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The Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge: Special Edition |OT|
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MomoPufflet
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Does the PC version have 360 pad support?
Buttonbasher
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The first one did, so I would assume so.MomoPufflet said:
MomoPufflet
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SalsaShark said:
The sequel has direct control to utilize a gamepad. But of course you knew that, right?
Buttonbasher
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It seems that the iDevice version is out now. There's also a Lite version should you want to try it out.
PhoncipleBone
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Awesome. Downloading the iPad one now.Buttonbasher said:
SalsaShark said:
Dreamfall played just fine with a controller. Indigo Prophecy, Broken Sword 3, and so does 2010's Heavy Rain! (actually, well Heavy Rain still had some bullshit issues with control, but that isn't the controller's fault)
Oh and Grim Fandango was a million times more comfortable to play with a Sidewinder gamepad back in 1998!
WASD sucks in Graphic adventures. Tales of Monkey Island with it's mishmash of direct control and point n click is some serious bullshit I'm confronting currently thanks to Steam Sale. Choose one damnit!
harriet the spy
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I just got the version from ps3, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT. THEY REMOVED THE FUCKING INTRO??!?!?!
WHAT.
THE.
FUCK...
;_;
What in the hell possessed you lucasarts! You reorchestrated the music for MI1, you could have done the same for the intro music of MI2. Talk about fucking dropping the ball, you bunch of lazy swines.
I would pay 10 bucks for intro dlc.
this might sound like a bit of an overreaction, but this game is now my new biggest disappointment of the year, and I am willing to bet it will remain my biggest disappointment of the year.
I just can't believe they did this.
WHAT.
THE.
FUCK...
;_;
What in the hell possessed you lucasarts! You reorchestrated the music for MI1, you could have done the same for the intro music of MI2. Talk about fucking dropping the ball, you bunch of lazy swines.
I would pay 10 bucks for intro dlc.
this might sound like a bit of an overreaction, but this game is now my new biggest disappointment of the year, and I am willing to bet it will remain my biggest disappointment of the year.
I just can't believe they did this.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
PS3 version has been out for some time now. Got it, played it a bit and it is very well done. Much better than the MI1 remake. Imuse system would not be possible with track based music so they have crossfading instead with some transition sound effect here and there. Shame they couldn't keep imuse in classic version though, but at least now there's an option for voices in it. They probably sacrificed imuse there for the sake of instant transition from remake to classic :/
Graphics and animation are so much better than in MI1 remake and the console version is better done too. Feels very solid, direct character control works nicely, and while the screen still has black border around, it at least is nowhere near as big as in MI1 remake, so it can be eliminated by switching TV to overscan mode. Still there should be a screen resizing option available in game settings.
Graphics and animation are so much better than in MI1 remake and the console version is better done too. Feels very solid, direct character control works nicely, and while the screen still has black border around, it at least is nowhere near as big as in MI1 remake, so it can be eliminated by switching TV to overscan mode. Still there should be a screen resizing option available in game settings.
Buttonbasher
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It baffles me how they could consider some of these things okay.
LOVE & TRUTH
Banned
Hey, after the disaster that was the first MI:SE were you really expecting a brilliant MI2:SE?Buttonbasher said:
Buttonbasher
Member
I think the omission of the intro cutscene is a bigger issue than any of the flaws of the first one.LOVE & TRUTH said:
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
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Just install windows on your mac. Steam is quite a killer app for PC and since getting the games to work is so simple with dual boot there really is no reason why not to.mutsu said:
Sucks that there is no intro but I read that only a minute after starting pre loading the game so I'm still excited
Er, ok. I don't know what to say about all this intro hullabaloo, but just wanted to say this is a great opportunity for newbs to this series to finally give it a proper look.
A couple of work chums (long time MI fans) sold it to me yesterday, and I'm currently really enjoying #1. And for all you purists out there, rest assured I constantly flick back and forth from remastered to original out of sheer curiosity!
Don't get me wrong though, I think this is an amazing lift for such an old 'niche' game. Would like to think the numerous pros outweigh the con of no intro.
