How Should ToMI End?
Every good story must come to an end. Sadly this includes the incomplete but already epic Tales of Monkey Island 
. So, accepting that the series will end in two months time, how do you think the series should end? Happily like CoMI, SoMI and EfMI? Confusingly like LeChuck's Revenge? "To Be Continued" or leaving room for yet anther sequel? Badly? Sadly? Ironically? Stupidly? Unexpectedly? During Mid-sentence? Opinions?
. So, accepting that the series will end in two months time, how do you think the series should end? Happily like CoMI, SoMI and EfMI? Confusingly like LeChuck's Revenge? "To Be Continued" or leaving room for yet anther sequel? Badly? Sadly? Ironically? Stupidly? Unexpectedly? During Mid-sentence? Opinions? Sign in to comment in this discussion.
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Now it’s Rons turn.
Agree. I think they call that "Doing a Sopranos", dont they?
I'm sure everyone would enjoy that
You can vote for both.
That would be pretty funny. And most fans would buy it.
I did.
That said, if there's just some kind of hint or build up to another game, that's fine, as long as the sponge/pox story is brought to a close.
There are few AWFUL forseeable directions tales could take with this game and I really hope that they don't ruin the game with them.
I'm really enjoying this game and I'm high on positive vibes, the last thing I want is for them to give us a 3rd grader's bad boy action figure beats down action figure ending. Ruthless, destructive, obnoxious, childish and stupid ending. Their responsible for the franchise's mainstream story right now, I hope to God that they don't do something stupid or utterly degrading to it.
But there are many people out there who - for some strange reasons - would want Guybrush to end up with Morgan, it seems. So, in order not to disappoint any of the players, I guess the best solution would indeed be for the player to decide who Guybrush ends up with? Two alternative endings for every taste.
And you know what, alternative endings aren't such a bad idea at all! Remember the Indiana Jones adventure games by LucasArts? They both had several alternative endings!
Well, just a thought.
Well said!
I would absolutely LOVE that, by the way. If we'd realize that all the games after LeChuck's Revenge were a series of dream sequences or something like that. We can get a long explosion of exposition about how each game represented different parts of Guybrush's psyche or something. Haha.
Anything's better than Curse's ending, anyway.
Seriously, what was with that in Escape? While I liked the game, it might as well have been called Monkey Island: Bash Guybrush till no end. I hated that the game ended with the character we all love in a deadly situation and not one person truly appreciating all the back breaking work he did.
Having said that, I think that Guybrush and Elaine splitting up would give us a whole new prespective on everyone, but I guess there are other ways. What would you say if elaine died at the end?
NO NO NO! That's the point! You know it and you miss it entirely! Over 20 years we've evolved and matured feelings towards the story, their is already an engaging and emotional story that we've matured up to.
Having it ruined with deviation would just be a kick in the balls. We don't need to have a horrid break up or anything like that. The World is messed up enough as it is with bad news, and bloody OPHRA!! we don't need to bring it to comedy and to Monkey Island....
The best ending would be to concrete the love story and end it in an AWE moment that gets to all the hearts of the fans, knocks them off them feet senselssly! A deep, mature love ending with sugar coated jokes like Murray hitching a ride home with them or something.
Haven't you bloody been paying damn monkey *BEEP* attention!? The series started off as a joke and we've developed mature and intellectual feelings towards its elements, such as the relationship between Guybrush and Elaine. Why the bloody hell do you think we are having serious conversations about it!?
Having them break up or have sociological problems with their marriage and file for a divorce or have an affair is not funny, it's not monkey island and I rather have my balls in a blender! Their love is strong but almost some how understated the best ending possible would be to give the fans a true love story to inspire the messed up World of today and to show some concrete and not to be on shaky grounds with some jerk off misfit and corrupt ending that will result in 1000 years of fan arguing and discontent.:mad:
It's already an emotional and mature ending, they just have to drive it home into our hearts! :mad::mad:
I don't think Guybrush could handle this.
I couldn't agree more. You've seriously hit the nail on the head here. ...not much more I can even say, because you did such a good job.
*- After the big explosion ofcourse.
I wouldn't mind an element of tragedy somewhere in the remaining chapters, just as long as it doesn't consume the ending. It just seems that Morgan's character is being built up for a tragedy, probably if she redeems herself. The game has already proven to be very serious and emotional in parts, so having a tragic event does not seem out of reach at all and I think it would add to the story. The ending itself should be happy and conclusive, but a few sad parts here and there wouldn't hurt I think.
Even though he's a "good guy" there's a hint of relationship trouble between Guybrush and Elaine and since that is the "new struggle", that seems to exist, naturally, Lechuck and Guybrush will assume their normal roles, regardless of the situation and circumstances and we'll probably see a desired and expected out come, to smooth things off, and polish any rough edges.
I think they'll still play their roles but for originality sake and story purposes their characters have been drawn out for an emotional and friendly fan based relationship to pursue. Morgan is simply like the fans of the series drawn inward to make Guybrush act outwardly and to over look the special relationship he has to fans.
It's almost deadly expected of Lechuck and Guybrush to have some sort of struggle between each other regardless of the situation...
Their bringing out the most of human nature in all characters and all characters are being tested and hold onto elements of intrique, curosity and concern for the viewer. They had to bring Lechuck to a humane level to give it more of a conflict feeling and go for the originality bit but as I keep saying I think their roles will remain the same, thank God!
well said but u forgot that part where they change details of the past games to make the impossible seem possible
You don't seem to like CMI, so... how come you have an avatar with CMI Elaine on it?
I'm just curious about that.
1). Winslow and DeSinge - They both seem open for anything.
2). Murray and the Voodoo Lady - They both can't move! a match made in heaven " A very EVIL Heaven with Voodoo and Curses Muah ha ha ha!"
3). Guybrush and Morgan - I think it's time for Guybrush to be free, we all know he isn't with Elaine
4).Elaine and LeChuck - Come'on LeChuck WANTS to worship her, Let him! If he can be a good guy and do it, fine!
just my two cents
...and I hope Morgan will end up with human LeChuck and de Singe will turn another arch-villian. Killing LeChuck over and over again gets boring.
Yes! That's almost exactly what I'm hoping for!