Generally, is GT TOO capable now?
Just generally, is Guybrush, that lovable pirate, now so capable as a pirate (apparently enough to get his own fangirl >.>) that he's...too capable?
I mean just in the very opening of Chapter 1:
- no hesitation, stabs zombie pirate demon LeChuck
- also seemingly no further hesitation, was going to stab HUMAN LeChuck
Chapter 2:
- he digs up buried treasure without you going through finding a shovel for him to use. He's got one BUILT INTO HIS PANTS!
Chapter 3 (slight spoilers):
- pretty much asks Morgan to please kill the mutineers before they kill him. While he prolly doesn't want them to be actually killed, he doesn't seem all too non-plussed at the probability they would be.
Though replaying CMI, I remembered he actually can aim and shoot a gun, which is something I forgot he had done.
The only MI I never completed was MI2. Can anyone tell me he did anything particularly ruthless there - not thieving - I mean, bodily/mortal harm to another person or something?
Because capable GT more than freaks me out a little.
Or it's kinda hot. Gotta work on that fanart now *cough*...
I mean just in the very opening of Chapter 1:
- no hesitation, stabs zombie pirate demon LeChuck
- also seemingly no further hesitation, was going to stab HUMAN LeChuck
Chapter 2:
- he digs up buried treasure without you going through finding a shovel for him to use. He's got one BUILT INTO HIS PANTS!
Chapter 3 (slight spoilers):
- pretty much asks Morgan to please kill the mutineers before they kill him. While he prolly doesn't want them to be actually killed, he doesn't seem all too non-plussed at the probability they would be.
Though replaying CMI, I remembered he actually can aim and shoot a gun, which is something I forgot he had done.
The only MI I never completed was MI2. Can anyone tell me he did anything particularly ruthless there - not thieving - I mean, bodily/mortal harm to another person or something?
Because capable GT more than freaks me out a little.
Or it's kinda hot. Gotta work on that fanart now *cough*...
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MI4 ruined his personality tough. They turned him into a completely useless, bumbling halfwit that had to be told what to do by his wife. He was like a loyal but dumb dog.
Now he's back, just the way he should be & I thank TT for looking at his personality & bringing it back. One slight problem is other characters in the story are realising that GT is more than capable, where before, only GT & you the player knew what he was capable of. Try telling people how you destroyed the G.P. LeChuck & they wouldn't believe you. People thought you were a wimp, but we knew otherwise & that we'd eventually save the day. Now, people agree with you a little more about your skills which takes away a little of the charm.
But really, I'm glad capable GT is back. I couldn't stand whoever that puss was in EMI.
He rips LeChucks leg off
And that's just what's immediately coming to mind.
It would have been unrealistic, considering the bent the story's taken of more or less letting Guybrush keep what he's won, for him to stay incompetent. It would have grown extremely thin to continually have LeChuck asserting that he's more powerful than Guybrush when Guybrush has bested him time and time again.
It's one of the reasons I really like Morgan LeFlay as an antagonist: she wouldn't work as an antagonist if Guybrush didn't have something to lose, whether it be his reputation, his wife or his life. She's entirely unlike LeChuck or the Marquis, who consider themselves more powerful than Guybrush, in that she knows he's got it all and wants whatever part of it she can get, whether it's his heart or his... literal heart.
He's happy to do anything, no matter how dangerous, because he knows he's never actually going to die.
:cool:
don't forget he dug up a corpse and trapped stan inside a coffin.
And got a chef fired from his job.
and managed to escape from the Monkey Island Cannibals and gave them as an offering one of their own idols.
are you sure this is not just caused by the acid in your grog?
Which kind of Acid? Sulfuric or Battery?
But that was okay, as they were only sleeping.
Honest...
Ha! thats what they say.;)
His character is for the player's benefit. He reflects our own insecurities, dreams, capability and a quality of sheer chance. Because he's all of these things, it's really hard to place what HE actually is, because he's more a reflection of aspects of every person, with just enough character to be an individual. He's the vehicle for our puzzle-solving, and how much of our efforts are shared with him? We move Guybrush around, so I'd like to think our efforts are not on the part of Chance, but of Guybrush's own wit.
...Then again, Guybrush sometimes doesn't seem to know WHY he does something, it just seems like a "Good Idea", as though our meddling is like some sort of ambient suggestive vibe he gets to do the things he does. I think this is mostly played off for humor, though, and shouldn't really be regarded.
Honestly? Guybrush feels like Guybrush to me in Tales. I can't really place WHY, but he feels "right" in a way that he simply doesn't for me in the majority of Curse and Escape. And it's not just the awesome coat or the cool beard. Everything about the dialogue and his interactions with the world just kind of feels "right", with a nice balance of adeptness and blundering.
In the untold fifth game, they finally sort out their problems together.
He's no more nor less competent. It's just he had people who believed he was around him, and were willing to admit it. (Other than his wife, Elaine)
I knew if I read enough posts here I would eventually learn something useful.