Hyperventilating, brb
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/37694738.html
HOLY. SHIT. STEAMPUNK. DISNEY. BRAIN OVERLOADING FROM THE SHEER SCALE OF EPIC.
Kingdom Hearts is my favorite game series, for a myriad of reasons. The interaction between Square Enix characters and Disney characters never feels forced or awkward; it simply presents people from vastly different worlds learning about each other and protecting their worlds. Also, in KHII a very interesting philosophical twist begins to form. Your mission is to defeat Orginization XIII which you believe, and are told, is evil. But once you find out what they're really after, and especially after you spend time with some of their members, you start to sympathize with your enemy. You even start to wonder if Mickey's wishes are truly what's best for everyone. And after you've completed the game, you have a whole new appreciation for just how vital memories are to the very foundations of our being.
With that said, I wonder if this "Epic Mickey" game will bear any resemblance to Kingdom Hearts in terms of story or scale, or whether it will be a more self-contained platformer. Either way the concept art looks beautifully dystopian, like a post-apocalyptic Disney kingdom or Toon Town. And the artists sound like they're really in love with their creation.
HOLY. SHIT. STEAMPUNK. DISNEY. BRAIN OVERLOADING FROM THE SHEER SCALE OF EPIC.
Kingdom Hearts is my favorite game series, for a myriad of reasons. The interaction between Square Enix characters and Disney characters never feels forced or awkward; it simply presents people from vastly different worlds learning about each other and protecting their worlds. Also, in KHII a very interesting philosophical twist begins to form. Your mission is to defeat Orginization XIII which you believe, and are told, is evil. But once you find out what they're really after, and especially after you spend time with some of their members, you start to sympathize with your enemy. You even start to wonder if Mickey's wishes are truly what's best for everyone. And after you've completed the game, you have a whole new appreciation for just how vital memories are to the very foundations of our being.
With that said, I wonder if this "Epic Mickey" game will bear any resemblance to Kingdom Hearts in terms of story or scale, or whether it will be a more self-contained platformer. Either way the concept art looks beautifully dystopian, like a post-apocalyptic Disney kingdom or Toon Town. And the artists sound like they're really in love with their creation.