My Impressions
I kept notes as I played through the episodes. Here are the notes for Launch of the Screaming Narwhal. I feel like each episode's notes should be in separate posts, so I'll post the rest later.
These are the only ones I did on a computer. The rest I wrote out longhand. Surprisingly this doesn't seem to have cut down too much on my use of emoticons. Also, I enjoyed the whole episode. The criticism is just there because I like to criticise things.
It's finally working! : D
But I still have to reduce the graphics down to three. You're hurting my computer hardware's self esteem...
What's with LeChuck's beard? It's got green glowies in it.
Guybrush!
I love the facial expressions. I hope Sam & Max season 3 has facial expressions that good.
So, so far the controls aren't ruining the game for me. I think I'll use the keyboard controls, but it's funny to see the ring around Guybrush. Looks like a hula hoop. (I continued to use the keyboard controls for the rest of the series)
Guybrush has a decade's worth of pirate booty? He's going to lose it after the opening scene.
Secret of Monkey Island reference! Yay!
I should probably stop writing in this every time I have a thought.
I wasn't really expecting using the breath mints on the root beer to work. I think it's because I forgot that you can't making something fizzy by shaking it up.
The graphics remind me of Banjo-Kazooie, for some reason. Weird.
I had to turn the hints on before I finally got Guybrush's glowing sword of hot monkey vengence. I'm sure he didn't mention the roots on the plant when I clicked on it before.
Hooray for the Monkey Island theme!
Why does that guy (Davey Nipperkin) sound like Harry Moleman from Sam & Max. It's slightly disturbing. (Same voice actor, I know, and I knew it when I wrote that)
I guess Nipperkin doesn't sound too much like Harry. It's still kind of distracting, though. And I like the game's story so far thing in the save files. Very helpful for when you haven't played the game in a while
I love this music! It's so Monkey Island-ish.
An exclusive club they won't let Guybrush enter, a member who lost his membership card... I think I played this game last month when it was called Curse of Monkey Island.
And I'm beginning to suspect that every door will be locked until I can talk to the voodoo lady about this game's voodoo curse. Again, I've never played a game where I can say that before. (Turns out I was wrong anyway) Also, I think some jokes went over my head during the glass blower conversation. Or did they just want to say YouTube in a pirate setting? Without talking about digital piracy?
"Some guy in a plaid jacket with waving arms" ... STAN! It's Stan! Loved his theme song in Curse of Monkey Island and LeChuck's Revenge.
I think I understand how to use the map now! I think this puzzle might be a problem for deaf people. Also, the voodoo lady won't let me in her shack. How rude of her.
Maybe the voodoo lady is Deep Gut! That would actually make sense, since she knows a lot and I need a password to get into her hut. Also, I've caused a bar fight, but I've forgotten what my other goals were. Find buried treasure... and something else.
Oh, I'm supposed to launch... I mean, steal a Screaming Narwhal. Now I remember.
I like to pretend that Nipperkin's expression when Guybrush is dunking the action figure in the ink vat is because Guybrush is talking to himself.
I solved all three puzzles! I'm a genius!
"You can't save now" What! This is an outrage! Also, I'm pretty sure I was right about Deep Gut. It's the voodoo lady.
The voodoo lady has a shrine to backwards Ron Gilbert. That's awesome.
All the pirates are green and spotty now. I think that's cartoon for sick.
The Marquis de Singe is terrifying looking...
Guybrush doesn't know what an x-ray is. That tiny bit of period appropriateness makes me happier than it should. If it was really appropriate there'd be no x-rays, but it is Monkey Island.
Guybrush has really dexterous feet. I wish I could do that with my feet. I guess they're not pointy enough.
What was the point of that? I didn't get any items, and now that creepy French guy is after me.
I can't figure out what the wind direction is supposed to signify.
I guess it's which way you go from where you entered? Kind of like that maze in Super Mario RPG that I failed to understand at first, got lost in, and then never went back to the game to find my way out.
I've been playing for a little while today, and I'm still not sure what my goals are now. I guess I need to get the key to the wind place from the Marquis de Singe, but how do I do that? I just figured out how to check the wind with the weathervane, so I'll see if that gets me anywhere.
Well that got me nowhere. Time to turn on the hints, I think.
I guess I missed something on the ship? I thought I looted it pretty thoroughly.
I'm supposed to do something on the ship, but I have no idea what. I may have to check the walkthrough. Guybrush just keeps giving the same hint, and it's not helping.
You're supposed to distract the glassblower guy before you can break the bottle? I just used the bottle on the horn while it was still sitting on the bench, and it worked perfectly. But I did wonder why Guybrush put it away in his coat when it was clearly also sitting on the bench, and why it wasn't in his inventory afterwards.
I would not have thought of using the bottle breaker on the crystal nose. Or maybe I would've if I'd realised you were supposed to have the bottle breaker in your inventory. I don't know.
