Castle of Illusion Review
January 24, 2012 Leave a Comment
I recently was reintroduced to Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse for the MegaDrive. Castle of Illusion was one of the very first games I played for the MegaDrive and still an endearing and fun game. Here’s my review of it…
Gameplay: 4/5 – The controls are simple and very responsive which is good. Mickey has decent hang-time during jumps and you can even get a projectile attack for taking out enemies you can’t jump on. The platforming is quite challenging at times but never intolerably so. However, I do wish Mickey would walk a bit faster.
Graphics: 5/5 – The graphics are ver lively and colourful, in other words, perfect for a Mickey Mouse game. There’s tons of variety with the level designs, from the standard forest and cave levels to the colourful toy and candy lands. The enemy designs are quite silly, but I feel appropriate for a game like this.
Animation: 5/5 – There’s a lot of high quality work here, especially on Mickey, but the cutscenes and boss animations are also pretty solid. The full-score comes particularly for the care that was taken with the ending animations.
Music: 4/5 – Very cheery as you might imagine but also very appropriate for the game. The tunes put me in a good mood and they’re quite well orchestrated even if they may not be the most memorable pieces around. Very good none the less.
Sound: 3/5 – Really nothing special but appropriate for the game.
Replay value: 3/5 – The game has three difficulty modes which help you build up experience if you find the game too challenging from the start. The game is also well-designed and therefore a lot of fun to play, but also quite short with only some 10+ levels. Still, for a game designed to be finished as a single session, it’s quite challenging.
Score: 80% – Sega crunched out a high quality Mickey title back in the day and it is still my favourite game to feature the iconic Disney mascot. If you want to play a colourful, fun and well-designed platformer on the MegaDrive, I definitely recommend giving this one a go.
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