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Sir Pantalones · 12/11/2009, 12:59 pm

The hook!

Damn it, why did he have to get his hand back?
The hook worked so well for the guy. I had just gotten used to seeing him with it all the time, and now that he got the hand back, it's like watching someone who usually wears glasses taking them off! Or someone shaving his beard!

It was a very fitting gadget for him, and something I was looking forward to seeing as part of Guybrush's future appearances. : P

Someone here HAS to agree with me.

Maxilyah · 12/11/2009, 01:00 pm

YES.
I loved the hook! And I've just gotten used to drawing him with it, too. D8

One-Eyed Kijin · 12/11/2009, 01:03 pm

I grew tired of the hook after a while. It eventually became a tool for the developers to give an excuse to throw an object in a locked chest. We had play through that same puzzle far too many times. The hook was one of the few lazy gameplay design elements in TOMI. The hook has overstayed its welcome, as funny as it was.

Everlast · 12/11/2009, 01:04 pm

I DONT LIKE THE HOOK!

I vote in favor of the hand!

**puzzlebox** · 12/11/2009, 01:04 pm

I will miss the gorgeously expressive droopy thing Guybrush did with the hook when he was slightly embarrassed.

And how on earth will he unlock random chests left lying around in the jungle now?

Wishbone · 12/11/2009, 01:05 pm

Love the hook. Hate the fact that it works as a universal master key.

coolsome · 12/11/2009, 01:09 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wishbone

Love the hook. Hate the fact that it works as a universal master key.

it didnt work on the grog cabnet on lechucks ship i was suprised

thehardmenpath · 12/11/2009, 01:09 pm

If it were SCUMM, we could command a TALK TO THE HOOK.

Wishbone · 12/11/2009, 01:10 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by thehardmenpath

If it were SCUMM, we could command a TALK TO THE HOOK.

That cracked me up

Sir Pantalones · 12/11/2009, 01:11 pm

What if it wasn't an item? Like the verb coin in CMI, for instance, except one of the options is a hook.

That'd be if Lucasarts made the next game, though.

Maxilyah · 12/11/2009, 01:15 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Everlast

I DONT LIKE THE HOOK!

I vote in favor of the hand!

What if he lost his hand again and got something else, like a spatula for a hand? Or a Beelzenef?
That would be awesome and funny.

One-Eyed Kijin · 12/11/2009, 01:15 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Pantalones

What if it wasn't an item? Like the verb coin in CMI, for instance, except one of the options is a hook.

That'd be if Lucasarts made the next game, though.

If Lucasarts made it, then it would be a third-person action game, in which you could disarm opponents using your hook. I seriously doubt that they'll make another adventure game, new administration aside.

Falanca · 12/11/2009, 01:16 pm

There is really no point of locking all the chests if the player already knows how to open them, and I found this fact really irritating until we see the lock in the last showdown with LeChuck. I guess they tried to make us get used to open all locks with an ease so that if we see a lock that CAN'T be opened with the hook, we can feel desperate and empty.

Leak · 12/11/2009, 01:20 pm

YOU THERE! HAND ME THE HOOK, AND NOONE GETS HURT!

*bows*

Sir Pantalones · 12/11/2009, 01:48 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by One-Eyed Kijin

If Lucasarts made it, then it would be a third-person action game, in which you could disarm opponents using your hook. I seriously doubt that they'll make another adventure game, new administration aside.

ToMI and SoMI:SE sold well, and made money. LucasArts like money.

One-Eyed Kijin · 12/11/2009, 02:04 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Pantalones

ToMI and SoMI:SE sold well, and made money. LucasArts like money.

ToMI may have sold well for an independent company, but I seriously doubt it sold hundreds of thousands of copies, let alone millions. A company like Lucasarts invests a lot more money into their games, a lot more than Telltale Games does, primarily due to the fact that Lucasarts has more money.

SoMI:SE probably did sell well, and it will encourage them to remake older games, but that doesn't mean they'll start to make new adventure games. The last adventure game Lucasarts released was Escape 9 years ago. If adventure games were that profitable then they wouldn't have stopped. Unfortunately for both of us, adventure games is a niche market, and so adventure games can only survive through smaller, independent companies such as Telltale.

I could be wrong about all of this, though. I've been wrong before. Nothing would please me more than to see a new Lucasarts adventure game.

