Jellybeans allow your toon to purchase gags, which are used against Cogs (since jokes are their only weakness). From here, you can travel around Toontown performing Toon Tasks and collecting jellybeans - the choice of currency in Toontown. Once activated, the Cog begins to produce other Cogs in order to suck all the fun out of Toontown and change it into a business complex.Īfter installation is complete, Mickey or Minnie Mouse guide players through an easy to navigate Toon creation screen (who your guide is depends on whether you're a boy or girl). Envisioning the financial opportunity worker Cogs would present (and totally ignoring the 'Do Not Touch' sign), Scrooge activates the Cog. While visiting his inventor friend Gyro, Scrooge McDuck comes across his latest creation, a robot called a Cog.
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During installation, a Flash movie plays that sets up the premise behind the game. This process takes only a few minutes over a broadband connection, but some Toons using a 56k connection told me their downloads took as long as 45 minutes to an hour.
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Downloading the game is free, but it does carry a monthly fee of around 10 dollars (a free three-day trial is also available for those who unsure about the game). The game begins by creating an account at the Toontown Online site and installing the game via a download. Unlike other online games, there is no 'offline' option to the game. For the uninitiated, this means that you'll take the role as one character in a massive online world populated by other players. It's not the most impressive package, and there's definitely room for improvement, but the package works.Īs previously mentioned, Toontown Online is Disney's unique take on the MMORPG market. The in-game tunes and effects provide a nice, peppy backdrop during your adventures that never get in the way of anything else. Sound is fun and functional, but nothing you'll remember once you exit the game. Toon animations are smooth, but have a more low-key Disney feel, rather than the over-the-top Warner Brother's feel. The character creation screen, as well as the 'closet option' in your house, allow for lots of variety between character's looks. Player models (or should I say 'player-toons') have a cartoony look reminiscent of the character style found in 1930's Disney Cartoons like 'Steamboat Willie' and 'The Barnyard Concert'. In fact, sharp-eyed players will even recognize a few landmarks from the park, like Disneyland's 'Jolly Trolley'. Just roaming around Toontown and reading the many humorous store facades (such as 'The Kaboomery: If it explodes, we've got loads!') was a blast and at times made me feel like I was walking through a virtual park. Buildings are big, brightly colored and show off an architecture befitting a toon building. The simplicity of it all really helps to immerse players in the feeling that they're in Toontown, and really fits with the style presented in Toontown at the Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts. The graphics in Toontown Online are simple, yet nice. Toontown Online is Disney's new entry into the MMORPG market and seeks to offer families with small children an online alternative to slaying trolls in Everquest. A massively multi-player online RPG is one of the last things I would have ever expected to see from the house of mouse, but here it is, in all its toony glory.