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Vegetable Party - 10 May 2022 01:48 PM

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Vegetable Party - 10 May 2022 01:48 PM

I wonder who will create the music for this game.

Michael Land, Peter McConnell and Clint Bajakian.  All three are stalwarts of creating the soundtracks for the previous Monkey Island games, as well as many other titles from LucasArts’ back catalogue.

PREVIOUS VIDEOGAME SOUNDTRACKS THE TRIO HAVE WORKED ON

Michael Land

Peter McConnell

Clint Bajakian

rtrooney - 10 May 2022 09:27 PM

Sorry that Ron doesn’t like that style. Allow me to say that I might not like his style either.

Which is a perfectly acceptable thing to do. I don’t like it either.

I feel the style is a grower not a shower for me.

I wasn’t sure of it at first. But the more time i have to look at it the more it grows on me.

Some of my favourite games, art, shows, foods, drinks are grower’s.

The comment Ron made that alot of people loved the style after an hour of play sounds right to me.

I have a feeling when we get our hands on the game it will click for us.

Toymafia1988 - 12 May 2022 03:11 AM

I wasn’t sure of it at first. But the more time i have to look at it the more it grows on me.

Same here.  I really wasn’t sold on the art style at first, but one of the very first things which I said was that it could be a Wind Waker type of situation (i.e. an art style which repels a lot of fans upon reveal but then becomes hailed as one of the greatest art styles from the entire franchise) and indeed the more I look at those screenshots, the more I’m warming to the art style.  Then again, maybe it’s just Stockholm Syndrome

St_Eddie - 12 May 2022 06:25 AM

Toymafia1988 - 12 May 2022 03:11 AM

I wasn’t sure of it at first. But the more time i have to look at it the more it grows on me.

Same here.  I really wasn’t sold on the art style at first, but one of the very first things which I said was that it could be a Wind Waker type of situation (i.e. an art style which repels a lot of fans upon reveal but then becomes hailed as one of the greatest art styles from the entire franchise) and indeed the more I look at those screenshots, the more I’m warming to the art style.  Then again, maybe it’s just Stockholm Syndrome

I think your Windwaker example is perfect!

Zelda tech demo=fan expectation

Fan expectation+something different= disappointment and backlash
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Thimbleweed park+mi3a article=fan expectation

Fan expectation+something different= disappointment and backlash

Fans referred to Windwaker’s visuals as ‘too childish’ ‘too simple’ ‘too cartoony’

Fans referred to Return’s visuals as ‘too simple’ ‘like bad flash art’

I’m intrigued to see if Return will grow on others over time like Windwaker.

Toymafia1988 - 12 May 2022 07:57 AM

I’m intrigued to see if Return will grow on others over time like Windwaker.

Indeed, but even if the art style doesn’t ingratiate itself to some, there’s still the puzzles, the story, the dialogue, voice acting and the music to look forward to.  There’s so many aspects to this game to look forward to.  Quite honestly, if you’d asked me a year ago what state I would accept learning what Ron’s vision for a new Monkey Island game would be; I would have gladly accepted a simple Word document.  The fact that we’re getting an actual full-on game is, well… quite frankly, it’s a dream come true, so therefore the art style really isn’t that big of a deal to me.  I hope that I’ll warm to it eventually but even if I don’t, it’s a new Monkey Island game being made by Ron Gilbert!  I’m just cock-a-hoop about that alone, to be honest.

Heck, even if the art style doesn’t appeal in time, it could always be worse; it could look like Escape From Monkey Island. *shivers* (me timbers) 

To me, the art still looks exactly as cheap as the day they revealed it. I can’t really think of any game whose art style has grown on me after the initial impression.

It is what it is.

St_Eddie - 12 May 2022 08:33 AM

Toymafia1988 - 12 May 2022 07:57 AM

I’m intrigued to see if Return will grow on others over time like Windwaker.

Indeed, but even if the art style doesn’t ingratiate itself to some, there’s still the puzzles, the story, the dialogue, voice acting and the music to look forward to.  There’s so many aspects to this game to look forward to.  Quite honestly, if you’d asked me a year ago what state I would accept learning what Ron’s vision for a new Monkey Island game would be; I would have gladly accepted a simple Word document.  The fact that we’re getting an actual full-on game is, well… quite frankly, it’s a dream come true, so therefore the art style really isn’t that big of a deal to me.  I hope that I’ll warm to it eventually but even if I don’t, it’s a new Monkey Island game being made by Ron Gilbert!  I’m just cock-a-hoop about that alone, to be honest.

Heck, even if the art style doesn’t appeal in time, it could always be worse; it could look like Escape From Monkey Island. *shivers* (me timbers) 

Very true.

I would have been happy just to have a new Monkey Island game by some random people, let alone one with Ron’s vision, let alone the return of Dave Grossman (i was worried he had retired after Telltale.)

There’s so much to be excited about.

It has been 13 years since the last Monkey Island game… 13 YEARS 🤯🤯🤯

I generally thought Tales would be the last Monkey Island game ever, especially after Disney bought Lucasarts.

Return to Monkey could be a text adventure with no gfx and i would still be over the moon excited.

St_Eddie - 12 May 2022 08:33 AM

Toymafia1988 - 12 May 2022 07:57 AM

I’m intrigued to see if Return will grow on others over time like Windwaker.

Indeed, but even if the art style doesn’t ingratiate itself to some, there’s still the puzzles, the story, the dialogue, voice acting and the music to look forward to.  There’s so many aspects to this game to look forward to.  Quite honestly, if you’d asked me a year ago what state I would accept learning what Ron’s vision for a new Monkey Island game would be; I would have gladly accepted a simple Word document.  The fact that we’re getting an actual full-on game is, well… quite frankly, it’s a dream come true, so therefore the art style really isn’t that big of a deal to me.  I hope that I’ll warm to it eventually but even if I don’t, it’s a new Monkey Island game being made by Ron Gilbert!  I’m just cock-a-hoop about that alone, to be honest.

Heck, even if the art style doesn’t appeal in time, it could always be worse; it could look like Escape From Monkey Island. *shivers* (me timbers) 

Also i still need to beat Escape. Everytime i try to play it i’m immediatedly put off by the tank controls (i wish we had a remastered version like Grim Fandango that fixed some of these issues)

Aaaand Ron deleted the comments and closed the comments section on GG again.