A couple of work chums (long time MI fans) sold it to me yesterday, and I'm currently really enjoying #1. And for all you purists out there, rest assured I constantly flick back and forth from remastered to original out of sheer curiosity!
Don't get me wrong though, I think this is an amazing lift for such an old 'niche' game. Would like to think the numerous pros outweigh the con of no intro.
marathonfool
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I just tried the demo on PSN. The controls are an awkward mix of direct and cursor controls. I can't imagine playing this game without a mouse, I think I'll go with the PC version.
The absence of the original credit intro isn't a big deal to me. It was just monkeys and Guybrush. But mostly just credits.
The absence of the original credit intro isn't a big deal to me. It was just monkeys and Guybrush. But mostly just credits.
The 1up review seems a bit unfair. I agree with most of the complaints (especially the lack of proper music in the original version. The original MT-32 soundtrack is amazing), but well, most of the complaints are only about the optional bonus features. How many remakes out there do you have access to a classic mode *at all*? How many games are there with commentary tracks at all? As long as the main game is great (which they say in the review), then some flaws in those bonus features is completely okay with me.
I get the impression that if the remake didn't have those bonus features at all (no classic mode, no commentary mode... which would definitely make it a worse overall package), 1up would have given it a much more positive review.
I get the impression that if the remake didn't have those bonus features at all (no classic mode, no commentary mode... which would definitely make it a worse overall package), 1up would have given it a much more positive review.
Maybe it´s just me.. but I liked the remake of Monkey Island 1. had nothing at all to complain about.
I played the game on my Amiga 500 back in the days. Loved it. Completed it several times, along with EVERY other Lucasarts Adventure game back then.
Last Month I bought the HD remake for my PS3. And I have to say, I just Loved it. Everything was just fine and dandy, and I felt like a little kid again, playing one of my alltime favourite games. I played through it both in Classic and HD mode. The only small thing I hated, was the game freezing up some seconds due to the autosave, but that was very rare.
Now I´m going to buy MI2 (I live in Faroe Islands, and have to wait for the EU psn store to update) and I realy hope I will enjoy it just as much as I enjoyed going through MI1 last month.
As a matter of fact I own all Lucasarts adventure games for my PC. Last summer I completed Day Of the Tentacle on my crappy nokia E51 mobile phone. That is how much I love these games. I sit on the toilet and play them on my small crappy MobilePhone.
I played the game on my Amiga 500 back in the days. Loved it. Completed it several times, along with EVERY other Lucasarts Adventure game back then.
Last Month I bought the HD remake for my PS3. And I have to say, I just Loved it. Everything was just fine and dandy, and I felt like a little kid again, playing one of my alltime favourite games. I played through it both in Classic and HD mode. The only small thing I hated, was the game freezing up some seconds due to the autosave, but that was very rare.
Now I´m going to buy MI2 (I live in Faroe Islands, and have to wait for the EU psn store to update) and I realy hope I will enjoy it just as much as I enjoyed going through MI1 last month.
As a matter of fact I own all Lucasarts adventure games for my PC. Last summer I completed Day Of the Tentacle on my crappy nokia E51 mobile phone. That is how much I love these games. I sit on the toilet and play them on my small crappy MobilePhone.
masterkajo
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Does anyone know a good online place to get MS points online (no shipping the card but getting mailed the code). I live in Europe.
Would the points I buy at amazon.com work at EU marketplace??
Need this game today.
Would the points I buy at amazon.com work at EU marketplace??
Need this game today.
LOVE & TRUTH
Banned
Broken Sword sucks anyway, so nobody cared. :lolMcBacon said:Where were all you mental, anal Point and Click purists when the Broken Sword remake had ENTIRELY REWRITTEN DIALOGUE?
harriet the spy
Member
McBacon said:Where were all you mental, anal Point and Click purists when the Broken Sword remake had ENTIRELY REWRITTEN DIALOGUE?
I think I vaguely remember you screaming to high heavens about the revisited intro speech, way before I was approved
. I agree that was not such a great rewrite, though.. :/Don't get me wrong, though, I still think MI2 SE is probably still worth getting (if I can ever manage to get past the feeling of emptiness when I start playing the game. I haven't been able to so far). But I think the intro was phenomenal. The monkey dance was funny, the background images looked great, and most importantly, the music was unbelievable.
