Zero Punctuation: Epic Mickey

[Yahtzee Croshaw]

Epic Mickey

This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Epic Mickey.

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[BlueInkAlchemist]

"The air of compromise" indeed. A shame all that potential went to waste. I thought they were going to go for a truly dark Disney story, something worthy of The Black Hole. But no. Had to play it safe.

Cowards.

As for the review, I didn't keep track of the child molestation jokes, but there had to be at least half a dozen in there.

 

[Nargleblarg]

Well I'm never going to look at a mascot the same way again....

 

[SpawnOf84]

Funny stuff, as always ZP delivers "epic stuff". I kill me, just like Mickey tried to do.

 

[Srdjan Tanaskovic]

Strange I thought that Yahtzee would praise the story (but he didn't talk much about it either). Oh well maybe we will get more info on Extra Punctuation


and I still dont see how this game isn't dark and edgy

 

[wammnebu]

im going to have nightmares from that dancing imp for the iphone, thanks escapist

 

[Optimystic]

Wow, he tore this a new asshole. (Like most other reviewers.)
Actually, drop the "wow," I knew he would.

Yahtzee, your fear of amusement park mascots mirrors my own.

 

[dalek sec]

"The air of compromise" indeed. A shame all that potential went to waste. I thought they were going to go for a truly dark Disney story, something worthy of The Black Hole. But no. Had to play it safe.

Cowards.

Pretty much this is how I feel about it, I loved those dark and twisted art designs they had for it all but no.... they had to play it safe. Though I will say he actually tried to review it, I thought that when he heard Mickey he would just smash it with all the grace of a sledgehammer against a glass wall.

 

[CrystalShadow]

Wow. You know, given what's already been said about epic mickey...

This Zero Punctuation actually also feels a bit flat and a waste of potential.

I dunno. Somehow this review felt particularly forced and flat. But, what can you really say anyway about a game that's such an obvious disappointment.

 

[WrongSprite]

I loved the little dancing imp video afterwards.

 

[Boaal]

A game with mickey mouse in it. Who else knew beforehand that this was going to be a shit game?

 

[Plurralbles]

wow the ad at hte end was actually pretty freakin' cool.

 

[abc0815]

Loved the Dark Noir Mickey made up. Thats something i would enjoy

 

[JaymesFogarty]

Such a shame; if only Disney had been willing to try something creative and different. Alas, you can't have everything.

 

[Okysho]

I'm still going to try this one out, but it sounds more like he was disappointed, rather than making fun of it for just being bad

 

[ace_of_something]

wow. I learned so much here.

Who knew that mickey mouse handles serious social issues with such sensitivity.
I feel like this should be a game.

 

[Head Chef Dom]

I liked the part where he disliked the game and didn't believe it to be 'edgy'

 

[MartyB]

This game is boring and dull design.

 

[Carbo]

I'm a tad disappointed with this review, mostly cause I can't help but feel that Yahtzee sort of missed the point of the game and missed out a good deal of the game's core aspects. While I can see the game definitely isn't for everyone, I was hoping for some more in depth talk about the moral-choice stuff which I feel Warren Spector got down pretty damn well and interpreted them greatly into the game's concept, design and story.

Oh well, looking forward for the Extra Punctuation article.

 

[Numachuka]

wow. I learned so much here.

Who knew that mickey mouse handles serious social issues with such sensitivity.
I feel like this should be a game.

That's pretty creepy.

I wasn't expecting a video this week, because last year he had a holiday round this time. I though there would be another "Fuck you I'm going on vacation" video.