The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition Gameplay Footage and Comparison Screenshots

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• That was a really good read. : mrwolf710
• awesome. Interesting that he didn't care for the parrot gag. That was one of my favorite parts. : GloriousCow
• I disagree about the cutscene art. I like the art, it gave monkey island the special magic. : deadlycookie

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• ok, having watched the video, at least the backgrounds and interface look way better in motion. But the ... : Poor Yurik
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  The backgrounds don't look too bad, but they made some awful character design decisions. : Popedispencer
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    I'm afraid of this direction they're taking ruining the wonderful memories I have of the original games. ... : jjastor
    • If this was an unofficial remake by a bunch of German adventure game enthusiasts I'd be impressed, but t... : Popedispencer
    • How are they at all superior? You can flip to the old graphics and it's exactly the same game, except wit... : Alexrose
    • And what do you mean "created by kids who had never had the opportunity to experience the originals", are... : Alexrose
    • Oh for the love of fuck. Don't worry sir, the WHAAAAmbulance is on its way. They're taking the time... : CAPPINJACK
  • I really don't know what the fuck they were thinking with guybrush's hair. It looks like he's wearing a... : GloriousCow
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  FUCK I'm so sick of being a whiny bastard but I could not agree more, I HATE MI3/MI4 Guybrush, it's just ... : abrasion
  • I like MI3 Guybrush at least it's not that generic shit. : guigr
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    MI4's is actually my favourite, but MI3's always looked like ass to me. Don't mind this one, though. : Arceihn
    • actually scratch that i just saw the one with him and elaine in front of the moon. christ he looks awful : Arceihn
• I agree. I think I'd rather play the original. The look of the old one is just plain better. I'll still t... : razlebol
• Looks fine to me but hey, you can play in either graphic mode in the game so don't worry. : baron calamity
• With the thumbnails of the close-ups, I assumed the old shots were the new ones and vice versa. The new c... : nudel
• I think the new style looks great. a little budget crunched but it's not a $60 game, is it. perfect for s... : thebigbeefsandwich
• I like the Telltale take on the characters: http://www.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland : retarded talking dinosaur

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  Well, Wolfenstein has been sized up on the iPhone. They should leave Doom alone, though. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • What Midway did with the Doom64's higher-res sprites was pretty nice. : afo

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  The Curse of Monkey Island got the voices lodged in my head, so I'm glad to hear we'll be hearing good ol... : Alice O'Connor
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    seriously, such good production values on that game (MI3) : brewsterdog
    • so good that they couldn't end it properly. : guigr
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  Did you not play Curse? Dom kind of makes that game with his Guybrush voice... I love it. : thebigbeefsandwich
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    I know I did but I honestly have no memory of it whatsoever. I only seem to remember Curse of Monkey Isla... : beanman101283
    • Err, I only seem to remember Escape from Monkey Island having a voiceover. : beanman101283

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• I'm never making a knee-jerk comment again. Having seen all the screen shots I am really disappointed wi... : jazz_uc

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• same : inchwide
• Threepwood's hair is terrible, yet I'm still buying this... Should have stuck with The Curse of Monkey Is... : rezombie
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  He was always a douche. : razlebol
  • You're a turd sandwich : homeboyJim

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  I don't think theres a single Lucas title on there yet, is there? They've yet to join steam. : avatar_58
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    No but telltale has. : CAPPINJACK
    • Whats your point? Telltale isn't handling the remake, they handle the episodes. : avatar_58

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• She was way, way hotter in 256 col. Wtf's up with that? : utgaardsloke
• Yes she was hotter, and guybrush appears to have an earring. : deadlycookie
• much hotter... they disneyed her out too much. : umegastar

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• Why wouldn't they tone down the interface? It seemed to work pretty well from what I noticed in the new f... : mittense
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  The Special Edition still uses the SCUMM system, but it's now a popup menu so half of your screen is not ... : Alice O'Connor
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    Actually SCUMM is not what I mean. It's been so long that I have become used to referring to these games ... : Alice O'Connor
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      Popup yes, but I noticed it auto chose the correct verb. How do they handle it? I'd be very disappointing... : avatar_58
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        "Look at" was the central option, and therefore I imagine it would be the default when the menu pops up. : Alice O'Connor
        • As long as we don't lose any potential verbs over a simpler system a la Telltale. One of the best parts a... : heartsauce
      • Didn't Sam n' Max use a pop-up icon system? That was a stellar game. I think it all boils down to how c... : CAPPINJACK
      • SCUMM games always defaulted to "open" for doors, "talk to" for people, and "look at" for everything else... : jake2000

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• oh shit it actually says SCUMM, i'm not clever at all : MrBig0

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• I'm not a huge fan of the characters. The backgrounds look as expected, but the character design looks...... : avatar_58