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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?!?

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

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!

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.

For goodness sake... :tongue:

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?!?

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!"

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).

Well this looks interesting, hopefully it will ignore the last MI game.

I'm...I'm just so happy right now. :waah:

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?!?

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!"

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

Wow, does that trailer get me all sorts of giddy with nostalgia.

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!

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.

YAY! Guybrush has his beard back.

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.

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

TOMORROW! It's coming out TOMORROW!

In the meantime, enjoy some hilarious speculation about the plot! *WARNING* Totally Non-Spoilerific!

Tales of Monkey Island: I wonder what happens...

LOL!

I remembered to pre order last night... so I get all the bonusy stuff.

Pre-ordered this morning. Also, this:

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.

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).

rvdleun said:

I've been playing S&M on the Wii for the past few weeks,

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(shame this can't count for the July photoshop contest)

Fun Size said:

Pre-ordered this morning. Also, this:

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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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

*ahem* Yes, well...

...*straightens himself up* That is to say...

...I am quite pleased by this news.

Yes! I've always wanted to play LOOM, but I've never been able to track down a copy!

*crosses fingers for Full Throttle and Grim Fandango in Steam*

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.

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?

Fun Size said:

Looks like we'll be getting The Dig and Loom via Steam.

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Apparently Lucas Arts CEO Darrell Rodriguez told Joystiq, "On iPhone, you know Apple's policy that we can't talk about a release until it's ready to release. But it would make sense that we would do something like that if we were to go in that direction ... wink wink, nod nod." So, LucasArts classics could wind up on iPhone or PSPGo

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.

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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?

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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?

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.

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.

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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?

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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)

Klonoa?

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!

It doesn't have to be LeChuck. Maybe they've just met their new travel agent.

IT'S UP!

GET YO MONKEY ON!

Downloading now.

Also, I meant a resurgence in LucasArts adventure games. Pays to be specific around here, no? Although I'll be damned sure to look some of those others up. Looks like I'll be borrowing my daughter's DS, since I didn't see much for the PSP in there.

I'm on a crappy laptop, so I'll have to wait until I'm done with my visiting my home town to play. Soon.

I pre-ordered Tales of Monkey Island as well + made a big contest for it over on Abandonia where I'm admin.

Personally, I'm sceptical about the whole Steam move. I already own all their games in original big boxes anyway, but I would still applaud them if I felt they did it for more than just to squeeze another drop of cash out of those games (and I predict €10 for those old games, which is quite a lot).

May I remind you all how badly LucasArts has treated adventure fans in the last decade? Sam & Max 2 got cancelled when it was practically finished (which made Steve Purcell start his own company in anger), they released a bunch of oldies as "Windows XP" versions but tons of people had trouble getting the games to run and LucasArts were too lazy to give any real support for those games which meant that lots of abandonware forums suffered the many "Sam & Max won't work!" posts For a company that has been publishing shitty Star Wars games for the past 10 years and little else ... meh, I'll wait and see what the angle is.

Been playing it. Pretty fun, though I think it's atad easy. Then again it's only the first episode.

I got stuck on ONE part so far due mainly to doing something out of order.

I'm enjoying it so far, but as yet it's not as good as CMI. LeChuck's voice just doesn't have the same rumble. The secondary character designs are pretty bland. And the control scheme is a little annoying. Other than that it's fantastic. The music is nostalgia inducing. Gubyrush, Elaine, LeChuck and another major charcter [spoiler:241saf2z]The VooDoo Lady[/spoiler:241saf2z] all look fantastic. The other voices are fantastic, especially Guybrush (who is just the same as ever) and Elaine. The island I've seen so far is beautiful, and the humor is great. Some of the little bits have had me actually laughing out loud.

Just remember, folks, this is still just the first episode. Give Telltale the benefit of the doubt until about the second or third episode or so. That seems to be when they tend to hit their stride with their series. That seemed to be the case with a lot of their other series, such as Sam & Max (which started getting really good by the third episode and the whole second season was awesome) and Strong Bad (first one was meh, the rest were great).

As a fan of Telltale's stuff, though, I'm incredibly happy to hear everyone enjoying Monkey Island.

Well I got faith in Telltale - their goal is to make the games fun and enjoyable to complete without throwing incredibly hard puzzles our way - as long as the games are not TOO easy (like Dreamfall's) I'm fine with it.

