Classic, classic example of a game being designed art first, gameplay distant second. Incredible visuals - truly looks like you're playing a cartoon - but it's instantly frustrating because the hitboxes for Mickey, the enemies, the hazards, the powerups, and everything else are just laid over all this elaborate animation without much consideration given to how that's actually going to play. And how it plays is bad! Levels are short, maddening gauntlets where you feel like you're just desperately trying to survive until the next screen. Not sure that's what they were going for with this ostensibly cute, fun retrospective of Mickey's history. It's a shame, though; it's a great concept and it looks spectacular! It's even got some convincing faux-3D in there. But it's not worth the struggle.

Reviewed on Oct 04, 2021


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