I must admit that I never had the chance to play the original Disney Infinity, partially because it looked to be far too young for me to enjoy and still too old for my daughter who had just turned 4. This year however, things have changed in my house. My now 5yr old daughter is taking notice of games and asking to participate with my gaming so to me it was a no-brainer. Disney Infinity needed to come home this year and thankfully, we were provided a review copy by our Disney Infinity reps.

The starter kit comes with a base station, a replica of Avengers Tower and 3 members of the Avengers – Black Widow, Thor and Iron Man. The little collectible toys look sharp and feel fairly weighty. What we found in the game was something that offers little for the more seasoned gamer like myself, but, it’s a treasure box of fun and excitement for the casual and younger gamer such as my daughter.

Diving right into the game, we found ourselves in a open world version of New York. After figuring out the controls I found the fighting to be rather cumbersome with the Y button being the primary attack but after some thought, I can only assume this decision was made to accommodate the smaller hands of the target demographic. Immediately my daughter and I set out on our adventure.

It didn’t take her long to figure out how to control the camera and move about the city far better than her mother ever could and in short order, we found coins to collect which, once found, allows for other that toy (Sold separately). What we quickly learn is that Loki and the Frost Giants are trying to take over the city and turn it into their own private playground. Throughout our adventure, we met many other characters from the Marvel Universe and were given various missions within the city.

Completing missions and beating the bad guys awards the player with experience. With each level up the player can then add points to a skill tree unique to each character making every one play differently resulting in a different feeling game as we switch between them.

As much fun as my daughter and I had playing through the Avengers campaign, the real meat and potatoes of Disney Infinity 2.0 is the toy box mode. This is the player generated content mode where you get the opportunity to build your own worlds from scratch, start out with a pre-made template or just download any of the levels created by other members of the community. Some of which are genuinely amazing and a real treat to play keeping this title fun and fresh for months if not years to come.

All in all, I would say this was a very successful outing. It accomplished everything they set out to do and everything I was hoping for. A fun little title that’s great for everyone in the family young and old. There was no shortage of “WOW Dad. check this out!!” and absolute belly filled laughter as my little one picked people up flew around the city holding them and chucking them into the water, flying head first into the side of a building or just beating up the bad guys and saving the world. Tonight – I have a date with a 5yr old to do some good old fashioned bad guy smashing and I can’t wait.

Feed Your Console gives Disney Infinity 2.0 an 8 out of 10

Pros:
Accessible controls for young kids
Toy Box Mode
Split Screen multiplayer
Collectible figures are of decent quality

Cons:
Online 4 person multiplayer is restricted to Toy Box Mode only
$13 for extra characters