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    Mojo is 25 and we are much, much older

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    This brought back a ton of memories. I've been hanging out in various bit of this community since... oh probably 1998. The community has gone through many ups and downs, but I am always thankful that this place still exists, to me it's a cornerstone of the internet, and a real testament to the dedication of  everyone involved. Thanks Mojo!

    • Chef's Kiss 1

    Andor

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    16 hours ago, ThunderPeel2001 said:

     

    Just watch ep 1... Slow burn doesn't cover it. But it has gotten under my skin a bit

     

    The show is designed as 3 episode arcs, so episode 1/4 are kinda introductory 2/5 set up 3/6 big time payoff. So that may be worth keeping in mind, I've found the show to be excellent

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    Guybrush and Elaine's relationship

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    On 10/11/2022 at 11:45 PM, FaNaTiC said:

    I loved the direction of Elaine in RtMI. 


    One of my favorite lines in the entire game is when you run into her on the street of Mêlée - if you select the line "I was hoping you'd be in this story" she responds "aw, I was hoping you'd be in mine." 

    This absolutely sold it for me. In the story Guybrush is telling - Elaine is a cameo, but from her perspective he's the cameo. They're both glad to see each other - but then they're off to having their own great adventures. She's having her own type of fun. Sure she's curing scurvy, but she's also travelling to the other islands, learning to re-build a ship, having coffee with old friends. 

     

     

    I love this about it. They feel like two people who very much have their own interests and goals. They both spend as much time together as they can, but also leave each other room to do their own thing. Very realistic adult approach to a relationship. One of my favorite bits is on Scurvy Island where Guybrush describes the fun they've had at various places, like the waterfall. It's like that's their new home and you're getting a personal view of it

    Hardest Puzzle

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    Fish puzzle was a good one. I did the same thing with putting the spice on in my inventory then putting it in the bucket and running back to Melee. I knew you could sneak a fish onto your plate (as I did it with a spiced one), but the leap to not add pepper until the fish were in the bucket took me a bit. Despite it seeming so obvious afterwards

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    Hardest Puzzle

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    37 minutes ago, Gins said:

    I did the same thing but found it out faster, but not sure if I wasn't lucky.

     

    For me the one where I needed a hint was the Bite of a Thousand Needles, but it's arguably not the hardest puzzle.

     

    I'll say that the whole "breaking out Stan" puzzle chain might be one of the hardest definitely. It involves the photo in multiple ways and a bit of out of the box thinking (how to get Stan to WANT to be broken out in the first place, and how to "prove" that I'm his accountant).

     

    I do like the way Part IV ramps up the puzzle insanity. The first few parts felt fairly contained, and then this part it just branches uncontrollably. Every one of the many things you wanted now requires these many other things

     

    And Bite of a Thousand Needles got me for a bit too

    Hardest Puzzle

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    Just finished the game, mostly found the puzzles straight forward to deal with, but of course there's always one. For me it was strangely

     

    Spoiler

    When you are trying to get Stan sentenced to 10 years, I rummaged through the paperwork before taking it to the judge, so Guybrush didn't pull out the document he needs. it never occurred to me that I needed to do that same thing afterwards. I kept going around to every location to see if I could find where that guy had fled to so I could drag him over to the courthouse

     

    What about everyone else? Anything snag you for particularly long?

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    Details of Monkey Island

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    I didn't see a thread that perfectly fit this in the first few pages, and it didn't seem worth opening a new one. But does anyone know off hand if the Steam versions of Tales of Monkey Island has the Earl Boen version of LeChuck in Chapter 1? I could dig out the disc to install I suppose, but I'm feeling lazy

    The Secret Project thread

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    8 hours ago, ATMachine said:

     

    I do think it would've made more sense just to cut the whole thing in any case. Lori & Corey put jokes on the chopping block in other cases, such as the Saurus Repair Shop in Quest for Glory 2.

     

    Speaking as a software developer, depending on the time frame, the laziest hackiest ways are often the most likely to remove half finished content. Especially if you think there's any chance to get back to it later down the line

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