Tales of Monkey Island

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rvdleun

Com-PLETELY out of left field... it's the Tales of Monkey Island, a 5-episodic series from Telltale Games. I'm bloody excited, this looks good.

http://www.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland

I forsee quite a bit of potential in this one, seeing as how it's from Telltale. I've been playing S&M on the Wii for the past few weeks, and honestly... a game in which you have to convince a psychiatrist that you want to marry your mother in your dreams, or partake in a sitcom about two rangers who are hiding a cow in their apartment just makes for a good ol' adventure. Looking forward to it.
 

rvdleun said:
I've been playing S&M on the Wii for the past few weeks...
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I admit I giggled like 3rd grader at that. S&M on your Wii?!? :rofl:

Never played the game, but I've always heard it was cool.
 
Sldghmr

Sldghmr

rvdleun said:
I've been playing S&M on the Wii for the past few weeks.
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Does that stand for "Sam and Max", or did they come out with some new "Whip" and "Chain" controllers for the Wii?

But on topic, anything Monkey Island is pure awesomeness!
 
C

Chummer

Pre-order fromthier site and paid with Paypal, and its not showing up in My Games. So I sent en email. Looking at thier forums I'm not the only one.

Probably a minor thing but just pointing it out.

I cant wait to play it.
 
Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

Edrondol said:
rvdleun said:
I've been playing S&M on the Wii for the past few weeks...
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I admit I giggled like 3rd grader at that. S&M on your Wii?!? :rofl:

Never played the game, but I've always heard it was cool.
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You know, we used to use the term "spank" when I was a kid, much like kids use "pwn" these days.

"Tom totally spanked Jimmy playing S&M last night!"
 
figmentPez

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Not just Tales, but also The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition from LucasArts.

I've already pre-ordered Tales of Monkey Island. I loved both seasons of Sam & Max, and really enjoyed SBCG4AP as well. I've yet to play the Wallace & Gromit games, but since I get a free episode with my pre-order, I'll probably get a W&G game (which will then make purchasing the whole thing cheaper, if I decide I want the rest).
 

Tinwhistler said:
Edrondol said:
rvdleun said:
I've been playing S&M on the Wii for the past few weeks...
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I admit I giggled like 3rd grader at that. S&M on your Wii?!? :rofl:

Never played the game, but I've always heard it was cool.
Click to expand...

You know, we used to use the term "spank" when I was a kid, much like kids use "pwn" these days.

"Tom totally spanked Jimmy playing S&M last night!"
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Better yet! "I spanked Jimmy in S&M last night on his Wii!"
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

If they pull this off, I'll be forced to give my body to the board of directors of Telltale.

One of my favourite franchises coming back? Yes please!
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

So much monkey island goodness... Can't wait.

I still have all the oringinal games on CD Rom from when LucasArts re-released them a few years ago.
 

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

Wooooooooooooo!!!

The return of the adventure game I've been DYING to see a return for (that and Full Throttle, Grim Fandango and Gabriel Knight).

I am quite pleased by this news.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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Have I ever mentioned I was a very active member of AGLAMI (Alt.Games.Lucas-Arts.Monkey-Island) back in the day? *sigh* nostalgia
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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Fun Size said:
http://kotaku.com/5308431/lucasarts-rereleases-classics-on-steam

Looks like we'll be getting The Dig and Loom via Steam. I think I may finally have to break down and install Steam now.
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YES! YES! YES!!!! I've played The Dig (which was pretty good, not great) but I've never played Loom. Lucas Arts discontinued their archive game packs before I could get more than one (Monkey Island 1 & 2, The Dig, Full Throttle and a couple other games were in the pack I got). Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure are both also SCUMM adventure games, so I might pick those up as well (maybe Steam will do an adventure game pack as a bundle).
 
