Torque Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Well, my idea is simple: The 4 year journey of a brand new character, with a personality somewhat similar to Manny's or Guybrush's from Monkey Island, who earned nothing better than a walking stick. It happens about the same time as the events in Grim Fandango, so you even get to meet a few old characters at times, like Velasco, Maximino and others in Rubacava or Manny in Puerto Zapato. So, it's not actually a "sequel", but it's a GF2 and may even fill in some gaps like: - what dangers lie between Puerto Zapato and The Gate - what ever happened to Calavera's Cafe or Maximino after Manny left - others
stewlil Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Yeah thats a good sequel, but. Should he leave before or after manny?
B.A.T. Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 thats an awesome idea, but if the character fails to hook then the games sucks ass, also the character could be a salesman that was used to replace manny, Remember when hector said that he had trouble filling manny's old job. Although I think most people would prefer to have manny be the character (mostly me.) I wanna no what manny did in his life. Maybe the story would follow him into the 9th underworld where he would have flashbacks about things that kind of spark memories about the past. The ending scene could be like manny dieing and how he got his job, maybe a little bit about how he was on top. Hopefully a little about the xmas party lol.
gingersonny Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 I would agree about re-living the xmas party, I'd happily play my way through the game for that. Although, I dislike the idea of re-using Manny again, the whole point of the 9th underworld is no one knows where it is and what its like, and aren't meant to. Plus, one of the things that makes Manny's character so appealing is his past, and the mystery of what he could ever have done whilst alive to deserve being stuck in the DoD. Hence, I think the danger of addressing issues like that in a sequel is that no one would really be happy with the outcome, as I'm sure everyone has their own theory about how Manny lived his life before he died. However, I really like the idea of having a character playing in parallel with events, I always enjoy playing games where previous or similar characters and events take place within the current game.
ZaXeriaw Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 I know this is not a GF-idea, but I think the future of adventure-games will be like the Half-Life 2 - episodes. Deamfall, the sequel for The Longest Journey, will get a sequel (or a lot of them) called Dreamfall - Chapters, and will come in some kind of small episodes, and of cause it's a nice idea for the developers, and the publishers, cause if one of the episodes will fail financially, then they can make one episode more with some kind of ending, and if it sells better they can keep the episodes, and if that fail too, then they just stop making more of them.
Nick Virago Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 Thank god LucasArts is done with adventure games.
DeadYorick Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 Grim Fandango remake but in first person. They are already doing that with that HL2 mod
Colossal Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 They are already doing that with that HL2 mod Really you play the game like the original?? I thought its a first person shooter in GF world
Sallim Posted February 13, 2008 Posted February 13, 2008 as far as I know the HL2 mod is a FPS, not GF from a first person perspective, that sounds nice actually
DeadYorick Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 Really you play the game like the original?? I thought its a first person shooter in GF world No more or less they are making it very similar to GF (Same characters, Setting, Story, items, Maps) But they are using the Source engine instead of the GrimE and are incorporating weapons.
shadow_judge Posted February 17, 2008 Posted February 17, 2008 Diggin' up Manny past? It's really a big mystery, but, come on, it's noir style, it must be mysterious everywhere! Tim Schafer may want us to imagine what Manny has done when he's living, and he didn't want us to know why Manny works for DoD to pay for an unknown debt. It's noir! If you get the answer, it's not mysterious anymore, and maybe, you can think the truth is less than expected.
stewlil Posted February 17, 2008 Posted February 17, 2008 Well i just got accepted for several unis to go into the gaming industry. Ill do everything i can to bring as many GF references into any games im involved in . Maybe even bring GF2 like 40 years late.
VampireNaomi Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 Congratulations! That sounds awesome. What will you specialize in? Programming, writing, art, etc.?
Du Man Posted February 19, 2008 Posted February 19, 2008 hats off to you stewlil! I'll be looking for your name in the next game.
DeadYorick Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Congratulations. Your living my dream and possible future. I hope you prosper and succeed in it.
SalvadorsSkull Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 I like the idea of a sequel that follows Salvador's life leading up to him joining the revolution
Du Man Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 I wonder if Salvador, when he was a reaper, first brought Manny in, or Eva.
SalvadorsSkull Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 I think what would be cool Is Salvador and Hector are both working in the same office as Grim Reapers.
stewlil Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 Hey thanks everyone. Naomi, I am specializing in Programming (yeah the cool one haha), But I will cover modelling and General Design lightly on my course.
Colossal Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 ... It happens about the same time as the events in Grim Fandango... I think that the time era should be different, changed, evolved with the characters from before who were left alive. Don't get me wrong a love the Mexinan folklor theme and Mayan architecture. ...and definitely a new character with Glottis besides him
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