darkSpyro

They copied!

They both have a
Starter pack
single packs
triple packs
battle pack=Play set
And different toys being exclusive to different stores.

They packaging is also VERY similar!

My plan is that I get the game for Christmas alongside the villains pack, Ralph, and Mickey.

Question does the story change in the playsets depending on what charcter you are playing? Like heros or villians ex randal or syndrome vs sully or mr incred

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My plan is that I get the game for Christmas alongside the villains pack, Ralph, and Mickey.

I don't want to poo-poo on your plans, but...
If you are interested in the Toy Box mode (and I hope you are, because the story/campaign is barely worth the cost of a PSN/XBLA game), you aren't going to be able it unlock any of the vaults. You'd be better off ditching Micky and getting either Barbosa or Mike (which would give you all the monsters or all the Pirates). That will let you open the in-game vault and that will give you a handful more items for the Toy Box mode.

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All right, I'll get both triple packs then. So over all I do have a good plan 3 from MU, 3 Pirates, 2 from Incredible, 2 from Wreak it Ralph, 3 from Toy Story and Sorcerer Mickey. My mom is buying the game for me and possibly with the triple packs, while I'll get Ralph and Toy Story for Christmas.

Yeah, you'd be well set with that.

I have played both games and I have now Switched over to Disney Infinity, I found it a vastly superior game to Skylanders and its definitely worth a try, although both games are still expensive. Sure it has identical characters, but a lot of other features are cool, some cooler than Skylanders'

- Gameplay lasts much longer and has much more replay value, Idk why People hate on the Playsets. At least they can't all beaten in under 3 hours where Skylanders can since it only has 24 or 16 levels.

- Skylanders controls are simplistic and extremely easy to use, with only 4 little buttons. With Toy Box mode and a few missions in Playsets, DI is a bit more challenging for my tastes

- People here complain about the characters playing the same as others, but when Skylanders has it, why does it get a free pass? Some characters in Skylanders play a whole lot like others (ex: Pop fizz + Slam Bam + Eruptor, no doubt) and they themselves aren't too original either. On top of it, their Heroic Challenges stink and they STILL only have 3 moves. Not worth it in my eyes, 10 dollars is a retarded amount to pay for 1 small character.

The thing I don't get about Infinity is that, from what I've heard, the characters don't save data to them like they do in Skylanders. What's the point of that? I thought one of the most innovative parts of Skylanders was how you could develop a character and use the same character across 6 completely different Skylanders games (counting Swap Force) and even bring your own character to a friend's house. This sort of transferring and mixing of character data is kind of unique in gaming. In the Disney game, is it not just a key to unlock content that's saved locally? I don't like the idea of the toy being nothing but a key.

The characters do have Save Data and keep their experience on another game. Even if I am wrong, it doesn't really matter considering how leveling up just makes a trophy in the hall of heroes for extra toy spins, nothing important.

But having Save Data in a Toy also has downside, including the fact that if you buy a series 2 figure of someone you have already you have to start over on upgrading them and the retarded ass heroic challenges.

I could be wrong about what I'm saying. I never see anyone talk about it. What I gathered from the internet was that the save data was local to the system and not on the character, but for some reason this hasn't been confirmed for me or not even though I watched this video and many other videos.

Quote: LightSpyro13

I have played both games and I have now Switched over to Disney Infinity, I found it a vastly superior game to Skylanders and its definitely worth a try, although both games are still expensive. Sure it has identical characters, but a lot of other features are cool, some cooler than Skylanders'

- Gameplay lasts much longer and has much more replay value, Idk why People hate on the Playsets. At least they can't all beaten in under 3 hours where Skylanders can since it only has 24 or 16 levels.

- Skylanders controls are simplistic and extremely easy to use, with only 4 little buttons. With Toy Box mode and a few missions in Playsets, DI is a bit more challenging for my tastes

- People here complain about the characters playing the same as others, but when Skylanders has it, why does it get a free pass? Some characters in Skylanders play a whole lot like others (ex: Pop fizz + Slam Bam + Eruptor, no doubt) and they themselves aren't too original either. On top of it, their Heroic Challenges stink and they STILL only have 3 moves. Not worth it in my eyes, 10 dollars is a retarded amount to pay for 1 small character.

Ah, so that's why you're done with Skylanders. You're hating on Skylanders, because you chose Infinity to like. Remember what I said about Genesis in the other topic? Yeah, that's what I did when I was a brand loyaltist, just because I was too broke to afford it. I had no right bashing on a good system like the Genesis, just because I couldn't afford it.

As an owner of Infinity, let me lash out at that pathetic excuse for a game.

1: Characters can only play in their own world.
2: Some characters are too thin and easy to break *cough*Violet*cough*
3: Only one playset was fun to go through *Pirates of the Caribbean* and even then, by the time I reached the end at SIX HOURS (not 10 like the creators of Infinity said), I kept thinking to myself, when is this going to end. It was the same thing over and over.
4: Other playsets are so boring, I can't bring myself to finish them. I am looking at you, Monsters U., Lone Ranger, Cars, and Incredibles.
5: All playsets feel the same. They're all open world games, with gimmicks to try and make them feel different than the next, but they feel the same. You collect the same things to unlock in that world or in the Toy Box, across ALL playsets.
6: Toy Box mode is a confusing mess of menus.
7: Can't fully enjoy all of Toy Box Mode's features, unless you have 1000+ spins, in order to unlock all objects for Toy Box.
8: You're FORCED to own EVERY Infinity figure/playset to unlock everything in Toy Box, and or 100% each playset.
9: Certain chaarcters cost the same price as figures that can be used in playsets, only they can only be used in Toy Box Mode.
10: It's not 2 players out of the box. You have to buy an additional figure to be able to play 2 players in ONE playset. Such a ripoff.
11: No figures that will appeal to the nostalgia in a lot of people. Everything came from recent movies. No Disney afternoon characters/playsets, no figures from Disney's vault dating all the way back to the 1930's. Wait... just one Sorcerer Mickey. Just one.
12: (NEW FOR EDIT) When you take ownership of any Infinity character, they are reset to level 0, unlike Skylanders, where you can switch ownership as much as you want, without losing stats.

Anyone who HAS PLAYED Infinity, and can't at least agree with those flaws, choose not to, because they're ashamed - in my opinion - to admit to Infinity's flaws, which far outweigh the other Toys to Life game, Skylanders. That, or they're an extreme Disney fanboy who has a veil pulled over their eyes.

I fail to see the value in any of the flaws I listed above.

I got 6 hours of fun out of Infinity, and even then, it got boring near the end, trying to 100% Pirates of the Caribbean. The other playsets, I tried to boot up and play, but they were boring. Downright boring.

Enjoy Infinity. Enjoy being limited to everything except the Toy Box. Oh, wait. You're limited in that, too... if you don't own every object released for Infinity.

I will take Skylanders anyday. A game that doesn't require you to buy anything but the figures that unlock certain areas in each new game. So, technically, one could have -

- Bought Skylanders one, and 5 other characters for - at the time - 8 bucks each.

Total: 119.15

- Then bought the Giants Portal Owners Pack when it released, while still using the 8 figures they got from the original, to 100% Giants.

Total: 119.15 + 65.01 = 184.16

- Then buy Swap Force and 6 Swap Force Skylanders, while still using the 8 figures they got from the original, to 100% Swap Force.

Total: 184.16 + 75.85 + 97.50 = 357.51

357.51 invested into Skylanders, over the course of three games, and you can 100% all three games.

Now, let's see this value in Infinity you speak of.

Starter Pack: 75.85 (this is all after tax by the way)
Violet, Dash, Mater, Francesco: 60.64
Cars and Lone Ranger playsets: 75.84
Sidekicks and Villains 3-pack: 65.00

OH, AND LET'S NOT FOGET ABOUT THOSE POWER DISCS. Even if you were to get no dupes (not possible), you would still be out this, in order to get all 20 discs, plus the 2 TRU exclusives, which are just rare versions of wave 2 discs.

