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Do you want Lucasarts to reveal the secret at MI2:SE?

alkapelalkapel
edited March 2010 in Tales of Monkey Island
Do you want Lucasarts to reveal the secret at "Monkey Island 2 LeChuck's revenge: Special Edition"?
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  • FealiksFealiks
    edited March 2010
    I voted for a new game.
  • apenpaapapenpaap
    edited March 2010
    There is no secret, and if there is, I don't want it revealed.
  • jadetermegjadetermeg
    edited March 2010
    No, I don't want the revelation half baked. They would have to make a new game.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited March 2010
    No, I never want the secret revealed. Seriously, I don't.
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited March 2010
    There is no secret to reveal.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited March 2010
    Perhaps we could build a super computer to figure out the answer...
  • LogicDeLuxeLogicDeLuxe
    edited March 2010
    They should hire Ron again and make "Ron Gilbert's Monkey Island 3", with full orchestrated soundtrack, voice acting and HD graphics. Same point and click interface. Ron himself should decide if there is a need to tell the secret.
    Then, they should release a retail DVD "The Monkey Island Special Edition Trilogy".
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited March 2010
    LogicDeLuxe wrote: »
    They should hire Ron again and make "Ron Gilbert's Monkey Island 3", with full orchestrated soundtrack, voice acting and HD graphics. Same point and click interface. Ron himself should decide if there is a need to tell the secret.
    Then, they should release a retail DVD "The Monkey Island Special Edition Trilogy".

    That won't happen.
  • zmallyzmally
    edited March 2010
    LogicDeLuxe wrote: »
    They should hire Ron again and make "Ron Gilbert's Monkey Island 3", with full orchestrated soundtrack, voice acting and HD graphics. Same point and click interface. Ron himself should decide if there is a need to tell the secret.
    Then, they should release a retail DVD "The Monkey Island Special Edition Trilogy".

    errr... no
  • dthoupisdthoupis
    edited March 2010
    I doubt anyone can cancel the games that happened. What would be interesting though is the expand the MI2 Special edition seeing Ron and Tim gave interviews (and perhaps a bit more) to push a bit the player more than the ending and thus revealing exactly what really happened. It would be very interesting if that happened. I don't think is fair to cancel Curse and Escape (although the later is wishable :) ) so I would prefer the revelation being done in the Special Edition of Lechucks Revenge.
    Demetris
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited March 2010
    LogicDeLuxe wrote: »
    They should hire Ron again and make "Ron Gilbert's Monkey Island 3", with full orchestrated soundtrack, voice acting and HD graphics. Same point and click interface. Ron himself should decide if there is a need to tell the secret.
    Then, they should release a retail DVD "The Monkey Island Special Edition Trilogy".

    Sounds good to me. Doubt it will happen, but it'd be great if it did.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited March 2010
    I think the not knowing is a lot more fun... Besides its been the topic of so much debate that NOTHING they could think of would ever meet our expectations... I mean seriously look at how we all whine about any minor detail they mess with... but I suppose its because we are in love with this stuff.
  • dthoupisdthoupis
    edited March 2010
    When they do reveal it they should put a note (NOW COMES THE SECRET. THIS IS WHAT RON GILBER WANTED SO WHINE AT HIM) and reveal it!!
    Ha ha ha ha
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited March 2010
    Yes, reveal it. I'm tired of not knowing. If there is no secret at least we'll have closure.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited March 2010
    I wonder if it's possible to reveal the secret without disappointing everyone. I mean, what could possibly be a suitable secret?
  • S@breS@bre
    edited March 2010
    LogicDeLuxe wrote: »
    ...they should release a retail DVD "The Monkey Island Special Edition Trilogy".

    A Monkey Island Special Edition DVD might happen, but a Ron Gilbert MI3 won't.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited March 2010
    I'd say a Ron Gilbert game would be impossible earlier. But with Mega Man and Sonic the Hedgehog getting retro-styled games, and LucasArts releasing Secret and LeChuck's Revenge again with new, HD graphics while also licensing the property out to Telltale, ANYTHING does seem possible, doesn't it?

    Still, if they're not planning any such thing, the "Developer Commentary" would be a great place to finally get the secret out.
    haydenwce27 wrote: »
    I wonder if it's possible to reveal the secret without disappointing everyone. I mean, what could possibly be a suitable secret?
    I've seen a lot of potential answers that I'd be happy with. And I'd be glad to get any answer, from the greatest explanation in the world to there actually not being any secret in mind from day 1. Because not knowing what it is has been more frustrating than fun.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited March 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »

    Still, if they're not planning any such thing, the "Developer Commentary" would be a great place to finally get the secret out.
    No, I think the revelation of the secret deserves something a little bigger. A cutscene, at least (with the Voodoo Lady).
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited March 2010
    Wow. Total wrong use of the word 'know' there. Through me right off.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited March 2010
    haydenwce27 wrote: »
    Know, I think the revelation of the secret deserves something a little bigger. A cutscene, at least (with the Voodoo Lady).
    It has been 20 years since the first game. The classics are being revamped, the series has been re-started after years of stagnation, and the original developers are getting together to talk about what many would call their magnum opus. I dunno, LeChuck's Revenge seems "big" enough to me, and I don't want them to, you know, affect the game that actually came out.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited March 2010
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    Wow. Total wrong use of the word 'know' there. Through me right off.

    Whoa, I never do that :confused:! Oh well, it's 12:30 a.m. here in Australia, so I guess you can cut me some slack.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited March 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    I dunno, LeChuck's Revenge seems "big" enough to me, and I don't want them to, you know, affect the game that actually came out.