"What's this thing made of anyway?" - that's how you're supposed to think of it!
And that mysterious soundclip that kept playing was the noise that the bottle breaker makes, which I didn't realise because I hadn't heard it enough times.
Oh, you're supposed to put the weathervane on top of the idols! Now I see.
Guybrush: I know what will cheer up these gruesome carvings: Cheese! (Wallace hand shake)
I can't stop laughing.
How do you get the nose for the third idol? I can't figure it out, and the hints aren't helping at all.
(after consulting the walkthrough) I didn't try using the flowers as a nose? I was sure I'd tried everything except the papers.
I think I've figured out what to use this game's skeleton arm, the U tube, with.
"Sacre merde"... I believe that translates directly to "holy shit". I bet it's not a real French swear, though.
Wait, that's not the end of the game? I guess there's an endgame puzzle as well.
Okay, game beaten. I bet the LeChuck/Elaine thing was a sitcom-like misunderstanding, and I think the woman who attacks Guybrush is Morgan le Flay. Guybrush assumes Morgan is a male when Morgan le Fay from the Arthurian mythos was female, so I'm pretty sure he got it wrong. That's some sort of literary technique, but I can't remember what.
Next time: The Siege of Spinner Cay.
These are the only ones I did on a computer. The rest I wrote out longhand. Surprisingly this doesn't seem to have cut down too much on my use of emoticons. Also, I enjoyed the whole episode. The criticism is just there because I like to criticise things.
It's finally working! : D
But I still have to reduce the graphics down to three. You're hurting my computer hardware's self esteem...
What's with LeChuck's beard? It's got green glowies in it.
Guybrush!
I love the facial expressions. I hope Sam & Max season 3 has facial expressions that good.
So, so far the controls aren't ruining the game for me. I think I'll use the keyboard controls, but it's funny to see the ring around Guybrush. Looks like a hula hoop. (I continued to use the keyboard controls for the rest of the series)
Guybrush has a decade's worth of pirate booty? He's going to lose it after the opening scene.
Secret of Monkey Island reference! Yay!
I should probably stop writing in this every time I have a thought.
I wasn't really expecting using the breath mints on the root beer to work. I think it's because I forgot that you can't making something fizzy by shaking it up.
The graphics remind me of Banjo-Kazooie, for some reason. Weird.
I had to turn the hints on before I finally got Guybrush's glowing sword of hot monkey vengence. I'm sure he didn't mention the roots on the plant when I clicked on it before.
Hooray for the Monkey Island theme!
Why does that guy (Davey Nipperkin) sound like Harry Moleman from Sam & Max. It's slightly disturbing. (Same voice actor, I know, and I knew it when I wrote that)
I guess Nipperkin doesn't sound too much like Harry. It's still kind of distracting, though. And I like the game's story so far thing in the save files. Very helpful for when you haven't played the game in a while
I love this music! It's so Monkey Island-ish.
An exclusive club they won't let Guybrush enter, a member who lost his membership card... I think I played this game last month when it was called Curse of Monkey Island.
And I'm beginning to suspect that every door will be locked until I can talk to the voodoo lady about this game's voodoo curse. Again, I've never played a game where I can say that before. (Turns out I was wrong anyway) Also, I think some jokes went over my head during the glass blower conversation. Or did they just want to say YouTube in a pirate setting? Without talking about digital piracy?
"Some guy in a plaid jacket with waving arms" ... STAN!
It's Stan! Loved his theme song in Curse of Monkey Island and LeChuck's Revenge.I think I understand how to use the map now! I think this puzzle might be a problem for deaf people. Also, the voodoo lady won't let me in her shack. How rude of her.
Maybe the voodoo lady is Deep Gut! That would actually make sense, since she knows a lot and I need a password to get into her hut. Also, I've caused a bar fight, but I've forgotten what my other goals were. Find buried treasure... and something else.
Oh, I'm supposed to launch... I mean, steal a Screaming Narwhal. Now I remember.
I like to pretend that Nipperkin's expression when Guybrush is dunking the action figure in the ink vat is because Guybrush is talking to himself.
I solved all three puzzles! I'm a genius!
"You can't save now" What! This is an outrage! Also, I'm pretty sure I was right about Deep Gut. It's the voodoo lady.
The voodoo lady has a shrine to backwards Ron Gilbert. That's awesome.
All the pirates are green and spotty now. I think that's cartoon for sick.
The Marquis de Singe is terrifying looking...
Guybrush doesn't know what an x-ray is. That tiny bit of period appropriateness makes me happier than it should. If it was really appropriate there'd be no x-rays, but it is Monkey Island.
Guybrush has really dexterous feet. I wish I could do that with my feet. I guess they're not pointy enough.
What was the point of that? I didn't get any items, and now that creepy French guy is after me.
I can't figure out what the wind direction is supposed to signify.
