There is overwhelmingly more positives than negatives with Disney Infinity 3.0. It’s hard not to have a good time when playing Disney Infinity 3.0.
I leave you with this…
I have two children, both boys under seven. They love everything Disney, but specifically Star Wars and Indiana Jones (the older one has a legit Indiana Jones hat and everything). While they loved everything Star Wars in Disney Infinity 3.0, as expected, they had a surprising amount of fun with the Tron characters — Sam Flynn and Quorra. They have never seen Tron before. I tried to explain it to them, and they kept calling these two characters Tron. They loved how cool they looked and the skill sets/animations in the game. They asked me if they could watch Tron, so I popped in the more recent Tron Legacy. And they loved it. They thought it was so cool, and while watching it, they put on Power Rangers masks and made me get them each a frisbee so they could pretend they were in Tron!
It was so amazing to watch. Here are these two kids who love things like The Last Starfighter, Flight of the Navigator, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones, and now Disney Infinity opened them up to Tron. And that’s the magic of a game like this. While some can view it as a cash grab or money maker, it opens up possibilities for children, all while being able to be enjoyed by adults. It allows them to act out their heroic fantasies and make their own stories and adventures. It introduces classics like Pete’s Dragon and things from your youth like Darkwing Duck.
It’s the video game embodiment of something Disney stresses in their parks and shows… imagination.
Disney Infinity 3.0 was reviewed on PS4 with a provided review copy.
The Positives
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Um… Star Wars, obviously.
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Combat feels better than ever, and the fighting animations are top-notch.
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New Toy Box Hub does an excellent job of teach players the basics, as well as providing ideas for what to build in their own Toy Boxes.
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Sidekicks and the ability to feed them and equip them with items add another enjoyable wrinkle to the game.
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The voice acting for all of the characters are very impressive, except Mace Windu sounds a bit strange. Also, the animations are unique and fitting for each character.
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The final showdown in the Twilight of the Republic Play Set is a really enjoyable fight. As a matter of fact, all of the fights and enemies are enjoyable and can be challenging, especially on higher combat difficulties.
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Toy Box is bigger and better than ever, with new tools, features and possibilities. It could still be a little difficult to navigate for younger children, but adults will have no problems setting up worlds, games and logic for everyone to enjoy.
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There’s more builders in Toy Box, a path creator that objects, toys, characters and enemies can move along (great for making rides/parades), toys to play musical notes, and Radio Disney. But the best new tool in Toy Box is the Toy Dispenser, which gives you access to random Toy Box skies, skins, enemies, vehicles, toys and more, all without the need to unlock them through gameplay. It’s great because I can plop that into our Toy Box and my young ones can get tons of randomized gameplay from the Toy Dispenser.
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The new non-Star Wars figures are just as good, if not better than the Star Wars ones.
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The style of Disney Infinity blends perfectly with Star Wars, and, as usual, the score from all of the present Disney properties will make you feel warm inside. This is the best-looking/sounding DI game yet.
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The Toy Box Takeover is extremely fun, offering a good amount of replayability for collectibles and higher difficulties. The story is fun, with quality, comedic cutscenes, and the combat can be surprisingly challenging. It’s all done from a third-person, bird’s eye ¾ angle that feels like a zoomed out version of Diablo 3 on consoles. I highly recommend Toy Box Takeover for those looking for more combat and platforming. It feels more like another Play Set than just a Toy Box game.
The Negatives
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All of the Jedi characters feel kind of alike. Outside of different Specials and normal attack animations, all of the upgrade trees and skills are the same. It would have been nice to see more differentiation in their upgrades and skills.
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Placing things and building in Toy Box (especially when trying to get terrain to line up perfectly) can still be annoying at times. A snap to grid would do wonders. But as it is now, building in Toy Box is hit or miss for younger players.
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Encountered some annoying glitches and got stuck a few times. One glitch kept telling me to press R2 to accelerate… over… and over… and over. Until I exited Toy Box and went back in.
Neutral
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The first Play Set, Twilight of the Republic, is moderate in length. You get to travel between different planets and locations — Coruscant, Naboo, Tatooine — each with a mission hub. If you just stick to the main missions, the Play Set is rather short, but there are plenty of challenges and side quests for you to do that lengthen Twilight of the Republic considerably.
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The first implementation of space battles is here; some people will like it, some won’t. But there’s no denying how great it is to fly around in the Millennium Falcon in Toy Box, or engage in dogfights while in orbit of Naboo.
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Flynn’s Arcade brings matchmaking so you can be matched with three other players online.
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Out of all the Star Wars characters I’ve played as, the Star Wars Rebels ones might be the most enjoyable. They’re the most distinct and really capture how they are in the show. Also, how awesome is Sabine?!
It’s here.
It happened.
Disney Infinity finally has Star Wars, and the world is better for it.
After a successful 2.0 that saw the inclusion of Marvel characters and an expanded, refine feature set, Disney Infinity 3.0 is the culmination of ideas, properties, and execution. Disney Infinity is all about making your own adventures, playing how you want to, and at your own pace. It’s enjoyable for the whole family, and the power of Star Wars brings in a whole new fan base to enjoy just how magical the game can be.
While the Toy Box can be overly complicated at times, with each version of Disney Infinity, there are more tools to make things simpler for players. Disney Infinity 3.0 is no exception. There’s something special here, but just how special it can/will be is up to what the players try to get out of the game. Here’s what I took away from my time with Disney Infinity 3.0…
Reviewer’s Note: This review covers the Disney Infinity 3.0 Starter Pack, which comes with Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, and the Twilight of the Republic Play Set. It also covers the Toy Box Takeover expansion game, and other figures from Disney, Star Wars, and Star Wars Rebels.
