Disney Infinity 2.0 - Marvel Superheroes

[Dxtra30]

Here's the longer trailer for it ..

Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Super Heroes Trailer - YouTube

Disney Infinity Marvel Superheroes is coming this fall to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, iOS and PC, as well as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

[detective392]

Can't wait for this. Will be getting the starter pack for PS4. Wish we got Captain America or Hulk instead of black Widow though.

Already got Mike, Jack Skellington and Lone Rnger. Plan on picking up Mickey and Anna before DI2 this Fall.

[Dxtra30]

More articles around the net on it.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/...roes-announced

http://kotaku.com/disney-infinity-ma...all-1569867532

http://marvel.com/news/video_games/2...isney_infinity

[GeneticMutation]

Did I see Spider-Man? I may consider getting this even if I only collect the marvel characters.

[Dxtra30]

Originally Posted by GeneticMutation

Did I see Spider-Man? I may consider getting this even if I only collect the marvel characters.

Ditto! I just hope they make "Deadpool" for it. Highly doubt it but you never know.

[Kurri]

the people wanting this, have you played it? the build your own level creator is hardly great as it fills up quickly. Played with my nephew and I got the feeling its really geared toward kids.

The game itself when you aren't creating levels are very simplistic and very repetitive. Oh one more thing, some of the characters don't even have real "levels" its odd. He had Ralph from Wreck it Ralph and I asked him to put in his game and Ralph didn't have one. you just buy characters to play in the game level creator unlocking a few things to build with, but they don't have their own game or playset i think its called (if that makes any sense). I don't know why, I expected more.

[GeneticMutation]

Originally Posted by Kurri

the people wanting this, have you played it? the build your own level creator is hardly great as it fills up quickly. Played with my nephew and I got the feeling its really geared toward kids.

The game itself when you aren't creating levels are very simplistic and very repetitive. Oh one more thing, some of the characters don't even have real "levels" its odd. He had Ralph from Wreck it Ralph and I asked him to put in his game and Ralph didn't have one. you just buy characters to play in the game level creator unlocking a few things to build with, but they don't have their own game or playset i think its called (if that makes any sense). I don't know why, I expected more.

I have to admit I've never played it. I may watch a few walkthrough videos on YouTube to get a feel for it.

[PA_Kid]

Originally Posted by Kurri

the people wanting this, have you played it? the build your own level creator is hardly great as it fills up quickly. Played with my nephew and I got the feeling its really geared toward kids.

The game itself when you aren't creating levels are very simplistic and very repetitive. Oh one more thing, some of the characters don't even have real "levels" its odd. He had Ralph from Wreck it Ralph and I asked him to put in his game and Ralph didn't have one. you just buy characters to play in the game level creator unlocking a few things to build with, but they don't have their own game or playset i think its called (if that makes any sense). I don't know why, I expected more.

I figured this wasn't going to be as good as Skylanders since it has less focus, no single story, not all the figures worked in all the worlds...

In practice though, my 7 year old loves Disney over Skylanders. The open world kiddie-GTA feel is much more her speed and she loves the toy box much more than I expected.

She also loves minecraft - I think it you like that kind of game, you'll like Disney more.

It sounds like they are also adding level up trees with powers for all the characters in 2.0 - so one of the biggest issues I had (the blandness of the character abilities) sounds like it is going away.

The other big issue I had is the whole "only usable in the toy box" thing. I gotta figure that overall, toy box only figures are selling worse than the figures that can be used in a world and the toy box (and that disney would know it). I'm hoping that it's not just Marvel Manhattan we get in 2.0 and we get some sort of Kingdom Heartsy blended world where there are quests and any character can go in and complete them. The one thing you don't have in Toy box is all the quests and rewards you get in the specific worlds.

Looking forward to upgrading this to the PS4. While we did swap force and I thought we would skip Infinity initially (until the wife and kids decided they suddenly wanted it) - now I'm thinking I can pretty easily skip Trap Team and just focus on Infinity.