PecanBlue · 12/11/2009, 02:13 pm

I never thought of the hook as a lazy puzzle solver, because in the old games there never really were many locked chests to open, a lot of them would be already unlocked, really. So to me the hook was more of an alternative "open" action.

solilique · 12/11/2009, 02:20 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by thehardmenpath

If it were SCUMM, we could command a TALK TO THE HOOK.

The next season should be released in two versions. One done with the Telltale Tool and the other redone with the SCUMM engine.

flying sheep · 12/11/2009, 04:11 pm

i think guybush himself didn’t like it’s disapperance (remember his look when he realizes it)

i wonder why his hook is replaced by flesh but his ear-piercings are not…

Wolfstar27 · 12/11/2009, 04:53 pm

i always perfered guybrush without the hook, Guybrush isnt Guybrush with a hook, i just about got used to Guybrush wearing earrings(cause he doesnt have earrings in Monkey Island 1 or 2) but however the hook did add a nice twist to the story but like i said i perfer him with both his hands

12/11/2009, 12:59 pm	#1
Sir Pantalones Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 324	Noooo! The saddest loss in the entire series... The hook! Damn it, why did he have to get his hand back? The hook worked so well for the guy. I had just gotten used to seeing him with it all the time, and now that he got the hand back, it's like watching someone who usually wears glasses taking them off! Or someone shaving his beard! It was a very fitting gadget for him, and something I was looking forward to seeing as part of Guybrush's future appearances. : P Someone here HAS to agree with me.

12/11/2009, 01:00 pm	#2
Maxilyah Not a stalker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 1,004	YES. I loved the hook! And I've just gotten used to drawing him with it, too. D8 __________________ ~ Maxilyah Aku akan makan anak-anak anda. My DeviantArt

12/11/2009, 01:03 pm	#3
One-Eyed Kijin Room for Rent Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 86	I grew tired of the hook after a while. It eventually became a tool for the developers to give an excuse to throw an object in a locked chest. We had play through that same puzzle far too many times. The hook was one of the few lazy gameplay design elements in TOMI. The hook has overstayed its welcome, as funny as it was. __________________ 'Standing by my window Breathing summer breeze Saw a figure floating, 'neath the willow trees Asked us if we were happy We said we didn't know Took us by the hands and up we go' Last edited by One-Eyed Kijin; 12/11/2009 at 01:06 pm.

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12/11/2009, 01:04 pm	#4
Everlast Holy Awesome Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 370	I DONT LIKE THE HOOK! I vote in favor of the hand!

12/11/2009, 01:04 pm	#5
puzzlebox Telltale Team Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,682	I will miss the gorgeously expressive droopy thing Guybrush did with the hook when he was slightly embarrassed. And how on earth will he unlock random chests left lying around in the jungle now?

12/11/2009, 01:05 pm	#6
Wishbone Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 16	Love the hook. Hate the fact that it works as a universal master key.

12/11/2009, 01:09 pm	#8
thehardmenpath Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 42	If it were SCUMM, we could command a TALK TO THE HOOK.

12/11/2009, 01:11 pm	#10
Sir Pantalones Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 324	What if it wasn't an item? Like the verb coin in CMI, for instance, except one of the options is a hook. That'd be if Lucasarts made the next game, though.

12/11/2009, 01:16 pm	#13
Falanca Hasn't Played TWDG Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,239	There is really no point of locking all the chests if the player already knows how to open them, and I found this fact really irritating until we see the lock in the last showdown with LeChuck. I guess they tried to make us get used to open all locks with an ease so that if we see a lock that CAN'T be opened with the hook, we can feel desperate and empty.

12/11/2009, 01:20 pm	#14
Leak Blorp blorp blorp... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Linz, Austria Posts: 983	YOU THERE! HAND ME THE HOOK, AND NOONE GETS HURT! bows

12/11/2009, 02:13 pm	#17
PecanBlue I warned you about stairs Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Not telling, I don't want rocks thrown at my house Posts: 743	I never thought of the hook as a lazy puzzle solver, because in the old games there never really were many locked chests to open, a lot of them would be already unlocked, really. So to me the hook was more of an alternative "open" action.

12/11/2009, 04:11 pm	#19
flying sheep Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 73	i think guybush himself didn’t like it’s disapperance (remember his look when he realizes it) i wonder why his hook is replaced by flesh but his ear-piercings are not…

12/11/2009, 04:53 pm	#20
Wolfstar27 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 374	i always perfered guybrush without the hook, Guybrush isnt Guybrush with a hook, i just about got used to Guybrush wearing earrings(cause he doesnt have earrings in Monkey Island 1 or 2) but however the hook did add a nice twist to the story but like i said i perfer him with both his hands