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**Jake** · 06/05/2009, 01:18 pm

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Originally Posted by ZombieAtPlay

This is a minor question, but will we be able to turn off the smelly, green, voodoo-cursed hand smokey effect thing that followed Guybrush around? I kinda found it destracting and it made the card from the sock diffcult to read (IMO).
Unless of course its not the final effect. In which case i grovellingly withdraw my question, m'lud.

It's exploding way out of control in the E3 footage. Pretend its really at about 1/10th that level of bright-in-your-face-explosionness. Subtlety! The one in the E3 footage is basically a proof of concept.

Tjibbbe · 06/05/2009, 01:35 pm

Speaking of the E3-demo, one game I was reminded of (next to CMI, which I think is the Monkey Island it looks like the most - in the demo part at least) was Zelda: Wind Waker. The second island you visit in that one (Windfall Island? I can't remember, it's been too long) really came to mind upon seeing Flotsam Island. I don't know why, I guess it's the sunny, tropical Island-harbor setting, the cartoony atmosphere and the design (big, brightly colored surfaces, stuff like that). Was Wind Waker an influence here, or am I just rambling?

Shanksworthy · 06/05/2009, 01:56 pm

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Originally Posted by KB57

Hot damn!

Think about it: one of the most enchanting things about the POTC ride is that it's all a nocturne. You leave the daytime world behind and go into this dark mysterious place with flickering lamps and lit windows and fireflies playing. And then it rapidly gets darker and more mysterious.

I didn't loathe EMI as much as some people here, but I found the sunlit glare of Jambalaya Island really repellent. Unlike all the other MI locations, I felt no desire to linger in that world and look at the details-- just do the puzzles and get the hell out of there. It felt like an intrusion from some other game. Take a leaf from A Vampyre Story's book and give us some night!

And points to Telltale for giving its characters living faces with moving eyes! Another creepy thing about EMI was the way Guybrush was reduced to a little blank-eyed wooden doll. He looks great in TMI.

AMEN!! You encapsulated exactly what I loved about MI 1&2, and what I didn't like about EMI (gives me a headache just to think about it).

Fausk · 06/05/2009, 02:23 pm

Wow, as a fan of Monkey Island from the very first one and after the mild disappointments of EFMI (Though, I thought the explanations for Herman Toothrot really brought the story together more personally.) I never thought the day would come when we'd finally get a new one. Especially with how holed up LucasArts was about not making any Non-Star Wars games and not selling off their IPs. So thank you Telltale... Thank you so much for bringing THE Premiere Adventure game back to the people.

Even though it's been asked before, I've still seen no answer... No Earl Boen? That'll be a major disappointment, especially since Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition does, in fact, have him.

Secondly, Will there be more fourth wall breaking humor? Pokes at LucasArts having their grubby hands over everything?

I think that's about it for now. New Monkey Island! It's finally happening!

afcarv · 06/05/2009, 02:26 pm

Arr, a pirate I was meant to be, me hearties.

Looking forward to the series, I'm confident Telltale will do a terrific job.

Congrats everyone, and keep it up

Wicked Mouse · 06/05/2009, 02:45 pm

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Originally Posted by afcarv

Arr, a pirate I was meant to be[...]

Trim the sails and roam the sea!

njcain · 06/05/2009, 03:16 pm

I just want to say that I'm glad LucasArts finally realized that intellectual property isn't worth anything unless you do something with it, and I'm glad they chose your shop to do it. Adventure games languished for quite a while, but now that all the people who grew up playing them are adults with jobs and disposable income, I hope we'll see more of this sort of thing.

Winther · 06/05/2009, 03:18 pm

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Originally Posted by Wicked Mouse

Trim the sails and roam the sea!

Don't make me pull out the oranges, pal.

So, LeChuck seems to be of the Zombie variety here. Is that how you're keeping him for this series? Or is he still doing that zany back-and-forth thing from EMI?

I'd ask if we're going to see any new incarnations, but really, after Ghost, Zombie, Demon and Stone Giant, not many places left to go...

*Hero1* · 06/05/2009, 03:49 pm

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Originally Posted by Chuck

Oh, man, they're still milking the Jam & Trax license? I was looking forward to Wham! Attacks Bees in Trees, with full keyboard control of George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley.

