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Now I get that it's 2 different styles 2.5D and 3D - but the special edition that's coming from lucasarts looks so much better then the flat color 3D look of the new episodes.
Why do game companies think 3D makes the games better? I would much rather play this type of game in 2D - with the awesome painted backgrounds. It's like playing a cartoon. I hope that the special edition sells through the roof so that more developers will use that design style and make more adventure games. to telltale: if you're going to do a 3D version of adventure games, at least spend a lot of time making the backgrounds really detailed. I like the storyboard/concept art better then real thing. |
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Better? Please.
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One of the main reason companies go down the 3D route is time and cost. It's much quicker basically and gone are the days of having budgets like the early Lucasarts games.
TTG, correct me if Im wrong. |
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Actually, it's not so much that it's better, it's just that making the sprites for each action can be a tedious and expensive job. It's simply cheaper to develop the game in 3D, especially for a not-so-big company like Telltale Games. Sure, it's a big company now, but not big in its budget and / or employment size in comparison to companies like Capcom and other.
EDIT: Arrr, ya beat me to it, lad! |
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it's sad though. money shouldn't be an issue.
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Support This game Through the roof! do the Same with special Edition!
And Lucas Arts/talltales will give us a new 2D Monkey island game! |
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Haha, they are a business.. they've chosen to make games in a genre which is not even slightly as profitable as it was when the original games come out. You dont except them to make the game at a loss, just out of love? Would you work for free making it? |
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I'm not saying they should go with a loss. did you even read what I wrote? I said it's sad that money is an issue.
also - yes I would work for free. |
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If you want to spoil yourself then check out the videos! I am not sure what it is about the 2d version, maybe the crude animation but it feels somewhat cheapish! |
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Yes I did read it, sorry if I came accross as malevolent. I guess its sad then that money is an issue for society. Also, thought you might say that. You'd work full-time for no salary to make a game that you couldn't even really play becasue you already knew all the puzzles and dialog? |
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The Special Edition characters look fine in stills, but the animation seems wooden. TOMI looks much more natural in motion.
Not to say I'm not drooling over the SE for the gorgeous backgrounds and full voice, of course. |
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Haha fair enough. I actually started making my own Monkey Island game in flash a few years ago, until I realised Id have no fun playing it!
What I found interested though is that its taken Lucasarts 9 months to do SMI:SE, and thats just building it on top of an existing game! |
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There are jobs that don't pay, but provide food and shelter
![]() I guess that's a form of payment, but it's really just so you can stay there to work. |
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also I think you are missing anyone's point by some miles now. purposely perhaps, but still. |
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Donations and part time jobs could be a possible solution. Maybe find some sponsors and put some ads in there.
There is VERY cheap food out there if you look around a bit, and maybe someone on the team has rich relatives that could let them stay in a building they own. I can think of many ways
Last edited by Armakuni; 06/04/2009 at 10:12 am. |
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Grim Fandango addicted
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Am I the only one who likes 3D better?
I really loved MI4, more than I loved MI3
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No offense, but SoMI looks way better than SoMI: Special Edition, thank god they let you switch between the two on the fly, as those new character designs look like crap.
ToMI looks great though. |
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