Monkey Island [Archive] - Giant in the Playground Forums

DamnedIrishman

2009-06-04, 10:13 PM

Spent the last three hours playing through the Curse of Monkey Island for the first time ever.

Now that's what I call entertainment. Looking forward to playing Escape from Monkey Island now. I might even boot up dosbox and play through 1-3.

That is all.:smallbiggrin:

Sneak

2009-06-04, 10:21 PM

Ah, Monkey Island! The Secret of Monkey Island was absolutely fantastic. I miss old LucasArts/Lucasfilm games, i.e. Loom and Monkey Island. Escape was also quite good, although there wasn't enough insult dueling for me. There was one match of insult armwrestling, however. :smalltongue:

Never played any of the other Monkey Island besides those two, though. I suppose I should try to check them out sometime...how does Curse compare with the original?

Rutskarn

2009-06-04, 10:29 PM

Escape from Monkey Island was, indeed, pretty damn awesome.

nosignal

2009-06-05, 12:34 AM

Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition demo video. Now with voice acting! (http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210601/the-secret-of-monkey-island-special-edition-first-look)

Mewtarthio

2009-06-05, 12:46 AM

Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition demo video. Now with voice acting! (http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210601/the-secret-of-monkey-island-special-edition-first-look)

They're coming out with a special edition? Awesome! I only ever managed to get the last two games!

Dihan

2009-06-05, 03:06 AM

There are brand new Monkey Island games coming out in an episodic format for the WiiWare. I believe they're being made by Telltale Games - the guys behind Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. The first will be released in early July. I think they're coming out for the PC too. There will be five chapters and the first is called "Laugh of the Screaming Narwhal".

smuchmuch

2009-06-05, 03:09 AM

On one hand i'm septical about the new Monkey island games (the IV was such a disapointement).
On the other hand, Telltales games really did a good job with Sam and max and the developement team count a lot of the original Monkay island team from Lucas art.

RMS Oceanic

2009-06-05, 05:11 AM

I've learned one thing from playing the Monkey Island series...

Never pay more than 20 bucks for a video game!

Winterwind

2009-06-05, 07:37 AM

Never played any of the other Monkey Island besides those two, though. I suppose I should try to check them out sometime...how does Curse compare with the original?Haven't played the original, only LeChuck's Revenge and Curse, but those two, I think, are of about the same quality (apart from Curse having superior graphics, of course).

DamnedIrishman

2009-06-05, 09:09 AM

Winterwind

2009-06-05, 09:22 AM

I had a great big marathon of playing through Discworld I, II and Noir, Simon the Sorceror I and II (not 3D, because it's absolutely hideous and just not as funny) and the Curse of Monkey Island. I love humorous cursor based adventure games! You might want to add Day of the Tentacle and Beneath a Steel Sky (my personal favourite) to that list then. :smallcool:

I tried an old Sierra adventure game (I think it was King's Quest or somesuch) too. That was absolutely sadistic.Sierra adventure games had such tendencies, yes...

DamnedIrishman

2009-06-05, 09:43 AM

You might want to add Day of the Tentacle and Beneath a Steel Sky (my personal favourite) to that list then. :smallcool:

A friend recommended Leather Goddesses of Phobos II. It wasn't very good...

I'll try those two. Still open to other suggestions!

Sierra adventure games had such tendencies, yes...

So far I've died at least twice in every new area I've arrived in.

Winthur

2009-06-05, 09:58 AM

So far I've died at least twice in every new area I've arrived in.

At least according to TVTropes, King's Quest also has an annoying tendency to give you unwinnable situations that you have to start the game over again.

As for Monkey Islands, I played only the first game.
I couldn't play Discworld because I really wanted the audio, and because for some strange reason I couldn't save my game.
Day of the Tentacle... "Woah, a secret passage! This is all too easy..." :smallwink:
I haven't played a lot of adventure games, but I guess I should pick up on this (not sure if Phoenix Wright counts). The only adventure game I recall I've finished is 3 Skulls of Toltecs...

A friend recommended Leather Goddesses of Phobos II. It wasn't very good...

Wow, it's like asking for a good movie to see at the evening and get a recommendation for a porn flick.

jamroar

2009-06-05, 10:29 AM

I had a great big marathon of playing through Discworld I, II and Noir, Simon the Sorceror I and II (not 3D, because it's absolutely hideous and just not as funny) and the Curse of Monkey Island. I love humorous cursor based adventure games! I think I'm going to play through Monkey Island I to III before I play Escape though. I like following the plot...

I tried an old Sierra adventure game (I think it was King's Quest or somesuch) too. That was absolutely sadistic.

