Thirith on 19/11/2009 at 15:35
I only played the (free) first episode, but while it's no LeChuck's Revenge or even Monkey Island 3, I liked it better than Escape from Monkey Island, after which I sort of hoped the series would be put out of its misery.
Aerothorn on 19/11/2009 at 18:30
Me, I just want Secret of Monkey Island 3. Guess that ship has sailed, though. Sigh.
gunsmoke on 19/11/2009 at 23:56
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
Me, I just want Secret of Monkey Island 3. Guess that ship has sailed, though. Sigh.
What's wrong with 'Curse'?
Aerothorn on 20/11/2009 at 16:15
Oh, I think Curse is great. But it's not Secret of Monkey Island 3.
Basically, as Ron Gilbert explained it (somewhere on Grumpy Gamer, too lazy to find the entry) after the success of Monkey 1 he mapped out two more games; so that crazy cliffhanger at the end of Monkey 2 was ACTUALLY GOING SOMEWHERE. The third game, incidentally, would reveal The Secret of Monkey Island.
But then he left Lucasarts and some other dudes made Curse and while it's very good, they had no idea what Gilbert had planned and so basically dodged the issue of the ending of MI2 and continued from there.
That would have also given the series a real ending. The problem with TOMI - writing issues aside - is that they have just run out of ideas as to what to do with the Guybrush/Elaine/LeChuck dynamic.
gunsmoke on 20/11/2009 at 21:50
Gotcha
