Thanks to Telltale Games for ToMI! And now we want also... Grim Fandango 2 !!!

[belacqua]

Great surprise for Tales of Moneky Island! We love Telltales! Our dear Guybrush is returning!! Great work of TellTale's boys !!! (we want altough Guy speaking Italian, we pray you!!! ). And after this, now we want also sequel of Grim Fandango! Come on Telltales, make new adventures of Manny Calavera!!!

[Armakuni]

I don't need Grim Fandango 2. I think it stands very well on its own.

Loom is a game that needs sequels, though... the storyline was never finished.

[MusicallyInspired]

Isn't Grim a solely Schafer-only game? Either way, I never liked it. Not enough to get through it, anyway.

[belacqua]

What? Do you don't love Manny also?

And for the storyline: is not necessary to have a sequel, also a prequel may be awesome!!

[MusicallyInspired]

Yeah, I don't see what everyone else sees in Grim Fandango. I don't get the appeal at all. Which is unusual because I love pretty much EVERY other LucasArts game and for some reason everybody rates Grim Fandango as the best one (I can't say I agree with this).

[corruptbiggins]

I loved Grim Fandango but can't see the potential for a sequel. Loom on the other hand needs one or two.

[serweet]

Originally Posted by Armakuni

I don't need Grim Fandango 2. I think it stands very well on its own.

Loom is a game that needs sequels, though... the storyline was never finished.

Agreed!
Originally, Loom was planned as a trilogy, with the second game being The Forge, and the third The Fold. They starred Rusty and the shepherd girl.
They'd probably suit the chapter style aswell, with added benefits from playing through from the beginning by finding extra drafts, that unlock secrets in later episodes, but allowing people to just step in at any chapter should they wish.

[Threepwood4Life]

That would be good to re-released but I would caution them not to do a sequel cause Grim Fandango was unique and a one-off and a sequel could damage is reputation and without Tim Schafer at the helm theres no one that has the powerful mind of storytelling he has. Same goes with The Dig, a re-release yes, a sequel no

[giant_frying_pan]

I'm not normally one of the type that think that poor or ill-conceived sequels or revivals of properties cause harm to the original work, but I really hope there is not a Grim Fandango sequel or prequel because it really doesn't need either.

It's a fantastic story that has its beginning and end and I don't think there's any need to revisit the characters or world. Even a straight remake of it I'd be uncertain about because it doesn't really need that either.

More people should play it though. Any creative methods to drive an audience back to it, I'd be all for.

[MusicallyInspired]

Also, just because a game is good doesn't mean a sequel will be as good. Do you want a sequel because you loved the first game's atmosphere and characters so much? Or do you want a sequel just because you loved the first game's story so much? Big difference. If you liked the story, that's no reason to want a sequel.

[esteban]

Like some of you, I don't think a sequel for Grim Fandango... Because the story is definitely ending in it. It's also the case for The Dig. They are one shot. Sequels can be easily done for Maniac Mansion/DOTT, Zak McKraken or Full Throttle.

Like Armakuni and Serweet, I would like to see the end of the trilogy of Loom. It was a very great game : I remember disliked it when it was released because it's wasn't a funny game like the others SCUMM and without the "verbs system" and now it's one of my favourite ! A game using the music of Tchaikovsky, the Swan Lake (one of the most beautiful music in the world) and it's totally worked...

[doom saber]

Even though I believe that TT is great for gettin the MI license, l am not sure if we should bug them for another LA title since it does takes a lot of time to make a game.

If TT does get another LA license, l believe a sequel to the maniac mansion and Day of the Tentacle games would be great. Unlike a lot of the other LA games, the MM series doesn't seem like a one time series like the Digg and instead, appears to be one of those franchise that can have as many sequel as needed.

[Shmeh]

I love Grim Fandango, but I don't think the story would be able to accommodate a sequel. You might be able to get away with a pre-quel, but I don't think a pre-quel would do the first game justice, because of the scale of the journey in the original game, and the restriction the original story would place on the pre-quel.

I think the Maniac Mansion series would make a better license to revive from the old Lucas Arts catalog.

[Armakuni]

I can't stand prequels

Leave Grim Fandango alone, there are plenty of other franchises much better suited to sequels.

[doom saber]

Maniac Mansion/Day of the Tentacle would work whereas the characters in the game can be fleshed out w/o limitations from the previous games in my honest opinion.

For instance, TT can pretty much put their own interptations on the maniac mansion characters without ppl groaning and moaning

I am sure there are fans who would complained if Bernard have gotten a redesign but l doubt they would care if Razor or anybody else who have not appeared in DOTT have gotten a makeover.

It would be cool to see TT aging the characters seeing how the first two were based in realtime.


I think it would be cool to see Wendy as a famous novelist who is seeking some inspiration for her next book or Razor as a celebrity popstar sellout.

[belacqua]

a prequel is possible for Manny... i loved so much various Lucas adventure that i'd like to see new games about their protagonists... for example an adventure about the life before death of Manny... why not?

[Shmeh]

Originally Posted by belacqua

a prequel is possible for Manny... i loved so much various Lucas adventure that i'd like to see new games about their protagonists... for example an adventure about the life before death of Manny... why not?

It's been years since I played it, so I could be wrong, but I remember Manny starting out as a down-trodden nobody who regrets not doing anything with his life. If you create a great story of his life where he triumphs over evil, it won't gel well with the Grim Fandango character.

It could be done, but it would be hard to work around the story of the original game. There are great games out there that are open to a new series without such restrictions, so a new Grim Fandango story is, in my opinion, a bad idea.

[MusicallyInspired]

If another Maniac Mansion game were to be made I'd want it with different characters. Preferably ALL different to the ones in Day of the Tentacle. Maybe perhaps picking three others from the original Maniac Mansion. Or one other and get two other unknowns like DOTT did. I can't stand it when everyone says "We want a Day of the Tentacle 2!!" because Day of the Tentacle itself is a sequel. What we should be saying is "We want a Maniac Mansion 3!" Similar humour (not really possible without Schafer, obviously), featuring the Edisons, with DIFFERENT main characters to DOTT.

[Eduardo]

I think Grim Fandango had a perfect ending.

You may create a new game in the same world, but Manny's story was perfectly tied up.

[doom saber]

Originally Posted by MusicallyInspired

If another Maniac Mansion game were to be made I'd want it with different characters. Preferably ALL different to the ones in Day of the Tentacle. Maybe perhaps picking three others from the original Maniac Mansion. Or one other and get two other unknowns like DOTT did. I can't stand it when everyone says "We want a Day of the Tentacle 2!!" because Day of the Tentacle itself is a sequel. What we should be saying is "We want a Maniac Mansion 3!" Similar humour (not really possible without Schafer, obviously), featuring the Edisons, with DIFFERENT main characters to DOTT.

l agree, hence me suggesting that they should use Razor and always stating for a new MM game in my previous comment.

I also think that makin a new one with characters who aren't in DOTT, would allow Telltale to make the game their own. To clarify, it would mean that TT can do whatever they want with the game w/o being forced to playin to protray the characters a certain way. l prefer a loose sequel to MM rather than a continuation of DOTT

As said before, those who have played DOTT may complain about character design or behaviour if TT uses Hoagie, Vern, and Bernard whereas if they used someone in MM, no one would really complain since they weren't flesh out in the original game. Having characters not from DOTT would, imo, make the game better


I love the protagonists from DOTT, but l believe that the game should have new chars to make it more unique.