I'm not sure what to make of this, really. There was a very long and convoluted start, where I was introduced to the idea of sparks and had to guide a glowing orb through a world which took ages and ages, with a fixed camera and many places to get stuck. The controls felt awful, and I hoped that it was just the vagueness of the character that led to this disconnect from the ground.
Sadly not; soon after my character took shape, and I was given control of the camera - which actually made it worse, as the game makes no attempt at all to move the camera to a useful viewpoint. If you turn your character and shoot your gun, you would hope that the camera would swing around so you could see what you're shooting at ... no such luck.
Finally, after an absurdly long introduction, I reached Mickey dressed as the Sorcerer's Apprentice, who led me through an undulating landscape and had me grab onto a pole - which turned out to be the flagpole of the classic opening castle.
What's more, it turns out that this castle is the centrepiece for the free roam playground which is just generally empty. Empty, that is, apart from the voice that crops up every five seconds telling you that you've unlocked things and there's another tutorial and people are stuck and and and and oh just shut up.
I went through a couple of the tutorials and then tried some of the adventures, which seemed to be just minigames with little depth. I've not actually tried the play set modes yet, so may need to give that a go. At the moment it all seems just a bit empty.
Sadly not; soon after my character took shape, and I was given control of the camera - which actually made it worse, as the game makes no attempt at all to move the camera to a useful viewpoint. If you turn your character and shoot your gun, you would hope that the camera would swing around so you could see what you're shooting at ... no such luck.
Finally, after an absurdly long introduction, I reached Mickey dressed as the Sorcerer's Apprentice, who led me through an undulating landscape and had me grab onto a pole - which turned out to be the flagpole of the classic opening castle.
What's more, it turns out that this castle is the centrepiece for the free roam playground which is just generally empty. Empty, that is, apart from the voice that crops up every five seconds telling you that you've unlocked things and there's another tutorial and people are stuck and and and and oh just shut up.
I went through a couple of the tutorials and then tried some of the adventures, which seemed to be just minigames with little depth. I've not actually tried the play set modes yet, so may need to give that a go. At the moment it all seems just a bit empty.
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