Fun Size

Fun Size

What's funny is that I have all of these discs ganging on my cubicle wall along with
select others (7th Guest, 11th Hour, Abe's Oddyssey, etc.). God would I love to see a resurgance of the adventure game.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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Fun Size said:
What's funny is that I have all of these discs ganging on my cubicle wall along with
select others (7th Guest, 11th Hour, Abe's Oddyssey, etc.). God would I love to see a resurgance of the adventure game.
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Let's see, we've got:
* Telltale games' lineup of games on PC, Xbox 360 and Wii
- Sam & Max
- Wallace & Gromit
- Monkey Island
- Strongbad's Cool Game For Awesome People
- Bone
* Zack & Wiki (Wii)
* Professor Layton (DS, 4 games in Japan, only one release in the US so far)
* A whole bunch of other Nintendo DS games I haven't had a chance to play:
- Hotel Dusk
- Phoenix Wright series
- Jake Hunter
* Numerous Flash games
- Griswold The Goblin (a series)
- The Several Journeys of Reemus
- Others I wish I could remember at the moment
* A Vampire Story (PC)

All that, plus more I'm sure, and you don't consider it a resurgence yet?
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

figmentPez said:
Fun Size said:
What's funny is that I have all of these discs ganging on my cubicle wall along with
select others (7th Guest, 11th Hour, Abe's Oddyssey, etc.). God would I love to see a resurgance of the adventure game.
Click to expand...
Let's see, we've got:
* Telltale games' lineup of games on PC, Xbox 360 and Wii
- Sam & Max
- Wallace & Gromit
- Monkey Island
- Strongbad's Cool Game For Awesome People
- Bone
* Zack & Wiki (Wii)
* Professor Layton (DS, 4 games in Japan, only one release in the US so far)
* A whole bunch of other Nintendo DS games I haven't had a chance to play:
- Hotel Dusk
- Phoenix Wright series
- Jake Hunter
* Numerous Flash games
- Griswold The Goblin (a series)
- The Several Journeys of Reemus
- Others I wish I could remember at the moment
* A Vampire Story (PC)

All that, plus more I'm sure, and you don't consider it a resurgence yet?
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Nope, given the fact that a small percentage of gamers played those games with the exception of Pheonix Wright and Sam and Max, I'd hardly call it a comeback for the genre.

We're getting there, though.
 

I think Telltale's online episodic games are a great way to bring back the adventure game. Quick, cheap games with an ongoing plot throughout self-contained episodes. How is that NOT awesome? :D
 
Frank

Frank

Armed and DangerousLEGO
Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure
Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars Republic Commando
Star Wars Starfighter
Thrillville: Off the Rails

Those are some real grade A classics there. Man, if they use a, "Starfighter didn't sell at all so why bother with the X-Wing/Tie Fighter games." excuse later I will carpet Lucasarts with rage fill hate bombs.
 
J

JCM

figmentPez said:
Fun Size said:
What's funny is that I have all of these discs ganging on my cubicle wall along with
select others (7th Guest, 11th Hour, Abe's Oddyssey, etc.). God would I love to see a resurgance of the adventure game.
Click to expand...
Let's see, we've got:
* Telltale games' lineup of games on PC, Xbox 360 and Wii
- Sam & Max
- Wallace & Gromit
- Monkey Island
- Strongbad's Cool Game For Awesome People
- Bone
* Zack & Wiki (Wii)
* Professor Layton (DS, 4 games in Japan, only one release in the US so far)
* A whole bunch of other Nintendo DS games I haven't had a chance to play:
- Hotel Dusk
- Phoenix Wright series
- Jake Hunter
* Numerous Flash games
- Griswold The Goblin (a series)
- The Several Journeys of Reemus
- Others I wish I could remember at the moment
* A Vampire Story (PC)

All that, plus more I'm sure, and you don't consider it a resurgence yet?
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To add more , with the DS and PC being king-

Both Syberia games (DS)
Sprung (PC)
Rhiannon (PC)
Time Hollow (DS)
Mystery Case Files (DS)
Diabolik (DS)
Flower Sun and Rain (DS)
Broken Sword (Wii and DS)
Klonoa (Wii)
Another Code (Wii and DS)
Agatha Christie (Wii)
Cate West games (DS)
CSI games (DS/Wii/PC)
Lux-Pain (DS)
Dracula: Origin (PC)
Inkheart (DS)
Trace Memory (DS
Still Life (PC)
Sprung (DS)
Outcry (PC)
Touch Detective (DS)
Rhiannon (PC)
Dark Fall (PC)

My fave company is The Adventure Company, who basically publishes most of the adventure games above (Wii-DS and PC only)
 

The game came out today...and Telltale's site goes kaput.

Clearly, there's only one thing that could have happened.

THE GHOST PIRATE LE CHUCK HAS CRASHED THEIR SERVERS!
 
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