When the Epic Mickey series was first announced there was initially shock and awe at the awesome screenshots and concept art that the game was thought to offer. To add credibility to the game's potential, Warren Spector, the behind the Deus Ex series, was the game's lead designer and Disney enthusiast. When Epic Mickey was finally released in the winter of 2010 the fans gave it a warm reception, but its wonky camera was not so well received. It was considered too unresponsive for a platformer of modern times. However, despite the outcries of things that the game did not live up to it did sell 1.3 million copies over the course of a year.
Then in 2012 Warren Spector announces the sequel to Epic Mickey, and the world is excited at the prospects of a sequel to the original that improved the faults that many fans detracted from the game being really good. Despite the popularity of the game, however, Epic Mickey 2 was met with fierce criticism and only sold 270,000 copies, which is abysmal compared to that of the original.
With the poor reception of Epic Mickey 2 the long term health of the series is in question. Where will the series go from here? Here are some possibilities:
- Disney forces Warren Spector to abandon the series and never makes any more Epic Mickey Games.
- Warren Spector does make EPic Mickey 3 but makes it more in line with the original in terms of its dark atmospherics. He delivers on his promises and makes the game the best in the series, which spur another handheld game of some kind.
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