Disney has been promising gamers for months that it's new Infinity game can let you do just about anything you want and that it delivers a fun and engaging experience. Does Infinity live up to its name? Is it filled with infinite possibilities of things to do and things to build? Disney Infinity has two core modes of game play; Play sets, which are the games story mode, and Toy Box mode, the open world creation mode where the game really shines.
Play sets are accessed by placing a play set piece on the hexagonal area on the Disney Infinity base. There are three Play sets included in the starter kit, Monsters University, The Incredibles, and Pirates Of The Caribbean. Monsters University centers around a prank war during "Fear-It Week" and is primarily made up of stealth based missions and fetch quests, and is easily my favorite of the three included play sets. The Incredibles puts players smack dab in the middle of a fight between the family of "Supers" and the infamous Syndrome. The game play is sort of a mash up of Grand Theft Auto and Spider man 2. The Incredibles almost feels too easy sometimes because every character is overpowered when compared to other characters in the game, but that doesn't take away from the fun of it. The third and final of the included play sets in the starter kit is the Pirates Of The Caribbean play set which thrusts you into the world of Captain Jack Sparrow and in the middle of a race against Davy Jones to find pieces of Kraken Bane, which when formed will awaken the legendary sea monster of lore. The play set is a fun mix of Assassin's Creed and Uncharted and is filled with wall jumps, puzzles, and the most enjoyable aspect, sailing your very own pirate ship. Besides the three play sets included with the game's starter kit, there are three more play sets that you can purchase separately. The three additional play sets available for purchase are Toy Story, Cars, And The Lone Ranger.
The main draw of this game is it's free roaming, creation heavy, toy box mode. The Toy Box perfectly recreates the feeling of playing with all of your different toys on your bedroom floor, letting you make an environment with buildings, NPC's, enemies, vehicles, animals, and decorations spanning decades of Disney theme park rides, TV shows, movies, and cartoons. The building system is very easy but not too simplistic to master, think Minecraft or Little Big Planet style building. If building is getting tiresome, you can also partake in some Toy Box adventures. These adventures usually consist of races, or timed fetch quests but the best Toy Box adventure is the gladiator arena where you can face of with a wide array of Disney baddies.
One of the other big selling points for this game is that you can buy physical toys and "bring them to life" in the game. Each character has different abilities in the game. For example, Violet can turn invisible while Mike Wazowski can use his scream to scare enemies. The figures are each beautifully sculpted and have near-perfect paint applications. They look like they came right out of the game. The wide variety of characters is very nice and I am anticipating the 2nd wave of characters. In addition to the figures and Play set pieces, there are power discs. The circular power discs can level up your character by placing them underneath the character. The hexagonal power discs can change the theme of your toy box and spawn weapons and vehicles.
In conclusion, Disney Infinity is one of the best times I have had playing a video game in quite some time and has infinite replay values. If you can ignore some of the flaws of the game and the somewhat high price tags, the game is just about perfect.
Mason's Score: B+