The Quest for Glory series is great and also somewhat fairer than the older Sierra games.
It's sort of cross between an CRPG and the traditional graphical adventure genre. Part II (the only one without a VGA version) got a remake (http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/games.html) some time back.

Re: Monkey Island.
Hmm, didn't the same guys try a similar episodic format thing with Sam & Max? How did that turn out?

Muz

2009-06-05, 11:30 AM

Curse was my first exposure to the series, and it's always been my favorite. Whether or not this is due to the fact that it WAS the first I played, or the fantastic graphics (ah, remember when computer games were free to NOT be as photo-realistic as they could be but could actually be artistic?), or what, but I've always wished for a MI5.

And we need a QFG6, while we're at it!

...AND A BOTTLE OF TEQUILA!!!

...Sorry. :smallwink:

DigoDragon

2009-06-05, 04:05 PM

I've played all four games, but I too liked Curse the most. The animated style really appealed to me.

Trazoi

2009-06-05, 07:23 PM

Monkey Island is one of my favourite series. The second one (LeChuck's Revenge) is my favourite because I like that iteration's Guybrush, but it's extremely close between that and the third (Murray is awesome). The fourth (Escape) is unfortunately lackluster and IMO felt like a pale imitation of a Monkey Island game.

As for Sierra adventure games, my favourite was Quest for Glory too; nowhere near as unfair as most of the others, and a great fusion of RPG with adventure game mechanics. Police Quest was good too. I was also fond of Space Quest, although that suffered a lot from the random dying and being stuck in an unwinnable situation. It wasn't as bad as King's Quest, though, which was completely rife with that stuff through the entire series. King's Quest V in particular is completely sadistic.

DamnedIrishman

2009-06-05, 07:25 PM

Trazoi

2009-06-05, 07:36 PM

Escape from Monkey Island is the fifth. Curse of Monkey Island is the fourth.
Eh? I thought to date there were four Monkey Island games:

The Secret of Monkey Island
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
The Curse of Monkey Island
Escape from Monkey Island

The fifth game will be Tales of Monkey Island, although as they are episodic thingies then the numbering system starts getting a little wonky.

DamnedIrishman

2009-06-05, 07:37 PM

Eh? I thought to date there were four Monkey Island games:

The Secret of Monkey Island
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
The Curse of Monkey Island
Escape from Monkey Island

The fifth game will be Tales of Monkey Island, although as they are episodic thingies then the numbering system starts getting a little wonky.

My bad, you were right.
:smalleek:

Trazoi

2009-06-05, 07:41 PM

No worries. I wanted to make sure there wasn't some super rare only-released-in-Europe version of Monkey Island I was missing out on. :smallwink:

Morty

2009-06-06, 08:19 AM

They're making another part of Monkey Island series? Whoa, I thought that games of this sort - i.e those that require thinking - were dead. Good news in any case.

DamnedIrishman

2009-06-06, 09:45 AM

They're making another part of Monkey Island series? Whoa, I thought that games of this sort - i.e those that require thinking - were dead. Good news in any case.

Tales of Monkey Island is a five episode monthly adventure series, currently being produced by Telltale Games for WiiWare and PC, with the first release tentatively scheduled for July 7, 2009.[4]

Actually, bad news. It's fully 3D. I fear that this does not bode well...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Flotsam_Island_%28Tales_of_Monkey_Island%29.jpg

I think it loses much of it's charm in this style. I just hope it doesn't do a Simon the Sorceror 3D and completely suck.

smuchmuch

2009-06-06, 10:10 AM

Trazoi

2009-06-06, 07:53 PM

Fully 3D is generally easier to do. Instead of having to draw animation frames for every new action that Guybrush does, they just need to pose a model.

However I do know what you mean. Part of the reason why I like the Monkey island games is the cartoony slapstick, and that's hard to do in 3D.

Rutskarn

2009-06-06, 10:40 PM

Hmm, didn't the same guys try a similar episodic format thing with Sam & Max? How did that turn out?

How did it turn out? That's an excellent question.

To answer it:

F#$%ING. GLORIOUS.

Kyouhen

2009-06-06, 11:46 PM

How did it turn out? That's an excellent question.

To answer it:

F#$%ING. GLORIOUS.

Which is the only reason we aren't getting out our torches and pitchforks in a preemptive strike. :smalltongue:

Quincunx

2009-06-07, 05:34 AM

I object! King's Quest reached the pinnacle of sadism with that spiral staircase in IV--you know, the one you had to navigate with FOUR ARROW KEYS. (We didn't have diagonals on that keyboard.) And I went up it too early, which meant creeping down, dying six times along the way to a misstep, finding the whatever-it-was, and then falling back UP. . .

