EPIC MICKEY: Unfairly Maligned or Failed Wii Product of Spector's?

Jason Moyer on 20/8/2012 at 12:01

I don't understand why it's about getting a paycheck when he could be making Epic Mickey games because he genuinely wants to and it interests him.

Shadowcat on 20/8/2012 at 12:48

I know I'm late here, but stop being dicks, people.

Abusing someone for writing titles in all-caps is dumb enough; insisting that they edit their post is ridiculous. Jesus. If we insisted that some of you lot edited the idiocy out of your past postings, it would take you weeks.

If you don't have anything constructive to add to a discussion, why can't you just leave it alone and read a different thread? (I'm not even joking; what's wrong with you? Do you do this in face-to-face conversations as well?)

heywood on 21/8/2012 at 02:45

Warren has always been interested in cartoons and cartoon games. If people haven't heard that before, check his (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Spector) wiki page. His MA thesis was a critical history of WB cartoons and most of his early work was on cartoon RPGs: the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toon_%28role-playing_game%29) Toon series, a Rocky & Bullwinkle game and some Marvel comics games. I don't know if it's fair to say he was chasing a pay day since it seems he was getting back to his roots.

demagogue on 21/8/2012 at 02:51

When you put it that way, sounds like just the opposite. He got away from his roots into guys with black cloaks because that's where the market was, and now he's established enough he can work on what he wants to. I think it's still fair to say his legacy will probably always be about his FPS work though, which is more about his audience than him.

ThePhotoshop on 23/8/2012 at 05:39

Quote Posted by Jason Moyer

Yeah I saw that. I'm referring more to the way good animation is integrated with the soundtrack. Ub Iwerks and Clampett/Avery were masters of that. Good cel animation has a rhythm to it. The Rogers/Hammerstein thing Spector is doing with Epic Mickey 2 is certainly neat, though.

Sly cooper did this really well, the way he'd creep around being timed with the bass riff.

Pyrian on 31/8/2012 at 19:08

I tried to play Epic Mickey, but I just couldn't put up with the controls, and wasn't particularly absorbed by the story. I had a great deal of frustration on a simple, early jump, went a bit further, put it down and never picked it back up again. I imagine there are some gems in there somewhere, but I couldn't be bothered to dig them out.

Jason Moyer on 7/10/2014 at 10:10

Epic Mickey 2 has now appeared on Steam along with a pile of Disney games: (http://store.steampowered.com/app/245300)

Still no digital release of Tron 2.0, though, ffs.

EvaUnit02 on 8/10/2014 at 06:34

30fps cap and all co-op MP support removed apparently. Obvious 75% off sale fodder, along with the rest of those Disney games.

At least Pure and Split/Second are now on Steam; also Lego Pirates. Odd that Turok 2008 is MIA, that was another Disney game. A PC port was released in Europe, I bought a sealed copy off Ebay. Alright shooter with optional stealth. Plotwise it was basically Apocalypse Now in space with dinosaurs.

ZylonBane on 9/10/2014 at 15:11

Quote Posted by Jason Moyer

Still no digital release of Tron 2.0, though, ffs.

Yes, we are apparently stuck with the analog version.

:weird:

Jason Moyer on 9/10/2014 at 16:10

Har har.