Toy Story 3 The Video Game Reviews
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 at
6:31 am
Toy Story 3 The Video Game
The creators of the beloved “Toy Story” films re-open the toy box and bring movie goers back to the delightful world of our favorite gang of toy characters in “Toy Story 3”. As Andy prepares to depart for college, Buzz, Woody and the rest of his loyal toys are troubled about their uncertain future. Directed by Lee Unkrich (co-director of “Toy Story 2” and “Finding Nemo”), “Toy Story 3” is a comical new adventure in Disney Digital 3D that lands the toys in a room full of untamed tots who can’t wait to get their sticky little fingers on these “new” toys. It’s pandemonium as they try to stay together, ensuring “no toy gets left behind.” Pixar veteran Darla K. Anderson ("Cars" and "Monsters, Inc.") produces, while Michael Arndt, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of "Little Miss Sunshine," brings his unique talents and comedic sensibilities. In the Toy Story 3: The Video Game help Buzz, Woody and the rest of the Toys ensure no toy gets left behind. Dive into
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Do you hear that sound? Yep it’s me eating my words!,
So my take on any licensed game is that it is a piece of you-know-what. Let’s be honest – if not attached to “the name” most of these games couldn’t be given away let alone sold. The last Toy Story game Toy Story Mania! did not really live up to our expectations and was just a bunch of mini games. My kids liked WarioWare: Smooth Moves and Mario Party 8 much better.
I have been following this game for months – uncharacteristic of me for a licensed game. Bluntly I was not going to plunk down my cold hard cash for this if it was not worthwhile – Toy Story name or not. I’ve read reviews with the developers and studio and it sounded like they got their stuff straight. So I decided to forge ahead with a Day 1 purchase. Yep folks..day 1. I’m in a bit of a daze myself honestly.
My kids have played it for many hours today (was my son’s birthday last weekend and this was a delayed gift so today was a special day..I don’t normally let them play this much!)and so far I am impressed. I-M-P-R-E-S-S-E-D. The Wii graphics, to me, are nothing special but they get the job done. Music is exactly as expected (various themes and all that). The gameplay is tight – controls are spot on for us and we’ve had no difficulties. I can tell if my son has difficulties and he has not once gotten frustrated that the remote isn’t doing what it is supposed to – controls were easy to learn.
There have been a few confusing parts but my older daughter figured them out (parents just be aware that your little guy/girl might need some help to figure out what to do in a few places). The kids have played in the regular mode (story) and the new box mode that is like a sandbox of fun things to do. That Box mode is SUPER FUN y’all! In terms of the regular story mode it’s pure action adventure like other games of its type such as Scooby Doo! First Frights and Spongebob Squarepants The Movie both of which my kids enjoyed a lot and were worth a purchase.
So far there is little to no frustration (except those few parts that are a bit confusing on what to do for a littler guy/gal). Characters are good and the story is actually o.k. I haven’t seen the movie so can’t say if it follows it or not at this point. At nearly 4 hours in he hasn’t completed it. This is in contrast to Coraline which clocked in a little under 2 hours to completion. I would compare the Toy Story 3 favorably with two other of my son’s favorite games that are licensed Spiderman: Friend or Foe and Ben 10 which come highly recommended from my family to you!
My kids wanted to keep playing – already at almost 4 hours I can tell that it’s a keeper. Normally they don’t even get 30 minutes if it’s going to be a dud. I will update this review next weekend to reflect an update as well as I suspect we’ll have another 8 hours or so into the game by that point.I’ll let you know if anything changes my rating but as of now this one’s a winner!
EDITED 6/23/2010: We do not seem to be encountering the issues with targeting that others are reporting in Buzz’s world. I actually watched my daughter start another file (we have 3 save files with our game) to give me her input on this and last night watched her play all the way through Buzz’s level. She didn’t have any problems with targeting (now she did find some of the platforming elements challenging but then they usually are). Platformers are her favorite type of game and she’s played through many of the toughest (Super Mario Advance on GBA and others) and is quite experienced with them. We could see where some elements could be very challenging (like how a Mario game can be). My son’s been playing the more sandbox type environment – and he is still having a lot of fun. For him it is sufficient – I’m sure he would…
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|Love the game, HATE THE WII VERSION,
The WII version is indeed extremely disappointing!
I Finished the story mode in a short amount of time and was so excited to get to the Toy Box.
After a few missions from each character (Ham, Slinky, and Stinky Pete) Ham is the only one left! the other characters have disappeared and I have no quests left from Ham. Thought I was missing something, so I spent hours online looking into it, only to find that the WII version is completely ripped off. I’ve done everything in the game, something like only 46 quests, most of which were the townspeople asking for a different outfit. The only things available for purchase are Bullseye, Stunt Park, Skate Park, UFO gun, Goo, Zurg’s spaceport, Sid’s haunted house, Lotso’s enchanted glen, Paratrooper…… And that’s it
So now I can either keep this version and kick out an additional $50 for another version. Trade it in at a used store and maybe get 1/2 credit towards a new version, or hope that I can trick someone on craigslist into trading versions…
I don’t understand what they were thinking. It’s one thing to offer items such as special suits, or buildings for each version. But to cut the game content by what appears to 3/4 of the PS3 or 360 version… W T F ?
Anyway, I’m obviously not a happy camper, lol.
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