Your Opinion on Monkey Island 2:Special Edition
I love the remake so far, but one thing im really disappointed is the Monkey Dancing Intro, with the Monkey island theme (thats my fav theme version) and its not in the game, i mean what Monkey Island without the theme intro
Also im not to keen on Largo's voice,I perfer Dom's version he used on the April Fools Monkey Island
Bad news for Iphone users, It doesnt display in its full HD on Iphone 4, there isnt the commentry or art portfolio, and when you switch it to Original, you dont have the voices (in a way that could be a good thing,cause then you have an uptouched original version to play)
But so far, it is pretty decent, and i like it, i guess my true geeky fan-ness (if thats a word) is coming out, ok first its the hair in the 1st special edition, and now no Dancing Monkey Intro
what are your views on it guys
Also im not to keen on Largo's voice,I perfer Dom's version he used on the April Fools Monkey Island
Bad news for Iphone users, It doesnt display in its full HD on Iphone 4, there isnt the commentry or art portfolio, and when you switch it to Original, you dont have the voices (in a way that could be a good thing,cause then you have an uptouched original version to play)
But so far, it is pretty decent, and i like it, i guess my true geeky fan-ness (if thats a word) is coming out, ok first its the hair in the 1st special edition, and now no Dancing Monkey Intro
what are your views on it guys
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Anyway the game is beautiful. So beautiful. The new music also feels very special. I felt warm and like deeply haply when I saw Guybrush sitting at the fire camp talking to his fellow pirates with the whistling music. It's great.
Ok, the intro is gone, but they must of had a good reason for it, instead of looking at the cut intro and complaining, look at all the added details, the swaying grass near the campsite, the bugs and frogs in Woodtick, etc, and trust me, when you get to the end of the game, both Earl and Dom put in some brilliant performances!
On the PC press F1.
Sorry then, I don't know. I tried to google it, but came back with no results. In the options menu (assuming you have one) it should have the controls written in there. At least it did with PC, so try that.
EDIT: Oh and I'm posting from inside the agme thanks to Steam. How many people can say, I posted on a forum from within Monkey Island 2. Anyone who bought it on Steam but that still sounds funky to say.
Swiping across the screen with 2 fingers works on the iPhone... maybe that's how it's done on iPad too?
Also I love how you can switch between classic and SE on a whim, it's great and I love the game. I almost finished it but I got stuck in the last part because I hardly got any time to react with the elevator and LeChuck at the end.
If people want to complain because they hoped it would be one way and it's another instead, let them complain. Complaining just for the sake of hearing oneself complain is one thing, but complaining about people complaining, even when their points are valid is no better.
This. I suppose he'll grow on me.
I haven't beat the game yet, but so far I don't like the outside in Woodtick music. It sounds like they pulled the midi music from a computer with a really crappy sound card. Once you get used to the very-old-sound-card sounding music, it sounds okay I guess, but playing LCR in ScummVM sounds way better. At some point, I'm going to record the music in Woodtick and post an example.
Also, when GB is wandering around in Largo's room (before using the bucket on the door) and Largo walks in and kicks GB out, the LeChuck theme starts playing on top of the in-Largo's-room music. Meaning, you can hear both at the same time. It doesn't last very long since GB gets kicked out quickly, but it's still a noticeable bug that bothers me.
...oh, but the SE version is great visually and audibly (except the way the left pirate on the log at the campfire's mouth opens and shuts... that looks dumb.)
Wally's voice sounds somewhat different than he did in Curse, most likely cuz the voice actor is older now, but there were times in conversation with Wally where he said certain things, and I could definitely feel Wally from Curse shining through and it made me smile.
But most of all... Dominic Armato IS THE MAN. Really. Hands down awesome performance.
- Some of the instruments (main instruments) were playing very low, barely hearing them.
- Animations were... weird sometimes and didn't correlate with the original ones (especially Guybrush's expressions)
- Sometimes the text dissapeared after listening to the commentary track.
- The commentary track was WAY too short!! And no explanations regarding the ending! Or other plans! Or anecdotes! VERY few minutes of talking about the REAL stuff we want to hear.
- Largo's voice was not really what I hoped for. Dom is better.
- The "tunnels" music at the end was not as impressive as I would've expected. They kept it plain and simple, with a poor choice of instruments if you ask me.
- Everybody complains about the missing intro and the missing "50 things to do" list at the end, so I won't mention it again. But I WAS looking forward to seeing that in HD. Yes, even the list.
- Two awkward bugs: one at Stan where you have to use the hammer on the nails, instead of closing the coffin first. Weird. And the other one, at the end when you have to give the handkerchief to LeChuck... you really had no time to do that! And my clicking skills are top notch! Ha!
- Some sound effects were missing. (just a few, not very noticeable)
- They totally rewrote some lines, and I'm not talking about the lines with numbers (such as the bottles of grog song). No. I mean lines that were funny! For instance, when Guybrush looks in the mirror, in the hut, on phatt island, in the original version he sang "I am pretty, oh so pretty". Now it's replaced with something like: "This beard looks really good on me". Why? Copyright problems?
- The Bone song is out of sync. Badly.
Oof. Okay. Now, besides all this, I really enjoyed the game and it's well worth the price so buy it, if you haven't already. What I did enjoy the most was:
- The Cast's performance. Brilliant. It almost rivals with all the other games. Every single tiny little line of dialogue was perfect! Most surprising was Patrick Pinney. When you lock Stan in that coffin, this guy gave it his best. He's screaming, yelling, pondering in the most awesome way! I've never seen Stan, as a character, having these reactions and it suits him making the scene hillarious!
- The music... with a few mistakes, it was great! Can't wait for the soundtrack!
- The backgrounds... beautiful! I noticed a few pixels out of place here and there, but overall it's breathtaking.
- The whole ending (Tunnel fight) was awesome.
So, there's my verdict: BRILLIANT game, good HD thingie, buy it.
REALLY dissapointed they cut out the intro though
After seeing that E3 trailer...I just want a 3D Monkey game with those graphics.
That guybrush model is spot on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzs8_PilN54
So in a way, the Amiga had the awesome sound for MI1, but MI2 clearly sounded better on the PC. Well, certain PCs. This is kind of how I remembered the PC version, but then again, I played it back then and those Sound cards would be considered ancient now.
On the other subject of why not utilize the whole iMuse thing, I can understand now. They'd have to record the live musicians the same exact way in order to pull it off so I can see that would be quite tricky. The way they have it now, when you switch back and forth, the song (down to the instrument) is at precisely the same spot without no break. I mean, it smoothly transitions between live version and this midi-like version continuously playing the music as if you're really hearing two versions of the song being played at precisely the same time and someone used a DJ crossfader.
And now the praise. The game was beautiful, most of the music was great (as long as you stayed out of classic mode), and the voice acting was amazing. Earl Boen was great as usual, and I would put Dom's acting in the tunnels on par with his amazing performance during the endgame of Tales. He especially nailed the Luke Skywalker imitation.
So how would I rate it overall? Hard to say. It exceeded my expectations in so many ways but let them down in so many others.
Yeah you just complained about him complaining then told him to shut the hell up about wanting people to shut the hell up. You're a hypocrite. Now I'm gonna be a hypocrite too and tell you to shut the hell up.
I don't want to hear any no's or any hey stop being so hostile. You don't like my hostility, shut the hell up. I will kick your butt if you do not shut the hell up. Shut the hell up. Don't even reply to this post, just shut the hell up. I swear, shut the hell up. If you do not shut the hell up, oh ho ho, you will not even believe how much you will need to shut the hell up.
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Your post wasn't long enough. You need to say it at least twenty times for it to be relevant.
And is Governor Phatt played by the same guy who played Winslow?
But yes, Roger L. Jackson did the voices of Governor Phatt, Bart, the parrots, and the rat.
The only slight complaint I have was that I wish there was a little more commentary. It really provided a lot of insight and funny moments, but there were some key moments in the game where I wished you had Ron, Tim, and Dave speaking, such as the skeleton dance. Other than that I was completely blown away, I was expecting it to be good, but not as polished as it is. Such a great remake and it only cost 9.99, a very modest price for so much.
In comparing SE's, MI2SE is far better with the verb interface. The verb window in SMISE was kind of annoying, most notably when working the grog puzzle. MI2 performs much better with the right-click-items-to-show-a-dial-a-verb-interface approach.
Because you love me. Don't run from your feelings!
Now go
Gee, I think that's worse than actually telling me to go f*** myself.
Now, a PS3 on the other hand...
Indeed. And it's a sad thing, too. Obviously they tried hard to present the soundtrack as it was meant to be heard; from a real MT-32. This would have allowed a great number of people to experience the game as it was meant to be heard without having to buy an MT-32 somewhere. Unfortunately, all the screwups really bring that value down a lot.
On the upside, you can extract the original unmodified game files for Monkey2 from the SE PAK file and use ScummVM to play the original in all its glory (I tried it).
Secret is shorter than Revenge because each act in Secret is confined to only one island/ship each. At some point, Revenge has 3 islands you can visit at the same time, and the puzzle solutions are spread between them, forcing you to get something on one island to solve a puzzle on another. Secret doesn't do that (starting an act at a new place with items from the last act doesn't count because you were required to have those items to get to the next island at all.)
I don't know if I'd say "3 times longer" though. Who told you that?
I think its more 3 times bigger in that there is a lot more to explore. I've timed myself and it takes me about 2 and a half hours for both games. That's when I'm doing all the unnecessary stuff.
And I took 8 hours! It was my first time playing and I didn't want to read hints all the time, though
The iMuse thing is minor for me... they blended it okay, and again, ScummVM for a perfect recreation.
The art is okay... I like the hand painted style just as I did in the original, but some screens just look icky like the gift shop on Booty Island. Most of it looks good though. Fun game of course, though I prefer 1 and 3 to this one.
Also on the lack of commentary, I notice that sometimes the commentary doesn't always show up on cue the way it should. This is a big obviously, so you may have to play some scenes more than once to see the commentary where its intended.
So yeah, man. I love this game so much. That is all.