The world of Epic Mickey 2 is impressively large and complex which makes the lack of any guidance whatsoever completely unforgivable. Clearly, if you want to go for all the collectibles and secrets in the game you had better bring a friend. In one level I had revealed a chest and needed Oswald to fly me to the ledge, but he would not join me from the jumping-off point, so I had to grab a Wiimote and Nunchuck, manually move him to my ledge then drop out of the game so the AI would finally fly me to the chest. He will continually get stuck on architecture or refuse to follow you to a specific area. If you attempt to play the game alone you may be better off splitting the screen and controlling both characters at once as the AI driving Oswald is pretty pathetic. Mickey continues to use his paintbrush to unleash paint and thinner with fire hose imprecision to either restore or erase the word around him, while Oswald zaps things with electricity or uses his helicopter-like ears to airlift Mickey around annoying platform levels. Player one is Mickey while anyone who picks up a second controller can drop in or out as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. We’ll get into the troublesome controls in a bit. At least Wii U owners have the option of seeking out and playing the original game on their new system.Īs the name implies, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two is designed heavily around co-op adventuring, which is all fine and dandy assuming you have someone ready to play with you for the endless hours you’ll need to invest in the game and don’t mind splitting your screen. I can’t imagine someone coming into this with a blank slate. It’s been close to a year since I played the original and I was struggling to remember a lot of this information. The game continues to alienate franchise newcomers time and time again, as nonstop references to people, places, and events are tossed around like common knowledge. The sequel stumbles right out of the box by making this game heavily reliant on information and story content that only players of the Wii original will be privy, but it doesn’t stop after the opening intro. Having spent much of December playing both the 360 and the Wii U versions of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two I’ve come to learn the truth in the saying, “be careful what you wish for.” The entire time I was playing the Wii-exclusive original I kept telling myself how much better this would be in HD with better controls…or at least a better camera. I have to admit I was pretty excited when I learned that the sequel to Epic Mickey was coming to next-gen consoles.
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