Power Discs (10 bags, no dupes, 20 discs): 54.10

For those who want every rare disc, you gotta buy an additional 2 bags, in order to get Mike's Car and Tron's Power Disc

Exclusive Discs (2 bags, 2 discs): 10.82

THIS IS JUST WAVE 1. There are supposedly 10 playsets, 60 discs in total, and at least another 9 characters coming out? AND, you HAVE to buy them all to 100% the first Infinity game (unlocking everything in the Toy Box)? WOW! Such value.

For 342.25 (for wave 1 alone and that's with no dupes on power discs) you can ALMOST unlock everything Toy Box has to offer. Remember, Toy Box is the game's huge selling point. People aren't going to want to be hindered by the lack of objects the game provides from the start, so they will - foolishly - rush out to buy everything, just to unlock everything for one of the game's two modes.

342.25 only makes up wave 1. Let's add up another 5 playsets, shall we, along with another 40 discs, and at least 9 characters. Let's see the value of Infinity *rolls eyes*

136.44 for 9 more characters
189.60 for 5 more playsets
108.20 for 40 more Power Discs (no dupes, but again that's impossible)

so -

342.25 + 136.44 + 189.60 + 108.20 = 776.49 just to unlock everything in the Toy Box. That's just for the first game, too. However, no one can get all 20 discs in each wave without getting dupes, so add more to it.

I have seen what objects are available by default in the Toy Box, and it's a bare bones selection. They force you to spend too much, just to tap into the true potential of the game's biggest selling point.

If you think 776.49 for Toy Box alone is worth it, over a 20 dollar Minecraft, then I sense a lot of bad comedy. If you think Infinity has more bang for its buck over Skylanders, again that's bad comedy.

I see no value in it at all. Skylanders only demands 357.51 to 100% three of its games. THREE games, not one.

EDIT: Added a number 12 to my list of dislikes for Infinity.

I'm excited to see what people create so I can play those, too. My kids are having a great time with the playsets so far. Open worlds are fairly new to them. We have not tried building anything yet since we want more items unlocked.

Anyone know how many figures are planned for Infinity?

Infinity is actually awful. I finished the lone ranger and pirates sets, but can't force myself to finish the monsters one.
And since leveling up gives you nothing, there is no motivation to push through the mind numbing repetitive campaigns.
Trying to choose between keeping the figures for display or selling the lot.

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Quote: Skylandscaper

I'm excited to see what people create so I can play those, too. My kids are having a great time with the playsets so far. Open worlds are fairly new to them. We have not tried building anything yet since we want more items unlocked.

Anyone know how many figures are planned for Infinity?

You can see them all in the hall of heroes.

You can't download other people's levels willy nilly... Disney chooses which levels to share.

Quote: Tel Prydain

Infinity is actually awful. I finished the lone ranger and pirates sets, but can't force myself to finish the monsters one.
And since leveling up gives you nothing, there is no motivation to push through the mind numbing repetitive campaigns.
Trying to choose between keeping the figures for display or selling the lot.

h

I see we're in the same boat.

This is something I warned people about before Infinity ever released. Not all playsets are going to appeal to every gamer/kid. Some kids might have a hard time driving a car, so bam, Cars playset will not be that great in their eyes. Some people might get bored of making sure trains aren't robbed, so bam, Lone Ranger playset will not be that great in their eyes.

I can't stand the Monsters University playset. I tried it, but can't even bring myself to beat it. All playsets feel the same. They're just opn world playgrounds with boring missions that don't keep you so interested, you have to see the end.

I will see the first Infinity to the end, but that's it. Fool'em once, shame on them. Fool'em twice, shame on you. I don't care if they have Marvel or Star Wars. There is nothing good about Infinity. My oldest daughter is the only one who asks to play it now, and even she keeps asking to play LEGO Batman 2 again as of late. That's a game she has already beaten.

Infinity is a dub, sad to say. I'd like to see more Toys to Life games, but not by Disney, who made a real stinker that costs twice as much to 100% than what Skylanders costs to 100% THREE GAMES.

There will be no Star Wars or Marvel with Infinity, at least not until a sequel. All of the figures have been figured out. I think my sons will like it, but not go crazy. I'm thinking about on picking it up on a Black Friday discount.

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Quote: LightSpyro13

I have played both games and I have now Switched over to Disney Infinity, I found it a vastly superior game to Skylanders and its definitely worth a try, although both games are still expensive. Sure it has identical characters, but a lot of other features are cool, some cooler than Skylanders'

- Gameplay lasts much longer and has much more replay value, Idk why People hate on the Playsets. At least they can't all beaten in under 3 hours where Skylanders can since it only has 24 or 16 levels.

- Skylanders controls are simplistic and extremely easy to use, with only 4 little buttons. With Toy Box mode and a few missions in Playsets, DI is a bit more challenging for my tastes

- People here complain about the characters playing the same as others, but when Skylanders has it, why does it get a free pass? Some characters in Skylanders play a whole lot like others (ex: Pop fizz + Slam Bam + Eruptor, no doubt) and they themselves aren't too original either. On top of it, their Heroic Challenges stink and they STILL only have 3 moves. Not worth it in my eyes, 10 dollars is a retarded amount to pay for 1 small character.

Ah, so that's why you're done with Skylanders. You're hating on Skylanders, because you chose Infinity to like. Remember what I said about Genesis in the other topic? Yeah, that's what I did when I was a brand loyaltist, just because I was too broke to afford it. I had no right bashing on a good system like the Genesis, just because I couldn't afford it.

As an owner of Infinity, let me lash out at that pathetic excuse for a game.

1: Characters can only play in their own world.
2: Some characters are too thin and easy to break *cough*Violet*cough*
3: Only one playset was fun to go through *Pirates of the Caribbean* and even then, by the time I reached the end at SIX HOURS (not 10 like the creators of Infinity said), I kept thinking to myself, when is this going to end. It was the same thing over and over.
4: Other playsets are so boring, I can't bring myself to finish them. I am looking at you, Monsters U., Lone Ranger, Cars, and Incredibles.
5: All playsets feel the same. They're all open world games, with gimmicks to try and make them feel different than the next, but they feel the same. You collect the same things to unlock in that world or in the Toy Box, across ALL playsets.
6: Toy Box mode is a confusing mess of menus.
7: Can't fully enjoy all of Toy Box Mode's features, unless you have 1000+ spins, in order to unlock all objects for Toy Box.
8: You're FORCED to own EVERY Infinity figure/playset to unlock everything in Toy Box, and or 100% each playset.
9: Certain chaarcters cost the same price as figures that can be used in playsets, only they can only be used in Toy Box Mode.
10: It's not 2 players out of the box. You have to buy an additional figure to be able to play 2 players in ONE playset. Such a ripoff.
11: No figures that will appeal to the nostalgia in a lot of people. Everything came from recent movies. No Disney afternoon characters/playsets, no figures from Disney's vault dating all the way back to the 1930's. Wait... just one Sorcerer Mickey. Just one.
12: (NEW FOR EDIT) When you take ownership of any Infinity character, they are reset to level 0, unlike Skylanders, where you can switch ownership as much as you want, without losing stats.

Anyone who HAS PLAYED Infinity, and can't at least agree with those flaws, choose not to, because they're ashamed - in my opinion - to admit to Infinity's flaws, which far outweigh the other Toys to Life game, Skylanders. That, or they're an extreme Disney fanboy who has a veil pulled over their eyes.

I fail to see the value in any of the flaws I listed above.

I got 6 hours of fun out of Infinity, and even then, it got boring near the end, trying to 100% Pirates of the Caribbean. The other playsets, I tried to boot up and play, but they were boring. Downright boring.

Enjoy Infinity. Enjoy being limited to everything except the Toy Box. Oh, wait. You're limited in that, too... if you don't own every object released for Infinity.

