1) The Secret of Monkey Island will be repackaged as a "special edition". This is no doubt an effort to introduce a new generation to the great story of Guybrush, the wannabe pirate.
The Good:
- Newer graphics, more color, 1080i
- Newer music
- Newer interface, allowing fuller screen & intuitive controls
- Voice acting is consistent from MI4 and the next release
- Compatible on newer PCs and Xbox 360, no more DosBOX
- Still has classic mode option/hot swap
- Blessed by Ron Gilbert
The Bad:
- Guybrush's new look is drab
- Its a talkie, with voices from MI4, which were meh, but hard to compete with ones imagination
- Done by LucasArts
- Available on XBox, but not Wii (see below)
2) The bigger news is the announcement of: Tales of Monkey Island, a new original story in the MI universe.
The Good:
- Done by Telltale, not Lucasarts. Presently, Telltale is one of the best in the Adventure biz
- Lucasarts willing to outsource it license to Telltale (think Full Throttle and Grim Fandango)
- First episode in July
- Both physical and digital options
- All episodes under $40
- Its more Monkey Island for Gods sake
- Dave Grossman and other original members on the team
- Michael Land, original composer on project
- Ron Gilbert blessed the new project
- Although its called "Talles of" each chapter will have an overall story arch.
- MI still alive after 20 years, glad I am too.
The Bad:
- Are we being milked? As MI4 was not as good as MI3 (which was still good), but was not as good as MI1 & MI2
- Only five parts, of unknown length
- Episodic material has been hit and miss
- Same '3D' art style from MI4, which was a poor cartoony style
- Same voice acting from MI4, which was mediocre
- No Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer, the real masterminds of MI1 & 2
- No announcement of a Gametap deal
- Available on the Wii, but not XBox
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