Lord of the Helms

2009-06-07, 07:55 AM

Actually, bad news. It's fully 3D. I fear that this does not bode well...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Flotsam_Island_%28Tales_of_Monkey_Island%29.jpg

I think it loses much of it's charm in this style. I just hope it doesn't do a Simon the Sorceror 3D and completely suck.

Not neccessarily - you CAN do a similar style in 3D and have it be awesome. See Jack Keane for an excellent recent example. It doesn't get the humour quite as well as Monkey Island, but is still the best example I've seen for what Monkey Island IV could have been like. And it also had an island with monkeys :smallbiggrin:

jamroar

2009-06-07, 09:41 AM

They're coming out with a special edition? Awesome! I only ever managed to get the last two games!

"Special Edition", huh? So does the "Sea Monkey" shoot first this time around? :P

Narmoth

2009-06-07, 10:06 AM

I'm really looking forward to play the special edition, since I lost my copy of the original game

Jahkaivah

2009-06-07, 10:10 AM

They're making another part of Monkey Island series? Whoa, I thought that games of this sort - i.e those that require thinking - were dead. Good news in any case.

They aren't dead at all, that's just a myth created by people who don't think a game exists unless it sells millions of copies.

Atelm

2009-06-09, 05:20 AM

I've already commented on the Secret of Monkey Island remake on two forums already, but I'll just chime in here as well. Absolutely fantastic. :smallsmile: (Though if they botch it they shan't be forgiven.) We'll find out once midsummer comes around.

The original two were legendary, too bad Ron Gilbert left after the second game. Although Curse was still awesome, the fourth game wasn't. :smallannoyed: (But I'll remain carefully optimistic about this)

Lufia

2009-06-09, 05:51 AM

Ah, Monkey Island! LeChuck's Revenge was awesome.

I wonder if they should have gone for a more cartoony 3D, kind of in the style of Wind Waker? The few screenshots I've see don't appeal to me as much as the old pixel art.

DamnedIrishman

2009-06-09, 05:10 PM

Phaedra

2009-06-10, 03:57 AM

Started playing The Secret of Monkey Island today. Got as far as the journey.

Opened cereal box, I'm told I was supposed to get a prize, which is a key that can be used to unlock the captain's cabinet. All I've got from the cereal is a bookmark. Am I screwed?

I can't actually remember the precise solution to this particular problem, cause it's been years since I've played Secret, but it's pretty much impossible to fail in Monkey Island. It's a very friendly game. If you got a bookmark, you were probably supposed to get a bookmark.

DamnedIrishman

2009-06-10, 06:46 AM

I can't actually remember the precise solution to this particular problem, cause it's been years since I've played Secret, but it's pretty much impossible to fail in Monkey Island. It's a very friendly game. If you got a bookmark, you were probably supposed to get a bookmark.

I'm slightly more worried that it's bugged.

jamroar

2009-06-10, 09:48 AM

I'm slightly more worried that it's bugged.

Are you sure you actually got the item in the cereal box? That bookmark isn't from the box and should have come from somewhere else. Is your inventory full or something?

Just a guess, been a while since I last played SoMI.

Illiterate Scribe

2009-06-10, 02:56 PM

Got one thing to say to you, Playgrounders:

'Your looks would make pigs nauseated!'

slash slash slash

DigoDragon

2009-06-11, 08:25 AM

"Special Edition", huh? So does the "Sea Monkey" shoot first this time around? :P

LOL, yeah and your ship explodes with an extra CG ring or something. :smallsmile:

Shale

2009-06-11, 09:41 AM

Got one thing to say to you, Playgrounders:

'Your looks would make pigs nauseated!'

slash slash slash

If you don't count all the ones you've dated.

parry parry slash

Aotrs Commander

2009-06-15, 05:27 PM

I have but one thing to say to this news: w00t.

I had been bemoaning for some time the lack of point-n-click adventures. I've been waiting for Monkey 5 for years; every so often I'd do a search to see if anything had ever happened.

I was crap at but really enjoyed all four Monkeys (yes, yes, throw stones at me, I liked four too. It's okay I've got DR /Bludeonign and Magic and I regenerate...), Discword and Discworld Noir (enever did find the second one), Grim Fandango and Sam & Max (Never got Day of the Tentacle to work by the time I got it; I came comparitively late into the PC market.) I was very pleased to find Sam & Max earlier in the year and really enjoyed the free episode (only budgetary constraints stopped me from buying both seasons right then) so I'll be hopeful for both Secret Special Edition and Tales.

