Jarrod Mawson reviews Disney Epic Mickey. Giving it 6.5/10, he describes it as a homage to Disney, but a disappointment as a video game. He describes it as unrefined, choosing to focus on art and and references, leaving gameplay in the dark.

Everybody knows Mickey Mouse. You, your grandma, your neighbour; everybody. You’d be hard pressed to find a soul on earth who hasn’t heard of the beloved Disney icon. But what about Oswald? You know, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit? Not many remember Oswald, despite coming before the mouse. What about Horace Horsecollar? Or Clarabelle Cow? No? Shame on you! Shame on all of you! So many characters make up Disney’s legacy, and all of them are forgotten, lost into the archives by newer flasher characters called Buzz Lightyear and Hannah Montana.

Well somebody out there remembers all these forgotten characters, and that someone is Warren Spector. An overt Disney fanatic with a knowledge of Disney history that would make even Walt blush, the industry veteran was given the opportunity to combine the force of his studio ‘Junction Point’, with the might of the Disney empire, to create the game he has no doubt been dreamed of creating for his entire life. Revealed just over a year ago for the Nintendo Wii, they called it Epic Mickey, an odyssey of one mouse against the odds in a strange yet familiar world, trying to find a way back home...

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