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Feb 7, 2014 - 03:23 PM |
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The OTHER Disney game remake of 2013 |
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This won't be all "bells and whistle-y," since I haven't played past the first 3 worlds, but here we go: last year, Disney/SEGA re-released Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse, a very VERY early title from the Genesis that was an exceedingly competent platformer (I honestly think the SEGA Disney games rival the Capcom ones in quality), if a bit on the easy side. I dunno if this is more overlooked because it came out at a time before a lot of folks had a Genesis, since it's well before Sonic. They took the old game, and, much like Ducktales Remastered, spruced it up. In this case, they made the game 2.5D, with different sidescrolling paths occasionally doubling back into the foreground and background (and occasional 3rd person 3D sections, like... well... practically every platformer you've played since the shift to 3D), as well as futzing with some of the areas themselves. Controls are fantastically solid, and for once, the oldschool game controls better with the control stick than the D-pad (and I realize I'm saying this in regards to the 360, but I imagine they'd hold up on the PS3 with its more serviceable D-pad as well).
My one major complaint is that, while the remixed music is quite good (hell, some of it even holds up better than virt's work on the other) and you're given an option before starting to play with the Genesis OST, the option doesn't pan out very well... the classic music is mixed WAY down, so the SFX that are more evenly leveled in the modern version stick out like a sore thumb, especially if you turn the game up to actually HEAR the Genesis stuff. Funny that my "major" complaint isn't really as such.
Also, there's a narrator, and it's awesome. Not quite at Bastion level, but.
Here's a vid with the music from the Enchanted Forest:
I'm holding out that they'll remake the sequel where they added Donald and there's essentially 3 paths through the game (one for Mickey, one for Donald, and one for co-op). Loved playing that one as a kid.
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