Epic Mickey Is Less Than Epic
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I don’t want to say “Epic Mickey Is Epic Fail” because I still like the premise of the game. But the first actual screenshots of the game have come out, and… well, judge for you. Look real hard at that concept art above, then look at the video slideshow of the game’s screenshots below.
…yeah. Looks like Ape Escape with a more somber palette. Which is fine — I enjoyed Ape Escape on the PS2 — but this is hardly the artistic mindfuck that was implied by the concept art… that lovely, impossibly awesome concept art. So while I’ll be interested to see the gameplay in action, I’m officially no longer losing my mind over Epic Mickey. And I’m sad.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.