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I fear we're going offtopic, but here's my two cents: I love the whole BTTF trilogy apart from one tiny detail. BTTF2 introduces "What's the matter, McFly? You chicken?" thing about Marty being a hothead. It truly comes out of left field for me, because nothing in BTTF hints at this. I get that they wanted to give Marty a character arc, but it's so obviously shoved in there that I cringe every time it's mentioned. Other than that, almost perfect trilogy (aside from some necessary recasts). The first one however is flawless and one of my favourite movies of all time!

Now that the dust has settled, I'm ranking the game a little lower than I would've thought. That's not to say I didn't really, really, really like it, but it has more to do with how little new ground it treads. Most of the locations we've already seen in other Monkey Island games, and the new locations don't really feel quite as inspired or detailed as the old ones. A lot of the themes have been done before too (by EMI no less!), maybe not as effectively, but the overlaps are there. The graphics are nice and the compositions and details are wonderful! I'm just still not a fan of tween animation, and while it was expertly handled, I still just see shapes tweening back and forth. I guess it's a compromise that has to be made if you want 2D animation in this day and age, but I just don't like it. About the ending: I really love the humour, the music and the ambience, but I can't shake off the feeling that It's retreading some of the same ground as in MI 1, 2 and 4. On that note, it's not in my top 3. That'll still be SMI, MI2, CMI. That being said, I had a great ride! And the fact that, to me, it doesn't reach the hights of some previous titles, doesn't mean it's not a great game! I'm really impressed by the accomplishment of Ron and his team! Chapeau to them, and I love the product that they've made! Now gimme a physical edition with a soundtrack CD!

I actually peppered the fish while they were IN my inventory, so I had to go to Mélêe to get a second portion of fish that wasn't peppered! I did beat the puzzle though! The hardest one for me was proving that I was the accountant. I was sure I had to find out where he went and convince him to sentence Stan. After I was meddling with the picture I kinda stumbled upon it by accident. Same goes for the last puzzle (with the date and the pirate heads), I had no idea the limerick was supposed to house a year.

Yes! Boybrush’s voice is absolutely amazing! Very well done!

Good for you for prioritizing! The game will wait.

Nope. I didn’t really need to. I honestly think hard mode should’ve been called normal mode, because it was still way to easy. I was hoping to be stuck for at least a couple of weeks, not sail through it in one.

I’m actually quite sad by how good they already look…

+ the gazillion dollars on shipping and taxes. It’s actually double as expensive if you live overseas.

Unpopular opinion: I don’t really like the new pirate leaders. I think they’re too bland for bad guys, and they never really develope into anything interesting. I love me some Iron Rose though. She’s pretty well developed for the role she has, and

I’m not a big fan of these releases, I’ll pass on this too. I hope ReMI get’s a decent physical release!

I never thought I’d see Monkey Island mentioned in the A.D. (a big Dutch newspaper), but here it is! The headline reads: The comeback of the century

I second that! It’s really worth every piece o’ eight!

Has anyone considered that Guybrush might be the only 'real' character in the entire game? If you follow the orphaned boy theory, isn't it strange that Elaine and Boybrush are by his side until the end, after which they leave and he sits there alone? Having myself been in therapy, I know how easy it is to set up coping methods for the problems that surround you, and for me, escaping into game worlds has been one of them (just like it is for Guybrush if you follow this theory). If you believe that the whole game is a form of therapy for Guybrush, and letting his obsession with the secret go is the goal, wouldn't it be likely that Elaine and Boybrush are his coping methods, and that's why they leave him? - Boybrush: He could be the inner (rejected) child of Guybrush that needs comforting. Being nice for your inner child means you'll learn to have compassion for yourself and is the way to dealing with your patterns and problems. After which you 'fuse' with the inner child and can just be nice to yourself. - Elaine: She's more like a counselor in all of this. She's way too nice to Guybrush to be a real person. She doesn't care that he does horrible things to people and places (even her beloved Mêlée Island mop tree). She does not judge him, listens to him and asks him questions about his actions (or maybe patterns?). She's more of a psychologist than a wife. This way, when Guybrush is 'healed', he doesn't need Elaine and Boybrush anymore. He's at peace with himself and the world around him. And he ends up alone on a bench and is completely fine with it. Looking at it like that through the lense of my own journey, it might be the most beautiful ending imaginable.

Just finished it last night, the ending is wonderful and left me thinking for a long time... (I even woke up in the middle of the night thinking of it.) I haven't really gathered my thoughts on it, yet. But I'll say one thing about the game... I love the comeback of the "Pappapisshu" cry! 😄

This is great news! I've been oogling that book for a while and I'd love an English copy! Of course I don't have any reason to complain at all the Monkey Island goodness that's being released recently, but I do have a question for the author: I don't know how the book is structured, but what I'm wondering is if you'll update the book to include Return to Monkey Island. After all, if I'm not mistaken, the French version was released before ReMI was even announced. I am a completionist at heart, and I'd love for every chapter to be mentioned!

I used Winamp back in the day. But I haven’t used it since the move to Apple hardware. I thought it was a great player though, I loved how easy to use and customisable it was!

I love this idea! And it really fits in with the whole B horror esthetic that Maniac Mansion is build around. I’d love for it to have hammy acting with C grade actors as well. Phantasmagoria comes to mind! But the whole thing should be really polished, like we’ve come to expect from LucasArts/Film Games.

I’d love for a Return to the Mansion to happen, but honestly, I’d rather have Ron make something new, like he did with Thimbleweed Park.

So Craig Derrick just tweeted something interesting: https://twitter.com/craigderrick/status/1572142330609831937 Scroll down and you'll see that he tweeted: Apparently it got people so fired up that Eurogamer decided to call it newsworthy: https://www.eurogamer.net/fans-think-lucasfilm-games-is-teasing-a-maniac-mansion-return What do you guys think? After Monkey Island, do you think we'll get another Maniac Mansion game? Or maybe a remake? And do you think Ron Gilbert will be involved?

No, that's not it. I remember it as a quote about SMI. They had to trim the dialogue to fit it on the disc, but Ron said that it's only good to cut dialogue or something like that? Maybe this was to Tim Shafer? I forget. I do remember Stephen King saying that when you finish a book, you should then cut at least 10% out to improve the pacing.

Nope! You don't expect Limited Run to offer a product that has been quality checked, do you? 😉

That's a great cover! It's so cool that you got to do that! I like it much more than the American one! (This one actually has art design...) 😉

I've got it turned on, and I must admit, it does drag on a bit sometimes. I wonder how the dialogue is when turned off. I also think of this as a peculiar option from someone who said that (what was it?) 25% of the dialogue should be trimmed to make a good product? (I'm obviously paraphrasing. Someone care to help me out?)

I’m really hoping for a soundtrack cd when the game becomes available physically!

The baby felt way better yesterday, and slept like a... well, baby! Thanks for your comment. 🙂 I finally got around to some more monkey business and I love what they're doing! The art style also really works for me. I thought I'd have more problems with stubby legs Guybrush, but I really like how it brings out the shortness of his stature, like it did in MI2! Still not a fan of the tween animation, but since it creates so much opportunity for detail I'm really not complaining! Also I love how the backgrounds have different layers and effects. It really brings out the depth in them. I'll might really start to miss those the next time I'll play MI 1 to 4. I have some more opinions. They're not really spoilers but I wouldn't like reading them here, so I'll save those for when I open the spoiler thread.