Infinity 3.0

[eXo]

Not sure how many of you have messed around with Infinity. It is Disney's console/pc game that encourages the purchase of figurines which in turn become playable characters in the game.

I bought into the whole thing around the time that Infinity 1.0 was fully released with the thought process being it would be fun to play with my kids and if it wasn't so much fun, well, a complete collection of anything Disney usually sells for a decent price sometime down the road.

There are plenty of hidden costs baked in though. Each revision of Infinity has X number of characters to buy, Y number of playsets (or levels to play in), and Z number of power discs. Power discs are sold in blind packs, and there are approx. 160-180 released with each version of infinity.

The first Infinity was a standard cross section of Disney and Pixar characters, the second was primarily focused on Marvel with a few new Disney" originals" to round out the bunch, and now Infinity 3.0 has been announced as primarily Star Wars centric with the only other characters announced so far being based on the recent Avengers movie (Ultron, Hulkbuster Ironman, etc...).

The allure here is that you have this giant playset where you can mix and match any characters you choose. My daughter can be Elsa, I can be Jack Skellington, and we can race cars on the moon. Well.. in theory. Characters can only cross-play in "the toybox", which is the creation utility part of the game. If you fire up an official play set (Toy Story, Incredibles, Pirates of the Caribbean, Cars, Avengers Spider-Man, etc) then you are locked into using only the approved characters for that set. I feel that this is the worst limiting factor in the game.

I see no point in limiting the characters in a game that is all about having characters from so many properties. This becomes a glaring issue when you realize that many characters are released totally separate from any particular playset. Anna & Elsa for example can *only* be used in the toybox mode. So if my daughter wants to play the game, no missions for us.... we get to go to nowhere land and build something to do or try to go online and download someone else's world (and considering the average age group here, the offerings are generally less than impressive).

Lego has their own version of this game style coming out this fall with characters from Back to the Future, Wizard of Oz, DC (Batman, Wonder Woman, etc), Ghostbusters, Scooby Doo, Jurassic Park. Portal (PC Game), Lego Movie, and Lotr/Hobbit already announced for it. And any character can play in any world. I find it interesting to note that one of the largest Lego brands (Star Wars) is blatantly absent ... as well as Marvel characters. With potential to add Harry Potter as well, it is ironic to me to see so many Universal brands represented here.

While I doubt there is much saturation of these game types here, I did want to share the news about the new Star Wars version announced.

 

[Reddog1134]

Power discs are sold in blind packs, and there are approx. 160-180 released with each version of infinity.

There's not quite that many. Version 1.0 has 63 Power Discs. Version 2.0 has 84.

The first Infinity was a standard cross section of Disney and Pixar characters, the second was primarily focused on Marvel with a few new Disney" originals" to round out the bunch, and now Infinity 3.0 has been announced as primarily Star Wars centric with the only other characters announced so far being based on the recent Avengers movie (Ultron, Hulkbuster Ironman, etc...).

I didn't see the announcement about the Avengers additions but I did see this.

 

[eXo]

Your right about the power discs. I was thinking it was three waves of 60 eahc, but it was three waves of around 20-22 each.

I ended up just buying the complete waves on eBay as I have no patience for blind packs and doubles and all that.

This article at Engadget talks about the Avengers playset:
http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/05/disney-infinity-3-star-wars/

The image above is quite interesting if not a bit disappointing. Another Mickey seems a bit silly, especially when it would be just as easy to put out a power disc that allows his appearance to be changed (like the Santa Jack one). Other than that, the rest all seem like pretty safe options. They seem to be stringing out the classic characters (Jasmine, Aladdin, Mulan, etc) at a rate of 1 or 2 per release.

I suppose I have been holding out hope for some of the quirkier characters. I'd also love to see an all encompassing playset that allows any character to play. Something like the intro level to Infinity 2, but on a grand scale. There was a 360 game for the Kinect that allowed players to walk around Disneyland and interact with various characters and rides. A Disney World playset that allowed all of the characters and had sub levels based on various rides (A haunted mansion level, a jungle cruise level, etc) would be really neat.

I'd also like to see the muppets used a bit more than just as power discs.

So far I have purchased everything released for both versions 1 and 2 with the thought process being that when I tired of it, it will be worth more if I have everything. On the other hand, I begin to wonder if I can break even considering how expensive the whole set was and whether or not people would actually spend that much all in one go on a game and a bunch of figures. If nothing else, my kids and I have gotten countless hours out of it.

 

[Reddog1134]

I have most of the 1.0 discs and all the characters. I have very few 2.0 discs and all but 5 characters. Even if I stop playing, I enjoy the figures enough to display them.

With the exception of a few packs of power discs. I didn't pay retail for anything. I usually wait until someone has a BOGO sale or something similar. Toys r Us was recently selling 1.0 discs for 25 cents per pack.

 

[Quellman]

At this stage in my life I don't have hours to mess around with toy-boxes. We just want to play with Disney characters in fun environments with a mission/storyline. We have not bought 2.0 or 3.0 for this reason. No interest in those properties and the Disney characters are toy-box only.