I guess it's which way you go from where you entered? Kind of like that maze in Super Mario RPG that I failed to understand at first, got lost in, and then never went back to the game to find my way out.
I've been playing for a little while today, and I'm still not sure what my goals are now. I guess I need to get the key to the wind place from the Marquis de Singe, but how do I do that? I just figured out how to check the wind with the weathervane, so I'll see if that gets me anywhere.
Well that got me nowhere. Time to turn on the hints, I think.
I guess I missed something on the ship? I thought I looted it pretty thoroughly.
I'm supposed to do something on the ship, but I have no idea what. I may have to check the walkthrough. Guybrush just keeps giving the same hint, and it's not helping.
You're supposed to distract the glassblower guy before you can break the bottle? I just used the bottle on the horn while it was still sitting on the bench, and it worked perfectly. But I did wonder why Guybrush put it away in his coat when it was clearly also sitting on the bench, and why it wasn't in his inventory afterwards.
I would not have thought of using the bottle breaker on the crystal nose. Or maybe I would've if I'd realised you were supposed to have the bottle breaker in your inventory. I don't know.
"What's this thing made of anyway?" - that's how you're supposed to think of it!
And that mysterious soundclip that kept playing was the noise that the bottle breaker makes, which I didn't realise because I hadn't heard it enough times.
Oh, you're supposed to put the weathervane on top of the idols! Now I see.
Guybrush: I know what will cheer up these gruesome carvings: Cheese! (Wallace hand shake)
I can't stop laughing.
How do you get the nose for the third idol? I can't figure it out, and the hints aren't helping at all.
(after consulting the walkthrough) I didn't try using the flowers as a nose? I was sure I'd tried everything except the papers.
I think I've figured out what to use this game's skeleton arm, the U tube, with.
"Sacre merde"... I believe that translates directly to "holy shit". I bet it's not a real French swear, though.
Wait, that's not the end of the game? I guess there's an endgame puzzle as well.
Okay, game beaten. I bet the LeChuck/Elaine thing was a sitcom-like misunderstanding, and I think the woman who attacks Guybrush is Morgan le Flay. Guybrush assumes Morgan is a male when Morgan le Fay from the Arthurian mythos was female, so I'm pretty sure he got it wrong. That's some sort of literary technique, but I can't remember what.
Next time: The Siege of Spinner Cay.
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Just a note: "sacrée merde" is French, however it means "real piece of shit" and isn't used by itself (that I know of). Like, you'd say "ce jeu est une sacrée merde" (this game is a real piece of shit). Not when talking about ToMI, obviously.
You got stuck more than I did. Yay me!
Can't wait to read the next ones. Maybe I should keep some kind of playing journal when I play Sam&Max 3?
Taking notes was quite fun. It was good to have somewhere to think out loud, and I'd recommend trying it. I'll most likely do it for the next Sam & Max as well.
you WIN!
I already knew Morgan was female but I blame Majus for that, I watched all of the I wonder what happens in things before I got that far in Launch of the screaming Narwhal
It's not that it doesn't make sense as much as it's not usually used that way.
As far as I can remember, the French used is correct if awkward at times. Nothing struck me as wrong while playing, that is, but I sometimes went "I would have said that differently".
The Marquis being the Marquis, though, eccentric, crazy and not French, nothing he says is out of place :P
Is he WAS French though, his name would be written "Marquis de Singe" (lowercase d), and his last name would be just "Singe" if not preceded by anything. That is, you can say "Marquis de Singe", "Monsieur de Singe" or "(First name) de Singe", but if you're just naming him you say "Singe". Like "Hey, Singe!" or "Singe did this/that", because when it's a title, "de" isn't considered part of the last name, it means "of" and links two things together. If there aren't two things to link, then it disappears.
Incidentally, I thought the accent was really good. My favourite part is when he sings "Alouette, I will live forever, Alouette, immortalité !" which makes absolutely no sense, it's hilarious xD.
(Who will live forever? Moi! Who will defy nature? Moi!)
Granted, the original song makes little sense to begin with.How do you pluck a bird's legs? They don't even have feathers there!
Sacremerde actually sounds pretty fun. Must be the third time i decide to use it in everyday conversation before forgetting it again.
I took mental notes while playing each chapter, and tried to remember them when writing a little review in the forums after finishing them. I most likely forgot some information though.
When I played the first chapter, I didn't remember anything about Guybrush thinking Morgan was male. I thought she was female all along not just because of Morgan LeFey, but because I went to school with a girl called Morgan. I always generally think of it as a girl's name. :P
Also, totally agree about the facial expressions. That's something I know I mentioned in my own review. TOMI probably has the most personality out of any 3D CGI animation I've seen that isn't a feature-length movie.
