Some funny bits & clever writing at times, but overall, not quite up to par.
*cue sad violin*Īnyhoo, I played through Tales, but I do find it to be the weakest of the series. I have it on my Telltale account, but that place is filled with cobwebs & broken dreams. A shame I didn't register on GOG in time to get it here. Incidentally, I like Wallace & Gromit more than Tales & find the awkward controls are more fitting for that particular game. I guess I only have myself to blame for expecting that a promise would be kept.
They had already released Wallace & Gromit with the bad controls, but I was kinda hoping it was a one-off thing. I felt it was because they went back on their promise of making point n' click games, I was really hoping for a good old p&c Monkey Island. I definately didn't see it as any kind of betrayal. Not nearly as much as the first three, but more than Escape. I still very much enjoy many old games, with their old graphics and various incoveniences, but that is, for me, an entirely different matter (at least for me).īreja: It was? Damn, I had no idea. I'm interested in games that attempt to combine the worthwile elements of old-school games with modern graphics and gameplay improvements. I'm only speaking for myself- I have no interest in games that pretend it's still nineteen ninety fuck. I know there's a lot of people who love pixels, and I do not begrudge them their fun with games like that. A game does not need to look like it's from 1991 to evoke old-school sensibilities, there are plenty of game that have proven so. I'm sorry, but I see absolutely no reason to go all pixels when we can have really beautiful looking adventure games now, like Daedalic's Chains of Satinav, Deponia series, Night of the Rabbit etc. I would think that a new Monkey Island game would look at least as good as MI2 (which was a beautiful game). SirPrimalform: Thimbleweed Park's graphics are directly referencing Maniac Mansion. Maybe they won't be able to conjure up the amount of magic required to pull off a Machine Head, but I would certainly settle for a The Battle Rages On. well, then it might very well be worth it. If Ronster does get the whole crew back together. Unless he gets the whole crew back together, I don't hold much hope for whatever he's going to do with Monkey Island, even if it's his own creation. There's also the fact that Gigi hasn't done anything groundbreaking ever since LeChuck's Revenge, so what are the odds HIS Monkey Island 3 will win against a Curse backed up by amazing artwork, a Michael Land soundtrack, a great story, a voicework that redefined the characters & last but not least, over 20 years of nostalgia when/if the new one will be published? They're every bit a part of your Monkey memories as the original duology, and it'd be quite jarring to have the characters rewound back to where they were at the end of LeChuck's Revenge. Sure, it's his characters, but they were expanded in the spirit of his original creations & I don't think there's that many people who are willing to simply forget those two adventures & the direction the characters went. So, while Gilly could probably disregard Tales, in my opinion it'd be just wrong to do the same to Curse & Escape. with the same or worse controls as Escape. After 10 years of no Monkey business, the Adventure studio that promised to go back to point n' click, delivers A BRAND NEW GAME. Not to mention it was a huge slap in the face to every fan. Tales was simply coasting on nostalgia & brand name alone. But it was undoubtedly a Monkey Island game, nitpicking aside.
It had some very funny dialogue, even if it wasn't as true to the spirit of Ronnie's work as Curse was. Quite worthy of standing with the original two, even if the last chapter was a bit weak.Įscape was ok. There are now more Monkey Islands with no Ronaldo than there are with him. however, there's been 3 Monkey Island games without him. I'm a massive Monkey Island fan & I used to hold Ronzo as something akin to a deity.
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