Should Telltale Make a Morgan LeFlay Game?
I've seen a few people asking and wishing for a Morgan LeFlay spin-off game and I was all for the idea! If Telltale were to release a Morgan LeFlay, I think it should be a little like this:
- An adventure/action game. 85% point-and-click adventure game; 15% action (mainly swordfighting).
- A five episode season, each episode is a new mission where Morgan must track down a different pirate each time.
- Morgan should re-visit old Monkey Island locations and Islands such as Booty or Scabb Island and run into SOME old characters.
- The last episode should be of Morgan hunting down Guybrush and should end in exactly the same spot as Launch of the Screaming Narwhal with Morgan putting her blade to Guybrush's throat!
So, should Telltale make a Morgan LeFlay game? How would your ideal Morgan game differ from mine? Will it sell well? Opinions?
- An adventure/action game. 85% point-and-click adventure game; 15% action (mainly swordfighting).
- A five episode season, each episode is a new mission where Morgan must track down a different pirate each time.
- Morgan should re-visit old Monkey Island locations and Islands such as Booty or Scabb Island and run into SOME old characters.
- The last episode should be of Morgan hunting down Guybrush and should end in exactly the same spot as Launch of the Screaming Narwhal with Morgan putting her blade to Guybrush's throat!
So, should Telltale make a Morgan LeFlay game? How would your ideal Morgan game differ from mine? Will it sell well? Opinions?
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Okay, I will do so : )
EDIT: I don't actually think I can, sorry...
MEDIOCRE?!
It's cool, dawg.
In Lair of the Leviathan we will have the opportunity to see more of her and I hope: have the chance to play as her in order to solve some puzzles. Then fans can make up their minds about this. As of yet we still don't know much about her. Five episodes may be too much to ask for though, I don't see her being as successful as Guybrush, who has four games behind him.
I do like the idea of intertwining story lines. Hercules-Xena/Buffy-Angel style. Where Morgan is always one step behind Guybrush and always just misses him. And maybe runs into characters that Guybrush has wronged. But this would only be for in-jokes or to connect story lines between the Monkey Island games.
If you are going to give Morgan her own game, give her her own adventures to build her reputation with, in an attempt to keep up with Guybrush. Like how Morgan became a feared pirate hunter, how she uses the sword so well, etc. Do not necessarily show events from Monkey Island games, but hint at or lead up to, and the Player will tie it together themselves. For instance the grappling hook that will become Guybrush's hook hand, can be seen.
The prequel is a nice idea, but lets keep other options open in the meantime and maybe telltale will like these ideas.
And aimed at a more... adult audience. *suggestive eyebrow wiggle*
I like Morgan; she participated in the best scene of the episodes yet, and I will love to see her again in future episodes. As of now, she is pretty much a stereotype, but that is played out really nicely. Her character might gain new aspects, making her more rounded, and, of course, she may undergo character changes (one at least, as we all hope). Nonetheless, this is not enough to have her star in her own game, even if I did not think that female characters are not one of TTG's strong points.
Recently, I've played the (German) adventure "Book of Unwritten Tales". There's one character named "das Vieh" (meaning "the critter" or "the creature"). It is a pink-furred something with big eyes and a mouth bigger than Guybrush's pockets. It communicates through incredibly funny gestures and a language none of the other characters understand. There was one scene, about 15 minutes in the game, where you could control it, and that was definitly the most wonderful part in this really good game. Now, the developers have announced that their next game will center entirely on that character - and I definitly won't buy it. Some characters are best in small doses.
Morgan LeFlay is probably one of these characters.
Yeah, I'm still waiting for the day that people start making Morgan LeFlay x Elaine Marley rule34. Normally they get onto it in a few hours or so.
...beyond that I do not see any super appealing qualities to Morgan.
I found her to be an utter dissapointment after a lead up to "Surprise - Old Character!" Her personality is OK and even at some points grating - "you're the guy who did this and this!"
Honestly I think game centered around Elaine would be much (much) better if you wanted to go that route. Of course, van Winslow went from being boring to funny in one episode so I guess Morgan could be interesting but she's overhyped from her singular apperance.
HERETIC!!!! BURN HIM!!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!
She appeared three times
But seriously. The last thing I ever want is a Monkey Island spin-off. And also I don't want to play as any other character in ToMI, only as Guybrush (just like in every other Monkey Island game).
Like others have said, focusing a game on Elaines adventures would be far more interesting to see, although it would be nice to see some of these newer characters fleshed out a bit more.. I'm sure that's something that will happen with the later episodes.
"Das Vieh"-critter or creature. That is good to know. I'm playing through Simon the Sorcerer 5 right now and Vieh has come up quite a lot. It makes more sense now that I know it doesn't just mean cattle. I'm liking the game, Simon is back to being the lovable rascal of old. Speaking of Simon the Sorcerer: The Swampling got his own game. I may play Unwritten tales next, but the games "Sunrise" and "1 1/2 Ritter" look good too.
I think she's possibly worthy of her own game perhaps, but for some reason the fact that it'd be a Monkey Island spin-off bothers me a little. I think for it to work, they'd have to make the game completely different to the other Monkey Island games. Morgan's cool, but oh so different to Guybrush.
He sure did! And because it's so different to the other Simon games (for starters, it's not a point-and-click adventure) it worked, and the creators didn't really make much of a gamble. I think that's what they'd have to do if they ever made a Monkey Island spin-off that wasn't centered around Guybrush. Basically it would have to go in a completely different direction, while making it clear to the player that it's different (so they aren't disappointed).
Also, she kind of seems like a character that would get really annoying in large doses. I'm kind of worried about Lair of the Leviathan in this respect, it's likely the episode will give us a lot more Morgan than Episode 2. It may be hard to avoid "Morgan overload", especially with the forum's squealing over her.
Right - "Vieh" is actually a rather derogative term for animals of any kind. Cattle would be the first meaning, though.
I recommend "BoUT" for your next game (Never played "Sunrise", but I'm seing a lot of negative reviews at amazon; "1 1/2 Ritter" is surprisingly good, considering its genesis as a movie tie-in game). Graphics are incredible, the parody victims are very numerous (Terry Prattchett included), the puzzles are of OK difficulty.
Altho there is a spin off POTC
Yes! That would ge great! 57 - 33.73%
No! I'm sick of her already! 57 - 33.73%
I really don't care to be honest... 55 - 32.54%
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EDIT: but not as part of Tales, but as an individual "mini game".
Right?
She also has huge thighs. She honestly isn't that attractive and I don't think Elaine is either.
People like her because of the way she's dressed, with makeup, fashion hairdo, neck collar, cleavage showing and a corsetted shirt. Typical sexy pirate chick kind of dress.
And I think makeup is ugly. On anybody.
Most of you would support TellTale games anyways and from a practical and functional stand point they just might make a lot of money on Morgan games. The question wasn't so much if you like Morgan it was if TellTale games should make games about her.
Then again you need to form your opinion on something, what you already know, you can't account for that if TellTale games made Morgan games that they would do some redesign and alter the Monkey Island universe into a new and exciting universe that better fit her.
I haven't played TTG MI yet so I don't know her character, and that makes me very sad...