Joshi Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 Yeah, even now I'm wondering why I said that, but my point still stands (I think) that we generally weren't meant to have to think about it that much to the degree that we have to come up with excuses for it to work.
Udvarnoky Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 It's not an excuse; it's all based on what the four games tell us.
Joshi Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 But you have to admit, you did have to think about it a tad bit too much there just to have it all make sense now didn't you?
Udvarnoky Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 I did have to think about it, but not more than I had to think to make it a "plot hole" in the first place.
Joshi Posted October 26, 2004 Posted October 26, 2004 I suppose that's just you then, when I heard hermans story, it just stood out at me as something that didn't make any sense which is why I had to think about it that hard in order to colclude that it was a plot hole.
RicardoLuigi... Posted October 30, 2004 Posted October 30, 2004 *das peeks in thread* oo, speculation. how fun. i say it was a plot hole. but if you want to know what i did like about emi (like the topic says), i did like a lot of things in it, but i just didn't like the game in comparison to the other ones. i liked brittany. she was fun.
Bard Posted November 10, 2004 Posted November 10, 2004 Well, in my opinion MI4's not very good comparing to the other ones. I didn't like almost anything about it. Firstly because it exagerates the idea of puting modern elements in a game that's during the 17th century, the others weren't so exagerated as MI4. They subtle. The otherthing i didn't like was the conceot art. It isn't bad, but i think looks bad if u compare it to bill tiller's style. the grapihics are cool though for the time it cam out.
Udvarnoky Posted November 14, 2004 Posted November 14, 2004 Personally, I found Monkey Kombat to be one of EMI's lower points, but I didn't hate it like some others did. I mean, it's actually an interesting puzzle - a good idea. It's just that it overstayed its welcome, and didn't sustain the entertainment. It was really similar to insult swordfighting, which also grows slightly tedious, but it's more fun to fight and learn insults/comebacks than it is to find which monkey stance beats what and which "oop" "ack" "eek" "chee" combination is required to get you there. Also, the fact that writing is involved doesn't help my feelings toward it to become more generous. In the end, I'll say that the puzzle in itself was good and probably would have been above average in another sort of adventure game. I was most annoyed with it my first time through the game, but since I've become more comfortable with it, and even look forward to it (partly due to the aid of the great John Takis chart). Perhaps the fact that it didn't always hold my interest was a testament to my being spoiled by "modern" (or more forgiving, I should say) puzzles from lesser games. SPOILER Sometimes I think Monkey Kombat was implemented simply to make the game's final, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, puzzle work (DRAW a monkey three times and he'll instinctively bang his head). I remember reading a positive review of the game (too lazy to look it up at the moment) who I thought pretty much nailed it on the head when he/she described the last puzzle as a sort of negative homage to the countless pathetic action games out there that steal the sales from the adventure genre.
Mono_Giganto Posted November 14, 2004 Posted November 14, 2004 Well I'm easily amused, and fighting monkeys was just fun for me, I dunno.
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