Telltale used to be so cool. Guess you gotta go after those console dollars.

Classic

*MarkDarin* · 06/05/2009, 04:37 pm

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Originally Posted by Winther

Don't make me pull out the oranges, pal.

So, LeChuck seems to be of the Zombie variety here. Is that how you're keeping him for this series? Or is he still doing that zany back-and-forth thing from EMI?

I'd ask if we're going to see any new incarnations, but really, after Ghost, Zombie, Demon and Stone Giant, not many places left to go...

He'll have a couple of different states as the season progresses, but he n longer seems to have the ability to do that "Zany back and forth thing". We have already anounced that you be seeing a Human LeChuck at some point, but you'll have to stay tuned to see exactly what that means!

fire2box · 06/05/2009, 05:28 pm

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Originally Posted by Wicked Mouse

Trim the sails and roam the sea!

Bill: To fight us off ye don't need guns!
Edward:Just really good ear plugs!

Laserschwert · 06/05/2009, 05:34 pm

We will fight you in the harbor
We will battle you on land
But when you meet singing pirates...

Guybrush: ... they'll be more than you can stand!

Bill: Oh, that was a good one!

Guybrush: No, it wasn't.

Wicked Mouse · 06/05/2009, 06:37 pm

Guybrush: Stop! Stop! Stop!
Bill: The brass is what we'll polish and the deck is what we'll mop.

Guybrush: You say you're nasty pirates...
Guybrush: ...scheming, thieving, bad bushwhackers?
Guybrush: From what I've seen I tell you...
Guybrush: ...you're not pirates! You're just slackers!

hamzie · 06/05/2009, 08:33 pm

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Originally Posted by MarkDarin

He'll have a couple of different states as the season progresses, but he n longer seems to have the ability to do that "Zany back and forth thing". We have already anounced that you be seeing a Human LeChuck at some point, but you'll have to stay tuned to see exactly what that means!

Wasnt he in Human form in MI4

lol this spoiler code is awesome

LuigiHann · 06/05/2009, 08:50 pm

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Originally Posted by hamzie

Wasnt he in Human form in MI4

lol this spoiler code is awesome

That was more of a disguise (perhaps a transformation-based disguise, but still) than a form.

*Ry Guy* · 06/05/2009, 09:57 pm

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Originally Posted by Tjibbbe

Speaking of the E3-demo, one game I was reminded of (next to CMI, which I think is the Monkey Island it looks like the most - in the demo part at least) was Zelda: Wind Waker. The second island you visit in that one (Windfall Island? I can't remember, it's been too long) really came to mind upon seeing Flotsam Island. I don't know why, I guess it's the sunny, tropical Island-harbor setting, the cartoony atmosphere and the design (big, brightly colored surfaces, stuff like that). Was Wind Waker an influence here, or am I just rambling?

Who isn't influenced by that game? I guess maybe sub consciously I was.

Joe Newberry · 06/05/2009, 10:23 pm

I was reading the other day about how in the early days of Sierra On-Line, Roberta Williams would personally give people hints when they called the office number. That made me wonder if any of the developers that went back and played the original games, which another post mentioned a lot of people were doing, got stuck on a puzzle and had to ask someone that worked on that game for a solution?

*Silverwolfpet* · 06/05/2009, 11:35 pm

Hi guys!
I know this is a little bit early...actually, too damn early to say, but I'm gonna risk asking you this anyway:
-When will we see Season 3 of Sam n Max?
also
-If the first season of ToMI sells enough copies (episodes), will you make a second season? Or it is just a stand-alone non-futuristic project?

One more thing, and I know that everybody asked you this... The buttons/badges, how can we get those in our posession without going all "I'm a pirate, I've come to plunder, give me buttons!" on your headquarters?

hamzie · 06/06/2009, 01:21 am

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Originally Posted by Silverwolfpet

Hi guys!
I know this is a little bit early...actually, too damn early to say, but I'm gonna risk asking you this anyway:
-When will we see Season 3 of Sam n Max?
also
-If the first season of ToMI sells enough copies (episodes), will you make a second season? Or it is just a stand-alone non-futuristic project?