That news has brightened up my day a touch.

TheThan

2009-06-15, 08:42 PM

I love adventure games in general. While I only got the opportunity to play through Secret (got lucky and found it coupled with an Indiana Jones game of the same style, also made my Lucasarts). It still brings back found memories of insult sword fighting and zany puzzles.

mathieumg

2009-07-09, 02:29 AM

Another MI fan here :)

Just played through Telltale's first episode of the Tales of Monkey Island, and I must admit I was pleasantly surprised. I was worried at first by the weird-looking graphics from the trailer and the screenshots, but it looks much better once in-game. It really feels like playing Monkey Island with the humor and all. (small downfall, it doesn't have the CMI beloved cartoon style, it is in full 3D but it does look way better than EFMI though)

I'm looking forward to the next episode in one month. :)

Oh, also, if anobody is interested to give it a try, Telltale has released a demo on its website.

Rutskarn

2009-07-09, 01:41 PM

Huh. It's out.

Well, uh, my reaction is, of course, the sort of dry and cynical stoicism one expects from the Skarn. I'm optimistic, and I expect they'll do a good job. That's the end of it.

If you'll excuse me for a moment.

...

squeeeeeeeeeeeee!

TheDarkOne

2009-07-09, 02:48 PM

Re: Un-winnable situations.

Try playing the Hitchhiker's Guide the Galaxy (text based) adventure game.

Mewtarthio

2009-07-10, 11:58 AM

It's finally out! Boy, I can't wait to--

Sweet Jumping Monkeys! :eek: Thirty-five dollars for Part One of FIVE?!!

mathieumg

2009-07-10, 12:38 PM

Correction: 35$ for all 5 parts. (one to be released each month) Worth every penny.

Smight

2009-07-10, 01:57 PM

just bought and finished it in few hours, to short to easy, othervise not bad at all, ah the good old days witouth internet, monkey 2 had me stuck for two weeks on one puzzle, i didn't even break a sweat in this one.

Skorj

2009-07-10, 04:18 PM

I liked the Monkey Island games, but found the second Day Of The Tentacle game to be my favorite of the genre. I guess it was the witty dialog, and the above average voice acting to pull it off, more than the puzzles. Of course, it's hard to top Insult Fencing!

(Just be glad MI didn't include trolls in the insult fencing: they start to reiterate 3 repartee rounds after being damaged :smallbiggrin:)

Mewtarthio

2009-07-10, 06:29 PM

Correction: 35$ for all 5 parts. (one to be released each month) Worth every penny.

Oh, really? Well, that's much more bearable. :inexplicablyabsentsmileyindicatingrelief:

Muz

2009-07-14, 04:17 PM

Anyone know when part 2 is released? I'm finished with 1, and I need more monkeys!

...And more Murray. Heeeeeeere Murray, I know you're out there somewhere...

Rutskarn

2009-07-14, 04:26 PM

This is a good game, and I endorse it.

chiasaur11

2009-07-14, 04:29 PM

Re: Un-winnable situations.

Try playing the Hitchhiker's Guide the Galaxy (text based) adventure game.

...

You want the suicide rate to go up 19%?

mathieumg

2009-07-16, 01:17 AM

Anyone know when part 2 is released? I'm finished with 1, and I need more monkeys!

...And more Murray. Heeeeeeere Murray, I know you're out there somewhere...

There is one new episode released each month until November, so the next part should be released early August in theory.

Muz

2009-07-16, 10:31 AM

Thanks, that's good news. I was afraid it'd be like the Half-Life 2 episodes. (They're STILL working on Episode 3, correct? The Star Wars prequels were released faster, for crying out loud.) :smallsmile:

So I saw that MI2:SE is only $9.95. Now I'm tempted, even though I've already played the original. Anyone tried it? Is it like MI2 with MI3's art direction?

mathieumg

2009-07-17, 02:36 AM

So I saw that MI2:SE is only $9.95. Now I'm tempted, even though I've already played the original. Anyone tried it? Is it like MI2 with MI3's art direction?

I have bought it and fired it up to fool around quickly, but haven't (re)played heavily (yet). It is MI1 with "HD" graphics (looks awesome in 1920x1200), and it is not quite the same style used in CMI. Take a look at that comparison video (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-the-secret/50154).

The only hitch the whole internet commonly agreed on is that Guybrush's new haircut is HORRIBLE (http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/05/14/51444_TheSecretOfMonkeyIslandSpecialEdition-CharacterArt-07.jpg). Besides that, everything is of great quality, especially for that price tag.