I will take Skylanders anyday. A game that doesn't require you to buy anything but the figures that unlock certain areas in each new game. So, technically, one could have -

- Bought Skylanders one, and 5 other characters for - at the time - 8 bucks each.

Total: 119.15

- Then bought the Giants Portal Owners Pack when it released, while still using the 8 figures they got from the original, to 100% Giants.

Total: 119.15 + 65.01 = 184.16

- Then buy Swap Force and 6 Swap Force Skylanders, while still using the 8 figures they got from the original, to 100% Swap Force.

Total: 184.16 + 75.85 + 97.50 = 357.51

357.51 invested into Skylanders, over the course of three games, and you can 100% all three games.

Now, let's see this value in Infinity you speak of.

Starter Pack: 75.85 (this is all after tax by the way)
Violet, Dash, Mater, Francesco: 60.64
Cars and Lone Ranger playsets: 75.84
Sidekicks and Villains 3-pack: 65.00

OH, AND LET'S NOT FOGET ABOUT THOSE POWER DISCS. Even if you were to get no dupes (not possible), you would still be out this, in order to get all 20 discs, plus the 2 TRU exclusives, which are just rare versions of wave 2 discs.

Power Discs (10 bags, no dupes, 20 discs): 54.10

For those who want every rare disc, you gotta buy an additional 2 bags, in order to get Mike's Car and Tron's Power Disc

Exclusive Discs (2 bags, 2 discs): 10.82

THIS IS JUST WAVE 1. There are supposedly 10 playsets, 60 discs in total, and at least another 9 characters coming out? AND, you HAVE to buy them all to 100% the first Infinity game (unlocking everything in the Toy Box)? WOW! Such value.

For 342.25 (for wave 1 alone and that's with no dupes on power discs) you can ALMOST unlock everything Toy Box has to offer. Remember, Toy Box is the game's huge selling point. People aren't going to want to be hindered by the lack of objects the game provides from the start, so they will - foolishly - rush out to buy everything, just to unlock everything for one of the game's two modes.

342.25 only makes up wave 1. Let's add up another 5 playsets, shall we, along with another 40 discs, and at least 9 characters. Let's see the value of Infinity *rolls eyes*

136.44 for 9 more characters
189.60 for 5 more playsets
108.20 for 40 more Power Discs (no dupes, but again that's impossible)

so -

342.25 + 136.44 + 189.60 + 108.20 = 776.49 just to unlock everything in the Toy Box. That's just for the first game, too. However, no one can get all 20 discs in each wave without getting dupes, so add more to it.

I have seen what objects are available by default in the Toy Box, and it's a bare bones selection. They force you to spend too much, just to tap into the true potential of the game's biggest selling point.

If you think 776.49 for Toy Box alone is worth it, over a 20 dollar Minecraft, then I sense a lot of bad comedy. If you think Infinity has more bang for its buck over Skylanders, again that's bad comedy.

I see no value in it at all. Skylanders only demands 357.51 to 100% three of its games. THREE games, not one.

EDIT: Added a number 12 to my list of dislikes for Infinity.

i feel the exact same way. and lightspyro13, if youve noticed, disney infinity is so glitchy! my friend bought it and he said he cant even go into toybox without it glitching/crashing! and his violet figure is already broken. and he just bought it today! but skylanders makes sure they dont have an accident. and give me one reason why skylanders is worse than disney infiniFAIL.

I agree about Infinity being buggy.

First the PS3 version couldn't even get online on day 1, due to a glitch.

I own the on the 360, and the developers stated that people would be able to download a recreation of Disneyworld. I jumped on there, on day 1, and I didn't see squat. Jumped on the next day, notta. The day after, notta. I tried again about 2 weeks later and guess what? NOTTA!

So much for the free Toy Box worlds they advertised. Oh, well. The kids are even getting to the point they don't play it much anymore. I am kind of thinking of selling it all once they really are done playing. It's only a matter of time, too. It can't hold my oldest daughter's interest enough to even mess with it more than an hour before being done, while at the same time, other games like LEGO Batman 2 and Skylanders keeps her playing for hours upon hours. She always wants to see what happens next in the storyline for both games.

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Ah, so that's why you're done with Skylanders. You're hating on Skylanders, because you chose Infinity to like. Remember what I said about Genesis in the other topic? Yeah, that's what I did when I was a brand loyaltist, just because I was too broke to afford it. I had no right bashing on a good system like the Genesis, just because I couldn't afford it.

As an owner of Infinity, let me lash out at that pathetic excuse for a game.

For 342.25 (for wave 1 alone and that's with no dupes on power discs) you can ALMOST unlock everything Toy Box has to offer. Remember, Toy Box is the game's huge selling point. People aren't going to want to be hindered by the lack of objects the game provides from the start, so they will - foolishly - rush out to buy everything, just to unlock everything for one of the game's two modes.

342.25 only makes up wave 1. Let's add up another 5 playsets, shall we, along with another 40 discs, and at least 9 characters. Let's see the value of Infinity *rolls eyes*

136.44 for 9 more characters
189.60 for 5 more playsets
108.20 for 40 more Power Discs (no dupes, but again that's impossible)

so -

342.25 + 136.44 + 189.60 + 108.20 = 776.49 just to unlock everything in the Toy Box. That's just for the first game, too. However, no one can get all 20 discs in each wave without getting dupes, so add more to it.

I have seen what objects are available by default in the Toy Box, and it's a bare bones selection. They force you to spend too much, just to tap into the true potential of the game's biggest selling point.

If you think 776.49 for Toy Box alone is worth it, over a 20 dollar Minecraft, then I sense a lot of bad comedy. If you think Infinity has more bang for its buck over Skylanders, again that's bad comedy.

I see no value in it at all. Skylanders only demands 357.51 to 100% three of its games. THREE games, not one.

EDIT: Added a number 12 to my list of dislikes for Infinity.

No, even before Infinity came out I lost interest in Skylanders. I lost interest in it because of Pokémon and Darkstalkers Ressurection, not because of Infinity. Now its my Turn to flame on this pitiful excuse for a game:

1. Story Mode has only 24 levels in the first game and 16 in the second one, Story Mode is short lived and doesn't last very long. Takes less than 3 hours to beat. $60 isn't worth a game this short with very little content, I would rather play through Infinity's Playsets that take forever rather than a short-lasting story with boring cutscenes. The levels themselves are also short and liner, take less than 10 minutes to beat for the most part.

Even when you do beat the game, there isn't much replay value. No new game Mode (Nightmare Mode doesn't count) and the only thing you can do is buy more figures and replay the same levels, neither of which influence the gameplay.

2. Characters only have 3 moves total with simplistic, weak controls; not to mention some of them have moves identical to those of others *cough* Flying *cough* . It causes a Shallow Combat System and makes the game far too easy to master in a day, a 6 year old could do it without much effort.

3. There are more characters than necessary in one game being developed for less than a year, a total of 48 right now and will be 80 total. It doesn't even stop there; it only gets worse with Series 2 Figures, Series 3 Figures, Lightcore Figures, and Recolored Variants with slightly different stats. For PVP Battle Mode, the game is also heavily broken and unbalanced compared to a lot of fighting games, even Marvel vs Capcom 2 despite having fewer characters. Don't even get me started on Dark and Legendary figurines.

6. Speaking of the Figurines, not only do they have AWFUL paint jobs, but some of them are just as frail if not more than Disney Infinity figures. I had my Chill and Fright Rider toys have their arm or even whole body broken off (had to take Fright Rider back as well), while my Violet Toy is still good, probably because I ain't reckless at keeping my toys. Some characters are also unoriginal and uninspired, being too similar to other fictional characters that already exist *cough* Terrafin *cough* or other Skylanders.