I got stuck on chapter 1 a little bit. I didn't know how to find out the code for the totem that DeSinge gets stuck in. I watched a video walkthrough to find out and felt so stupid when I realised how blatantly obvious it was. What's more, that's the only bit I needed a hint for throughout the whole series. I fail at easy things XD
That's possible too. And could explain the lack of accent, but you know how that is, you get used to filling in the accents since they can't be typed on all keyboards.
If that's so, I find it ironic that the character would NOT say "Sacrebleu" one of the only times when it would actually make sense since he's from the right time period :P
Oh, I didn't know that. I have only played the other games in French.
... If he's French, why does he have an English name?
Probably for the same reason Elaine is (probably) English, but has a French name.
Elaine isn't a French name. The French would be Hélène. And "Marley" is even less French.
Though other sources say it's Greek. But most places I check say english.
Me too! In fact, I think I run into the name Morgan used as a girl's name more often than a boy's name.
I probably took the least notes for the Siege of Spinner Cay. I hadn't properly adjusted to writing out my notes longhand, and the chapter itself is pretty short.
Ha! Mysterious woman really is a new character! Ha! (There'd been a thread where most people agreed that she was probably a character who'd appeared before. I don't think I posted in it, but I always thought she was new)
This game is getting epic. EPIC.
I love you, Guybrush.
That library is going to be destroyed.
Those merfolk have creepy eyelids
I bet LeChuck's faking not being evil.
Pirates in the 17th century Caribbean have apartments?
That manatee should sing Sweet Manatee from Sam & Max. It wouldn't make any sense, but it'd be funny.
LeChuck's there! :D
I think LeChuck's still evil because I saw that picture of him throwing Guybrush off a cliff. But maybe that's misdirection like the hand thing! (head asplode) (A promo showed Guybrush with both hands intact when he's reunited with Elaine, but he already has a hook hand by that time in the game itself)
Guybrush is definitely going to fall off that cliff, though. There's a dead end right below it.
Stupid puzzles I can't solve.
Are those two pirates the Monkey Island versions of those two pirates from Pirates of the Caribbean?
LeChuck is the worst puzzle solver in the world.
Who got stranded on a deserted island was stung to death by scorpians? When?
When did Guybrush get buried alive? Apart from that time in Curse? And that other time in Curse?
I'm stuck trying to get the stupid artifact out of the stupid artifact holder. I think I'll try the hints.
Oh, you can make LeChuck do it! I thought since Guybrush refused to let him do it... This is like showing Edgeworth your badge in the first Phoenix Wright. Why not just have "I want to defend you" and "You do it" as dialogue options?
Oh. LeChuck accidentally threw Guybrush off the cliff.
Use the locket on the manatee (illegible scribbling) How was I supposed to figure that out??
A Pirate I Was Meant To Be makes everything better, however.
Guybrush dancing
How is Guybrush breathing to say all that stuff? Are his lungs secretly a bag of Holding?
Now even Elaine is LeChuck! Everyone's LeChuck!
And I can't pick up the coals. Yay.
Oh. I didn't pixel search at the bait shop. How silly of me.
So he can pick the pan up, but not the coals.
Poor Guybrush. If only he still had the PUSH command. (I think I was talking the about puzzle where you have to make a mould of the turtle thing?)
(After Guybrush lies to LeChuck about what Elaine says they should do) Guybrush what are you doing
Perfectly symmetrical violence never solved anything. (Not sure what I was talking about there)
GAH. His eyeballs really are bleeding!
Oh, I see now. Winslow saying to use the map is a running gag.
Why is LeChuck's theme still playing? He's not there anymore. (This was on the beach, not in the jungle. I think)
When did Guybrush carry a rubber tree in his pants? Early Curse? I know you chop one down.
Best Yo Mama joke ever.
Why is it I only get blatant hints when I've already figured out the solution?
"I... like it when you point on the map." Um............. kay.
"Don't put your lips on anything". That's some sort of LucasArts reference. I think.
Morgan totally has a crush on Guybrush.
Ah, so that's why the next chapter is called Lair of the Leviathan.
Next time: Lair of the Leviathan
But it was in a cave!
Now let's see how that measures up to the actual game.
More voodoo lady expository narration!
The sea is a monster?
And it's de Cava. This is the part from the gameplay video.
Why can't I use my ring to de Cava to show that I'm married?
That's not manatee anatomy. I don't think. (I don't know what I was talking about there)
"It's disgusting but I'll put it in my pocket for no reason anyway." (That was a throat grub)
(I believe this was after Guybrush suggested that he and Morgan pretend to be married, but I'm not certain) What. Guybrush, let me in your zany schemes beforehand in future, okay?
Winslow needed a fake wife once? Now I'm pretty sure he's gay. Or bi. Or... Winslow.
Aw, now Winslow's got the Pox! :D I think Winslow is my favourite character.
Yay! Dialogue puzzle.
De Cava is... pretty crazy.
I bet his crew is still alive.
