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Monkey Island To Return

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Please by Azias · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please don't ruin it.

    1. Re:Please by slim · · 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.

    2. Re:Please by hal2814 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just you wait. In this new version, Guybrush insults first.

    3. Re:Please by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · 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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    4. Re:Please by kalirion · · Score: 5, Funny

      They're also going to animate the epic Gopher Battle in LotR style.

  2. Second best by D-Cypell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow! This is the second best slashdot article I have ever seen!

  3. Bring it on! by ardor · · Score: 5, Funny

    You fight like a dairy farmer!

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    1. Re:Bring it on! by Pseudopositive · · Score: 5, Funny

      How appropriate. You fight like a cow.

    2. Re:Bring it on! by Per+Wigren · · Score: 5, Funny

      I once owned a dog that was smarter than you.

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    3. Re:Bring it on! by Pseudopositive · · Score: 5, Funny

      He must have taught you everything you know!

    4. Re:Bring it on! by imashination · · Score: 5, Funny

      I am rubber, you are glue!

  4. A Classic ... by __aajwxe560 · · 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.

  5. Re:Through the gates of hell... by Bashae · · 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.

  6. Grumpy Gamer - not just another games blog by slim · · 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.