A new kid on the block
The incredibly arcade road crossing game Crossy Road is back again, this time filled with your favorite Disney stars.
The imaginative name for this amalgamation Disney Crossy Road
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Why did Buzz Lightyear cross the road?
If you have played the original Crossy Road then
do not expect Disney Crossy Road to add anything mechanically to the formula
. The same tight arcade action has you taping the screen to move your character forward, while swipes left, right, and back have them move in the desired direction.
Simple, and a perfect modern mobile take on
Atari’s classic arcade game
Frogger.
Disney Crossy Road keeps
the original’s isometric blocky style
that gives the feel of playing with models made from LEGO. 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.
Inside out
Where Disney Crossy Road does mix things is with its characters. Bringing in Disney stars from all manner of movies, each one is a beautifully blocky representation of a familiar face.
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.
It is only when I start
unlocking more characters
that I realize the variety Disney Crossy Road injects. My second character is Rapunzel from Entangled, and suddenly the world is completely changed into knights and other medieval items. Next Buzz Lightyear unlocks a toy world, and so on as I realize
every film has its own environment to navigate
.
Better 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.
It ain’t no passing craze!
Disney Crossy Road is
a fantastic little package
that wonderfully combines its two properties. Original? No, but none the worse for it.