7. Skylanders is also filled with a lot of Glitches, particularly with the Fire Thing in The Lair of Kaos level sometimes (when I'm supposed to fight that shield robot, he just sits there and the flames won't go out, I usually have to start over). Yes Disney Infinity has its bugs and all, but because it has online connection, it can actually receive patches and updates to fix those Glitches (excluding the Wii version). Too late for Skylanders to have this though, its stuck with its glitches since the game was rushed like hell focusing too much on toy collecting. One of the glitchiest games I have ever played.


9. The Games overall are too easy and lack a decent challenge for fully upgraded figures. Enemies have terrible AIs and only one or two measly attacks, although it really depends on what character you use against them (still easy nonetheless though). Even the boss fights are underwhelming and pitiful, easy to hit with easy to avoid attacks. The only memorable fights are Kaos and Evil in the first game, all the rest are pathetic. In the first game, there is no difficulty setting at all; while in the 2nd game there is one but is puny. Increasing difficulty doesn't make enemies fight differently or increase their populations, it just gives them more health and damage.

The only truly challenging things about it are a few of the Lock Puzzles and even fewer with the Retarded Ass Heroic Challenges.

10. Aaah my old friends, the Heroic Challenges... They are so awesome, creative, and a fun way to boost stats for your toys..... until you've played them for the hundredth, mother****ing time! Because the data is stored on the toy rather than the game itself, you have to keep repeating the same challenge over and over, just to maximize your characters stats (which isn't even necessary due to a lack of decent difficulty). Additionally, you have to buy a new figurine just to unlock another one, and only series 2 figurines unlock them in Giants.
Some challenges are so frustratingly difficult that you may have to reset your character just to do it.

It will take over 2 hours (maybe even more, I'm not doing math just to retaliate)

I didn't even list all my dislikes due to limited characters and time consumption! Simply put, Skylanders has just as many flaws as Disney Infinity if not more. Try as you might, nothing you can say or do will change my opinion. Anyone who can't at least agree with these flaws is just as biased and won't admit Skylanders' faults, an extremely overrated game franchise that is underdeveloped. If you like it, good for you and play whatever you want.

Quote: GameMaster78

Ah, so that's why you're done with Skylanders. You're hating on Skylanders, because you chose Infinity to like. Remember what I said about Genesis in the other topic? Yeah, that's what I did when I was a brand loyaltist, just because I was too broke to afford it. I had no right bashing on a good system like the Genesis, just because I couldn't afford it.

As an owner of Infinity, let me lash out at that pathetic excuse for a game.

1: Characters can only play in their own world.
2: Some characters are too thin and easy to break *cough*Violet*cough*
3: Only one playset was fun to go through *Pirates of the Caribbean* and even then, by the time I reached the end at SIX HOURS (not 10 like the creators of Infinity said), I kept thinking to myself, when is this going to end. It was the same thing over and over.
4: Other playsets are so boring, I can't bring myself to finish them. I am looking at you, Monsters U., Lone Ranger, Cars, and Incredibles.
5: All playsets feel the same. They're all open world games, with gimmicks to try and make them feel different than the next, but they feel the same. You collect the same things to unlock in that world or in the Toy Box, across ALL playsets.
6: Toy Box mode is a confusing mess of menus.
7: Can't fully enjoy all of Toy Box Mode's features, unless you have 1000+ spins, in order to unlock all objects for Toy Box.
8: You're FORCED to own EVERY Infinity figure/playset to unlock everything in Toy Box, and or 100% each playset.
9: Certain chaarcters cost the same price as figures that can be used in playsets, only they can only be used in Toy Box Mode.
10: It's not 2 players out of the box. You have to buy an additional figure to be able to play 2 players in ONE playset. Such a ripoff.
11: No figures that will appeal to the nostalgia in a lot of people. Everything came from recent movies. No Disney afternoon characters/playsets, no figures from Disney's vault dating all the way back to the 1930's. Wait... just one Sorcerer Mickey. Just one.
12: (NEW FOR EDIT) When you take ownership of any Infinity character, they are reset to level 0, unlike Skylanders, where you can switch ownership as much as you want, without losing stats.

Anyone who HAS PLAYED Infinity, and can't at least agree with those flaws, choose not to, because they're ashamed - in my opinion - to admit to Infinity's flaws, which far outweigh the other Toys to Life game, Skylanders. That, or they're an extreme Disney fanboy who has a veil pulled over their eyes.

I fail to see the value in any of the flaws I listed above.

I got 6 hours of fun out of Infinity, and even then, it got boring near the end, trying to 100% Pirates of the Caribbean. The other playsets, I tried to boot up and play, but they were boring. Downright boring.

Enjoy Infinity. Enjoy being limited to everything except the Toy Box. Oh, wait. You're limited in that, too... if you don't own every object released for Infinity.

I will take Skylanders anyday. A game that doesn't require you to buy anything but the figures that unlock certain areas in each new game. So, technically, one could have -

- Bought Skylanders one, and 5 other characters for - at the time - 8 bucks each.

Total: 119.15

- Then bought the Giants Portal Owners Pack when it released, while still using the 8 figures they got from the original, to 100% Giants.

Total: 119.15 + 65.01 = 184.16

- Then buy Swap Force and 6 Swap Force Skylanders, while still using the 8 figures they got from the original, to 100% Swap Force.

Total: 184.16 + 75.85 + 97.50 = 357.51

357.51 invested into Skylanders, over the course of three games, and you can 100% all three games.

Now, let's see this value in Infinity you speak of.

Starter Pack: 75.85 (this is all after tax by the way)
Violet, Dash, Mater, Francesco: 60.64
Cars and Lone Ranger playsets: 75.84
Sidekicks and Villains 3-pack: 65.00

OH, AND LET'S NOT FOGET ABOUT THOSE POWER DISCS. Even if you were to get no dupes (not possible), you would still be out this, in order to get all 20 discs, plus the 2 TRU exclusives, which are just rare versions of wave 2 discs.

Power Discs (10 bags, no dupes, 20 discs): 54.10

For those who want every rare disc, you gotta buy an additional 2 bags, in order to get Mike's Car and Tron's Power Disc

Exclusive Discs (2 bags, 2 discs): 10.82

THIS IS JUST WAVE 1. There are supposedly 10 playsets, 60 discs in total, and at least another 9 characters coming out? AND, you HAVE to buy them all to 100% the first Infinity game (unlocking everything in the Toy Box)? WOW! Such value.

For 342.25 (for wave 1 alone and that's with no dupes on power discs) you can ALMOST unlock everything Toy Box has to offer. Remember, Toy Box is the game's huge selling point. People aren't going to want to be hindered by the lack of objects the game provides from the start, so they will - foolishly - rush out to buy everything, just to unlock everything for one of the game's two modes.

342.25 only makes up wave 1. Let's add up another 5 playsets, shall we, along with another 40 discs, and at least 9 characters. Let's see the value of Infinity *rolls eyes*

136.44 for 9 more characters
189.60 for 5 more playsets
108.20 for 40 more Power Discs (no dupes, but again that's impossible)

so -

342.25 + 136.44 + 189.60 + 108.20 = 776.49 just to unlock everything in the Toy Box. That's just for the first game, too. However, no one can get all 20 discs in each wave without getting dupes, so add more to it.

I have seen what objects are available by default in the Toy Box, and it's a bare bones selection. They force you to spend too much, just to tap into the true potential of the game's biggest selling point.

If you think 776.49 for Toy Box alone is worth it, over a 20 dollar Minecraft, then I sense a lot of bad comedy. If you think Infinity has more bang for its buck over Skylanders, again that's bad comedy.

I see no value in it at all. Skylanders only demands 357.51 to 100% three of its games. THREE games, not one.

EDIT: Added a number 12 to my list of dislikes for Infinity.

