Infinity

Anyone else seen this?? Ah! Okay, I have to admit, my inner child squealed at the idea of playing this game. I mean, disney+video games, seriously? Where could this go wrong?

It's a shame Disney didn't do it first. For those of you who might not know, there is already a game like this out there called Skylander. You have to collect all the figures at $6-10 a pop and that's how you unlock more content in the game. It's a cash cow for the company producing it. The parent in you may be thinking, "Wow, what a rip off! You could drop hundreds of dollars on the figures." Then there will be expansion packs and more figures, just like Skylander.

When I was a kid we devoted all of our time to defeating the neighbor's newest video games. We sat there as a group, taking turns if someone needed a break. We knew who was better at certain types of levels. As a group we were unstoppable. I have no problem with my kids playing video games. We will sit here as a family taking turns playing Zelda some weekends.

Game companies make tons of money off sequels and spinoffs of popular games. Knight of the Old Republic for example. LOVED the first game, waited and waited for the second. It was a bit disappointing, but I still would have bought the next edition because I loved playing in the Star Wars universe. What did they do to make more money consistently? They brought out an online role playing game instead. As much as I would love to play it, I don't have hours to devote to it. I need games with levels, save points, and pause buttons.

When I saw Skylander I thought long and hard about it, but I began to see too many similarities between online role playing games and this set up. The game never ends, there is always another figure to buy and another piece to unlock. Then about the time you run out of missions, the next expansion pack comes out. It's like they are training kids for the next step, never ending hours spent on the computer.

So, all I can say is, it's both wonderful and a shame that Disney didn't do it first. I would have gone straight to collector mode and bought the Disney version without question like a good little consumer. Now to try and convince my husband we don't need it :)

Edited to add: After giving Chris my speech on why I thought it was a bad idea he responded with, "It's a gateway drug to WOW." I thought that was too funny to not share.