Tales of Monkey Island - Page 13

MikeLXXXVIII · 10-26-2009, 11:27 AM

I can't say I have been impressed by the episodes. The first episode felt very underwhelming, the same with the second (which was even worse). I felt like the puzzles were too much of trial error and item combinations. The same patterns and ways to solve the puzzles kept repeating over and over again.

The humour hasn't exacly been up there either. I found it rare to chuckle at anything being said. But boy did Episode 3 really pick up, after the tedious face expression fight. The episode really started to shine then. I really love the second part of it!
Overall it was a funny and a pretty well done episode despite its flaws. Had some neat stuff and twists in solving things.

Despite only one episode truly shining and some charming fun parts of the first episode I still think Telltale games did a good job at trying to recreate The Monkey Island universe. I just hope that the next episodes will be the same quality as episode 3.

Blackcat · 10-26-2009, 12:55 PM

I'm bored and the only solution to that is ep. 4!

Antaios · 10-27-2009, 11:31 PM

Friday.

Blackcat · 10-28-2009, 10:10 AM

End of october: ep. 4
End of november: ep. 5
End of december: special bonus episode from Santa?

PhoenixWrong · 10-29-2009, 01:50 PM

Some info for Episode 5 from Nintendo Power.

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Previews:

Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5: Rise of the Pirate God
-horrible things will happen
-HORRIBLE THINGS
-"There's going to be a very clever and emotionally meaningful take on the insult swordfighting" -- Mike Stemmle, game designer
-"...And we did set up one very cool ending... when we sat down with [original Secret of Monkey Island creator] Ron Gilbert. People will be very happy with how that comes across. It will cement Elaine and Guybruch as the power couple of the Caribbean."
-some puzzles will make use of items that have been collected from previous episodes, even ones that were forgotten or annoying

Insult sword fighting! I was afraid they were not going to include it.

Maquisard · 10-30-2009, 04:40 AM

What the hell does Friday, Pacific Standard Time mean, anyway?! Office opening hours PST? Minute before midnight PST?

*Dale Baldwin* · 10-30-2009, 04:57 AM

Judging by past releases, 'some time on Friday PST'.

At least they don't set a time that they then miss. Multiple times. [Valve, I'm looking at you

]

Maquisard · 10-30-2009, 11:29 AM

Apparently it meant midday PST. Thanks for not laggin' me out everyone, now go get your own! ^_^

MikeLXXXVIII · 10-30-2009, 11:30 AM

The episode is out now! installing it as we speak now!
Hoping for a brilliant episode

Blackcat · 10-30-2009, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeLXXXVIII

The episode is out now!

Oh! I didn't receive an e-mail from TT yet! And how did you people find that release date? I looked on the site earlier this week (even yesterday, I think) and I saw it nowhere.
Anyway... big dilemma now... - a lot of work that needs to be done urgently... or play TMI ep. 4 ...

***fov*** · 10-30-2009, 12:20 PM

I can't wait to see what people think of this one. I think the story takes some really interesting turns.

AFGNCAAP · 10-30-2009, 02:54 PM

I managed to finish catching up on Episodes 2 and 3 just hours before Trial and Execution was released, and I had a vastly different experience with each of them.

Chapter 2 I found, I am sorry to say, bad. Not just disappointing (I admit I might have set expectations too high, having been incredibly positively surprised with Screaming Narwhal), but I-had-to-force-myself-to-keep-playing-bad. And that's all because of the puzzles. With the exception of the beginning sequence (which I loved, just like you guys predicted), literally none gelled with me -- there was something that annoyed me in either the concept or the execution in each of them.

Spoiler:
Finding three different coupons to bring back to the shop was just boring design. The maze was small enough to not qualify as an actual challenge but complicated enough to be an annoyance. The rubber tree puzzle seemed to based on pure trial-and-error, especially if you didn't talk McGillicutty early enough (and you had been actively discouraged to). Etc., etc.

I don't know, maybe I just wasn't in the mood at the time. On the plus side, the characters, writing, acting and all that jazz were just as good as in the previous instalment (and in the case of LeChuck - outstanding). And I don't get what people's problem with the merfolk is.

Chapter 3 was, however, back to form of #1 and more, with superb puzzles (I don't care it if they are easy as long as they stay so smooth and fun) and humour improved from already satisfying level of the previous parts. And while I consider both DeSinge and LeFlay great additions to the MI world, this time we got not one but the whole cast of characters I'd love to see appearing or referenced again in the future, down to the Leviathan and (original) Santino. The best episode yet for sure, although I wouldn't like to retroactively knock still-awesome Narwhal, which honestly couldn't allow itself to be quite that linear and focused. (I mean, imagine if half of the first game in the series after nine-year-break took part in giant moster's bowels...) Great work!