Thanks for this! I have slowly been lulled into the thought of trying Infinity, but I knew that it would be extremely expensive. Even before the game came out, as I researched it intrigued me, but there was something wrong about what was available and the initial pricing. Everything about the game seems like a scam, you get only a couple initial levels that looked boring with no real plot, and then you have to buy everything from there on out. Plus the power discs looked like an extreme rip off. You confirmed everyone one of my suspicions about the game and have now sealed my position on not wasting my time, money and effort with the game.

When I imagine playing Disney games I want to be immersed into the world with plot and direction not just an open world portion of the game with nothing to do. I would rather wait for Kingdom Hearts 3 which will satiate my palate for Disney story and plot. Thanks again for helping me settle my mind.

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I have played both games and I have now Switched over to Disney Infinity, I found it a vastly superior game to Skylanders and its definitely worth a try, although both games are still expensive. Sure it has identical characters, but a lot of other features are cool, some cooler than Skylanders'

- Gameplay lasts much longer and has much more replay value, Idk why People hate on the Playsets. At least they can't all beaten in under 3 hours where Skylanders can since it only has 24 or 16 levels.

Are you serious?? A lot of replay value?
I almost died by playing through the playsets because they so fu**ing boring.
I got the game 2 weeks ago and still havent completed them. I am playing videogames because I want to get entertained and pass the time and not to get bored of them.

The Toybox is ok. Its an overpriced Minecraft with complicated menues... I prefer Minecraft because you dont have to spend an insane amount of money to get all items.

What about the Figures?? They are cheap overpriced and arent worth the money. They are made out of cheap plastic and they also look cheap.They cant upgrade, they cant improve theyr stats and arent equal to each other. While the Incredibles have different abbilities and combos all the Monster and Cars have the same. They just arent unique like the Skylanders. They have different powers and upgrades and dont forget the stats, each Skylander also got his own heroic challange. They also dont cost as much as an Di figures which profes it all... DISNEY INFINITY IS A RIPOF

DI is not a rip-off. But it's not a great game either, from what I've heard...

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I have played both games and I have now Switched over to Disney Infinity, I found it a vastly superior game to Skylanders and its definitely worth a try, although both games are still expensive. Sure it has identical characters, but a lot of other features are cool, some cooler than Skylanders'

- Gameplay lasts much longer and has much more replay value, Idk why People hate on the Playsets. At least they can't all beaten in under 3 hours where Skylanders can since it only has 24 or 16 levels.

Are you serious?? A lot of replay value?
I almost died by playing through the playsets because they so fu**ing boring.
I got the game 2 weeks ago and still havent completed them. I am playing videogames because I want to get entertained and pass the time and not to get bored of them.

The Toybox is ok. Its an overpriced Minecraft with complicated menues... I prefer Minecraft because you dont have to spend an insane amount of money to get all items.

What about the Figures?? They are cheap overpriced and arent worth the money. They are made out of cheap plastic and they also look cheap.They cant upgrade, they cant improve theyr stats and arent equal to each other. While the Incredibles have different abbilities and combos all the Monster and Cars have the same. They just arent unique like the Skylanders. They have different powers and upgrades and dont forget the stats, each Skylander also got his own heroic challange. They also dont cost as much as an Di figures which profes it all... DISNEY INFINITY IS A RIPOF

So are Skylanders, they are also made of cheap plastic and look just as cheap if not cheaper, not to mention they are smaller and have horrid paint jobs. They too aren't worth the money either, $10 is a retarded amount of money to pay for them, especially considering that they only have 3 moves and lackluster figures. Heroic Challenges are repetitive, tiring, and annoying considering how you have to do the same one over and over again for each toy you have if you want to maximize them. Where an Infinity Figure's Adventures, all you gotta do is like get a gold medal and you don't have to do it again unless you want to, you already got your 3 spins. They also allow for 2 players if you need a helping hand, where Heroic Challenges remain 1P only. Some challenges are also so frustratingly difficult that you might have to reset your character just to beat it.


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I almost died by playing through the playsets because they so fu**ing boring.
I got the game 2 weeks ago and still havent completed them. I am playing videogames because I want to get entertained and pass the time and not to get bored of them.

Who cares about that? I know I don't (no offense), I had my brain frozen when I beat both Spyro's Adventure and Giants. They had less than 30 levels, underwhelming difficulty, no new game mode, weak enemies, and a couple of other flaws. I would rather play through Monsters University's playset than that, but its just my opinion.

They are both Ripoffs to suck blood from your wallets, no amount of bias will change that. Personally though, I still prefer Infinity although I like both. Try as you might, nothing you can say or do will change my opinion.

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DI is not a rip-off. But it's not a great game either, from what I've heard...

FAAAAAAR from a great game.

Lightspyro, you mention Skylanders only having three moves? Remember that some also hav combos strung together with A,A,A, A,A,B, and A,A,C. However, let's throw that aside and talk about Infinity figures.

Characters only really get three moves. No extensions, no new combos. Let's use Jack Sparrow for a second. For 90% of the game it was his sword. Sometimes one would use his gun, mainly to blow open gates with gun icons. Late, late, late into the playset, you get the bomb.

Sword, gun, bomb. That's it. I am willing to wager EVERY Infinity character only gets 3 moves. This also begs to question if Toy Box only characters get 3 moves, or are stuck with 2 moves, while still costing the same price as figures that can actually play across all modes of Infinity?

Trust me, if I can save people the money I poured into Infinity, I would love to. The game is a massive ripoff.

And it's silly to even think Skylanders is 3 hours long. The first game, to 100% it, is way longer than 3 hours. The second game is longer than 3 hours as well. You have to go through each level twice to 100% them. 3 to 4 times if you want to 100% the Oracle level in Giants.

I consider myself an expert gamer (hence the name GameMaster), and not even I could run through Skylanders - even having beaten both - games in 3 hours 100% starting with a new save file.

I am willing to wager a mystery gift on it, if anyone can prove me wrong. I want proof that someone can start a new file, and complete each Skylanders game, 100%, in 3 hours or less. Conditions would be Hard Mode for Giants, and I would say Hard Mode for the first game, but it doesn't have a difficulty setting.

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^ Did you really said that the Skylanders look cheaper that the DI figures?
Havent you seen the details on the figures? The paintjob doesnt look horrible neither.They look very proffesional with the whole shadings. They are smaller but they look better. I dont want to have a 20 cm figure. 8cm are enough.

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DI is not a rip-off. But it's not a great game either, from what I've heard...

FAAAAAAR from a great game.

Lightspyro, you mention Skylanders only having three moves? Remember that some also hav combos strung together with A,A,A, A,A,B, and A,A,C. However, let's throw that aside and talk about Infinity figures.

Characters only really get three moves. No extensions, no new combos. Let's use Jack Sparrow for a second. For 90% of the game it was his sword. Sometimes one would use his gun, mainly to blow open gates with gun icons. Late, late, late into the playset, you get the bomb.

Sword, gun, bomb. That's it. I am willing to wager EVERY Infinity character only gets 3 moves. This also begs to question if Toy Box only characters get 3 moves, or are stuck with 2 moves, while still costing the same price as figures that can actually play across all modes of Infinity?

Trust me, if I can save people the money I poured into Infinity, I would love to. The game is a massive ripoff.

And it's silly to even think Skylanders is 3 hours long. The first game, to 100% it, is way longer than 3 hours. The second game is longer than 3 hours as well. You have to go through each level twice to 100% them. 3 to 4 times if you want to 100% the Oracle level in Giants.

I consider myself an expert gamer (hence the name GameMaster), and not even I could run through Skylanders - even having beaten both - games in 3 hours 100% starting with a new save file.

I am willing to wager a mystery gift on it, if anyone can prove me wrong. I want proof that someone can start a new file, and complete each Skylanders game, 100%, in 3 hours or less. Conditions would be Hard Mode for Giants, and I would say Hard Mode for the first game, but it doesn't have a difficulty setting.

Man, you are seriously starting to get on my nerves. I said it before, I'll say it one last time: Try as you might, nothing you can say or do will change my opinion.

