tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post4793369395844761391..comments2024-03-28T13:43:13.495+00:00Comments on Super Adventures in Gaming: The Secret of Monkey Island (MS-DOS)Ray Hardgrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-45013003201328664162018-09-01T21:20:54.553+01:002018-09-01T21:20:54.553+01:00I'm staggered anyone would think of this as ov...I'm staggered anyone would think of this as over-rated (comment above). I guess it's the old problem of coming back to it later in life after every other game has desecrated the corpse and not being able to see how truly spectacular it is. The Stylish Confetti scene is the best thing in any game, ever. <br />Anyway, so glad someone else hates SE Guybrush. All the joy of an HD remaster, but they totally ruin the main character. I wish I could use old Guybrush/Marley but have everything else the new smooth graphics.VBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356793256818551490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-5072046795744227362015-10-15T18:59:40.854+01:002015-10-15T18:59:40.854+01:00BEAUTIFUL WRITE-UP OF A BEAUTIFUL GAME :~)BEAUTIFUL WRITE-UP OF A BEAUTIFUL GAME :~)YES/NO MUSIChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348585762768056144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-86864808732998874222015-09-17T02:22:51.155+01:002015-09-17T02:22:51.155+01:00D'oh.D'oh.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726378762009685237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-25179109960950127652015-09-16T14:54:12.971+01:002015-09-16T14:54:12.971+01:00If you think Monkey Island is bad, man you're ...If you think Monkey Island is bad, man you're going to be disappointed by the Darkseeds.Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-37379130760143822002015-09-16T14:39:11.463+01:002015-09-16T14:39:11.463+01:00I think this game is overrated. I first heard of i...I think this game is overrated. I first heard of it in PC Gamer in 1997 but didn't play it until this year. I liked adventure games when I was younger but they just don't appeal to me. I am still going to finish this on DOS, followed by Gabriel Knight SOTF, Darkseed 1 & 2 and Sam and Max, but realistically this game while clever, funny and atmospheric/moody is overrated and overhyped.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726378762009685237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-81741074893998885132015-09-13T15:38:24.917+01:002015-09-13T15:38:24.917+01:00Ooh! Ooh! Did you play Quest for Glory 2? Did they...Ooh! Ooh! Did you play Quest for Glory 2? Did they have that joke where people measure distances in skareen lengths?Kizornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-18621003572439963472015-09-08T21:21:02.633+01:002015-09-08T21:21:02.633+01:00Oh gosh. Red herring. RED HERRING. So it was a jok...Oh gosh. Red herring. RED HERRING. So it was a joke!!! After twentyfive years, I discovered another joke hidden in the original Monkey Island!<br />Back then I was playing the game in Italian, and we don't have a saying such as "red herring" here, so the joke didn't translate as far as I remember.<br /><br />Anyway, I loved how the original Monkey Island featured photorealistic illustrations of the characters. I thought it worked much better that way. When you see wacky cartoony drawings, you're already expecting jokes and funny moments; but when you see photorealistic images you don't and, somehow, it makes everything work much better here.<br />Too bad it switched to the toony style soon enough!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906314115555898500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-7836675839703639872015-09-08T21:05:50.900+01:002015-09-08T21:05:50.900+01:00I fully endorse that link.I fully endorse that link.Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-23635270015451158412015-09-08T20:36:53.483+01:002015-09-08T20:36:53.483+01:00Ye gods, I adore this game.
I first played it on ...Ye gods, I adore this game.<br /><br />I first played it on my mate Stephen's 386 and then later got it on the Amiga and fell in love with it all over again, with actual music! I know that officially the sequel is better but I won't be convinced; the original game is in my top ten games of all time.<br /><br />Here, have some <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhtR-yoObs" rel="nofollow">funky LeChuck</a>.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-72528011900071832012015-09-08T04:22:36.948+01:002015-09-08T04:22:36.948+01:00Of course we already knew about the game, but it&#...Of course we already knew about the game, but it's good to see the old place again.<br /><br />An interactive story is a <i>great</i> way to enjoy adventure games. I and my friends would play them as kids, walkthrough in hand, not even trying to tackle all the English. It's bizarre to look at these screenshots and understand them. (Though you could be better off if I didn't. I ramble.)<br /><br />Drop the puzzles from a Lucas or Sierra adventure and they still have the charm. It's all the neat places to go to and all the little details to find. It's all the people to talk to and all the things you get to do with an inventory and more verbs than Shoot and E. They should package these things with postcards.<br /><br />And in a few decades, I'll have forgotten enough to tackle the puzzles.Kizornoreply@blogger.com