On to the fourth one, then... when I find some time.

Lucien21 · 10-30-2009, 04:04 PM

Just started Ep 4.

So far so good.

However the Prosecuters Jacket is incredibly annoying and just looks too odd.

DustyShinigami · 10-30-2009, 04:14 PM

Like Lucien, I've made a start on it. And also, so far so good. I've had a few chuckles/laughs. Bit disappointing that the original voice actor for...

Spoiler:
Stan

didn't make a comeback like I hoped he would. But at least the voice actor for Murray did. That really would've been disappointing otherwise.

***fov*** · 10-30-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucien21

However the Prosecuters Jacket is incredibly annoying and just looks too odd.

You do get the joke, don't you? Stan's jacket has always had plaid that moves independently of the fabric. (See here for examples.)

I think there would have been a lot of angry fans wielding pitchforks if they hadn't done it that way...

*Dale Baldwin* · 10-30-2009, 04:23 PM

You can't leave me with that cliffhanger for a month. Gah!

Thoroughly enjoyed this chapter.

PhoenixWrong · 10-30-2009, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gazzoid

Like Lucien, I've made a start on it. And also, so far so good. I've had a few chuckles/laughs. Bit disappointing that the original voice actor for...

Spoiler:
Stan

didn't make a comeback like I hoped he would. But at least the voice actor for Murray did. That really would've been disappointing otherwise.

Yeah I felt that way too. He seemed mildly annoying rather than extremely obnoxious like he is suppose to be. I am very disappointed actually...

Hopefully Telltale will change it when* season 2 comes out.

*hopefully there will be a season 2!

Lucien21 · 10-30-2009, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by fov

You do get the joke, don't you? Stan's jacket has always had plaid that moves independently of the fabric. (See here for examples.)

I think there would have been a lot of angry fans wielding pitchforks if they hadn't done it that way...

I got the reference, but it probably because in previous games the chracters have been a lot smaller that it worked better.

In this he takes up most of the screen at times and the jacket just looks so fake it takes you out of the experience.

IMO.

Maquisard · 10-31-2009, 06:45 AM

Hmm, maybe the jacked should've been impervious to perspective as well? IE, pattern density wouldn't increase in close-ups.

SamandMax · 10-31-2009, 09:35 AM

I loved this episode, I thought it was easily the best so far. It's longer, has a much darker tone and has some incredibly elaborate and tricky puzzles. The last episode only took me about 2 hours to finish, this one took about 4 separate sittings and probably closer to 6 hours. A lot of people might say that it's not as funny as the previous episodes, but I just think the humour takes on a little more of a meaner edge like Monkey Island 2 did, there's a lot more jokes about paralyzed cats and sacks of severed legs than silly puns this time around, which is fine by me. I can't wait until Episode 5, it has a tough act to follow after this and I hope it doesn't disappoint.

10-26-2009, 11:27 AM	#241
MikeLXXXVIII Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: By the Norse Fjords Posts: 348	I can't say I have been impressed by the episodes. The first episode felt very underwhelming, the same with the second (which was even worse). I felt like the puzzles were too much of trial error and item combinations. The same patterns and ways to solve the puzzles kept repeating over and over again. The humour hasn't exacly been up there either. I found it rare to chuckle at anything being said. But boy did Episode 3 really pick up, after the tedious face expression fight. The episode really started to shine then. I really love the second part of it! Overall it was a funny and a pretty well done episode despite its flaws. Had some neat stuff and twists in solving things. Despite only one episode truly shining and some charming fun parts of the first episode I still think Telltale games did a good job at trying to recreate The Monkey Island universe. I just hope that the next episodes will be the same quality as episode 3. Share Share this post on Twitter Last edited by MikeLXXXVIII; 10-26-2009 at 11:34 AM.

10-26-2009, 12:55 PM	#242
Blackcat Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 72	I'm bored and the only solution to that is ep. 4! Share Share this post on Twitter

10-27-2009, 11:31 PM	#243
Antaios Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Amersfoort, the Netherlands Posts: 80	Friday. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "Ahoy there, fancy pants."