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Lightspyro, you mention Skylanders only having three moves? Remember that some also hav combos strung together with A,A,A, A,A,B, and A,A,C. However, let's throw that aside and talk about Infinity figures.

Characters only really get three moves. No extensions, no new combos. Let's use Jack Sparrow for a second. For 90% of the game it was his sword. Sometimes one would use his gun, mainly to blow open gates with gun icons. Late, late, late into the playset, you get the bomb.

I'm not talking about unique, character specific moves; I'm talking about The Controls as a whole. Skylanders literally only has 3 buttons total with nothing amazing, some of the moves of some characters (such as Flying or Fireballs) are nearly identical to those of other characters. With Disney Infinity however, you basically get to use almost every button the Xbox 360 controller's got on it.

And if you call those combos, you're totally nuts. Fighting games like Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Super Smash Bros, Mortal Kombat, and especially Marvel vs Capcom 2; those are games with REAL combos. Skylanders just has pressing 2 buttons and then holding another for a moment, a very shallow combo that doesn't support the already shallow combat (although Disney Infinity's is even more shallow, admittedly). I care not about those, I only care about the amount of buttons use. There's no block button, no jump button (SWAP Force doesn't count), no Punch or Kick Button, etc.

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And it's silly to even think Skylanders is 3 hours long. The first game, to 100% it, is way longer than 3 hours. The second game is longer than 3 hours as well. You have to go through each level twice to 100% them. 3 to 4 times if you want to 100% the Oracle level in Giants.

I consider myself an expert gamer (hence the name GameMaster), and not even I could run through Skylanders - even having beaten both - games in 3 hours 100% starting with a new save file.

Getting 100%, who cares about that? I sure don't. I'm not interested in getting the stars (especially since there isn't even a reward for beating them), I am not a pro-gamer wannabe like you. I only care about the Story Length itself and how long it takes to complete, completely excluding side quests that have no influence on gameplay. To me, the only things of importance are the Amount of Levels and Level Design.

I don't care how cool of a gamer you are (or at least claim to be), will you just leave me alone already?

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Did you really said that the Skylanders look cheaper that the DI figures?
Havent you seen the details on the figures? The paintjob doesnt look horrible neither.They look very proffesional with the whole shadings. They are smaller but they look better. I dont want to have a 20 cm figure. 8cm are enough.

Your opinion, not a fact. Yes I have seen the detail of the figures and in my eyes, the paint is pathetic in my eyes. Their color does not look exactly like themselves in-game (with Spyro being an example too dark) and are pretty damn sloppy, so hell yeah the paint job is horrible (imo at least).

Some of the characters don't even look original or are just plain terrible.

I thought Infinity was supposed to be 90% about the Toy Box. Seems like people are mostly focused on the playsets here. The only thing similar to Skylanders is that they both have toys.

Well, I have seen through Lightspyro here. At first I thought he was just posting his opinion on the matter. However, now I think he really did all of this for the sake of trolling and arguing, as he can't seem to handle others' opinions on the matter.

Know what gets on my nerves, Lightspyro? People who say they're done but can't leave this site. See, even I can admit that sometimes I say I'm done with the franchise, but really am not, but rather I am venting my frustration with the brand.

If you're done, why do you remain here arguing with others' opinions? If you're done, you're done. Adios, done, finito.

Yet you remain to get the last word on those who have opinions other than your own. That's when you know something more is at work here, instead of just stating your claim and moving on. Nah, you wanted people to argue against your statements and it worked with flying colors. Want a cookie?

EXACTLY!!!!!!! hes been trolling pepole on `done with skylanders?` he just want to get our attention so he can create a scene. hes made 2 to many anti-skylanders topics. and lightspyro, you dont have an oppinion anymore; i dont even think you wanted to `list your oppinion` you wanted attention. so you started 2-SUBJECTS yes 2-SUBJECTS to start this!!!!!! and if any of you are also helping me shut this guy up on `done with skylanders?`, then you Know what this means: *throws yet another tomato*

Another topic down the drain...

LightSpyro, I thought I could be critical...but you sir are mega critical. You just made me feel better that there's hope for me. THANKS!

Go spam in Video Gaming on what great new video game you are jumping on. Frankly since I've been around since Space Invaders in '78 and Pong before that so I pretty much feel like it's all been done before.

Do tell, I'm still critical of Skylanders...but I'm still in it to win it.

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Well, I have seen through Lightspyro here. At first I thought he was just posting his opinion on the matter. However, now I think he really did all of this for the sake of trolling and arguing, as he can't seem to handle others' opinions on the matter.

Know what gets on my nerves, Lightspyro? People who say they're done but can't leave this site. See, even I can admit that sometimes I say I'm done with the franchise, but really am not, but rather I am venting my frustration with the brand.

If you're done, why do you remain here arguing with others' opinions? If you're done, you're done. Adios, done, finito.

Yet you remain to get the last word on those who have opinions other than your own. That's when you know something more is at work here, instead of just stating your claim and moving on. Nah, you wanted people to argue against your statements and it worked with flying colors. Want a cookie?

Thank you for not paying attention to most of what I was saying, as well as being oblivious to your own trolling and attacks on my opinions.

1. I said MAYBE I'm done with the Franchise, not 100% sure, I clearly said that I might get SF if my wallet recovers from the hospital, just not immediately at launch. Even if I was 100% done, I clearly said that I would still play the first 2 games from time to time, being done only applies to SF and other future games.

2. You're the one who started the arguments to begin with, not me. You then stated why you hate Disney Infinity so much (also acting as if they were facts) after I said switched over to it (incorrectly thinking its the reason why I stopped playing Skylanders), when I said nothing to you or anything else. You are just another one of those biased extreme Skylander fanboys who attack me when I didn't offend them in the first place. You people attacked my opinions, I only acted like a jerk because they did it first.

Other people have agreed with at least some of my critiques, yet they said they would still buy SF and not DI. I didn't attack them because they were being polite with their opinions and didn't viciously attack me (like Camo Master) or annoy me (like you did). You can disagree with me, but do you have to go ballistic about it?


3. I don't even hate Skylanders (yes I know I called it a pitiful excuse for a game, but I only did it to defend Infinity). In my own topic, I clearly said that the franchise has massive potential to be a much better game than it is now. Problem is, that potential is wasted and the developers rush it to the market, focusing more on toy collecting and the character roster rather than the gameplay and content.

Skylanders is not perfect (or even near perfect) and has more than enough room for improvements. In my opinion, its definitely not better than Disney Infinity in any area other than Combat Systems (which is still shallow anyway) and PvP; it has just as many problems if not more.

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EXACTLY!!!!!!! hes been trolling pepole on `done with skylanders?` he just want to get our attention so he can create a scene. hes made 2 to many anti-skylanders topics. and lightspyro, you dont have an oppinion anymore; i dont even think you wanted to `list your oppinion` you wanted attention. so you started 2-SUBJECTS yes 2-SUBJECTS to start this!!!!!! and if any of you are also helping me shut this guy up on `done with skylanders?`, then you Know what this means: *throws yet another tomato*

Too bad nobody's on your side. Smarter, well-mannered people argue that you are acting very childish and immaturely in my 'Done with Skylanders?' topic, its very obvious and undeniable. Even my old rival Aura24 agrees. You're the pussy who accused me of being a jerk to someone else, even though that person was being a jerk to me, then you showed up and made it even worse.

Give it up man, you're only making yourself look worse.

I honestly think DI And Skylanders are both pretty good games but before you say to me "DI IS AN RIP OFF OF SKYLONDERS", they're nearly different games in terms of gameplay. If you think that skylanders can be the only game to use the toys come to life manuever, you're crazy.

I've played both now and Disney Infinity isn't really like Skylanders at all but neither is it any good.

Skylanders makes more sense to have toys...

Because they came from skylands down to Earth.

But DI where did the toys come from? It isn't in the story at all is it?

