Perhaps because Star Wars is known for its iconic environments, the studio really seems to have paid special care to making sure to capture the unique geographical qualities of each of the four worlds you visit. Disney Infinity 2.0 had a tendency to look too simplistic in some spots and jagged in others. Having played last year's Disney Infinity when Marvel was the marquee franchise, the improvements to the presentation were immediately striking. The cutscenes were beautifully animated too, though undermined by an audio bug that would cut the voice acting from time to time. The "Twilight of the Republic" set that comes with the game tells a simple, compelling mystery story that fits into the Clone Wars fiction, even utilizing some of its original and returning characters. I suspect many older Star Wars fans like me feel lukewarm about the Clone Wars era. The Force Kind of LeashedĪs Star Wars is the showpiece, it was the first playset I tried. Many of the designs borrow heavily from the venerated Clone Wars cartoon, which fits the existing Disney Infinity style like a glove. Quorra from Tron and Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars are my personal favorites of that type. The figures modeled after real people, like many of the Star Wars and Tron figures, are still very visually appealing in their own way. ![]() Anger from Inside Out, in particular, is such a nicely designed little figure I'd gladly use him as a desk decoration even if I hadn't seen and loved the movie. Star Wars is front and center in this version, but I never find the fine detail on humanoid characters quite as endearing as the more cartoonish ones. Disney Infinity figurines tend to be not just game pieces but showpieces. Since the beginning of the series, Disney Interactive and Avalanche have had an eye for design when it comes to their figurines, so it should come as no surprise that this latest iteration continues the trend. Disney Infinity 3.0, the Star Wars iteration we all saw coming from parsecs away, is not the game to challenge Skylanders on its own turf-but it does begin to close the gap. Skylanders excels at solid action-platforming mechanics and Diablo-lite upgrade paths, while Disney Infinity banks on a huge swath of beloved characters and tends to offer better figure quality to boot. In the ongoing arms race that is the "toys to life" genre, the warring factions have found and played to their strengths.
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