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It the same controls, just with touch. But as you play it directly in the display, for me it works much better. Dunno. but it also has some things that are worse than on pc. Like the dialogue menu: you always just see one line and than has to swipe… 😅

Me too! It really think it has a positive effect on the waiting time! Also, it helps with the headaches I've had since the announcement (such stressful times… 😔).

The tip with the text speed is great! As for Tales: I remember the controls to be a bit clunky too. However, at the moment I’m replaying it on my iPad and think it works really well! Maybe an option for some tablet owners. 🤓

I guess, especially with Monkey Island, the success of Return will be important. Somehow I can't imagine them releasing soundtracks for the old games just like that, but with new releases/ports it becomes at least a little more likely. I really hope for a decent release of the Return soundtrack at some point - maybe even on vinyl record! 🥰 I had seen that for another Devolver published game the other day... soooo who knows.

That's amazing! I love the look of Rum Rogers. 😅 Sooooo looking forward to this now! ❤️

I guess, as always, it has a lot to do with expectations. I didn’t back it (shame on me), also because I somehow wasn’t really interested in the whole project. I only really stumbled upon it a few month ago, gave it a go on the iPad - and loved every minute of it: the story, the characters, the puzzles etc. I read here on the forums that the ending was… special and that many people didn’t like it. So maybe I was kind of prepared? Anyway, I also really loved the ending. It’s interesting, clever and totally fits to the whole game. A game which was meant to be a big nostalgic adventure party. For me it was exactly that and the end was the icing on the cake. I really wouldn’t that kind of ending for a Monkey Island game, but here, it was just perfect. Too bad, some people had a bad (first) experience, because of expectations, an “incomplete” game or some other reason. I’m glad you changed your mind! Because it might not be the game everyone wanted/expected or likes – but it’s not a bad game either!

This Al shit is much too spoilery for me! 😶

I made a few adjustments to all album covers (mainly the position of the logo) and added variations of the SE covers and the Tales cover – each with the old Monkey Island Logo (my old school heart needed this somehow 😁😞 All updated images can be downloaded from the links in the first post. 🙂

I recently began playing it on my M1 MacBook Air using a GOG version and Porting Kit. This was totally easy (and free) and I only had just a few hiccups where the game became pretty slow for some seconds but then went on working totally fine. EDIT: And here’s the link: https://www.portingkit.com/game/966 There’s a very clear instruction, too.

Niiice! I hope the 3D accelerations finally work now, too.

Looking forward to the implementation of all original menus. 🤓 No really, the old CMI GUI would be awesome! 🥰 Apart from that: ScummVM is a blessing to me. That I can play all those games so easy and without problems on my MacBook ist just great! The only thing that I would like, is if it’d work on iOS. But I guess the problem there lies with the file management and the restrictions of Apple. 😞 I remember, how great it was to play Monkey Island in my Samsung phone back then.

This is getting a bit off-topic now and might have been told somewhere else (if so, sorry), but how did it happen that the SE and Tales of MI were announced almost at the same time - or: which project came first? Because basically they didn't really have anything to do with each other, did they? And to not post completely offtopic: One thing I really liked about Tales was the implementation of aspects of the old games into the new story. I found that was mostly done very elegantly (and much better than in CMI oder EMI). It rarely felt like simple fanservice. I'm thinking of the puzzle with Stan's jacket, Elaine's wedding ring, but also the inclusion of the familiar characters: Stan wasn't just selling another thing, he was part of the story, Murray was well incorporated, etc. I hope Return can tie in with Tales in this regard! 🙂

Ah okay. I read it wrong, i guess. My bad. 😅

I think the SE logo has a good approach: It has more of a pirate look and (this may be nit-picking, but I like it) that it fills the "gap" between the L and the A. But in the end, to me, it's just not designed properly. Why, for example, do the tip on the bottom of the capital I end up curved, while on the M it has two straight sides. That doesn't make any sense. I think we should be able to discuss all unpopular opinions (it's a forum here, after all) and has been done with others. As long as it happens friendly... 🙂

This poster here is full of nice details: First it serves to get Guybrush taken to Gov. Platt and imprisoned, and then we have to use it to do the same to Captain Kate. Then it's already a nice detail that they took Guybrush's look from Monkey 1 and put a cheap mustache on his face. Perfectly logical in a time where there are no photos and you have to rely on hearsay. But even nicer, of course, are all the crimes that can be read on it - and that renew themselves again and again when he's done some new crap. A nice gag, which I also discovered much too late...

Interesting indeed! Thanks for sharing. Although it doesn’t necessarily mean that he was/would’ve been against that decision. Maybe he didn’t even thought about it, before Disney made it and liked the decision. 🤷‍♂️ It somehow always seemed to me, that he’s really fond of the logo. I even remember to have read somewhere long time ago, that he did the first draft for it (but maybe I dreamed it or sth like that… 😅).

I added it both to the "wish" and "expect" poll. But unfortunately it's not possible to edit the own answers afterwards, is it? I hope they announce the platforms – and I HOPE it's not only Windows... At the moment on the Devolver website it only says Windows. Would be a bummer (but I don't think so).

Didn’t thought of that – sorry. now there is this option!

Perfect thread to give this all the love it deserves: May not seem like a small detail, but I just LOVE how simple and yet amazing the Monkey Island logo is! (And I am soooo happy, they brought it back for “Return”. 🥰)

One of the details that immediately came to my mind is the walking animation of LeChuck in Monkey Island 2. Especially in combination with the music (e.g. in the underground tunnels) it makes him super creepy! 😶 (Couldn’t find a gif unfortunately.)

I think so too, unfortunately. Although it might be important to show the antagonist for non MI fans ... I'm just really excited about LeChuck's design! And just showing him, while not letting him talk could be weird. Yeah, maybe they’ll tease that moment for a few seconds, but they won’t reveal anything I guess. I just hope they don’t spoil too much in general. For me, seeing Mêlée Island and the catacombs of Monkey Island was already a bit too much. And I really wonder, how many islands we’ll get. Only Mêlée, Monkey and "just" one more could be a bit few, since we already know them...

I thought we could discuss our expectations for the next trailer a bit more deeply (and seperately from the other thread). As a basis here’s a little poll. Personally, I am very excited for the overall look & feel of the game, but just a bit more curious for Guybrush’s new look. What about you? 🧐

Funny how even the biggest fans can't get his name right! Poor, poor Goalbrush! 😟

Interesting! Whereas he already has a fancy church there and religion and politics should not be mixed - not even on Monkey Island! ☝️ I'm currently playing "Tales" on the iPad (which works pretty well, actually!). Every now and then I switch to the German dubbing, just for fun. But unfortunately it's not very well done and every third sentence is chopped off because the sentences in English are shorter and no one has adjusted that. 😒

Also: the grumpiest lookout in the Caribbean: