You’ll solve light puzzles or jump from ledge to ledge to reach higher places or find hidden treasure chests. The Pirates of the Caribbean play set has straightforward platforming action. You want the same treasures to stop the Kraken that Davy Jones controls. Playing with the included Captain Jack Sparrow figure, you race against time to stop Davy Jones from obtaining the treasures required to rule the seas. With Pirates of the Caribbean making up the second play set of Disney Infinity, and with this play set it provides an alternate take on the second and third films. There’s rarely a time when you don’t feel like you have anything to do, and when you consider the size of each location, that’s a good thing. The variety of fetch quests keep the player engaged since the game spaces out activities before they start to repeat. You won’t be doing anything complicated, but it’s a nice diversion. There are even ramps and half-pipes on which you can perform bike tricks. There are lots of people you can throw for no good reason, and the focus on prank traps really opens up once you obtain more traps that you can chain together. The lack of dedicated combat limits the appeal of this play set, but it’s perfect for those who just want to goof off. Beyond this, you’ll collect stuff and do fetch quests, like painting over rival posters, dressing up students or getting rid of toilet paper and banners from your campus When you aren’t scaring students, you’ll set up gag items that launch an unsuspecting student into the air, get him painted or send him down a sewer. Though you fight a few Fear Tech bullies with toilet paper guns, paintball guns and a charge move, scares are your main mode of offense, and they are more effective when you sneak up on an unsuspecting target. Monsters University is set up with a focus on stealth and platforming rather than combat. With school pride on the line, it’s be up to you to clean up the mess caused by Fear Tech students and then travel to their campus to create some mischief.
The Monster University game begins at the start of Fear-it Week, when Monsters University and rival school Fear Tech compete in a series of tasks and games to rack up points.
Instead of doing an adaptation of the movie events, the game focuses on a nebulous time within the movie universe, so it’s spoiler-free for those who haven’t seen the film yet.
The first play set is Monsters University with Sulley. Included in the starter pack are three play sets with three corresponding figures. Due to the split-screen nature of co-op, players can play together or independently as long as they stay within the same area of the map. While the sets can be played solo, you can also play them in co-op. Specific missions propel the tale forward, and they are the most important aspect if you want to progress. There’s also a litany of world-specific collectibles and achievements.
You’re free to do as you please, and there are plenty of side-quests to occupy your time. You’re given an open world to explore with no load times, but the worlds are quite small, so don’t expect Saints Row type game. Though each play set differs in content and focus, the basics are similar.
The first is Play Sets, which takes the world of a movie or series and transforms it into an adventure with appropriate tasks. The game is split into two modes, each with different mechanics. Not only did the experiment work, but it also created a big franchise.ĭisney is a juggernaut with its vast library of television and film characters which most people know. The idea that players would buy a game and use related figures to expand the experience seemed too expensive and very risky since it would look like a money grab. Ok let’s start at the beginning with Skylanders first before I get into Disney Infinity, when Activision brought out Skylanders – Spyro’s Adventure two years ago it was a huge gamble from Activision.