So i picked up 3.0, not owning a previous version of the game. I was always under the impression that Infinity was just the playsets, and the toybox, and that was it. I find navigating 3.0 to be a chore, load screens are everywhere (I'm playing on the Xbox One). Almost nothing is really well explained, you just have to experiment to find out what it does. The "Toybox" part of the game feels almost hidden, as they don't show it in any of the initial tutorial sequences, you have to find it. This game has so many things going on, between sidekicks, interiors, playsets, toyboxes, themed toyboxes, power discs, kart racing, it all just feels interconnected. For example I can't use my sidekick in any of the playsets. Why? How do you get new sidekicks? It's not explained. Also nowhere on the packaging do they note that you can't use 1.0 or 2.0 playsets in 3.0. I understand why they don't work, but maybe the previous playsets should just be offered as free downloads for people that purchase the playsets? It's confusing when the previous figures work, but not the playsets. In the end i'm left with the fact that this game is supposed to be a kids game, but it feels unpolished compared to the competition. Skylanders has other problems (The idea that you need to purchase more figures just to see content is shitty), but atleast the game is polished and easy to comprehend.

I could maybe see how not having played the first 2 games that 3.0 could seem confusing. For me, I've just been along for the ride and each game has been an improvement over the last. If you talk to the little characters in the Toy Box Hub, they will give you short tutorials on how to do things.

I also agree that 1.0 and 2.0 playsets should work with the latest game, given the fact that 3.0 is in stores now and you can be in that same aisle and purchase a 1.0 playset with figures and it wouldn't even work. I bought all the old playsets and I would even be willing to pay $5 per playset if it meant I could use them in 3.0. I know it would require some work for them, especially 1.0, because of the way 2.0 was so much different. But I can't believe 2.0 playsets didn't carry over to 3.0.....

Wait a minute? According to their website all 2.0 and 1.0 playsets work with 3.0 reference https://infinity.disney.com/compatibility but 3.0 won't work with 2.0 or 1.0.

COMPATIBILITY DETAILS

With Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition, all of your previous Disney Infinity 1.0 and 2.0 Figures and Power Discs will be compatible and work in the Disney Infinity 3.0 Toy Box. Here are some specifics

Figures and Power Discs, not play sets.

"All previous Disney Infinity 1.0 and 2.0 Play Sets (Toy Story, The Lone Ranger, Pirates of the Caribbean, Monsters University, The Incredibles, Cars, Marvel’s the Avengers, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Marvel's Spider-Man) will not work in the Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Video Game Software. However, all Play Set Pieces will unlock all associated Play Set Toys for use within the Disney Infinity Toy Box 3.0."

Yeah it's a weird thing not to move forward. It seems like the rationale is that all of the playsets are on the disc, and that you only use the game piece to unlock the content. It's just weird to not carry them over when theoretically the game is running off of the same engine (as all characters and power discs still work). I would love to pickup the Guardians of the Galaxy set, but I don't feel like finding a lone disc for 2.0 (Since I have the portal for 3.0 which I believe is backwards compatible with 2.0) and starting an entirely new save in Disney Infinity 2.0. It's lame.