Return to Monkey Island

ChucklesTheJester said:
If you was to tell me this was from some new grounds parody making fun of awful looking amateur porn fanfiction games. I would 100% believe you more then you saying this is from a upcoming MM remake.
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This is going to be a shitshow and I love it. Also didn't we already get an MM remake in the form of Maniac Mansion Deluxe?
 
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As an old fart that grew up with the original MI titles.. I'm not sure if I should be angry or just sad. I was really, REALLY looking forward to this, even after the first sneak peak trailer. But now after seeing on how the artstyle is done, I just.. I just can't. What the hell Ron? "90s Flashgame" hits it right on the head. I'm prolly still gonna buy and play it, cause I'm a nostalgic sucker, but god damn it.
 
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Ron Gilbert has been inexplicably in love with this artist's style for over a decade now, apparently.
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It's really just bizarre to me. I'm not sure if it looks incredibly unique to an older person rather than more of the same dogshit contemporary corporate minimalism or if its the result of whatever brainworm infects soygoblins to lead them to genuinely believe that Funko Pops look cool.
 
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Gangster Talk said:
Ron Gilbert has been inexplicably in love with this artist's style for over a decade now, apparently.
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It's really just bizarre to me. I'm not sure if it looks incredibly unique to an older person rather than more of the same dogshit contemporary corporate minimalism or if its the result of whatever brainworm infects soygoblins to lead them to genuinely believe that Funko Pops look cool.
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That picture looks ok for a fanart that's meant to be funny. For a MM game it's just looks awful but well King Ron made his decision. He wants trash art with pig eyed characters & penis noses. I accept that. But it's still an awful choice.

Like how can you give Guybrush such an obvious dick nose ( it has a pink fucking "head" ffs) & then get offended when people laugh about it and/or call Gb's design ugly? Or was this just another one of Long Ron Gilbert's idiotic plans to subvert expectations or some shit?
 
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By far my favorite threads on here are the ones where I click thinking "what are these assholes complaining about?" then see what it is about and think it's totally justified.

I was looking forward to this in a passive, not following news about it way, figuring I'd pick it up when it was 30% off on Steam, but I can't see staring at this for 20 hours. It's a style I've seen in short animation films so I get Ron's angle, but anything longer than 5 minutes of it drains your will to live.
 
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Illuminati Order Official said:
I mean the design - green skin, glowing eyes and fiery beard. Four used all previous incarnations:
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...and then giant statue form for the final battle.
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Ah, yes, you are correct. The fiery persona shows up after the voodoo cannonball takes his ship down thanks to Guybrush.

Anyone who wants to get Curse of Monkey Island, it's currently $2.44 on Steam US for the next 24 hours or so.

 
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I just replayed The Dig instead, since it was a free grab on twitch having an amazon prime sub. Much better use of my time. I still remember playing the PC Gamer demo, I think it aged really well. Shitty turtle puzzle, but overall great, better than Myst.
 
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Beat it last night.

I was initially really turned off by the art style, but ended up really digging it by the end. Plot was alright I guess. The ending is what it is. Didn't hate it, but didn't really like it either. Voice acting was top notch, was happy they got most of the cast back.

Puzzles felt really, really dumbed down overall, the whole hint book thing in your inventory aside.

  • Need a key
  • There's a locksmith in town
  • She straight up tells you she can make any key you want if you give her the serial number
  • Inspect the lock with a monocle
  • The numbers are too small
  • Wally straight up gives you a second monocle
  • Inspect the lock with both monocles
  • Guybrush writes down the serial number
  • Locksmith gives him the key for free

This one sticks out in my mind, but I could name a lot of puzzles that were just really straightforward and didn't require much creative thinking. Disappointing.
 
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ForgedBlades said:
Beat it last night.

I was initially really turned off by the art style, but ended up really digging it by the end. Plot was alright I guess. The ending is what it is. Didn't hate it, but didn't really like it either. Voice acting was top notch, was happy they got most of the cast back.
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Here's the thing: This game could legit be great, and I still won't buy it. Hell, I won't even give it the dignity of sailing the seven seas for it. Why? Because Ron's response to the criticism of the art style was nothing short of ridiculous. He could've easily ignored the critics, or said something like "sure, you may not like the art style, but I'm sure if you look past that, you'll enjoy playing this game as much as I did making it." Instead, what the fuck did he do?
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Be a whiny bitch. Like, if I was being reprimanded at my job for something that I did, and I responded with "WAAAAAH, I DON'T NEED THIS, YOU'RE BEING SO MEAN!", what the fuck do you think would happen to me? My ass would be given a pink slip faster than you could even blink. Grow the fuck up and act like a fucking adult instead of a coddled, spoiled child who's never been told "no" his entire life. Maybe then, I'll consider buying your product.
 
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Vyse Inglebard said:
Here's the thing: This game could legit be great, and I still won't buy it. Hell, I won't even give it the dignity of sailing the seven seas for it. Why? Because Ron's response to the criticism of the art style was nothing short of ridiculous. He could've easily ignored the critics, or said something like "sure, you may not like the art style, but I'm sure if you look past that, you'll enjoy playing this game as much as I did making it." Instead, what the fuck did he do?
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Be a whiny bitch. Like, if I was being reprimanded at my job for something that I did, and I responded with "WAAAAAH, I DON'T NEED THIS, YOU'RE BEING SO MEAN!", what the fuck do you think would happen to me? My ass would be given a pink slip faster than you could even blink. Grow the fuck up and act like a fucking adult instead of a coddled, spoiled child who's never been told "no" his entire life. Maybe then, I'll consider buying your product.
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Jesus. I wasn't following the game closely so I wasn't even aware of that shit. What a crybaby.
 
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After seeing the quite frankly hideous graphics for return to monkey I was compelled to go back and play my favorite game in the series, Curse. Look at how much passion was put into this artwork. So much love, blood, swear and tears went into making this game look fantastic.
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Look at the color, the lighting and the linework.

Now take a look at return. Do I even need to say anything here? This shit is outright HIDEOUS. It looks like a mobile game or AI generated art. It's inexcusably ugly. I've heard the story and writing is actually good (save for the ending) but the art style hurts my fucking eyes. It's so uninspired and soulless looking.
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And contrary to what the fuckhead journalists, Ron Gilbert and Guybrush's voice actor say it's not because I wanted the same graphics as the old game. The graphics of Money Island have changed game to game since Secret and it's never been a problem for me. Hell, I Even enjoy the dated 3D from Escape from monkey ANYTHING would have been better then this.
 
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The ending was a rushed pile of garbage pretending to be deep & philosophical. It's even worse than Monkey Island 2. There isn't even a battle. Le Chuck just fucking disappeared. He goes trough a door and that's literally it. Did the guy responsible for the garbage artstyle also wrote the ending?? Because it's also dumb and ugly.

Also the ghost pirate in the trailer doesn't appear either as far as I know. What was the fucking point then??
 
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Sinner's Sandwich said:
The ending was a rushed pile of garbage pretending to be deep & philosophical. It's even worse than Monkey Island 2. There isn't even a battle. Le Chuck just fucking disappeared. He goes trough a door and that's literally it. Did the guy responsible for the garbage artstyle also wrote the ending?? Because it's also dumb and ugly.

Also the ghost pirate in the trailer doesn't appear either as far as I know. What was the fucking point then??
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So it's Thimbleweed Park all over again? "I can't write a good ending so let's go meta and destroy the entire point of the conflict in the game"
 
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