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Skylanders makes more sense to have toys...

Because they came from skylands down to Earth.

But DI where did the toys come from? It isn't in the story at all is it?

Hey, not everything has to have a backstory but that also opens possibilities to interesting fanfics of how they popped up here.

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Skylanders makes more sense to have toys...

Because they came from skylands down to Earth.

But DI where did the toys come from? It isn't in the story at all is it?

Hey, not everything has to have a backstory but that also opens possibilities to interesting fanfics of how they popped up here.

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I honestly think DI And Skylanders are both pretty good games but before you say to me "DI IS AN RIP OFF OF SKYLONDERS", they're nearly different games in terms of gameplay. If you think that skylanders can be the only game to use the toys come to life manuever, you're crazy.

It's not that DI is a ripoff of Skylanders, its that it's a ripoff period.

It way more costly in the grand scheme of things. If one were to unlock 100% of the Toy Box, you HAVE to own all DI items, and I added that all up on a previous post.

Skylanders lets you at least only need one Skylander of each element, 1 Giant, and 8 Swap Force types to 100% 3 games. That's far cheaper than what it takes to unlock the full potential of Toy Box Mode in DI.

Of course, it sucks that the game isn't 2 player out of the box, and characters are restricted to their own worlds. That's why I consider it a ripoff.

Once my kids give up on DI, it's going straight to Ebay. In the meantime, I will buy figures for the first game only, to finish out the collection, but that's only if my kids are still playing by October 1st (Woody/Skellington), the 28th (the rest of wave 2 and Toy Story playset). If they quit asking to play (only my oldest daughter asks now, while son and youngest kid went straight back to Skylanders and FFXIV for my son) before October 1st, I will sell what I own of DI and never make the mistake of buying that property again.

It simply costs too much for so many restrictions on what you can do with the figures.

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I honestly think DI And Skylanders are both pretty good games but before you say to me "DI IS AN RIP OFF OF SKYLONDERS", they're nearly different games in terms of gameplay. If you think that skylanders can be the only game to use the toys come to life manuever, you're crazy.

It's not that DI is a ripoff of Skylanders, its that it's a ripoff period.

It way more costly in the grand scheme of things. If one were to unlock 100% of the Toy Box, you HAVE to own all DI items, and I added that all up on a previous post.

Skylanders lets you at least only need one Skylander of each element, 1 Giant, and 8 Swap Force types to 100% 3 games. That's far cheaper than what it takes to unlock the full potential of Toy Box Mode in DI.

Of course, it sucks that the game isn't 2 player out of the box, and characters are restricted to their own worlds. That's why I consider it a ripoff.

Once my kids give up on DI, it's going straight to Ebay. In the meantime, I will buy figures for the first game only, to finish out the collection, but that's only if my kids are still playing by October 1st (Woody/Skellington), the 28th (the rest of wave 2 and Toy Story playset). If they quit asking to play (only my oldest daughter asks now, while son and youngest kid went straight back to Skylanders and FFXIV for my son) before October 1st, I will sell what I own of DI and never make the mistake of buying that property again.

It simply costs too much for so many restrictions on what you can do with the figures.

This.

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I honestly think DI And Skylanders are both pretty good games but before you say to me "DI IS AN RIP OFF OF SKYLONDERS", they're nearly different games in terms of gameplay. If you think that skylanders can be the only game to use the toys come to life manuever, you're crazy.

It's not that DI is a ripoff of Skylanders, its that it's a ripoff period.

It way more costly in the grand scheme of things. If one were to unlock 100% of the Toy Box, you HAVE to own all DI items, and I added that all up on a previous post.

Skylanders lets you at least only need one Skylander of each element, 1 Giant, and 8 Swap Force types to 100% 3 games. That's far cheaper than what it takes to unlock the full potential of Toy Box Mode in DI.

Of course, it sucks that the game isn't 2 player out of the box, and characters are restricted to their own worlds. That's why I consider it a ripoff.

Once my kids give up on DI, it's going straight to Ebay. In the meantime, I will buy figures for the first game only, to finish out the collection, but that's only if my kids are still playing by October 1st (Woody/Skellington), the 28th (the rest of wave 2 and Toy Story playset). If they quit asking to play (only my oldest daughter asks now, while son and youngest kid went straight back to Skylanders and FFXIV for my son) before October 1st, I will sell what I own of DI and never make the mistake of buying that property again.

It simply costs too much for so many restrictions on what you can do with the figures.

I can defintley see where you're coming from here. I guess in the end we have differing opinions.

@Wreckingballbob:

I love how wrecking keeps saying the game sucks when chances are he's only seen gameplay and hasn't played it yet.

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I honestly think DI And Skylanders are both pretty good games but before you say to me "DI IS AN RIP OFF OF SKYLONDERS", they're nearly different games in terms of gameplay. If you think that skylanders can be the only game to use the toys come to life manuever, you're crazy.

It's not that DI is a ripoff of Skylanders, its that it's a ripoff period.

It way more costly in the grand scheme of things. If one were to unlock 100% of the Toy Box, you HAVE to own all DI items, and I added that all up on a previous post.

Skylanders lets you at least only need one Skylander of each element, 1 Giant, and 8 Swap Force types to 100% 3 games. That's far cheaper than what it takes to unlock the full potential of Toy Box Mode in DI.

Of course, it sucks that the game isn't 2 player out of the box, and characters are restricted to their own worlds. That's why I consider it a ripoff.

Once my kids give up on DI, it's going straight to Ebay. In the meantime, I will buy figures for the first game only, to finish out the collection, but that's only if my kids are still playing by October 1st (Woody/Skellington), the 28th (the rest of wave 2 and Toy Story playset). If they quit asking to play (only my oldest daughter asks now, while son and youngest kid went straight back to Skylanders and FFXIV for my son) before October 1st, I will sell what I own of DI and never make the mistake of buying that property again.

It simply costs too much for so many restrictions on what you can do with the figures.

I can defintley see where you're coming from here. I guess in the end we have differing opinions.

@Wreckingballbob:

I love how wrecking keeps saying the game sucks when chances are he's only seen gameplay and hasn't played it yet.

Me???

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It's not that DI is a ripoff of Skylanders, its that it's a ripoff period.

It way more costly in the grand scheme of things. If one were to unlock 100% of the Toy Box, you HAVE to own all DI items, and I added that all up on a previous post.

Skylanders lets you at least only need one Skylander of each element, 1 Giant, and 8 Swap Force types to 100% 3 games. That's far cheaper than what it takes to unlock the full potential of Toy Box Mode in DI.

Of course, it sucks that the game isn't 2 player out of the box, and characters are restricted to their own worlds. That's why I consider it a ripoff.

Once my kids give up on DI, it's going straight to Ebay. In the meantime, I will buy figures for the first game only, to finish out the collection, but that's only if my kids are still playing by October 1st (Woody/Skellington), the 28th (the rest of wave 2 and Toy Story playset). If they quit asking to play (only my oldest daughter asks now, while son and youngest kid went straight back to Skylanders and FFXIV for my son) before October 1st, I will sell what I own of DI and never make the mistake of buying that property again.

It simply costs too much for so many restrictions on what you can do with the figures.

I can defintley see where you're coming from here. I guess in the end we have differing opinions.

@Wreckingballbob:

I love how wrecking keeps saying the game sucks when chances are he's only seen gameplay and hasn't played it yet.

Me???

Sorry if I came out as rude there, but at the lower half of the post, yes. If you've played DI before, i'd like to know.

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I honestly think DI And Skylanders are both pretty good games but before you say to me "DI IS AN RIP OFF OF SKYLONDERS", they're nearly different games in terms of gameplay. If you think that skylanders can be the only game to use the toys come to life manuever, you're crazy.

It's not that DI is a ripoff of Skylanders, its that it's a ripoff period.

It way more costly in the grand scheme of things. If one were to unlock 100% of the Toy Box, you HAVE to own all DI items, and I added that all up on a previous post.

