Good News! In case you havent heard already (how could you not?!) another beloved franchise comes back: Monkey Island
And it strikes back in a duo: There comes a Remake, and there are 5 new Episodes from Telltale!
Resources for the Special Edition Remake:
Images, Videos, ...:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/thesecretofmonkeyislandspecialedition/index.htmlOfficial Website:
http://www.lucasarts.com/games/monkeyisland/ Tales of Monkey Island - Telltale's New Episodes:
Footage:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/talesofmonkeyisland/index.htmlOfficial Website:
http://www.telltalegames.com/monkeyislandWhat do you think??
Heres my Opinion: I am a big Monkey Island Fan since a child. I loved all of them, except MI4 which for me took with it's 3D graphics the whole atmosphere away that I liked so much. But the real overkill for me was the controls. Now, when I look at Tales of Monkey Island, I receive similiar feelings. Although I have high hopes that, with the big Telltale Name on it, the controls will be fluent and that they make the right thing.
Still, something feels wrong about all this. What can it be? Oh yes, the Characters!
Does anybody else think every Character, and especially Guybrush, looks ... to say it mild, "bad" ? My initial outburst of happyness quickly shifted to a sickness in my stomach as I looked at the new character art... it's horrible.
In any case I prefer the Remake over the new adventures, maybe because of remaining sceptics that Telltale really can handle the franchise. I have more trust in what I already know is great (and unchanged, apart of the interface and graphics) and with the feature of fully remastered music, completely spoken dialogue and, the best of all, the ability to switch back to the oldschool graphics we all love so much, they really got me there. I wish there were such a graphics switch on Telltales game...
Well, that's just me. Tell me about your feelings regarding this.
EDIT: Just a sidenote, LucasArts wants to bring back other good old franchises as well. Highly curious... do you think its a right thing to do, or should these gems rest in peace instead?