Maniac Mansion / Day of the Tentacle

DOTT is what made the series popular. MM would be just an old game that not as many poeple would remember if it wasen't for DOTT.

Everything would be compared to DOTT instead of Maniac mansion if a 3rd game was conceived. I just can't see it working.

Plus the original voice actor's would most definatly not return causing mass hysteria.
I cringe thinking about someone imitating the characters. Especially Lavern.

I just found this german site about a dott 2 fan game.

It's got actual screenshots from their game that look pretty decent. They're pretty much redone rooms from the original. Most of them are too bright but it's cool to see them in a higher resolution.
It seems they added a few cameos from other classics in there too.

http://www.dott2.de/

DOTT is what made the series popular. MM would be just an old game that not as many poeple would remember if it wasen't for DOTT.

Everything would be compared to DOTT instead of Maniac mansion if a 3rd game was conceived. I just can't see it working.

Plus the original voice actor's would most definatly not return causing mass hysteria.
I cringe thinking about someone imitating the characters. Especially Lavern.

Popularity? Eh, so what? It's still the second game in the series. It's not like the story is untouchable.

The comparisons, eh? What about Majora's Mask, then? That game wasn't sunk by comparisons to the incredibly acclaimed Ocarina of Time.

If not having the original voice actors in a sequel to a popular graphic adventure game caused mass hysteria, why haven't we seen any since the release of Sam and Max: Episode One? Well, the voice acting was actually appropriate, for one...

Hi all,
I would absolutely love to play another MM/DOTT game too.

And the more in-jokes with both Maniac Mansion and DOTT the better. I especially would love to see references to the first one, and maybe even to its characters (Razor anyone? )

I found the art linked by the thread opener very enjoyable, and the idea of parallel dimensions' mansion is intriguing.

Bernard and the tentacles are of course irremissible.

To have it playable with different set of charactes, like Maniac Mansion, would be awesome, but I'm not sure how well this would fit in the TT's episodic model.

[Guybrush_Threepwood]

To have it playable with different set of charactes, like Maniac Mansion, would be awesome, but I'm not sure how well this would fit in the TT's episodic model.

The Great Cow Race showed us that it would fit PERFECTLY.
I mean, the episodic format allows to switch between characters as well as a full-lenght game as DOTT.
Also, I think that the possibility to use different characters makes things and puzzles a bit more interesting, and that's VERY important for games that are supposed to be so short.

Hell yeah. I'd be even more excited about a DOTT2 than Sam & Max...AND I LOVE SAM & MAX!

DOTT in 3D. Did you check that dude's 3D renders of Bernard and the portapotty? MAN that was great! I reckong he should get a contract with Telltale to work soley on DOTT. He'd ROCK!

If a 3D DOTT game was made it wouldn't have the same quality of those renders. Unless it came out on PS3....

[Guybrush_Threepwood]

Did you check that dude's 3D renders of Bernard and the portapotty? MAN that was great! I reckong he should get a contract with Telltale to work soley on DOTT. He'd ROCK!

You know, that guy let me think a lot with those renders!
Imagine if someone/some company had the guts, money and time to re-style in 3D some of the masterpieces we all love.
That would probably attract young gamers who never tried those games because they're "old and with bad graphics".
And this would mean a huge number of new graphic adventure fans and a new youth for this kind of games.
It may sound crazy, but it's becoming usual to remake old games in a modern style (though WITHOUT CHANGING ANYTHING in the plot or whatever).

Well, I'm pretty sure SQUARE-ENIX is doing that with FINAL FANTAST 7 - remodelling the entire game for PS3.

That's EPIC brother.

Well, I'm pretty sure SQUARE-ENIX is doing that with FINAL FANTAST 7 - remodelling the entire game for PS3.

That's EPIC brother.

Yeah, I never played FF7 so the movie was confusing. Things were just.... happening....

Man - Those 3d models were amazing!

Well, I'm pretty sure SQUARE-ENIX is doing that with FINAL FANTAST 7 - remodelling the entire game for PS3.

That's EPIC brother.

They're going to have to do more than that. Fixing the gameplay and the translation might even make the game as high quality as everyone suggests it is.

NOO!! DOTT was such a perfect game, a modren version of it would probably ruin it! i'm not saying i don't trust telltale on making great games, i'm just saying i'm not sure if it's possible to even MAKE a better game than the original DOTT... The only thing that needs a makeover to make it competable in the modren market is the graphics... Kids just love cartoony CMI styled graphics!!

NOO!! DOTT was such a perfect game, a modren version of it would probably ruin it! i'm not saying i don't trust telltale on making great games, i'm just saying i'm not sure if it's possible to even MAKE a better game than the original DOTT... The only thing that needs a makeover to make it competable in the modren market is the graphics... Kids just love cartoony CMI styled graphics!!

Day of the Tentacle is an odd game to put on a pedestal. Some of those puzzles were just utterly incomprehensible. It could be improved.

Day of the Tentacle is an odd game to put on a pedestal. Some of those puzzles were just utterly incomprehensible. It could be improved.

To what? I know some puzles were more or less "try using all items in your inventory with that item" ... but that's the fun in it! An updated version would be a story guided advanture... whitch is not the case in DOTT...

Not me thats for sure. The episode games just doesnt work in the kinda game.. Most people will see that when we play the sam&max episode 1. The game is good yes. But its way to short and easy. because there are so few items and npc involved.. I for one. Like the idea of a hole game.

So if telltale gets big enough or rich enough and the experince of what people like. I hope we get more of the good Point and click games but in there normal Full Version..

To what? I know some puzles were more or less "try using all items in your inventory with that item" ... but that's the fun in it! An updated version would be a story guided advanture... whitch is not the case in DOTT...

Trial and error is not fun. It's a long, drawn out process that involves little thinking, and a whole lot of legwork.

Trial and error is not fun. It's a long, drawn out process that involves little thinking, and a whole lot of legwork.

Trail and error is VERY FUN.. so dont play it. There is a reason why it was go great. And many other more complex adventure games failed..

[Haggis]

Trial and error is not fun. If I want to click a lot of times in a row, I'll play Minesweeper.

Trail and error is VERY FUN.. so dont play it. There is a reason why it was go great. And many other more complex adventure games failed..

Yeah. I'm not sure how you could possibly have a mental construction that enjoys trial and error, but if you do, realize you're in a tiny minority. Believe it or not, most adventure game fans would rather have something that forces them to think.

And if I stopped playing every game I had a problem with, I wouldn't ever play a videogame.