Skylanders lets you at least only need one Skylander of each element, 1 Giant, and 8 Swap Force types to 100% 3 games. That's far cheaper than what it takes to unlock the full potential of Toy Box Mode in DI.

Of course, it sucks that the game isn't 2 player out of the box, and characters are restricted to their own worlds. That's why I consider it a ripoff.

Once my kids give up on DI, it's going straight to Ebay. In the meantime, I will buy figures for the first game only, to finish out the collection, but that's only if my kids are still playing by October 1st (Woody/Skellington), the 28th (the rest of wave 2 and Toy Story playset). If they quit asking to play (only my oldest daughter asks now, while son and youngest kid went straight back to Skylanders and FFXIV for my son) before October 1st, I will sell what I own of DI and never make the mistake of buying that property again.

It simply costs too much for so many restrictions on what you can do with the figures.

I can defintley see where you're coming from here. I guess in the end we have differing opinions.

@Wreckingballbob:

I love how wrecking keeps saying the game sucks when chances are he's only seen gameplay and hasn't played it yet.

Well, I assure you I own everything currently released for Infinity, so my complaints are with merit. I am even selling my dupe discs on Ebay as we speak. I sold Mike's Car a couple of hours ago.

I myself would have only played the playsets, but all of them, except for Pirates, was boring. Pirates was getting boring, too, because all you do, is go from island to island, with ship battles inbetween. There was no variety in the gameplay.

One thing I appreciate about Skylanders, is that not only does it have that arcade-style dungeon grinding type feel, like Gauntlet Legends, but it mixes in different things, like piloting an Arkeyan Copter or Arkeyan Robot, fly on the back of a dragon, play matchmaking card games to progress through a level, use a catapult to bring down a wall (Empire of Ice), shift between the living and undead world, and soon rail grinding.

I like that mix of things.

I wanted to really - as a gamer - give DI the benefit of the doubt. However, it's very mediocre when it comes to the playsets and the variety of what the playsets have to offer. Pirates was all about blowing two types of doors open, either with a gun or a bomb, do a few ship battles, and extremely boring fetch quests for very little rewards.

And I dare say that if DI only had playsets, the game wouldn't be longer than Skylanders. I finished Pirates 100% in six hours and some change. 3 x 6 = 18, and you have an 18 hour game out of the box. The first Skylanders game was around 20-22 hours out of the box, to 100% the game. Giants was shorter, but again, a shorter game compared to another, doesn't automatically mean the longer game has more quality due to length. That brings me back to my example of the first Super Mario Bros. compared to 99% of the games released in the 7th generation of gaming.

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I can defintley see where you're coming from here. I guess in the end we have differing opinions.

@Wreckingballbob:

I love how wrecking keeps saying the game sucks when chances are he's only seen gameplay and hasn't played it yet.

Me???

Sorry if I came out as rude there, but at the lower half of the post, yes. If you've played DI before, i'd like to know.

I have not played the game but I may of got it if it didn't use toys...

But that because I probably wouldn't be able to afford both toy games and it is trying to get more money than Actvision limiting characters to certain play set.

I do believe it is rip off for toys but the gameplay is completly different.

It's funny that Light kept bringing up heroic challenges, because thinking back on my experiences that's pretty much all that Infinity is... it's a series of heroic challenges.
If you haven't played Infinity, imagine all the Heroic Challenges that take place in a single location (like the dungeon). Now imagine that you can run around that location and take missions that start one of the challenges for you to do. Now imagine that location is twenty times bigger. And imagine having to grind those heroic challenge 'missions' over and over again.
Annnnnd that's Infinity... open world areas that make you do the same 'collect 100 coins', 'shoot 12 paintings' and 'beat X number of baddies' missions over, and over, and over again.

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I thought Infinity was supposed to be 90% about the Toy Box. Seems like people are mostly focused on the playsets here. The only thing similar to Skylanders is that they both have toys.

People are focusing on the Playsets because the bulk of the toybox content is locked behind the playsets.
Having said that, I've found the toy box underwhelming too. The fan-made levels Disney chose to make available to download are both boring and buggy, so if that's the cream of the crop my high hopes for the toolset have been somewhat squelshed.

I've made an okay Sugar Rush race track - it took me far longer then I thought it might, mainly because the track refused to line up (the tracks are in pre-set lengths, so if you use too many fancy twists you can end up in a position where it's impossible to match them up again. At the end of the day I could've achieved the same with Little Big Planet and $300 less in toys.

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It way more costly in the grand scheme of things. If one were to unlock 100% of the Toy Box, you HAVE to own all DI items, and I added that all up on a previous post.

Actually, all the DI items AND a RFID bracelet from Disney Land.

That's right - screw anyone who doesn't live in or near a country with a Disney Land, they'll never get to use all the pieces.

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It way more costly in the grand scheme of things. If one were to unlock 100% of the Toy Box, you HAVE to own all DI items, and I added that all up on a previous post.

Actually, all the DI items AND a RFID bracelet from Disney Land.

That's right - screw anyone who doesn't live in or near a country with a Disney Land, they'll never get to use all the pieces.

Wow, that's low...

I haven't been impressed with what I've read about DI, and that doesn't come from just this site. I told my kids I would get DI when it is deeply discounted. By then, they'll be fully into Swap Force and won't care so much about DI.

I bought DI with a Disney store credit and nothing else I wanted to spend it on... It's ok. DS is 5 and while DI appealed to him in store he was done with the game after about 3 hours. Too much repetition and he doesn't understand as much about it. He's back to playing SSA as we got that after giants and he's still finishing it on his profile.
For me, DI toy box mode was interesting and maybe I haven't had enough time to spend with it... It's too open for me and I like clearly defined goals. I'm not giving up yet but it isn't a great game for me right at the beginning. I do plan to give it a little longer as I have only played the incredibles play set and part of pirates. I've felt the power discs, especially in blind packs, are a rip. I still don't understand the need for the physical discs and toys with this game. With Skylanders DS can take his skylander to his friend's or cousin's house and take his own work and progress. It isn't necessary, but it is fun. With DI I was hoping for them to truly make it infinite by being able to add more and more play sets and figures but it seems like it will be very limited and the toys and discs are more capitalizing on the success of skylanders and their own Disney name than truly adding to the game or play... Maybe I haven't spent enough time with it yet. I do like Disney magic and all and I've enjoyed vacations to Disney world but so far the game feels lacking, much like the Disney websites being very difficult to navigate. Beyond the fact that there are toys, skylanders and DI are completely different.

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It way more costly in the grand scheme of things. If one were to unlock 100% of the Toy Box, you HAVE to own all DI items, and I added that all up on a previous post.

Actually, all the DI items AND a RFID bracelet from Disney Land.

That's right - screw anyone who doesn't live in or near a country with a Disney Land, they'll never get to use all the pieces.

WTF...

i play this game, it's not as good as skylanders.

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It's funny that Light kept bringing up heroic challenges, because thinking back on my experiences that's pretty much all that Infinity is... it's a series of heroic challenges.
If you haven't played Infinity, imagine all the Heroic Challenges that take place in a single location (like the dungeon). Now imagine that you can run around that location and take missions that start one of the challenges for you to do. Now imagine that location is twenty times bigger. And imagine having to grind those heroic challenge 'missions' over and over again.
Annnnnd that's Infinity... open world areas that make you do the same 'collect 100 coins', 'shoot 12 paintings' and 'beat X number of baddies' missions over, and over, and over again.

This is exactly how DI plays.

Shout outs to all you fellow Portal Masters - thanks for all the kind words -- it was fun doing the show and talking about Skylanders and Disney Infinity. If you've been following things on my channel you'll see plenty of videos for both BUT I'm definitely a bigger fan of Skylanders can't wait to start doing some Swap Force gameplay videos -- one more month to go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQpRngtDRAk