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ALTERNATE ENDING to MI2 by Ron Gilbert! Can someone confirm this?

SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
edited April 2010 in Tales of Monkey Island
Hey guys!

I've written about it, but we could use a second source as a confirmation! Check it out!. It's pretty amazing...

Cheers!

Comments

  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited March 2010
    Normally I don't say something like this but, this seems fake. I mean...the low-res version looks ridiculous, doesn't fit the style of the game, and just doesn't seem real at all. I won't mind if it IS real, but if it is I'll play the alternate ending in the high res version.
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited March 2010
    Maybe they're trying to make the low-res a little higher :p Who knows? I love the way it looks! So excited! :D:D:D
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited March 2010
    That sounds cool. One thing though...
    The source reads “It is quite possible that Ron Gilbert has finally decided to end the Monkey Island series as he wanted, revealing the true secret. This will stir up various reactions from the fanbase, as most of us actually expected the real Monkey Island 3″.
    This annoys me. wtf "real Monkey Island 3"... as though Ron Gilbert is the only one who ever matters.


    EDIT:
    Secret Fawful wrote: »
    Normally I don't say something like this but, this seems fake. I mean...the low-res version looks ridiculous, doesn't fit the style of the game, and just doesn't seem real at all. I won't mind if it IS real, but if it is I'll play the alternate ending in the high res version.

    Now that you mention it, it does look fake.

    The low-res background looks more like someone created the high-res first, then ran it through a filter to pixelate it (actually, the first thing that came into my mind was wondering if it came from Final Fantasy 7 or something.)

    Guybrush and LeChuck don't look like they're standing on properly stable footing, and while there's no way in which GB could hold a treasure chest like that if it were at all heavy, it also makes me thing that both were photoshopped. The chest in both images looks the same as if they were taken from the game's opening screen.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited March 2010
    Wait a minute....whats tomorrow. :D
    April Fools?
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited March 2010
    that's tomorrow. it's 11:48pm here.

    ...but maybe not where SWP is. I wonder what timezone he's in.
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited March 2010
    Come on, Andrei. There isn't even a website called www.gamesrumors.net much less an article that was taken down.
  • priznaprizna
    edited March 2010
    Yea, I think it would have to be a pretty big coincidence that the news has come out on April Fools Day.

    I say its fake.
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited March 2010
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    that's tomorrow. it's 11:48pm here.

    ...but maybe not where SWP is. I wonder what timezone he's in.

    Well even on the website it says that the article was posted on April 1st.
  • priznaprizna
    edited March 2010
    Can you just say "April Fools" already.
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited March 2010
    Well I think it's pretty obvious that this is fake, sorry Andrei. Still, I'll keep my eye on this to see whether it is actually fake.

    So now, I'm going to hijack this thread so that we can turn it into something useful.

    THE THREAD TOPIC NOW: HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THEY ACTUALLY DID INCLUDE AN ALTERNATE ENDING TO MONKEY ISLAND 2?

    I, like everyone, want to know what the hell that ending actually meant. However, I don't think this is the way to do it. I think a revelation this big deserves its own "blockbuster" game. I think adding it in a 20 minute playable scene at the end of the special edition would actually be more of a slap in the face of the fans who have waited so long to know.

    And another thing, I want to see the original ending of the game in the updated graphics. I realize that this could just be an option at the beginning of the game as to play the original ending or the alternate ending but still.

    I know a lot of DVDs have such things as Director's Cuts and Alternate Endings, but this would be like condensing Return of the Jedi into an alternate ending on the DVD version of The Empire Strikes Back.

    Now, everyone else discuss.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited March 2010
    I'd feel fine as long as the low-res art fit the original style of the game.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited March 2010
    plrichard wrote: »
    discuss.

    I agree.

    I also currently feel that I don't want an alternate ending to MI2, because, if it really was a Ron-Gilbert-written ending, many fanboys/fangirls of his would have all the more reason to say that everything post-MI2 isn't canon. Since I love CMI and ToMI, that sort of talk annoys me.
  • MonkeyManiaMonkeyMania
    edited March 2010
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    I'm just going to post this wonderful piece of artwork into every April Fools thread.
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited March 2010
    So, is this real? I can't really tell. I read the little Gustav and Kauff coments claiming its fake and was set up by Kauff, but is that just pointing out their opinions, or is it all fake?
  • KauffKauff
    edited March 2010
    Oh, a question! Well, dear fan, let me answer it... Gustav is stoppid, not Kauff! This is all you need to know. : )
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited March 2010
    Kauff wrote: »
    Oh, a question! Well, dear fan, let me answer it... Gustav is stoppid, not Kauff! This is all you need to know. : )

    What I meant was, did you get silverwolfpet to make the post (as in, is all this alternate ending stuff fake?) or were you joking, and just pointing out you thought it was fake.
  • WapcapletWapcaplet
    edited April 2010
    fishedin.jpg
  • MajusMajus
    edited April 2010
    This is amazing and I fell for it.
    Best prank yet!
  • DideroDidero
    edited April 2010
    It's April Fool's day. Never take anything seriously on April Fool's day, unless it's thoroughly proven to be true.
  • The HighwayThe Highway
    edited April 2010
    So, wait, its true or not? I'm confused!
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited April 2010
    Haha, oookay, since the day has passed without any major incidents, I think it's safe to tell you that it's FAAAAKE!

    But it WOULD be awesome if LucasArts actually did that! A whole new ending just for the fans... cool!
  • Lennie MelvinLennie Melvin
    edited April 2010
    I hate you.




    just kidding
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited April 2010
    the ending is a lie
  • TeethTeeth
    edited April 2010
    I believed this until I saw the pictures. :D Nice prank.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited April 2010
    All joking aside I wish there was some new news about that game... I am dying to see some new screens or video or interviews.... ANYTHING!
  • MonkeyManiaMonkeyMania
    edited April 2010
    SMISE had a making-of video right away. Why not for MI2LRSE?
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited April 2010
    MonkeyMania wrote: »
    SMISE had a making-of video right away. Why not for MI2LRSE?

    maybe there focasing on game rather then a video about it *fingers crosses thats why*
  • RipcordRipcord
    edited April 2010
    Yeah, I'm sorry to say, but the "old" MI2 shot is one of the worst hoax shots I've seen in a long time.
  • DuateDuate
    edited April 2010
    the pixellated version ("old version") is just the hi-res one ran through a pixellation filter, you can tell because everything is blurry except the characters, and all the little details represented in the high-res are still in the low-res.

    secondly the guybrush and the lechuck are just pasted in from other sources, as is the treasure chest. and you can tell because guybrush's arm holding the chest doesnt match with the rest of the character model and it just looks drawn in.

    not even tricky even for a second.
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited April 2010
    Hehe, true, so true :D Honestly, it took me three hours to work on the first image, the HD one. The second image was thrown in just for effect... and at 4 AM I didn't pay too much attention to details. Hey, it tricked some people, including my bro > : ) I am satisfied :p
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