[musick]

this won't be for me as Marvel Lego fills my need just fine in this area
but it is nice to know that the kid may be able to use what she currently has for the crappy Wii system on the PS4 with the release of 2.0

[detective392]

Some toys have play sets and others do not. Disney states that way ahead of the toys release. So Avengers will have a play set but Spider-man may not have his own play set and same with other characters.

This game is mostly for the toy box besides the occasional play set that they release.

[ozzsoad]

I personally can't wait. I've spent a lot of time with the first one, I still have a lot of fun with it now and again. As a fan of Disney as well as building games like Minecraft, I can't help but really enjoy it.

Adding Marvel characters on top of new features like skill trees, new game modes, and new ways to edit and build your Toy Boxes has me excited. I'm also looking forward to a smoother and prettier experience on the PS4.

I've spent more money on characters and power discs than I'm willing to admit, but it's nice that they can all be used in future titles. I suppose I should finish unlocking all the toys before 2.0 releases.

[PA_Kid]

Originally Posted by detective392

Some toys have play sets and others do not. Disney states that way ahead of the toys release. So Avengers will have a play set but Spider-man may not have his own play set and same with other characters.

This game is mostly for the toy box besides the occasional play set that they release.

I get that - I'm not saying Disney lied to anyone or anything.

My point though was, that as a gamer and parent of a 7 year old female gamer in training, there is theory and there is practice.

In theory, the toy box only characters are supposed to be just as much fun and desirable as the playset characters.

In practice, our playset characters are much higher level overall than our toy box characters and get much more playtime. We do have some toy box favorites (frozen for her, Phineas and Perry for me), but we're short 2 characters (Ralph and Rapunzel) and I'm more than willing to hold out for a deep sale to get them. We have a lot of the series 1-3 discs, but very little incentive to track down the remaining series 1 commons I'm missing.

While my daughter loves goofing around in toy box, it doesn't have a lot of progression. Alone she'll play with toy box or playsets - when the neighbor comes over they almost exclusively do playsets. Why? Because if has pre-established quests to do and things to find.

Toy box appeals to creators, but playsets to explorers. I get why they lock characters to playsets thematically - but I'd still wager that toy box only toys lag behind playset toys in sales. There just isn't a need to have them all since they don't have places to shine.

I just figure at some point Disney is going to realize this and make some sort of default playset world where players can quest, explore, unlock things, etc... and let you use Jack Sparrow or Mike right next to Anna or Sorcerer Mickey. I think that would spur players to collect more of the toy box only characters.

If I were doing it, I'd probably model that generic playset of Walt Disney World (or multiple playsets off it like Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Typhoon Lagoon...) so that you have someplace to play and explore and quest with all the characters without breaking the themeing of things like Toy Story in Space, Monsters U, or Marvel Manhattan.

[PA_Kid]

Originally Posted by ozzsoad

I personally can't wait. I've spent a lot of time with the first one, I still have a lot of fun with it now and again. As a fan of Disney as well as building games like Minecraft, I can't help but really enjoy it.

Adding Marvel characters on top of new features like skill trees, new game modes, and new ways to edit and build your Toy Boxes has me excited. I'm also looking forward to a smoother and prettier experience on the PS4.

I've spent more money on characters and power discs than I'm willing to admit, but it's nice that they can all be used in future titles. I suppose I should finish unlocking all the toys before 2.0 releases.

We should look at trading here - I have a ton of extras but a lot of commons that I'm still looking for.

(I'm all set on Series 2 because for a short time Target was selling these "Book and every Series 2 disc" gift sets around x-mas. Best purchase I made for this game. ~$50 I believe, but cut out the mess of dealing with blind bags. I would do that again in the future in a heartbeat if they offered them for 2.0 discs.)

