Comments on: A Chat With Warren Spector, Part II: “Be A Mouse”

By: ominouspenguin

ominouspenguin — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 12:01:48 +0000

I think half the trouble is it’s so obvious that designers have created the options for the gamer to chose.
The gamer may make a decision, but it’s simply which pre-designed branch of the story to go down. It doesn’t really feel like you’re making much of a choice at all.

By: meji

meji — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:24:29 +0000

Well Epic Mickey had epic control issues and the camera was the “worst camera in gaming” hands down. Hopefully Epic Mickey 2 can work around that, until then it’s in my “not” box.

By: pinothyj

pinothyj — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:57:09 +0000

[color=#063fe8]Do not forget: DE: HR is game of the month for Playstation Plus…[/color]

By: bronzed

bronzed — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:02:37 +0000

Interesting…

so presumably the design choice he made should appeal to the adult segment of the audience, yeah i can see that i suppose… but i presume judging from the sentence he used that this isn’t exactly how it is working out in the actual practice..?

By: James O'Connor

James O'Connor — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:00:27 +0000

bronzed: Whoa, i see the quote and reply function just went online… whopse sorry uhhh oh that’s right where was i, ahh… just curious, who exactly is the target audience for Epic Mickey??? i mean, is it the young adult audience? (i am not sure how many teens even know mickey these days).

Basically, the target audience was 'kids and adults'. 7% of players were in the 13-17 bracket. It appeals to kids because they love Mickey now, and it appeals to adults because they either remember how much they *used* to love Mickey, or have continued to love Mickey. Apparently the split was 53% adult, 7% teenagers, 40% kids.

By: bronzed

bronzed — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:39:15 +0000

Whoa, i see the quote and reply function just went online…

whopse sorry uhhh oh that’s right where was i,

ahh… just curious, who exactly is the target audience for Epic Mickey???

i mean, is it the young adult audience? (i am not sure how many teens even know mickey these days).

By: korbain

korbain — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:41:13 +0000

“maybe I’ll go back and make a game that in content and tone is more like Deus Ex one day”

that’s all i needed to hear from him lol if there is a god, he will make another game like that!

By: Tim Colwill

Tim Colwill — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:14:08 +0000

groggdogg: it did say epic mickey 2 will be multi-platform incl pc.

Oh snap, you're right! Guess I should look into that, then.

By: groggdogg

groggdogg — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:56:19 +0000

it did say epic mickey 2 will be multi-platform incl pc.

By: bek

bek — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:50:08 +0000

Pretty much what Tim said.. sounds quite interesting, as is the clarification on what he meant by the ultra-violence thing.

By: Cas Bitton

Cas Bitton — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:49:00 +0000

I don’t even own a Wii anymore though, so that’s a problem.

I’ll lend you mine for the week sometime! :)

By: Tim Colwill

Tim Colwill — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:21:04 +0000

Man, this actually made me pretty interested in Epic Mickey!

Games that have proper choice and consequence are so rare – if it’s even a bit as good as he says, it could be something to really enjoy.

I don’t even own a Wii anymore though, so that’s a problem.

By: diamondd

diamondd — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:24:16 +0000

Sorry Warren, Mickey hasn’t been cool/relevant for decades.