Is this sequel worth the canvas it's painted on? Find out in our review.
Gameplay in Epic Mickey: The Power of Two is a delightful frustration. The crux of the gameplay is Mickey’s ability to either paint or thin the world around him. Mickey has a direct and immediate effect on the world that has the potential to cause permanent changes to Wasteland and alter the ending. Painting and thinning the world at your whim is fun and graphical impressive. Alternating between the two kinds of paint introduces a puzzle like element to the game. The enemies in the game range from stupid to slightly challenging. Mickey has the option to thin them out of existence or simply paint them and turn them into allies. Your constant ally, Oswald, however will cause a mountain of frustration.
Oswald unfortunately does not add much to gameplay.
AI controlled Oswald will serve as a hindrance just as much as he will serve as an assistant. He has the power to activate electric switches throughout the world and proved pretty helpful when battling enemies, but does not add much to the gameplay when controlled by the computer. The lack of online multiplayer truly holds this game back from being great. For a game that has “the power of two” in the title, it seems like a huge gap is missing without the option to connect with friends online. An easy fix to this issue would be to allow the player the opportunity to switch between the mouse and the rabbit, but once again, this is Mickey’s story.
