This is of course par for the course with the franchise, and the additional power of the PlayStation 4 hasn’t been used as well as you might have hoped from one generation to the next, but the clean, bright colour and silly humour combine to create a game that’s inoffensive as you would hope for something that’s designed for pre-teen kids first and foremost. The visuals, dialogue, and character designs all look like they’re something directly from a Sunday morning cartoon. Skylanders Trap Team also does nail the kind of experience that young kids are into these days. These crystals do a great job in encouraging people to spend even more money on even more plastic things to be able to collect ’em all, but they do add variety to the package. Within Trap Team there are also “crystals” that players can use to trap bad guys, and then use them in their adventures as well. Because there are areas within the game that are locked off to people that don’t have a miniature of the right type, Skylanders is constantly encouraging players to spend more cash in order to see the whole game, but it is worth saying that you can complete the story with the default starter pack. The presentation of the toys and portal are gorgeous The plastics in use are high quality and the miniatures look like a perfect replica of themselves in the game. They can then control their toy and use him/ her/ it to explore some basic, light puzzle platform environments. As with previous games in the series players will slam down miniatures onto a specially-designed “portal,” and this sill summon that miniature into the game world. Trap Force is the latest in the Skylanders series, and while it’s not the most innovative game, it’s the kind of game that kids who are already fans of Skylanders will get right into.
Now Skylanders needs to compete with not only the might of Disney, which has a fan base so loyal that they would literally buy poop if it had Mickey Mouse ears, but Nintendo’s decided to join the party too with its Amiibo line… and anyone who thinks that Mario and Zelda miniatures are going to be anything short of a resounding success needs to have their heads checked.īecause the outlay for these kinds of games are so expensive (there’s only so many plastic miniatures that you can spend money on before you start to feel like a horder, and most parents are sure as hell not going to buy into multiple series for their kids), Skylanders has gone from being the only player in this particular party to one with incredibly stiff competition.
After coming up with what was nothing short of a brilliant commercial idea (a game that relies on collectible miniatures!) Skylanders proved itself to be too popular. I feel a little sorry for Toys for Bob, the developers of the Skylanders franchise.
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