06-03-2009, 08:19 AM | #1 |
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Make way for the Ghost Pirates, LeChuck!
While everyone's dissecting all the new Monkey Island art, just thought I'd
Here's a small sample: (Full gallery with larger pics right here). We'll have a first-hand report of Ghost Pirates later. Just alerting people to the pics for now. |
06-03-2009, 08:39 AM | #2 |
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As I wrote in another post, why not ditch Telltale and hire Autumn Moon instead!
Those pictures is what I call pirate atmosphere. |
06-03-2009, 08:45 AM | #3 |
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Tongue-in-cheek joking aside, I should clarify that I really don't mean for this to be an "art wars" thread. I'm personally very enthused about both games, and I think both styles have their own charm, their own strengths. I just didn't want Ghost Pirates lost in the shuffle of all the "other" pirate news.
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06-03-2009, 08:49 AM | #4 |
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It surely won't be forgotten packing that kind of wonderful art. Hopefully the writing is just as good. Fine art without a good story to back it up is just a waste. |
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Great...now everyone should be satisfied.
Those who were disappointed by telltale's graphics can play this. The rest of us that our primary concern is good writing will stick with tales of monkey island.
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I assume because they played "vampire story".
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Vampire Story had its faults, the huge one was writing. But the art was lovely, not that artificial stuff we see in the new MI screenshots. Either thing spoils a potentially good game in my opinion.
Oh, and I'm not talking "graphics" here! What I enjoy is art, the thing made by humans who care for more than function. |
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Now that screenie oozes atmosphere.. If only we could combine the talents in future releases
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I agree with you that autumn moon's graphics are beautiful but personally I believe that telltale's awesome writing and excellent voice acting are far more important and really rare in the adventure gaming industry. I can play a good written game with bad graphics but I can't stand playing a bad written game no matter how amazing the graphics are.
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But judging from each company's (telltale and autumn moon) previous releases one pretty much guarantees good writing and voice acting and the other great graphics but pretty average writing.....so the choice, at least to me, is pretty clear. Although, like ightenhill said, a collaboration between the two would be awesome. Quote:
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But since we can only speculate about such things for both games at this point, this thread is really just all about the eye candy. |
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I wasn't aware of that. I really hope their future releases with the new writers will be much better. Still, telltale has already proved what it can deliver so it was the right choice for Lucas arts.
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Yeah, forumites tend to forget to visit the main site often enough.
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It's still there for the main site index, but it didn't make it over to the individual forum pages. Not sure why, exactly. The forum layout is still a work-in-progress, though. Just not very quick progress.
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06-03-2009, 01:08 PM | #17 |
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The artwork of the ghost is very visually appealing. I wasn't looking forward to this game since it's not my type, but just the graphics are enough to turn my head.
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06-03-2009, 03:44 PM | #18 |
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I admire Autumn Moon's attention to detail and especially their lighting. They really know how to make you feel like you're in a cinematic cartoon movie. Spectacular.
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06-03-2009, 04:31 PM | #19 |
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I think the picture posted above looks really, really, super corny. Flame away!
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06-03-2009, 04:37 PM | #20 |
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Yea, it does look "corny" in all its wacky, zany, imperfect cartoon glory. And that's why I love it.
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