Disney Epic Mickey Collector's Edition: Prima Official Game Guide

 (7 customer reviews)

I bought this strategy guide primarily because I have the Special Edition of "Epic Mickey," and I thought that the special strategy guide would be cool to have.

I have not had any issues using the guide to help me get past parts of the game, but I will admit, I haven't had to use it much. What I have had to use it for I have found easy to locate in the guide and easy to follow.

I also have to comment on the book itself. It's BEAUTIFUL. The cover is great, the pictures inside are great, and the limited art cell that comes in the package is just spectacular. I actually went and got a frame for the art cell, it's that awesome looking.

If you're looking for a guide for "Epic Mickey," or just looking for something cool to add to your game shelf, you can't really go wrong with this.

Writing a walkthrough/strategy guide for a complex video game like Epic Mickey must not be easy. A reviewer must play the game multiple times trying different variations of choice in order to cover all the combinations of storyline and make sure all pick-ups and rewards are found - if just to cover everything for the reader who wants to believe the guide is a comprehensive one, fool proof and complete. I've been through Epic Mickey twice now - once without the guide and once with it. Though Searle claims a player may have to go through the game at least 3 times to recover every item and "complete" the game, I'm not yet convinced his guide is complete. I was very careful to cover every point, follow every direction he makes yet am still short by a handful of pins. I don't believe I missed anything he said. I was meticulously and purposefully trying to do a perfect game since I figured the guide should have every possible pick-up listed. It should be impossible that I am short the...Read more

The guides is very handy in getting around Wasteland. I try to see if I can pick up things without the book, and then refer to it before finishing up an area.