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Disney Infinity 2 vs Skylanders Trap Team 2
Cordova, TN; November 3, in the year of our Lord 2014--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is keeping their word on continuing to
analyze the Skylanders franchise versus the Disney Infinity
franchise. At this point in time we have played through and
completely reviewed both Disney Infinity 2.0, and Skylanders
Trap Team. There have been spirited debates about the pros and
cons of both franchises. Will Disney Infinity 2.0 remain at the
top of the Family Friendly Gaming toy/video game food chain?
Will Skylanders Trap Team capture the title? Read on, friends,
read on.
There was all kinds of excitement over Disney Infinity 2.0
coming out of E3 2014. Unfortunately some of the things we were
told did not come to pass. The one improvement in Disney
Infinity 2.0 is the continuous storyline. We know why we are
doing different missions. The downside is Disney Infinity 2.0
takes two to three hours to beat a Playset. What comes in the
Starter Kit is much less as well. The whole getting to play with
any Marvel character in any Marvel Playset turned out to be
false. We can only play with certain characters after running
all around town collecting all their tokens. The original base
in Disney Infinity is still playable with Disney Infinity 2.0.
However you still need to purchase the Starter Kit so there is
no cost savings there. The Toy Box is still fun to mess around
with.
Skylanders Trap Team forces families to purchase a new portal,
and Starter Kit. Which is equal to what is done by Disney
Infinity 2.0 essentially. The storyline in Skylanders Trap Team
is continuous. Well technically all of the Skylanders games have
continuous storylines. Skylanders Trap Team (home console) takes
around twelve to fifteen hours to beat. So it definitely feels
like we get our moneys worth out of the Starter Kit. There are
plenty of mini games, and reasons to replay levels in Skylanders
Trap Team. The traps are cheap, and allow us to play with enemy
characters for a limited amount of time. The 3DS version of
Skylanders Trap Team contains its very own story that is
interesting and engaging. The 3DS version has also shown major
improvements.
So the end analysis at this time is Disney Infinity 2.0 took a
step backwards, and Skylanders Trap Team has taken a step
forwards. Which means at this point in time we are giving the
crown to Activision, Toys for Bob, and Beenox. We see the edge
has moved to the Skylanders franchise. Disney Infinity 2.0 is
not that far behind. As Disney Interactive continues to release
Playsets there is a possibility for this to be reversed. Family
Friendly Gaming keeps an open mind about that. The humor in
Skylanders Trap Team is one of the things that won us over at
this point in time. Can Disney Infinity 2.0 redeem itself in the
coming months? Time will tell. If Disney Infinity 2.0 can catch
up to Skylanders Trap Team, or surpass it we will work on
another update to this toy/video game competition.
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming