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There haven't really been real pirates in a Monkey Island game since Secret.
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I'm not sure if I'd go that far. Largo LaGrande certainly qualified (at least for me), and I thought the Pirates of the Barbery Coast did as well. (Cutthroat Billin particular!)
Piracy was their FIRST vocation...and they turned to other pursuits, each for their own personal reasons.
Even then, they were happy to return to the sea once you'd proved your worthiness to captain a ship, and quite cheerfully mutineed (in the politest way possible) as soon as the ship crashed on Blood Island!
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What's strange is that the quest of ToMI revolves around stopping the Pox from turning all the pirates into rude, fierce people, but shouldn't those be the least of the required character traits for a typical pirate?
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Absolutely...while the pirates have always been humorous, they've also always had an edge. It says something that I remember the names of Mancomb Seepgood, Esteban, Largo LaGrande, and heck...even the LOOM guy...when I can't reliably remember the last name of Davey Nippercut (hope I got it right this time!)
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Since this is Monkey Island we shouldn't expect raping and pillaging, but the pirates should at least be naturally a little rough around the edges.
Granted, Guybrush is as nice a guy as you'll find, but the whole gag is that he's a pirate wanna-be.
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I think this is exactly right...and this is a large part of the reason why I suggested that the main problem that I see in this first episode is tone.
With just a very slight shift in perspective, I think the series can hit the notes they want, but they have to turn it a little bit darker, a little bit more serious, and with memorable characters who serve as more than puzzle devices.
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