I want both the new Monkey Island games but I am broke as shit, I am going to be a couple days late on my car insurance this month because I need the money for my tux for my brothers wedding :/


But I will get them both next month probably.

The Good:

- great humour
- graphics are spot on (in fact, the new Guybrush is wonderfully animated - the SOMI remake makes Guybrush look terrible in comparison)
- interesting story
- good dialog
- great music as usual
- good voices

The Bad:

- another dreary console-friendly control scheme. I just want to click to move - was that so hard to implement for the PC version? Why force us to drag and hold and rotate to move? It's annoying if you got to move around a lot
- the camera views are a bit wonky at time
- why give dialog choices if you're going to ignore ALL of them? I know this was done in previous games but at least let the game actually use your answer *sometimes*.
- the puzzles are too obvious

Let's look at Secret Of Monkey Island:
- the puzzles required good timing and some proper thinking. They weren't obvious and usually very clever

So far in the first episode of TOMI:
- the game nearly spells out what you need to do. The solutions tend to be straightforward and there's very few secondary puzzles to complete.

It's a great game if you're in it for the story & atmosphere but for an adventure veteran like me, it's too easy.

I tend to agree that continuing these stories are good, but when I played Sam & Max Season 1, I felt like the entire thing was a little dumbed down. It was simple. MAKE ME THINK!

For those that don't know, you can use WASD for movement (which I found much preferrable) as well as click-drag on the mouse. You can also use Shift to run. Still, I would have liked to just have a click to move like in Sam & Max or Strongbad.

Just finished it myself. Although it's definately not too challenging, adventure-wise(although you may want to turn off the hint-dialogue in the options menu), there is a Monkey Island feeling there that felt very good. Had a blast with the first episode, and looking forward where the storyline is going.

Aww, it's over. :waah:

MUST HAVE MORE!!! When does the next one come out?

...

August? *sigh*

Well, I guess that's better that coming out in the middle of my next trip.

Loved it over all. Much more faun than MI4.

Too bad I have to wait a whole month for the next part!

A little too simple at times but still a good start. Much better than the fourth game.

It's been installed for two days, and I have thus far been prevented from actually playing it. Dammit.

Downloaded it yesterday, just beat it, can't wait for August, and am replaying all the old Monkey Island games (except Escape) to hold me over.

Oh, and for LucasArts to truly recapture the classic adventure game, they have to release something in the vein of Maniac Mansion or the greatest adventure game ever made...

Are you playing the classic Secret of Monkey Island or the new Special Edition?

figmentPez said:

Are you playing the classic Secret of Monkey Island or the new Special Edition?

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Classic. Thank God for ScummVM

Dunny said:

figmentPez said:

Are you playing the classic Secret of Monkey Island or the new Special Edition?

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Classic. Thank God for ScummVM

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I just downloaded the new version. I like it. They got all the voice actors from the newer games to do the voiceovers and the new art is pretty good.

Oh my God this drag to move control scheme is terrible. Otherwise I'm enjoying it though.

Just use the WSAD keyboard controls. It works a lot better.

Is anyone else doing the treasure hunt thing? It's kinda boring so far, and really simple. I hope they either make the puzzles more interesting, or just give us the, rather underwhelming, bonus stuff (so far it's been one wallpaper I couldn't download because of a website error, and some avatars I probably won't use).

Also, the Lucas Arts twitter feed says that Monkey Island is on the iPhone now. Their link was to the iTunes store, so I have no idea about details, because stupid Apple thinks I need to have iTunes installed just to see what they have available. Good grief, like I'm really enticed to install iTunes without even knowing what they have. Screw you Apple.

figmentPez said:

Is anyone else doing the treasure hunt thing? It's kinda boring so far, and really simple. I hope they either make the puzzles more interesting, or just give us the, rather underwhelming, bonus stuff (so far it's been one wallpaper I couldn't download because of a website error, and some avatars I probably won't use).

Also, the Lucas Arts twitter feed says that Monkey Island is on the iPhone now. Their link was to the iTunes store, so I have no idea about details, because stupid Apple thinks I need to have iTunes installed just to see what they have available. Good grief, like I'm really enticed to install iTunes without even knowing what they have. Screw you Apple.

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I downloaded Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition this morning to my phone. Haven't played it yet, but it makes me smile to look down at the little Guybrush icon.

Just came across this little youtube vid, and have to share it...


Monkey Island 2: Special Edition, here we come?

TMI: The Siege of Spinner Cay comes out August 20th!