SCUMM reference! Also, yes they're still alive.
Okay, LeChuck's still evil and wants to keep Elaine away from Guybrush. Definitely. (I guess I changed my mind again, because LeChuck kept me guessing right up until the question was resolved)
I can't remember what ichor is, but I'm pretty sure it's a bodily fluid. Yuck.
Was that Murray I heard? He does like to speak without being clicked on.
"Duck soup"?
I hope Morgaon learns an important lesson: manipulating people into doing what you want and stealing their prized possessions in the process is just as mighty pirate-y as rushing in and killing them.
What! DeSinge again? But he described science a concrete object. I love it when people do that.
He said "The death is..." something. This looks like a job for Google Translate!
Killed. Okay. cool!
Guybrush is smiling at Murray.
It's hot and reeks of colonge and kibble treats... It's dark and smells like marmalade... You characters used as inventory items are never happy.
Murray! >:( You evil, backstabbing, recently embodied skull.
If de Cava doesn't know that the crew is alive, where is he getting the ichor? He can't have been in the stomach.
I guess I need to disguise the bile so de Cava will drink it.
I think I'm onto trying everything with everything now. Stupid yellow bile.
I think it's time for the walkthrough.
(Upon noticing that the walkthrough wasn't up yet) Or at least the hints forum.
De Cava takes off his monocle like Wally? I didn't notice. Wouldn't have thought of tricking Murray that way, either.
Yay Winslow!
You know, but my calculations, it wouldn't take decades to find ten thousand throat grubs. Even at a very generous one every half hour, eighteen hours a day, it'd be more like seven. And at a more realistic one every five minutes, it'd only take ten months. De Cava can clearly keep it up, and they're not that hard to find. though thta's still too long for Guybrush. And realistically there wouldn't be that many in the manatee. Okay, enough maths. Back to the game.
He's poxing again. I notice they only do that when they're angry.
(After escaping from the manatee) Yuck.
Hey, a diving scene! I love it when Guybrush uses his unique skill.
The underwater animations and sound effects have improved since Sam & Max Season 2.
If I was Guybrush, I'd go up for air before I entered an underwater cave.
Morgan mentioned a megalodon! My underwater Scribblenauts BFF! (I'd bought Scribblenauts a day or two before)
I loved that almost kiss double meaning thing with Morgan. Oh Guybrush, you're so oblivious.
"Zoinks"?
I like Guybrush's greatest fear. (I didn't write it down because I didn't know that Guybrush's profile was randomised. According to a post I made after I finished the game, it was "zombie pirate beards or something", but I really don't remember) Also, when exactly was this file made?
So Santino is kind of the Chuck Norris of Tales?
Why am I carrying manatee laxative around with me?
I guess I use this fish to re-enter the manatee? Just like Jabu Jabu!
Damn.
Oh, I use the seahorse. Close enough.
The best puzzles are the ones where you try something cray and it actually works. But it's not ridiculously obscure. I think the fish-bongo puzzle achieved that.
Subvert...?
Yay, now I get to play as the Voodoo Lady! In the same way as when I got to play as Max in Night of the Raving Dead. Yay body swapping!
I like otters too. They're cool little mammals.
Nobody wants to irritate Nor Treblig. He's pretty ypmurg, or so he says in his blog.
Can't stop laughing at De Singe's cusre on Guybrush.
Oh voodoo lady, what a manly voice you have.
I envy Guybrush's focus in learning.
I love dialogue puzzles.
Even if he hadn't become suspicious, how stupid would you have to be to yell about how you tricked someone while climbing onto a tiny boat that you know they're on?
Morgan sounds like Lili from Psychonauts. I know the reason for it, but it's just really noticeable here.
I have no idea how to sink the ship.
Hey, Guybrush has an individual response for using the seahorse on the ship.
Guybrush wouldn't be so cheerful if he knew what the next episode was called.
Credits mockery! I love that!
Next time: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood
And here's episode 4. One thing that I noticed while I was typing all these out is that I made approximately seven billion Sam & Max references.
Time to try out the new Monkey Island game. From what I hear, it's the best one yet. Don't disappoint, Stan icon!
Not the scientific clutches! That's the worst kind of cluthes!
Yay! Angry lawyer mob!
This is all your fault you know, Morgan.
He's been tried already. Oh. (I have no idea what I was talking about here)
Stan's theme! :D :D :D
Different voice actor, though. I like his new voice!
And there's the contest winner. Cool.
I can't stop staring at Stan's shirt. The non moving plaid is even weirder in 3D.
I see Flotsam is providing its prisoners with Hope, the greatest of all treasures.
Guybrush is even moving around while he argues with himself. This is awesome.
D'Oro's empty eye socket is creeping me out.
Haha, the Guybrush action figure sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
So Stan is Sybil?
