Staple Remover
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The voice acting for Marcus Brody is the most spot on. This looks to have everything I would want in an Indy game, I’m feeling optimistic about it.
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This is incredible, I am so excited to see how it all turns out. I have the Rune Realms album of Fate of Atlantis but this feels so grounded into the game that I am reliving it.
On 1/16/2024 at 3:47 AM, Vainamoinen said:On a related note, I'm looking for an active online forum-ish place to discuss video game music, and one that is so rabid about the whole thing that people would even discuss piano sheet music. I can't find anything like that. Does anybody have a suggestion?
I would love a place like this to just discuss favorite video game music. They’re my favorite instrumental tracks to just vibe out to.
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Ok I finally finished it. My new rankings are:
1. MI1
2. ReMI
3. CMI
(honestly the first 3 rankings are all a toss-up)
4. TMI
5. MI2
6. LMI
7. EMI
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If you told me 20 years ago that I would get to play in a fully immersive 3D environment in the world of Monkey Island it would’ve been my dream come true.
BUT…If you also told me 20 years ago that Disney would end up owning the Monkey Island franchise and release a game with Guybrush
SpoilerSailing on the Black Pearl
I think I’d break my brain comprehending the entire thing.
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8 hours ago, ThunderPeel2001 said:
How is it?
Really well done, there’s a lot of new information that I have learned from the developers of the game. Bob Mackey also did reviews of all the Lucasarts games for the Retronauts podcast, and I highly recommend those as well.
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I just ordered an ebook copy and have been reading the PDF of the book, not the best solution but it’s working for me.
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Started it up - love it so far. Just curious if there is a method of saving the game. I got disconnected and lost all my progress.
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my definitive Indiana Jones ranking:
1. Raiders2. Last Crusade
3. Fate of Atlantis
3. Dial of Destiny
4. Crystal Skull
5. Infernal Machine
6. Temple of Doom
7. Emperors Tomb
8. Temple of the Forbidden Eye at Disneyland
9. Nearly episode of Young Indy
10. The Monkey King script
11. The specific episode of young Indy with Harrison Ford playing a saxophone
Rock bottom of the list: the piano crane level in Staff of Kings
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On 6/18/2023 at 3:51 PM, ThunderPeel2001 said:
I hate game guides for adventure games, but with Last Crusade I think a guide like mine is essential if you want to enjoy it. It's got so much fun hidden beyond the tricky action sequences.
Your guide was the only way I could find my way out of Castle Brunwald.
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I’m excited to return to monkey island!… again
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I liked crystal skull, or almost anything Indy (sorry young indy chronicles). It’s nothing short of amazing that we’re got a new Monkey Island games and a new Indiana Jones movie in the span of one year.
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I wish I could find the article (and by find I mean “put effort into searching for it”) from the SCUMM Bar that said there’d be no more MI sequels until 2015. Good times!🙃
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I had just finished a playthrough of all 5 monkey island games in March of last year and I remember saying to myself “it would never happen, but one more game would make this feel complete”. When the announcement dropped I was completely floored, it was the first good news in what felt like forever.
The game was everything I hoped it would be. This makes me want to replay it right now.
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That tv spot was somehow 100x better than the first trailer. The music and energy felt just like the other movies.
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I have to know if the soundtrack contain the 2nd greatest video game song of all time known as “Welcome to the Zoo”?
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Indiana Jones and the Sunset Cruise.
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Seeing that a good amount of people have now finished playing and replaying Return to Monkey Island (still no spoilers), I’m looking to decide what to play next.
I think it’s relatively safe to say that Lucasarts/Lucasfilm, Terrible Toybox, and Telltale games don’t require recommendations.
As a recommendation I’ve started up Obra Dinn and I am loving it so far!
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I was listening to a podcast reviewing all the Monkey Island games and they described Escape as being a Sam and Max game in a pirate setting, and I think that’s a good way to describe the humor and storyline (the podcast reviewers also really did not like EMI though).
Its so interesting hearing the diverse opinions on why each game is their favorite. I’ll want to revisit my larger list and do a deeper dive for why I like (not so much dislike for any point and click, barring Broken Age) the games and what makes each special.
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I posted this previously, but my ranking still stands:
On 9/22/2022 at 9:28 PM, Staple Remover said:Monkey Island Ranked
1. Secret of Monkey Island
2. Return to Monkey Island
3. Tales of Monkey Island
4. Curse of Monkey Island
5. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
6. Escape from Monkey Island
Ranking all Lucasfilm (and others) Games1. Secret of Monkey Island
2. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
3. Grim Fandango
4. Return to Monkey Island
5. Tales of Monkey Island
6. Curse of Monkey Island
7. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
8. Day of the Tentacle
9. Thimbleweed Park
10. Sam and Max: DP
11. Full Throttle
12. Sam and Max: BTS
13: Sam and Max: STW
14. Escape from Monkey Island
15. Sam and Max: HTR
16. Maniac Mansion
17. Indy Last Crusade
18. Loom
19. The Dig
20. Zak McCracken
21. Broken Age
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1 hour ago, ThunderPeel2001 said:
I wonder if Guybrush is crumpling up Ron and Dave's note? 🤪
I think it’s this, Ron mentioned that the note was going to be in the chest in lieu of the current item.
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36 minutes ago, Marius said:
Oh man, this is not a hard puzzle, but it frustrated me:
The fish eating contest. I knew that the spicy fish will be the solution, so I put spicy fish in the bucket. But how do I get an “un-spicy” one? I was looking for like a glass of milk everywhere. How do I solve this??
It never occurred to me that, during the contest, I can pick a fish from my inventory instead of the bucket on the table. That is wild to me, because usually, the judge is so strict. Why would he allow that in the contest? I guess he didn’t see it?
That’s the only puzzle that kinda annoyed me instead of going “aha!”.
But: the cutscene where both the Queen and Guybrush almost die of that spice is so funny to watch. I never got tired of that.I had the same problem and I was frustrated that I used a hint on it because I technically had the solution but it was the implementation that threw me off.
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2 hours ago, BaronGrackle said:
If I can put The Cave on the list, move it to #1. Maybe the Hillbilly is in Guybrush's family. 😛 But I got the message from that game, about obsession with what we perceive as our heart's desire driving us away from life itself.
I think you’ve sold me on doing a Cave replay. I don’t remember much about my first playthrough.
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5 hours ago, KestrelPi said:
In Lucasfilm's defense though, without Craig Derrick on the case I think this'd be much harder to get off the ground. Seems like it's revewed decently and had solid sales though, and with a pretty tight development time I think they might be happy enough with how it performed to give it another shot down the road.
With Craig Derrick at the helm I’m really hoping we see the Mansion sequel and some remasters coming our way soon!
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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I wonder if Doug Lee is still available…