It was 'just an intro', but a wonderful beginning to one of the best adventure games of all times. I just read that the intro music was actually reorchestrated - and that you can listen to it solely by playing the credits. Why they couldn't be arsed to repaint those few images and put the dancing monkeys back is beyond me.
Read only if you finished MI2!!
If they remove the skeleton dance because they didn't want to hire singers, I will make a voodoo doll of Darrell Rodriguez
Hey i have a question for those who finished the game in english - most of you i presume. I played the game in french when i was a kid, and the part where you used the hypnotized monkey - jojo- on the pipe didn't make any sense. Now that I speak english somewhat correctly, I am _guessing_ it's because we were meant to use Jojo as a 'monkey wrench', but isn't that incredibly far fetched? In French it didn't make any god damn sense. But they added a splendid joke about the rat in the soup, so i forgive them
harriet the spy
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LOVE & TRUTH said:
Broken Sword was so awesome. <3
I just gave the PS3 demo a quick try. Gives a pretty good first impression. Artwork is MUCH MUCH better than the MI1 remake, and I'm really glad they gave animations extra frames. The walking animation in MI1 remake just felt weird how the animation was super jittery but the character still moved smoothly forward. MI2 animations looks much better.
I'm not convinced so far the music is better than the original MT-32 soundtrack, but well, it's still good and fun to listen to the new arrangements. And while it's a shame they removed the intro, the intro music is still there (it's played on the main menu, and on the XMB if you highlight the game). Voice acting sounds pretty good so far as well. Dominic especially does a great job as Guybrush.
One minor note. It looks like the console versions of the game gets borders around the entire screen once again (this happens even in 720p and 1080p). Not a big deal, but it's a shame you can't change that in options. At least the PC version will get the full view in 1080p with zero borders.
Now I just want the steam version to be unlocked so I can actually play the full version!
I'm not convinced so far the music is better than the original MT-32 soundtrack, but well, it's still good and fun to listen to the new arrangements. And while it's a shame they removed the intro, the intro music is still there (it's played on the main menu, and on the XMB if you highlight the game). Voice acting sounds pretty good so far as well. Dominic especially does a great job as Guybrush.
One minor note. It looks like the console versions of the game gets borders around the entire screen once again (this happens even in 720p and 1080p). Not a big deal, but it's a shame you can't change that in options. At least the PC version will get the full view in 1080p with zero borders.
Now I just want the steam version to be unlocked so I can actually play the full version!
Well, from a general consumer point of view, reviews are there to tell people whether or not something is worth buying. I'm sure there's a fair amount of people who will go "Oh, just a C? Game must be bad, I'm skipping." And from that point of view, it just seems wrong of them to give them a low score when they actually think it's a great game.Sloane said:
What's the deal with no intro? Does it mean no opening scene with Guybrush hanging on the rope in a cave, Elaine sliding in (that's what I remember from years back ) and then credits rolling in?
) and then credits rolling in? I think that's because original Broken Sword 1 still features beautiful graphics. I played the game for the first time in Summer 2008 and didn't feel remake was necessary at all. That's why whatever they did to "remake" doesn't ultimately matter.
HadesGigas
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harriet the spy
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szaromir said:What's the deal with no intro? Does it mean no opening scene with Guybrush hanging on the rope in a cave, Elaine sliding in (that's what I remember from years back
Opening scene is in, but then it transitions brutally (imo) to scabb island. no title screen, no intro music, no credits, no nothing :/
This is one game that doesn't need updates (yet). Still so good looking..szaromir said:What's the deal with no intro? Does it mean no opening scene with Guybrush hanging on the rope in a cave, Elaine sliding in (that's what I remember from years back
I think that's because original Broken Sword 1 still features beautiful graphics. I played the game for the first time in Summer 2008 and didn't feel remake was necessary at all. That's why whatever they did to "remake" doesn't ultimately matter.
I would love for a Simon the Sorcerer 1 & 2 remakes.
