Monkey Island To Return

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Posted by Soulskill on Monday June 1, 2009 @10:52PM from the chuckle-with-lechuck dept.

Briareos was one of several readers to write with news that TellTale Games, along with LucasArts, will be bringing new Monkey Island games later this year. Tales of Monkey Island will be a series of episodic games released for PC and WiiWare in the coming months, and The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will be a remake of the original 1990 game, available on the PC and Xbox Live. A trailer is available for the former, and this is what the press release says about the latter: "The development team at LucasArts is bringing the game into the modern era with all-new HD graphics, a re-mastered musical score, full voiceover, and an in-depth hint system has been added to help players through the game's side-splitting puzzles. Purists will also delight in the ability to seamlessly switch between the updated HD graphics and the original's classic look." Grumpy Gamer has a nostalgic look back at the franchise.

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Please by Azias · 2009-06-01 22:56 · Score: 5, Insightful

Please don't ruin it.
1. Re:Please by Per+Wigren · 2009-06-01 23:25 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Last time I replayed the originals was only about a year ago and they still ARE as good as I remembered them.
  
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2. Re:Please by slim · 2009-06-02 00:32 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Please don't ruin it.
  The "re-imagining" special edition looks like a slam-dunk. Same locations, same script, same puzzles - you can even toggle between the original presentation and the new one on the fly. They've re-recorded the dialogue, arranged the chip music for real instruments and recorded that, painted HD scenery and animated HD sprites.
  The video at http://www.lucasarts.com/games/monkeyisland/ convinced me: this is something I want to pay money for.
  Conversely, Telltale's Sam & Max games were OK, but a pale reflection of the original LucasArts game, so I'm less excited about their new episodes of Monkey Island.
3. Re:Please by hal2814 · 2009-06-02 00:56 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Just you wait. In this new version, Guybrush insults first.
4. Re:Please by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · 2009-06-02 01:58 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Lucasarts isn't making it. It's being made by Telltale Games, which is mainly composed of the same people who originally did all the good games from Lucasarts way back when.
  They are the same people who recently did two seasons of new beautiful episodic Sam & Max games and are gearing up for a third.
  
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5. Re:Please by kalirion · 2009-06-02 02:02 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They're also going to animate the epic Gopher Battle in LotR style.
Second best by D-Cypell · 2009-06-01 22:58 · Score: 5, Funny

Wow! This is the second best slashdot article I have ever seen!
Bring it on! by ardor · 2009-06-01 23:02 · Score: 5, Funny

You fight like a dairy farmer!

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1. Re:Bring it on! by Pseudopositive · 2009-06-01 23:12 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  How appropriate. You fight like a cow.
2. Re:Bring it on! by Per+Wigren · 2009-06-01 23:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I once owned a dog that was smarter than you.
  
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3. Re:Bring it on! by Pseudopositive · 2009-06-01 23:24 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  He must have taught you everything you know!
4. Re:Bring it on! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-06-01 23:43 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  First you'd better stop waving it around like a feather duster.
5. Re:Bring it on! by imashination · 2009-06-01 23:44 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I am rubber, you are glue!
6. Re:Bring it on! by SIR_Taco · 2009-06-02 02:47 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Oh yea?!
  
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A Classic ... by __aajwxe560 · 2009-06-01 23:07 · Score: 5, Insightful

Guybrush Threepwood: Well, if there's one thing I've learned, it's this: never pay more than 20 dollars for a computer game.
Elaine: What's that?
Guybrush Threepwood: Never mind. I don't know why I said that.
1. Re:A Classic ... by Petrushka · 2009-06-02 00:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Guybrush: Ha! Those guys wouldn't know a good story if they paid fifty bucks for it.
2. Re:A Classic ... by Late+Adopter · 2009-06-02 01:30 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Guybrush: I can't help but feel I've been ripped off.
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  Guybrush: I'm sure you're feeling something similar.
Re:Through the gates of hell... by Bashae · 2009-06-01 23:21 · Score: 5, Informative

One of the original designers, the original composer and a few other members of the original team, plus the voice cast from games 3 and 4, are in this game's development team.
I'm hopeful.
Re:Through the gates of hell... by TheRaven64 · 2009-06-02 00:11 · Score: 4, Interesting

I enjoyed the Monkey Island series, but I think Grim Fandango is the best game in this genre that I've played. I'm very glad they never made a sequel to it - it was a great stand-alone game but didn't leave any loose ends that needed tying up. Much as I enjoyed the Monkey Island games, I'm not sure that they need more sequels. I'd rather see more original games in the same style but with new settings or characters.

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Re:Through the gates of hell... by gEvil+(beta) · 2009-06-02 00:21 · Score: 4, Insightful

All the people who used to work on these great games left LucasArts. I very much prefer to have a game developed by people with experience and emotional attachment to the previous ones.

Very true. And didn't most of those people go on to form TellTale Games? So with TellTale developing this, aren't you getting exactly what you want?

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Grumpy Gamer - not just another games blog by slim · 2009-06-02 00:35 · Score: 5, Informative

Many readers of TFA won't realise that 'Grumpy Gamer' is Ron Gilbert, one of the creative geniuses behind Monkey Island. His blog post is fascinating.