Our preliminary impressions of Disney Phantasm Island have been considerably muted. A colourful 2D platformer impressed by Rayman Legends it is perhaps, but it nonetheless struggled to make an honest first impression.
With stilted cutscenes and primary adventuring – suppose my first Metroidvania – it actually didn’t seize us as we hoped. However then after progressing a little bit additional we discovered this was a recreation with much more occurring than we ever thought.
Though Disney Phantasm Island will be performed solo, considered one of its greatest promoting factors is the actual fact you possibly can play with as much as 4 others. The areas don’t require you to make use of the characters collectively, however there are a number of challenges which are simpler to finish with somebody serving to. Whether or not that’s activating sure switches or grabbing a number of keys.
As you’d count on from a Metroidvania although, there’s a whole lot of backtracking and exploring an ever increasing map.
Development could be very straightforward due to the map which tells you precisely the place to go, though the sport is so nicely designed it’s normally fairly apparent the place to go off to. Particularly when utilizing your new talents normally mark out the trail to take.
It’s these talents which in the end make the sport price enjoying as nicely. When you’ve gained all of them – and there are a good few – immediately leaping and wall leaping your means by means of areas turns into massively extra fascinating.
Suddenly what have been fairly A to B areas will be scaled vertically and horizontally, and later sections additionally boast much more fascinating areas and obstacles.
Even the bosses get progressively extra fascinating, requiring particular techniques to defeat. They’re a welcome break of tempo.
The sport is in the end very nicely paced although, and even the early slower sections will be attributed to creating the sport work for youthful gamers. Every participant may also choose how a lot of a well being bar they’ve, that means everybody can full the sport a method or one other.
Disney Phantasm Island may not enchantment to those that need continuous hardcore platforming thrills, however there’s greater than sufficient problem right here for individuals who search for it.
The nice
- Some nice platforming just a few hours in
- Controls are rock stable
- Lovable presentation
The unhealthy
- Takes some time to get going
- Cutscenes are missing