Videos from the remake- http://chud.com/articles/articles/19...AND/Page1.html
It’s funny, I had been thinking about playing through the series again recently, but now I guess I’ll have to wait a couple months. The voice acting seems pretty damn solid, and I love that you can switch back and forth at will.
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And no, not the Telltale one. Man, Alex - you just made my day. That looks glorious.
Man, hearing that theme tune brings back great memories. Best news in EVER! Thanks Alex.
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Funnily enough I played through these for the first time in years just a couple of months back. Monkey Island 2 in particular still stands up as an exceptionally witty and imaginative game, and still looks decent enough that I’m not sure how much I’d welcome a special edition. At the risk of sounding ungrateful, I’m not quite convinced by some of those updated graphics, especially some of the slightly duff looking character designs and animations.
I’m totally up for the new Telltale series, but I can’t help thinking that it looks more like a sequel to the more cartoonish and generally inferior post-Gilbert games more than the originals.
(I’m a total Lucasarts adventure fanboy if that wasn’t clear enough already)
So, does this means there is a God? And he has good taste in games?
Awesome news, im going to play the hell of this on the pc.
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I was just trying to explain Loom to someone the other day (in relation to an actual loom). What a strange game.
The Witty Remarks Dueling had better be in.
This looks sweet and has certainly given me reason to believe that LucasArts still got it. Here’s hoping for more special editions from their great history of games.
They should remake LECHUCK’S REVENGE while they’re at it, and of course, the original SAM AND MAX too. Maybe add a GRIM FANDANGO sequel as well.
As for the MONKEY ISLAND series, I’d rank them as follow:
It’s the exact same game (you can even switch from the re-done artwork back to the old artwork at any point). I’m hesitant to play this on the 360 if it’s also coming out for PC though. I’d rather have the mouse interface right there.
I seem to recall that they already had audio for the original Monkey Island (the old CD-ROM version of it) so I’m surprised they’re re-recording it. Maybe I’m just imagining things though.
I kind of wish they’d release the episodes on the Wii. I love the idea of using the wiimote instead of a mouse. Also, my computer is old as fuck and I don’t want to have to upgrade in order to play these.
And yeah, they did re-release Secret for PC years ago on CD-ROM. However, I don’t recall any voiceovers. They DID recorded new music for it, and it sounded great! Still, looking forward to all of these. GREAT news. Thanks Alex!
Secret of Monkey Island like a motherfucker. I remember, back in the dawn of time, and still after Singer was born, playing it on our old 486 with windows 3.1 (Christ, or was it 3.5?) upstairs and not being able to figure out this one puzzle. This was before the advent of gamefaqs and such. And I, in my infinite wisdom, ordered the hint guide from Lucasarts. I felt like such a dumbass when it told me what I was missing. Oh, adventure games…
And Curse is by far my favorite. And since we’re bringing this old gem to new life, does this bode well for my other two favs, Full Throttle and Sam & Max (and perhaps The Motherfucking Dig)? And what about one of the best games ever made, Grim Fandango?
Well I had no idea this was on it’s way and it’s made my game-playing year.
The Secret Of Monkey Island is my favorite game of all time bar none (with the sequel and Full Throttle coming in second and third) and the idea of an update has been the stuff of my game geek fantasies for many years.
I can’t wait to look at those clips when I get home.
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http://grumpygamer.com/8280380
Ron Gilbert does commentary on the making of the original game..glorious.
That article’s glorious, cheers for the link
The SE for Monkey 1 is nice and the repainting of the backgrounds made sense because all the Monkey 1 backgrounds were still directly painted on a computer.
(there were no scanners back then!)
For Monkey 2 I’d really like them to go back to the original painted background art.
A Monkey 2 with rescanned and recolored original art + orchestra soundtrack would be so glorious.
Here is one of the original paintings:
Hopefully the LucasArts archives are as good as the Lucasfilm ones and they still have all the backgrounds.
There are only a ‘few’ point & click classics? Off the top - Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango (!), 3 Monkey Island games, Snatcher (that counts, right?), Spaceship Warlock . . . and, of course, Blade Motherfucking Runner.
Spaceship Warlock? I played the everliving snot out of that one, and had totally forgotten it even existed until just now. I remember punching that green mantis alien in the face and loving it. Thanks for the memories!
I’d add Gabriel Knight to that list. But that’s just me…
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Not anymore, Humanoid…Gabriel Knight and King’s Quest deserve to be on the list; Roberta Williams was an adventure game goddess.
No love for “Rise of the Dragon” or “The Dig”? I Loved those.