Club 41 sounds a lot like the SCUMM bar in Secret. I noticed that when the preview came out, but I thought I'd mentioned it gain.
Hey, how'd De Singe get over there (Club 41 so Morgan could break his finger) so fast? He was in his house a second ago.
I hope we find out more about why Morgan betrayed Guybrush like that. "She's complicated" isn't much of a reason.
??? I was actually trying to make a glass eye, not steal the leg lamp. Oh well, at least I have a new item now.
Oh, I see now. it's for the lamp thing.
Now Hardtack's talking to himself. Everybody's doing it!
That judge has anger issues...
Guybrush beating himself up after telling himself that he's dating his wife was funnier that it should've been.
Shoddy seventeenth century radioactive liquid...
I wonder if I can find any blue dye...
I fail to see how dumping iron shavings into the cat food is going to help.
...All I had to do to get a glass eye was ask?
Just tried to present a random piece of evidence, and got yelled at by the judge. Phoenix Wright flashbacks!
Is that Kate Capsize? Maybe she really is out for revenge, like some people speculated before Morgan was revealed as being a totally new character.
Hey, what happened to my many cups of variously coloured liquids? I liked those!
Oh, I'm supposed to use the monkey as a magnet. Of course!
Guybrush chewed the Pox? That doesn't sound very tasty.
Why is Stan's theme playing? Guybrush is the one saying stuff.
Maybe it's not Kate Capsize after all.
Didn't Elaine actually have a dog named Guybrush in LeChuck's revenge?
Did Guybrush just quote that irritating "My Humps" song?
What am I supposed to do to the dartboard? I don't have anything sticky.
Still stuck. I think I need a guide.
Oh. That makes sense.
Studio audience: Ooooooooh!
Oh no, what's going to go wrong now?
Is LeChuck going to say that the Voodoo Lady is behind everything like all the speculation said? I hope so!
yes! :D :D :D
I hope it's true! That's be really interesting.
Well summarised, Guybrush!
If LeChuck is telling the truth, then he's hardcore. Ripping off your face to irritate your fans level hardcore.
The Voodoo Lady is trying to hide behind "because destiny says so", I see. Or she's telling the truth, I don't know.
Why does Guybrush suddenly want Stan's jacket?
Is Morgan impaled? 0_0
(mouth open)
Morgan... dead? There's not enough zeros and underscores to describe this.
I like how there's no music here. Just a couple of sound effects. Very effective.
Guybrush, step away from the trepanation helmet. I hear treppaning is kind of unpleasant.
Okay, fine. Don't listen to me.
I'm going to go look up "Ju de vie".
"Game of life...?"
Guybrush even sounds more serious than usual. This is great.
This chapter is just full of random scraps of paper.
I think I get the sixth sense thing, but what's this napkin stuff? I attracted the fireflies to the well.
Actually, Tarot cards are more useful for telling the past and present than the future. I guess the future's kind of changeable.
I think I've found everything but the cloth thing now. What am I supposed to do?
Huh? I thought the moths ate clothing.
Oh, Stan's jacket is the first course. Now I understand.
Stan's surname is Stanman. Okay...
Why am I trying to attract a jungle beast, again?
I don't understand. Where do I put the leg, exactly?
I didn't see any alter. I did in part one, but not here. Oh well, I see it now.
Well, I think foul smelling man eating plants are scary, so Guybrush can just shut up.
Oh, it has a paw in its thorn. Funny. I didn't know there were lions in the Caribbean.
Okay, apparently I need to own the pepper before I can use it.
Oh! I could numb his tongue! That'd work!
Wish De Singe's house wasn't on the other side of the town, though. I don't think even going between Bosco's and Sybil's took this long.
I don't understand. What keeps shocking Guybrush on his way out? And why isn't it working on the sponge?
I can't believe I need the walkthrough again. Hopefully, this is the last time. There's nothing in De Singe's lab...
You have to walk on the carpet more. Okay. I wish Guybrush had said something when the smaller shock didn't work, or when I tried to rub the sponge on the carpet. (I don't know if he says anything with the hints turned on, because at the time I'd forgotten they were there)
I wonder if it's really the pox that's making Elaine like that.
Oh, now De Singe is impaled. Bet he won't die, though. He's got that healing thing.
You'd think think De Singe would care more that I just stuck a hot pepper in his eyes.
Ugh. That's a nasty way to die.
Is LeChuck going to kill Guybrush? That'd be another fun twist, and the title would make sense if he did.
Yep. Guybrush is impaled.
WOW
And that's the end of the scraps of paper and impalement chapter. Next: Rise of the Pirate God.
I do. After the title screen, it goes to a cutscene that starts with "Guybrush Threepwood! Having been found guilty of all charges, you'll be keelhauled until your skin something bleeding something"
At that point your probably thought "aww, it skipped the trial part".
So do I!
