Disney's Toontown Online

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 50 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 50
  3. Negative: 11 out of 50
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  1. Linkster
    Aug 17, 2015
    10
    This game is fantastic, you get to throw pies and squirt businessmen that are just trying to go to work, and then you get rewarded for it in jellybeans, then you take down their headquarters by killing the CEO's. 10/10 would recommend to children of all ages.
  2. LukeScott
    Feb 21, 2005
    10
    Been playing ToonTown for a couple years, and I love it!

    I found this fan-site that helps you with your toontasks (http://www.toontask.com). It's a great tool because it has every ToonTask you can get, and points you to the shop keeper on a map. Has helped me and my family a lot.
  3. Carooff
    Feb 19, 2014
    10
    CURSE YOU DISNEY FOR SHUTTING DOWN MY CHILDHOOD IN FAVOUR OF CLUB F***ING PENGUIN!!!!!!!

    (extra space to fill out review, nothing to see here, move along.)
  4. Segacritic1998
    Sep 19, 2013
    9
    I am going to miss this game so much! The game was a fun classic game that was fun and silly. The combat is so so but fair the huge world is so fun to explore and the fanbase was really friendly. If this game was still running (Shutdown on 9/19/2013 12:00 pm PT) kids would have loved it but oh well. The game may be gone but we will always remember for what it was.
  5. BritMboh
    Sep 15, 2013
    9
    Truly a unique game. The best MMO ever made for kids. The combat is easy to learn, hard to master, and there is tons (or should I say 'toons!') of appeal for teens and adults, both in gameplay and some of the references. Grinding boss battles is too tedious for most kids, but in general this is, erm, was, the perfect child MMO. What a shame it finally had to close.
  6. MilesTailsPro
    Oct 24, 2014
    10
    This has got to be one of the greatest games I have played, to be honest. The graphics? FUN! The battles? FUN! The tasks? Kinda repetitive, but still fun. The game play? FUN! I will never know why Toontown would of closed for a horrible game such as... cccffffuuufffffeewwwkkdhajdAWDHasjxkhbKJBXJHfsxhmjfgnGVCcsnbCCCC CLUB *@&!ING PENGUIIIIIIN!
  7. hoanhunter
    Jul 4, 2016
    10
    I was so sad when this closed. Seems like the only real cogs were Disney themselves. But, the game was excellent. It was my first MMO ever back when it was out, and I loved it to the fullest. The private servers capture the same essence (although without the field offices and Doodles) and, even better, you don't have to pay to access anything.
  8. Red_Xlll
    Jun 30, 2017
    8
    Pros
    - Fun gameplay
    - Simple to learn strategy
    - Great for kids
    - Unique world
    - Great interactivity
    - Enjoyable minigames

    Cons
    - VERY grindy
    - Often repetitive
  9. rjfoxtrot
    Mar 22, 2013
    9
    This was the first mmorpg I've ever played, and I'm glad it was! Toontown had a really big impression on my childhood. I would spend hours playing because it was quirky and fun, which all kids love. The best part was my parents were ok with me playing it because it has nothing bad in it. The best kids' mmorpg out there!
  10. GageZ.
    Nov 9, 2005
    10
    Theres NOTHING better than this!
  11. TaraB.
    Aug 7, 2006
    10
    This gamed was awesome when i was 13 and im now 17 and its still great!
  12. ZacharyA.
    Oct 21, 2004
    10
    I dont want to subscribe but i want to play forever this is my future.
  13. NathanS.
    Jul 23, 2005
    10
    This Game! Oh don't get me started on it! Cause I won't stop playing it! "It so does not reek!"
  14. MikeD.
    Dec 5, 2004
    10
    This game is madd fun.
  15. MikeyD.
    Dec 5, 2004
    10
    This is a good game.
  16. Abby
    May 22, 2005
    10
    This game rocks! I would play this my whole life! Mabey when Im 99.
  17. TsukasaHiiragi
    Aug 28, 2015
    0
    This review is also for the private servers // Toontown Infinite and Toontown Rewritten.

    Even though this game is now dead, but new private servers are surfacing. I want to share with you the dirty little secrets about this game, and all the false reviews this game had over the years. First off, Its no secret that this game is a mindless grindfest, but its actually more like a grind,    This review is also for the private servers // Toontown Infinite and Toontown Rewritten.

    Even though this game is now dead, but new private servers are surfacing. I want to share with you the dirty little secrets about this game, and all the false reviews this game had over the years.

    First off, Its no secret that this game is a mindless grindfest, but its actually more like a grind, within a grind, within a grind - everything you do is grinding, day in, day out - with very little in the way of rewards. This was setup specifically to generate money from parents - at least, with the private servers - they are free, although they have there own problems with crashing constantly for instance.

    Extreme Grindfest explained

    You want the highest level gags? That'll take you weeks upon weeks of grinding buildings on invasion servers. Thats assuming you have friends who play so you can team up - since the game goes from Solo Friendly in toontown central and donalds dock areas, to a forced grouping game post Daisy Gardens are - and without friends, quit - because you'll be standing around for hours trying to complete nonsense quests like the infamous lil old man quest line. Since the most amount of xp you can earn is roughly 200, it doesn't really take a genius to figure out...it'll take a while to max though gags and thats assuming you can max out the xp everytime - because you have to take into account, missing - which is another problem entirely.

    You want to do bosses? Its a grind in order to get all the disguise pieces, then another grind of repeating the same boss battles, then doing factory runs in order to gain merits...repeat...repeat...repeat until you've run each boss about a thousand times for the top level suit then do it all over again with a different boss. Some bosses are actually fun like VP, but others are designed poorly like lawbot which is just mindnumbing bad button bash and hope.

