


The game is essentially a reskinned Crossy Road (you know, the one by Aussie-based Hipster Whale that we included in a 10-best Aussie games list). Original? No, but none the worse for it.Disney Crossy Road has been out for a couple weeks now, and I can say with ease I have spent far too much of my time tapping and flicking those gosh darn cute pixellated Disney characters to their deaths. It ain’t no passing craze!ĭisney Crossy Road is a fantastic little package that wonderfully combines its two properties. Next Buzz Lightyear unlocks a toy world, and so on as I realize every film has its own environment to navigate.īetter still, characters unlock at a good rate with only 100 coins needed to get a new one and coins regularly gifted to you… though of course you can pay if you are inpatient or really want a specific character. My second character is Rapunzel from Entangled, and suddenly the world is completely changed into knights and other medieval items. It is only when I start unlocking more characters that I realize the variety Disney Crossy Road injects. Starting with Mickey Mouse himself, I am treated to the typical road crossing gameplay: trying to hop through busy traffic, work my way around trees, and using logs to cross rivers. Bringing in Disney stars from all manner of movies, each one is a beautifully blocky representation of a familiar face. Where Disney Crossy Road does mix things is with its characters. It is a look now seen often, but the first game took it to a new level and popularized it in a way few games before it had. Simple, and a perfect modern mobile take on Atari’s classic arcade game Frogger.ĭisney Crossy Road keeps the original’s isometric blocky style that gives the feel of playing with models made from LEGO.