I think it's the whole "she values her independence most of all". She wanted to honor the contract she made with DeSinge. You notice that as soon as she's delivered and has been paid, she makes sure not to take another contract. But I think she felt she had to do what she was hired to do, even though it was Guybrush.
"Jeu de vie" would be "game of life" (although you'd probably say "jeu de la vie", and it's pronounced differently). "Jus de vie", however, means "life juice".
I know, I hated that part. Figured out what to do early on, by had to make lots of trips, because the first time I looked at something in Club 41, which made GB talk and un-numb his tongue, the second time he grabbed the pepper with his hand and got hurt, the third time I didn't realise you had to ask WP to lift the thingie again... So I ended up doing the whole trip+trepaning thing 4 times in a row, it was very annoying.
Loved reading your comments
I think I only had to do it once, because I was extra careful not to do anything to make the effects wear off. I was relieved that I could still ask WP to uncover the pepper, though. I thought it would wear off and that I was supposed to leave it uncovered while I went back to the other side of town.
And here's the last of them:
It's season finale time! I'm pretty excited about this.
Nice recap! Very dramatic.
Is this (Guybrush in his grave while the camera pulls back) clickable? Weird...
Yes, Guybrush. Buried "alive".
It's the triumphant return of Grog XD!
Even death can't stop Guybrush from messing with people!
Okay, I need to get some change out of the grog machine.
Oh, I get it!
Wow, nice. I love big open spaces.
I'm going to need that photo, aren't I?
Wow. Secret of Monkey Island callbacks!
KillerWalrus!Lechuck? I want to see that.
That Galeb guy is even crazier than the average Sam & Max character.
I always liked the swordfight best in Secret. So I'll go there first.
Morgan is so depressed over betraying Guybrush that she's going to continue to not help him? Wouldn't it be better to redeem herself by helping him now? I know people don't always act logically, especially when they're upset, but I just wanted to mention it.
I feel sorry for that swordfight guy. I keep trying to be nice to him, and Guybrush just keeps insulting him.
This looks like a great dialogue puzzle.
Classic Secret insults!
Okay, Treasure Hunt time.
Is that D'Oro? It's hard to tell since all the pirates look the same.
Oh, I guess not.
If there are Xs as far as the eye can see, all with treasure under them, wouldn't that get a bit boring? The fun is in the hunting...
Why'd I steal that anchor just now?
And the Pyrite Parrot is back!
Aw, I wanted fabulous riches.
I think Galeb could be Nor Treglib. It is one of the answers he gives you if you ask his name...
Okay, thieve's den.
Well, that was productive.
Aw, he robbed me of the thing I stole from him. I bet there's not even a lost and found around here.
I don't remember anyone stealing a summoning turtle from LeChuck. I guess I need to reply the Seige of Spinner Cay.
I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing. Finding LeChuck's secret voodoo spell to return to the land of the living, yes, but how?
The phrase "I can't use the skeleton arm with that" still haunts my nightmares. Guybrush is an evil, evil pirate for making a callback to it.
Okay, I've turned the hints up to maximum.
What? I already tried buying grog. The machine just ate it.
Oh, I should have hit the grog classic button. Okay.
No. I'm still lost.
What? What dog? Where? I saw a dog in the opening, but it ran off afterwards.
Bone... (Probably me figuring out why I had a bone in my inventory)
Oh! I never saw that area before! I thought the grave just mysteriously disappeared after Guybrush climbed out of it. As to why I would think that, it's because I've played Psychonauts at at least once.
Was he about to stick a dog in his pants?
Galeb is a transformer? (No idea why I wrote that. Maybe he said that there was more to him than meets the eye?)
Well, that was unintuitive. (Probably a reference to the part where you have to show Galeb the sock to proceed)
Finally have the spell.
Sacrifice? Oh no, Morgan. I like Morgan.
Guybrush might be upset when Morgan shows him her idea.
Oh, she's just sacrificing her reputation. Never mind. But the spell specified something that couldn't be undone...
I guess it worked anyway.
Hey, the voodoo lady really was controlling everything!
Wouldn't those swords go right through Guybrush?
Elaine is such an obvious liar.
Demon Elaine is wearing one of those evil crowns.
Guybrush's obsession with masts continues.
If ghosts can't touch anything, how was LeChuck able to throw Guybrush into the water in Secret? Or kidnap Elaine, or beat up Guybrush at the end of the game?
So come back as a zombie!
Yeah, Guybrush, listen to Morgan. There'll be time to be emo after you've saved the Caribbean.
Wow. What happened to the Caribbean? I assumed the red in the Lechuck scene was from being under Monkey Island again. Also, yay Winslow!
Anenenenome and Winslow? That doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
Hey, Winslow stole my locket.
The map thing will never stop being funny. NEVER.
Well, that didn't work. I didn't realise it was a dialogue puzzle. (This was directly after Guybrush's ghost possesses his corpse)
Who's that guy who keeps knocking me out? He looks familiar.