One more thing, and I know that everybody asked you this... The buttons/badges, how can we get those in our posession without going all "I'm a pirate, I've come to plunder, give me buttons!" on your headquarters?

itll be awesome if there is a season 2

More money for telltales

Leak · 06/06/2009, 02:19 am

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Originally Posted by hamzie

itll be awesome if there is a season 2

More money for telltales

ITYM "More money for Telltale, more Monkey for us" - it's a win-win situation...

np: Quasimodo Jones - The Ballad Of Quasimodo Jones (Robots & Rebels)

06/05/2009, 03:16 pm	#427
njcain Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3	Kudos I just want to say that I'm glad LucasArts finally realized that intellectual property isn't worth anything unless you do something with it, and I'm glad they chose your shop to do it. Adventure games languished for quite a while, but now that all the people who grew up playing them are adults with jobs and disposable income, I hope we'll see more of this sort of thing.

06/05/2009, 05:34 pm	#432
Laserschwert The F*ckest Uppest Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 1,850	We will fight you in the harbor We will battle you on land But when you meet singing pirates... Guybrush: ... they'll be more than you can stand! Bill: Oh, that was a good one! Guybrush: No, it wasn't. Last edited by Laserschwert; 06/05/2009 at 05:42 pm.

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06/05/2009, 01:35 pm	#422
Tjibbbe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 564	Speaking of the E3-demo, one game I was reminded of (next to CMI, which I think is the Monkey Island it looks like the most - in the demo part at least) was Zelda: Wind Waker. The second island you visit in that one (Windfall Island? I can't remember, it's been too long) really came to mind upon seeing Flotsam Island. I don't know why, I guess it's the sunny, tropical Island-harbor setting, the cartoony atmosphere and the design (big, brightly colored surfaces, stuff like that). Was Wind Waker an influence here, or am I just rambling?

06/05/2009, 02:23 pm	#424
Fausk Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 119	Wow, as a fan of Monkey Island from the very first one and after the mild disappointments of EFMI (Though, I thought the explanations for Herman Toothrot really brought the story together more personally.) I never thought the day would come when we'd finally get a new one. Especially with how holed up LucasArts was about not making any Non-Star Wars games and not selling off their IPs. So thank you Telltale... Thank you so much for bringing THE Premiere Adventure game back to the people. Even though it's been asked before, I've still seen no answer... No Earl Boen? That'll be a major disappointment, especially since Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition does, in fact, have him. Secondly, Will there be more fourth wall breaking humor? Pokes at LucasArts having their grubby hands over everything? I think that's about it for now. New Monkey Island! It's finally happening!

06/05/2009, 02:26 pm	#425
afcarv Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1	Arr, a pirate I was meant to be, me hearties. Looking forward to the series, I'm confident Telltale will do a terrific job. Congrats everyone, and keep it up

06/05/2009, 06:37 pm	#433
Wicked Mouse Artistic Amateur Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 164	Guybrush: Stop! Stop! Stop! Bill: The brass is what we'll polish and the deck is what we'll mop. Guybrush: You say you're nasty pirates... Guybrush: ...scheming, thieving, bad bushwhackers? Guybrush: From what I've seen I tell you... Guybrush: ...you're not pirates! You're just slackers!

06/05/2009, 10:23 pm	#437
Joe Newberry Call the Meteor Police! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Acworth, GA Posts: 100	I was reading the other day about how in the early days of Sierra On-Line, Roberta Williams would personally give people hints when they called the office number. That made me wonder if any of the developers that went back and played the original games, which another post mentioned a lot of people were doing, got stuck on a puzzle and had to ask someone that worked on that game for a solution?

06/05/2009, 11:35 pm	#438
Silverwolfpet Wolfy Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Romania Posts: 3,042	Hi guys! I know this is a little bit early...actually, too damn early to say, but I'm gonna risk asking you this anyway: -When will we see Season 3 of Sam n Max? also -If the first season of ToMI sells enough copies (episodes), will you make a second season? Or it is just a stand-alone non-futuristic project? One more thing, and I know that everybody asked you this... The buttons/badges, how can we get those in our posession without going all "I'm a pirate, I've come to plunder, give me buttons!" on your headquarters?