[Steelmaker]

This along with Skylanders is such a shameless cash grab considering you have to collect all the figures to unlock everything in the game, frankly I don't see how people can afford to play it. I saw some of the Disney Infinity sets selling for 20.00 each! How do people afford that?? You buy the set for like 79.99 and then pay up to 20.00 for the separate figures? No thak you!

[Kurri]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

This along with Skylanders is such a shameless cash grab considering you have to collect all the figures to unlock everything in the game, frankly I don't see how people can afford to play it. I saw some of the Disney Infinity sets selling for 20.00 each! How do people afford that?? You buy the set for like 79.99 and then pay up to 20.00 for the separate figures? No thak you!

i agree 100%, I personally think its what is wrong with gaming these days. Its almost like a free to play game where they hound you for tons of money to unlock items. Only difference is you pay $80 to play the initial game. Worst thing is they have characters that don't have playsets. you just buy the character so you have have a gun or something and to run around the toybox. I think this could be an amazing experience if handled differently, but with such huge sales, its not going to be handled any differently (most likely)

How is Skylanders handled? I have no idea about that game. I know you buy characters like disney infinity, but do they all have their own story to play through or are you just buying characters to unlock a few items?

[PA_Kid]

Originally Posted by Kurri

i agree 100%, I personally think its what is wrong with gaming these days. Its almost like a free to play game where they hound you for tons of money to unlock items. Only difference is you pay $80 to play the initial game. Worst thing is they have characters that don't have playsets. you just buy the character so you have have a gun or something and to run around the toybox. I think this could be an amazing experience if handled differently, but with such huge sales, its not going to be handled any differently (most likely)

How is Skylanders handled? I have no idea about that game. I know you buy characters like disney infinity, but do they all have their own story to play through or are you just buying characters to unlock a few items?

Here's the thing - it's not meant to be just DLC. It's a toy - do different than either of my girls' My Little Ponies or Little People. The build quality is good.

My 7 year old plays both Disney infinity and Skylanders, but they also play with the toys outside the game.

For someone who just buys the physical figures for the "DLC", yes it is going to feel like a cash grab. But for a parent who would buy some DLC and then a Barbie/MLP/GI Joe/Transformer - it really doesn't feel as much like one.

Skylander figures can all play through the main stories, but they don't have "stories" like a character in a fighting game like SF or MK would.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by PA_Kid

Here's the thing - it's not meant to be just DLC. It's a toy - do different than either of my girls' My Little Ponies or Little People. The build quality is good.

My 7 year old plays both Disney infinity and Skylanders, but they also play with the toys outside the game.

For someone who just buys the physical figures for the "DLC", yes it is going to feel like a cash grab. But for a parent who would buy some DLC and then a Barbie/MLP/GI Joe/Transformer - it really doesn't feel as much like one.

Skylander figures can all play through the main stories, but they don't have "stories" like a character in a fighting game like SF or MK would.

But do you honestly think that 14.00 for a single 3" figure is worth it? I could understand if these were being sold for 5.99 or something like that but the whole thing just screams price gouging to me.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

But do you honestly think that 14.00 for a single 3" figure is worth it? I could understand if these were being sold for 5.99 or something like that but the whole thing just screams price gouging to me.

When the figure can be played in both the real world and transferd into the game I think it's worth the price. The figures are very well made, better than most toys actually.

I also haven't seen any stores not having a B1G1 free sale, 50% off sale or any kind of sale.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by detective392

When the figure can be played in both the real world and transferd into the game I think it's worth the price. The figures are very well made, better than most toys actually.

I also haven't seen any stores not having a B1G1 free sale, 50% off sale or any kind of sale.

Are these toys articulated at all or are they basically "statues?" Like my 3 year old son LOVES the movie Cars. Do the Cars toys actually roll?

[detective392]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Are these toys articulated at all or are they basically "statues?" Like my 3 year old son LOVES the movie Cars. Do the Cars toys actually roll?

They are statues which are on a circular base.