Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Edition

* Influence Central received a complimentary sample of Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Edition in order facilitate this review. All of the opinions expressed are our own.

The game Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Edition is a very unique game where you can do many things such as play the Avengers level, build a town, create a racetrack and even build your own games.

One of the first things that you will notice about the Marvel pack is that it comes with a clear version of Stark Tower which allows you to unlock an exclusive Avengers level. In this level you will unlock a special vehicle called the SHIELD motorbike. The graphics in the game make the characters look very plastic, like they are toys instead of the more realistic graphics some games have. I personally like this because it gives you a feeling that you’re playing with toys.

The controls are basic and easy to learn because the game starts with a tutorial where you play as a various number of Disney characters such as: Aladdin, Tinkerbell, Merida, and Stitch. Once you complete the tutorial you can play the Avengers level (which is included in the Disney Infinity Marvel pack) or you can play the Toy Box (my personal favorite so far). However, I found on my Xbox360 that some of the scene changes may take a little while to load.

The Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Edition Features: Thor, Iron man, Black Widow, the Avengers Level, the Disney infinity 2.0 disc, two power discs and the Infinity Base. The Avengers level is very well thought out level in which the frost giants have invaded the tower and you need to stop them from terrorizing the tower and the city. I think the Avengers level is a very exciting, action-packed level which even has some Marvel humor from Tony Stark- play the level to see what he says. The characters (Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, and probably anyone else I haven’t experimented yet) are very similar to the characters in the comic books and movies. The characters are programmed to talk to each other occasionally using each other’s names. This amazed me once I first heard it because most games don’t have that sort of creativity.

One of the things I noticed about the Avengers tower level was that you get an exclusive vehicle called the SHIELD motorbike. The SHIELD motorbike is a very fast motorbike equipped with the helicopter loadout that shoots out whenever you press The Y button (XBOX360)/ the triangle button (ps3/ps4). Each character is very unique in their actions as well as their abilities. Upgrades to powers ranged from the simple stat. increase to special abilities like Black Widow’s widows veil which turns her invisible for a certain amount of time. I especially like their powers they are very similar to what I’ve seen in comics and movies. Some characters are more long range like Hawkeye, and some are more melee or close range such as Black Widow. Then there are the characters who can fly such as Iron Man and Thor. Depending on which character you play as you will have a different play style. Teaming up with friends can make your own “Marvel Team-up”. My favorite character is Black Widow because of her very close range fighting style and she has great upgrades.

The Toy Box is one of my favorite features because you can be very creative and build basically anything you can imagine. Building is simple. You can build something like a tree house from scratch and anyone could do it. There is a tutorial that teaches you a bit about how to build and play in the Toy Box. In the Toy Box you have Disney items from a long time ago such as the old Autopia cars which play the old safety message when you ride in them; and you also have newer things such as ships and other items from the Guardians of the Galaxy. Unlocking new achievements in the game or the Toy Box can get you new items in the Toy Box, Also whenever you play as a new character you get a toy box mini townspeople version of that character.

The Toy Box has classic Disney material from movies, TV, and the theme parks. What I love about this is that you can place a Cinderella castle next to a giant race track and fly around in an attack copter. Mixing up worlds can make things interesting! You can even share your Toy Box creations online so that other people can play them.

I personally think this is a very good game overall. The only reason we didn’t have Disney Infinity before now was because we thought it would be a lot like Skylanders. We thought it would be similar because you have toys that appear in the game and a base that transports them into the game. But now that we have this, I think Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Edition is a great game because the characters in Disney Infinity are ones that we know and love. With the Disney Infinity characters, you can be creative and the more characters you purchase, the more items you unlock in the toy box and the more adventures you can have.

And now that Disney owns the Star Wars characters, I am just waiting and hoping for the Disney Infinity STAR WARS edition! So Disney Infinity, PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE MAKE STAR WARS CHARACTERS!!!

When Matthew Calandro isn’t reviewing video games, he is busy with school and planning his future career in the video game industry. He’s 11 and the son of Mom Central’s Chief Mom Connector, Eileen Calandro.