Variety above all else is the focus here: there's a stealth section, flying sections, racing sections – but nothing rises above the level of mediocre pastiche. Regular checkpoints means you'll advance quickly, but not without dozens of deaths you'll blame on the programmer's shortcomings rather than your own. Meanwhile, as you progress through the story mode elements of the game, the control and camera problems persist – fundamentals for what is, for the most part, a 3D platformer. Missions invariably involve searching for things – with no map offered, infuriatingly – or simple repetitive tasks. It's probably here where most of the game's longevity lies, but, while it may be ambitious, it's a poor relation to the games it's trying to imitate. This is a real departure from your standard licensed fare, and developers Avalanche deserve plaudits for trying something different. It's effectively Red Dead Junior, as your selected character wanders around an Old West-style toytown, helping out locals and unlocking new items and missions. Much critical attention has deservedly been paid to the game's open-world, Red Dead Redemption-like Toy Box mode. Toy Story 3: Buzz hovers above a wild west town
It really feels like you're entering the Toy Story world – the use of licence here is exemplary. A great deal of effort has been made to make it match up to the quality of its big-screen relation – with mixed results.īefitting the franchise's first seventh-generation release, you can't help but be struck on first impressions by how close the characters are to those you've seen on the big screen, both cosmetically and in their voices and movements. Thankfully this section is only a small part of a varied and commendably ambitious experience. Finish the stage through a combination of persistence and luck and the only satisfaction you'll feel is that you'll never have to play through it again. Jumping over large gaps or firing at enemies is impossible to judge accurately with the fixed camera angle offered.
Sadly, it's not long before the cartoony action is undermined by frustrating level design and dodgy controls. It's big and colourful fun that's hard to dislike. L oad up Toy Story 3 and within moments you're barrelling on horseback through a hazardous canyon, dodging bright red projectiles fired by a pig in a pink spaceship.
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