10-28-2009, 10:10 AM	#244
Blackcat Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 72	End of october: ep. 4 End of november: ep. 5 End of december: special bonus episode from Santa? Share Share this post on Twitter

10-30-2009, 04:40 AM	#246
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10-30-2009, 04:57 AM	#247
Dale Baldwin Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Southampton, UK Posts: 3,139	Judging by past releases, 'some time on Friday PST'. At least they don't set a time that they then miss. Multiple times. [Valve, I'm looking at you ] Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Now Playing: Catherine, Sword and Sworcery:EP Recently Completed: The Witcher

10-30-2009, 11:29 AM	#248
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	Apparently it meant midday PST. Thanks for not laggin' me out everyone, now go get your own! ^_^ Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

10-30-2009, 11:30 AM	#249
MikeLXXXVIII Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: By the Norse Fjords Posts: 348	The episode is out now! installing it as we speak now! Hoping for a brilliant episode Share Share this post on Twitter

10-30-2009, 12:20 PM	#251
*fov* Rattenmonster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 10,404	I can't wait to see what people think of this one. I think the story takes some really interesting turns. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-30-2009, 02:54 PM	#252
AFGNCAAP Dungeon Master Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Poland Posts: 4,152	I managed to finish catching up on Episodes 2 and 3 just hours before Trial and Execution was released, and I had a vastly different experience with each of them. Chapter 2 I found, I am sorry to say, bad. Not just disappointing (I admit I might have set expectations too high, having been incredibly positively surprised with Screaming Narwhal), but I-had-to-force-myself-to-keep-playing-bad. And that's all because of the puzzles. With the exception of the beginning sequence (which I loved, just like you guys predicted), literally none gelled with me -- there was something that annoyed me in either the concept or the execution in each of them. Spoiler: Finding three different coupons to bring back to the shop was just boring design. The maze was small enough to not qualify as an actual challenge but complicated enough to be an annoyance. The rubber tree puzzle seemed to based on pure trial-and-error, especially if you didn't talk McGillicutty early enough (and you had been actively discouraged to). Etc., etc. I don't know, maybe I just wasn't in the mood at the time. On the plus side, the characters, writing, acting and all that jazz were just as good as in the previous instalment (and in the case of LeChuck - outstanding). And I don't get what people's problem with the merfolk is. Chapter 3 was, however, back to form of #1 and more, with superb puzzles (I don't care it if they are easy as long as they stay so smooth and fun) and humour improved from already satisfying level of the previous parts. And while I consider both DeSinge and LeFlay great additions to the MI world, this time we got not one but the whole cast of characters I'd love to see appearing or referenced again in the future, down to the Leviathan and (original) Santino. The best episode yet for sure, although I wouldn't like to retroactively knock still-awesome Narwhal, which honestly couldn't allow itself to be quite that linear and focused. (I mean, imagine if half of the first game in the series after nine-year-break took part in giant moster's bowels...) Great work! On to the fourth one, then... when I find some time. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ What's happening? Wh... Where am I?

10-30-2009, 04:04 PM	#253
Lucien21 Psychonaut Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 5,114	Just started Ep 4. So far so good. However the Prosecuters Jacket is incredibly annoying and just looks too odd. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ I'm not insane, my mother had me tested!

10-30-2009, 04:14 PM	#254
DustyShinigami The Quiet One Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Staffordshire, UK Posts: 1,986	Like Lucien, I've made a start on it. And also, so far so good. I've had a few chuckles/laughs. Bit disappointing that the original voice actor for... Spoiler: Stan didn't make a comeback like I hoped he would. But at least the voice actor for Murray did. That really would've been disappointing otherwise. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Now Playing: Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (DS and iPhone), DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil, Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All, Silent Hill - HD Collection Recently Completed: Max Payne, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Next: Bayonetta, Devil May Cry - HD Collection, Max Payne 3, Metal Gear Solid - HD Collection, Silent Hill: Downpour

10-30-2009, 04:23 PM	#256
Dale Baldwin Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Southampton, UK Posts: 3,139	You can't leave me with that cliffhanger for a month. Gah! Thoroughly enjoyed this chapter. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Now Playing: Catherine, Sword and Sworcery:EP Recently Completed: The Witcher

10-31-2009, 06:45 AM	#259
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	Hmm, maybe the jacked should've been impervious to perspective as well? IE, pattern density wouldn't increase in close-ups. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

10-31-2009, 09:35 AM	#260
SamandMax A Slice of Fried Gold Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 1,024	I loved this episode, I thought it was easily the best so far. It's longer, has a much darker tone and has some incredibly elaborate and tricky puzzles. The last episode only took me about 2 hours to finish, this one took about 4 separate sittings and probably closer to 6 hours. A lot of people might say that it's not as funny as the previous episodes, but I just think the humour takes on a little more of a meaner edge like Monkey Island 2 did, there's a lot more jokes about paralyzed cats and sacks of severed legs than silly puns this time around, which is fine by me. I can't wait until Episode 5, it has a tough act to follow after this and I hope it doesn't disappoint. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ SamandMax's Recommended Songs Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball They Might Be Giants - Dog Walker The Kinks - Money Talks Gorillaz - DoYaThing

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