To tide you over, here's a hilarious flash animation of what might happen* in the game.


* yeah, right

figmentPez said:

TMI: The Siege of Spinner Cay comes out August 20th!

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:aaahhh: It's here! It's here! It's HERE! :aaahhh:

Ghaaaa! Do I skip eating breakfast to play?.... No, that might reduce my overall playtime today... GRARGH!

Part III of I wonder what happens in Monkey Island.... *WARNING* Spoilers for parts 1 & 2 of TMI, and non-spoilers for part 3.

ROFL that was so funny! "I told you, it's meaty and dangerous out there!"


Oh, yeah. TMI The Lair of the Leviathan comes out Sept 29th

Amorous Eyes said:

[SIZE=\"5\"][FONT=\"Palatino Linotype\"]Free Monkey Island Chapter for “Talk Like a Pirate Day”[/FONT][/SIZE]

In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day this Saturday, Sept. 19, Telltale Games is making the complete first episode of Tales of Monkey Island FREE from 12:01 am GMT, Sept. 19 (that’s 4:01 pm Sept 18 PST) until midnight PST, Sept. 19. You can grab the first episode here at http://www.playlikeapirate.com

If you haven’t had a chance to check out the new Monkey Island series, now’s the time to do so. You can check out our review of the first episode here.

In addition, today through September 21, LucasArts is offering a virtual treasure trove of deals on several versions of The Secret of Monkey Island®: Special Edition titles, including:

• 50% off the iPhone and iPod touch version of LucasArts’ new The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition via Apple’s App Store

• 50% off The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition on Steam®, Valve Corporation’s delivery and management platform for the PC and Direct2Drive, IGN Entertainment’s digital download store

Best ye’ jump on these offers smartly before they expire.

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Source: http://www.gamingangels.com/2009/09/free-monkey-island-chapter-for-talk-like-a-pirate-day/

Awesome, I haven't been able to play any of the 'Tales' yet so I'll definitely be downloading this.

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SWEET!

Well holy shit, that looks amazing. It's a teaser video of something that'll never happen, but Monkey Island 2 with that sort of 3D quality would be outstanding.

Tales 3 came out a few days ago. If you still haven't picked it up, do so. Right now the series standing IMO is Curse>Tales>Secret>Revenge.

I haven't played Escape yet.

Secret>Tales>Revenge>Curse for me. Finished the third chapter a few days back. They're pretty simple(only got stuck on one puzzle), but I like the pacing and the situations. It all feels very Monkey Island-ish. Very happy that Telltale got the license for this.

rvdleun said:

Secret>Tales>Revenge>Curse for me. Finished the third chapter a few days back. They're pretty simple(only got stuck on one puzzle), but I like the pacing and the situations. It all feels very Monkey Island-ish. Very happy that Telltale got the license for this.

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The Curse of Monkey Island is lowest on your list??? That had better be simply because you rate them all very highly.

Bwahahahahaha! The ending credits to Lair of the Leviathan! Hilarious!

The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood comes out Friday!

To tide you over, the totally non-spoilerific: Trial and Execution: I Be Wonderin' What 'Appens...

So I finished the episode (it's out now by the way).

That was the single best episode Telltale has ever produced, and that includes Sam and Max Season 2 Episode 5.

Tales is now on Curse of Monkey Island level, and if Telltale keeps their reputation for outstanding endings (something the Monkey Island series has always been lacking, somewhat excepting the first game) then it'll be the best in the series.

JONJONAUG said:

That was the single best episode Telltale has ever produced, and that includes Sam and Max Season 2 Episode 5.

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Personally I preferred "Night of the Raving Dead" to "What's New, Beelzebub?" but I agree that "The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood" is better than either. The puzzles were mostly fun, the humor was fantastic, the plot was twisting and full of surprises, the voice acting continues to be fantastic, the characters are great and the graphics range from acceptable to hilariously awesome.

Considering that Stan is the icon for this episode I don't think it's a spoiler to say that he's back in this episode, and so is his jacket! Telltale did a great job of bringing the 2D graphical gag into 3D.

I'm also continuing to love Morgan LeFlay. *sigh* So cute (though a little less so in profile). Between her and Elaine TMI certainly has much more desirable female characters than the Sam & Max games.

TMI: Rise of the Pirate God is supposed to come out today, sometime.

To tide you over, the spoilerific (definitely if you haven't been playing, possibly even if you have):
Rise of the Pirate God: I wonder what happens?