    Maybe a post-credits cutscene. I'm sure that couldn't really hurt too much.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited March 2010
    haydenwce27 wrote: »
    Whoa, I never do that :confused:! Oh well, it's 12:30 a.m. here in Australia, so I guess you can cut me some slack.

    It's all good lol.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited March 2010
    haydenwce27 wrote: »
    Maybe a post-credits cutscene. I'm sure that couldn't really hurt too much.
    'bonus features'.
    Surely stuff can be added aside from the game, not all the bonus have to be stuffed in it (see: Treasure hunt, ToMI).
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited March 2010
    Well, I think when people finish MI2 special edition (with and without the commentary) and if they reveal the secret, people are going to stay away from this forum for as long as possible! We all know what happened with Tales chapter 5, right?
  • apenpaapapenpaap
    edited March 2010
    OzzieMonkey wrote: »
    Well, I think when people finish MI2 special edition (with and without the commentary) and if they reveal the secret, people are going to stay away from this forum for as long as possible! We all know what happened with Tales chapter 5, right?

    :confused: What happened with it?
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited March 2010
    apenpaap wrote: »
    :confused: What happened with it?

    Well, someone started posting spoilers of what was going to happen in the game, before it was released. I suspected him/her to be a game pirater because the following day the same person posted the intro to the game on youtube, and provided free download links for all the episodes!
  • GuineaGuinea
    edited March 2010
    IF they reveal it, it must be in MI3a, which I guess is not impossible after they remade the first two games now. It would now be the perfect opportunity.
    If it's just half-assed-ly thrown out at the people to satisfy those who want to know it so desperately, then I'd prefer not knowing about the secret over what we have now.
  • NovotnusNovotnus
    edited March 2010
    The Secret deserves whole new game. Revealing it in second part of five-part series breaks the continuity, and that's just wrong. The series has it's weaker points, but none of the games deserves to be marked as non-existant.
  • GuineaGuinea
    edited March 2010
    Novotnus wrote: »
    The Secret deserves whole new game. Revealing it in second part of five-part series breaks the continuity, and that's just wrong. The series has it's weaker points, but none of the games deserves to be marked as non-existant.

    I'd like to think of it as an alternate continuity. Not wiping the others out.
    CMI and TMI (and even EMI) were all good games. Pretending they never existed is something I'd never do.
    But MI3a was definitely supposed to be something WAY different than those 3 games, as far as my feeling goes, and this is why I think revealing the secret in let's say TMI2 wouldn't work.
  • floweroftheforestfloweroftheforest
    edited March 2010
    Keep it a secret or make an all new block busting game.
    "the secret of monkey island " is too big ( and potentially money spinning ) to be tagged on as an afterthought at the end of an end of season .:D
  • NovotnusNovotnus
    edited March 2010
    Guinea wrote: »
    I'd like to think of it as an alternate continuity. Not wiping the others out.
    CMI and TMI (and even EMI) were all good games. Pretending they never existed is something I'd never do.

    That's a kind of idea, but creating alternate continuity just for one game and then comming back to the one established by Curse, Escape and Tales might be a little confusing for non-hardcore fans.
    Guinea wrote: »
    But MI3a was definitely supposed to be something WAY different than those 3 games, as far as my feeling goes, and this is why I think revealing the secret in let's say TMI2 wouldn't work.

    You got a point here, but why not create some more games to prepare proper background and fix some continuity holes? I can wait patiently for the revelation if that means I get more Monkey Island goodness.
  • The Silent ManThe Silent Man
    edited March 2010
    The Secret of Monkey Island was meant to be revealed at the end of the first game.
    If there ACTUALLY was a secret to be revealed, then Ron Gilbert should reveal it somehow.But maybe it's too late for a new Monkey Island 3.
  • PainDealerPainDealer
    edited March 2010
    There is a secret, but I'm sure even the developers don't know it. Not even Ron Gilbert. If this secret is revealed, it's gonna be something that's been made up just recently.
  • StarEyeStarEye
    edited March 2010
    PainDealer wrote: »
    There is a secret, but I'm sure even the developers don't know it. Not even Ron Gilbert. If this secret is revealed, it's gonna be something that's been made up just recently.

    Uhm, no I don't think he's been lying to the masses for 20 years. And he's already said numerous times that had the story for MI3 already in his head and that the secret would be revealed in that.

    Also, how can there be a secret if nobody made it contain a secret. Monkey Island doesn't have a life of its own, you know. Ron Gilbert knows the secret, 'cause he invented the secret. A game doesn't create itself.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited March 2010
    I want a full game made that reveals the secret in the end. I don't just want a cutscene or a small playable scene; that would be almost an insult to the fans who have waited so long for it. Unless it was done really really REALLY well.
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited March 2010
    I doubt that there is actually a secret beyond the obvious.

    If there is one, and it isn't stupid, just don't execute it in a way that sucks.
    Irishmile wrote: »
    I think the not knowing is a lot more fun... Besides its been the topic of so much debate that NOTHING they could think of would ever meet our expectations... I mean seriously look at how we all whine about any minor detail they mess with... but I suppose its because we are in love with this stuff.
    I totally thought this was my post.
  • RipcordRipcord
    edited March 2010
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    Wow. Total wrong use of the word 'know' there. Through me right off.

    Gah. I don't know what's going on this morning (also in Oz) with my analocity, and you were probably doing it on purpose, but *threw*. *Threw*!
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited March 2010
    PariahKing wrote: »
    I doubt that there is actually a secret beyond the obvious.

    If there is one, and it isn't stupid, just don't execute it in a way that sucks.
    I totally thought this was my post.

    LOL great minds I guess, even our avatars are similar.
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited March 2010
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    Wow. Total wrong use of the word 'know' there. Through me right off.

    To which post are you referring to?
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