.
In this game, how you go about defeating enemies effects the end of the game and how others treat you. Mickey uses a magic paintbrush to attack his enemies and you can either use paint thinner, which will kill your enemies, or you can use paint, which will make them your allies. Depending on how you defeat bosses, you will either gain more paint or more thinner. You attack with the paint brush by aiming the Wii remote at the enemy. But, some enemies can only be destroyed with thinner because they aren't influenced by paint.
I love this game; the story is amazing, the gameplay is great, and I love Oswald. Though, I have to admit, I haven't finished the game (I'm so close I can almost taste it. I'm just stuck), I can already recommend this game to everyone. There are a bunch of little miniquests that you can do and can get special prizes for them like concept art and some of the old Mickey cartoons (And a couple Oswald cartoons like my favorite "Oh, What A knight!").
As I've said, I really really enjoy this game and can spend hours trying to find all of the little treats. I think everyone should play this game, even if they don't really think that Mickey games can be interesting.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Sonic Adventure 2 was released originally on the Dreamcast in 2001 and is the sequel to Sonic Adventure. In 2002, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle was released for the Gamecube. There are several differences between the versions for the two systems. For one, there are more multi-player battle options and characters to play as, but online playing is removed for the Gamecube version. Some cut-scenes have also been redone for the Gamecube and are slightly faster paced.
The story revolves around Shadow the Hedgehog who was created by Dr. Robotnik's (Eggman) grandfather and was supposed to be the "Ultimate Life Form". Eggman and Shadow form an alliance to destroy the world so that Eggman can finally take over the world.
You play two stories, the Hero and the Dark. In the Hero story you will play as Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. Sonic has running stages where your goal is to get to the end of the stage, trying to get as many rings as you can, and defeating enemies. With Tails, it is more of a shooter style though you still have the same goal of getting rings, defeating enemies, and getting to the goal. Knuckles is a hunting based game where you search for shards of the Master Emerald. The Dark story characters are Shadow, Eggman, and Rouge. Shadow's stages are similar to Sonic's, Eggman's similar to Tails, and Rouge similar to Knuckles. Each character also has boss battles. After defeating both stories, you get one last stage in which you play as all the characters and then a final boss battle.
The graphics in this game is A LOT better than the first game. The expressions on the characters aren't as exagerated and the movement isn't as blocky or delayed. I also prefer the stages in this game more than the first. Overall, the voice acting is also a lot better, but itstill has times where it's really cheesey. And I'm not a fan of Rouge's voice. So I'll put it on Japanese voice a lot of the time. But, the thing I like the most? The return of the Chao Gardens. The sequel also has three gardens, like the first, but these are all located next to each other in a different "world". You can also race your chaos against each other, like the first game, and your chao can win prizes like watering cans and shovels. And, there's a new minigame where your chao will fight another in a karate sort of style. Your chao can also go to school and learn how to draw and play instruments. I really enjoy this game and I can spend hours on it. I highly recommend it.
The story revolves around Shadow the Hedgehog who was created by Dr. Robotnik's (Eggman) grandfather and was supposed to be the "Ultimate Life Form". Eggman and Shadow form an alliance to destroy the world so that Eggman can finally take over the world.
You play two stories, the Hero and the Dark. In the Hero story you will play as Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. Sonic has running stages where your goal is to get to the end of the stage, trying to get as many rings as you can, and defeating enemies. With Tails, it is more of a shooter style though you still have the same goal of getting rings, defeating enemies, and getting to the goal. Knuckles is a hunting based game where you search for shards of the Master Emerald. The Dark story characters are Shadow, Eggman, and Rouge. Shadow's stages are similar to Sonic's, Eggman's similar to Tails, and Rouge similar to Knuckles. Each character also has boss battles. After defeating both stories, you get one last stage in which you play as all the characters and then a final boss battle.
The graphics in this game is A LOT better than the first game. The expressions on the characters aren't as exagerated and the movement isn't as blocky or delayed. I also prefer the stages in this game more than the first. Overall, the voice acting is also a lot better, but itstill has times where it's really cheesey. And I'm not a fan of Rouge's voice. So I'll put it on Japanese voice a lot of the time. But, the thing I like the most? The return of the Chao Gardens. The sequel also has three gardens, like the first, but these are all located next to each other in a different "world". You can also race your chaos against each other, like the first game, and your chao can win prizes like watering cans and shovels. And, there's a new minigame where your chao will fight another in a karate sort of style. Your chao can also go to school and learn how to draw and play instruments. I really enjoy this game and I can spend hours on it. I highly recommend it.
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