Voodoo Lady: Nice job breaking reality, hero.
Bugeye... who's that, again?
Oh yeah! The leader of the mutineers in Lair of the Leviathan!
Why can't Guybrush just walk through the door? He goes through everything anyway.
No ghost portal in the thieves' den?
Tooth in gum? Curse of Monkey Island! (I'd missed a meal while playing the game, and my ability to express myself gets really bad if I don't eat properly)
Why do I need a mug of root beer? Is the gum root beer flavoured? That sounds dangerous.
"Get ready to be touched to death" is only slightly better than Discworld's "Let's all get our throat cut, boys!"
WINSLOW! :D :D :D To the rescue!
More stuff to do. Will this game ever be over? (Not a complaint)
Okay, looks like I need the pyrite parrots, maybe a feather from that dead seagull, the thief's secret, and the tasteless gum. Not sure what the other two things are.
Galeb's like some unholy mix of Rafiki and Voldemort.
Gah! LeChuck! That almost startled me!
The smell must be that deoderant Winslow left.
I kind of like how the voodoo lady is reluctant to describe Guybrush as a zombie. Because under real voodoo, he isn't, really.
Hey, elf tears. Nice Sam & Max reference.
I still can't catch all the stupid parrots.
Giant space turtle? So, Great A'tuin?
Banang! Everything's Sam & Max references in this game!
Oh, a blindfold.
Now I have everything for the sponge except the Pyrite Parrots.
Guybrush kind of has a Tenth Doctor face when he runs. At least in this game.
Maybe Guybrush will want to pick up that fish net that I just remembered about now.
Okay, time to finish this part. It was pretty easy.
Why is Guybrush suddenly talking up the Voodoo Lady?
Everybody's unholying everybody in this game.
Is "Aaaiiieee" really pronounced "whooooaaa"? I always wondered how that was pronounced, but...
Hooray for Morgan!
What he's going to do to Guybrush is punch him some more, apparently. How not the same thing he's been doing since day one.
LeChuck's definition of pirate is a bit narrow if he thinks that you have to be dead to be one.
I have no idea what to do again, but I'll puzzle it out instead of getting impatient with being moved around like last time in Sam & Max.
I think I understand now...
Zombie Guybrush can take a lot of punishment.
Using hook with mainsail actually does something? LeChuck interrupted me last time, so probably I thought that I'd already tried it.
I wish this wasn't timed. I Know what I have to do now, but LeChuck keeps interrupting. (I thought that the seesaw worked the same way no matter how you go to the deck. I don't think it was clear that LeChuck has to jump down from above the cannon, since Guybrush won't get on the seesaw unless it's already worked)
(illegible scribbling)
Stop it LeChuck. I need to stand on the stupid seesaw.
Okay, the music changed, and Guybrush finally stepped on that stupid door. Life is good.
He put the pot on his head as a helmet! The callbacks are thick and fast in this chapter.
Ooh, I didn't think using life on rip would actually work. Plotty!
Is Guybrush now completely dead?
And he's alive! Hooray!
Aw... Sweet.
Finally someone comments on the Espon-ja thing.
Hey! What's wrong with my computer?
Damn, I was just watching the credits. I bet there was an after credits scene that I missed.
Okay, restarting...
Starting up the game again... I hope it autosaved after Guybrush sacrificed his life. I don't want to do that barrel thing again.
It hasn't saved since before I shrank the sponge? That's it. I'm quitting.
I did want to say that this whole game was apparently a ploy of Elaine's. She must be really good at chess.
Oh, I'm glad someone posted the after credits bonus in the forums! It's intruiging! (This was the Sam & Max thing, not the after credits scene. I didn't learn about that until a bit later)
The game's over. I guess I can stop scribbling now.
I have to ask: is Anemone not a name in English? Because it is in French, so I'm not sure if Guybrush mispronounces it because he's Guybrush or because it's not a normal name.
It's not a name, as far as I know.
ETA: Oh, I was beaten to the punch. xD But yes, it can be difficult to pronounce, hence the gag in Finding Nemo I mentioned.
When I thought it my thought was "she's so annoyed that Guybrush is still following the Voodoo Lady that she's trying to do the opposite of what the Voodoo Lady would want", or, if you prefer, that she was fighting Guybrush because she thought the Voodoo Lady wanted to harm him, therefore thwarting his plans was thwarting hers.
If I'm making sense.
But in the end it looks like she was trying to help him do what the Voodoo Lady had asked him to do... So I'm still confused about that one.
Yeah, it's easier to pronounce in French, you don't pronounce the final e, it ends like Simone or Yvonne or all the other names in "-on(n)e".
Anyways, thanks to both of you. Sometimes I just feel like I'm missing jokes entirely so it's nice to get explanations.
And chapter 4 didn't even have anything after the credits... grrr...