    So where is the grind within a grind? Gardening...you want laff points from gardening? Sure...it'll take you several months of repeating the same process each day, every day. Fishing....it'll take you months to catch each fish, some fish being so rare that the drop rate is less than 0.1% and some people have never caught them.

    Missing - this is another major problem with the game, since you have no control on the accuracy - sometimes the game will penalize you with huge amounts of missed gags, sometimes even leading to failed runs - the private servers seem to have an even lower %acc to gag ratio than original TTO had, even though they have denied it, but many actual players talk about the lower accuracy of lure all the time.

    Another dirty secret is the wait time on ordering certain items from the catalog - these can vary wildly from 30 days to 720 days (3 years) - you heard me right? THREE YEARS delivery time - whilst alot are not that long, many are 200+ days delivery time for some items, makes you wonder who nutjob thought up this was a good marketing idea, even back when TTO was active, this was a hated feature among the adult player population but Disney refused constantly to remove this abomination of a feature.

    You want to play TTO, I'm honestly glad the game is dead - I'm hoping for some sanity among the private servers to actually lower some of the insane grind, increase xp - remove or at least drastically reduce wait time on catalog items - - I've yet to see any positive changes, even the new catalogs are once a week, which honestly - was still not nearly fast enough.    … Expand
  18. SwitSwat
    May 16, 2016
    10
    I used to play this game all the time when I was a kid back around 2007-2010. It was my first online game ever and it really left an impression on me. I'm so glad that Toontown Rewritten came along to revive this gem. My only complaint would be that, after having played this game so much and having reached the CEO boss fights, getting back into it can be a bit slow at first, but once itI used to play this game all the time when I was a kid back around 2007-2010. It was my first online game ever and it really left an impression on me. I'm so glad that Toontown Rewritten came along to revive this gem. My only complaint would be that, after having played this game so much and having reached the CEO boss fights, getting back into it can be a bit slow at first, but once it starts to pick up pace, it is a game in which you can invest hundreds of hours into.… Expand
  19. mike4444
    Jan 6, 2014
    9
    I played the game since beta times and played it until closing. Towards the end, the people who played weren't very smart and nice. But before then it was really good. 9/10 for such a big impact on my childhood
  20. Blackluster
    May 17, 2014
    10
    Toontown is a purely fantastic game. All the elements of a kid-friendly, but still challenging, MMO are put into this. I've been playing for some years, and even though it's closed now, It still has a place in my heart. When this game is remade, and released to the public, I beg you to play it, any age, and any genre, you'll like it.
  21. Pallosami
    Aug 6, 2018
    9
    Hyvä ja helppo peli joka sopii kaiken ikäsille ja jossa on paljon tekemistä.
  22. charles43tench
    Nov 6, 2019
    2
    Terrible game. What used to be only known as a place in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and a park in Disneyland is now a toxic, basic, raw and boring community involving a game about animal toons basically killing robot business men. I'm happy it closed down. One of the games biggest mistakes was adding chat, it should have stick strictly with Speedchat. However, to the game's credit, it's notTerrible game. What used to be only known as a place in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and a park in Disneyland is now a toxic, basic, raw and boring community involving a game about animal toons basically killing robot business men. I'm happy it closed down. One of the games biggest mistakes was adding chat, it should have stick strictly with Speedchat. However, to the game's credit, it's not nearly as bad as Toontown Rewritten, which is simply an abomination. It's a waste of time and completely dated.… Expand
  23. sylfaen1
    Sep 5, 2020
    0
    This is a game for children that was deleted by Disney due to the disgusting acts performed on the live servers. These creeps have renewed the game by launching their own personal servers to attract children in an moderately unofficiated environment in order to groom them for who knows what.

    RIP Jomanda.
  24. mightybaseplate
    Jun 10, 2023
    8
    This game is a beautifully crafted world, and for fans of Disney and children that watch too much TV in the early 2000s, it's an actual world for you to get lost in.

    Feature-rich compared to other kid oriented mmos, the combat side is suprisingly unique and plenty of different types of bosses and encounters to do, the other side like minigames, fishing, kart racing can be simple, but    This game is a beautifully crafted world, and for fans of Disney and children that watch too much TV in the early 2000s, it's an actual world for you to get lost in.

    Feature-rich compared to other kid oriented mmos, the combat side is suprisingly unique and plenty of different types of bosses and encounters to do, the other side like minigames, fishing, kart racing can be simple, but are well produced, with music, customization and plenty of models and animations.

    Taking the nostalgia goggles off does leave a hard to approach MMO that doesn't make much sense to those learning about it for the first time. If i had to be more realistic in my rating the fun parts of the game are spaced out by old MMO jank, and if you aren't actively interested during the boring parts, no one should be mad at you for dropping the game.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#38 Best PC Game of 2005
54
#54 Most Discussed PC Game of 2005
59
#59 Most Shared PC Game of 2005

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. PC Format
    75
    Remarkably polished for something so infant-friendly. [Aug 2004, p.91]
  2. Game Chronicles
    85
    The idea that kids can play online and not be subject to cyber creeps is a compelling one and if Toontown succeeds I’ll bet we see more games like it. While most folks aren’t going to want to trade in their bow and broadsword for a seltzer bottle those with kids should definitely give Toontown a look.
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  3. Games Radar
    89
    It's in the interaction with other players that Toontown excels. Basic game-related queries and greetings are automated, and typed chat is heavily restricted to real-life friends. However, this doesn't impede the gameplay in any way.
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