Which Guybrush is your Guybrush?
I thought I'd add to the poll-pile...
This is about the character rather than the game, and the question is this; when you think of Guybrush, in style of art, the portrayal of his character, and the jokes that he makes, which one comes to mind first, which sticks in your head as the definitive version of the Guybrush character?
Don't just vote for your favourite game, as that's not what this is about, what this is to determine is which of the versions of Guybrush people generally remember as being the most iconic.
This is about the character rather than the game, and the question is this; when you think of Guybrush, in style of art, the portrayal of his character, and the jokes that he makes, which one comes to mind first, which sticks in your head as the definitive version of the Guybrush character?
Don't just vote for your favourite game, as that's not what this is about, what this is to determine is which of the versions of Guybrush people generally remember as being the most iconic.
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I mean, his attitude of boring people to death with his "Told ya already how I defeated the ghost pirate LeChuck?" in combination with his naivety...
I mean, being robbed by Largo LaGrande after the first seconds of controlling a Guybrush in his fine clothes just did it for me.
"I definitely should have thought about travellers cheques".
Epic.
Edit: I see i misunderstood the original question... well: art-wise, the Guybrush from Curse is my favourite.
second place is split between SoMI and EfMI.
Also: Pole-pile. /picard Gosh that's a silly typo, fixed that now.
In MI 2, Guybrush was kinda a jerk and trying to impress everyone with his "beard". Classic. I love how ToMI's design brings back the beard and jacket from MI 2.
Agreed, except also artwise I like the him best in Monkey 2 as well. Long piratey coat and beard, although the beard isnt important. I guess I liked him in Monkey 4 as well, but that red coat just was a bit too red. At least it wasnt pink. I might actually like the newest Guybrush even better for these reasons.
+2!!
I fell in love with that Guybrush
Being a British bloke myself, I was wondering if anyone else would notice the correlation between this and the question of one's favourite Doctor.
Because Guybrush does seem to evolve in the same way that the Doctor does. Each version of him seems as though he's regenerated just for that game.
Pertwee for me.
I can definitely see the comparison. Although the Guybrush from LR is very much the evolved SMI Guybrush, but each subsequent reincarnation is very unique to itself.
And at least for me, my first Guybrush (like my first Doctor) is my favorite.
Even though SMI was my first, nothing's affected my personal image of Guybrush like CMI has. Every image I have of him in my head is that tall, lanky, large-nosed cartoon figure I stared at for countless hours when my imaginative world was starting to form its permanent shape.
Plus, pixels don't stick in my head well, and EMI made him look like he was fourteen.
I would love to see Guybrush's outfit changed a little, but I thought they had it perfect with the inventory aspect. No matter what item (or how many) you picked up, Guybrush would effortlessly fit it inside his pants and continue as though nothing had happened. There seemed to actually be a regression in that aspect for MI4 and I hope it's brought back in MI5.
MI1's Guybrush was a naive, enthusiastic young wannabe
MI2's Guybrush was almost grown-up enough for a beer, and had defeated the Ghost Pirate LeChuck but nobody believed him! He was more sarcastic than the original one and a little bit more world-wise.
MI3's Guybrush is kinda hard to talk about in terms of development because the game was so different. He was lankier than the stout Guybrush of the original two. He lost the beard, but was as sarcastic as ever, and it worked well
And then MI4's Guybrush suffered from terminal-prat syndrome with a constant grin on his face outside the cutscenes no matter what happens. But when we look at the actual character, it's very similarly written to the previous two. Sure, the game was much less dark, but I ignore that, the character is still pretty good.
Visually I will always have a soft spot for the MI2 version , but I really don't think it would have worked as well if Dominic was voicing it (I could be wrong though). The sharper, more comic style of Guybrush 3 matches the voicework perfectly, and to be honest I think the vocal work is what sticks in my head more now.
I have to be honest in that I'm not quite loving the style of Guybrush in "Tales" - but I hated and then grew to love him in CMI, so that can change. Just glad to be able to play them again.
I actually picked up a 2nd hand PS2 recently and a copy of Escape - enjoying it a lot more this time round, although the controls still stink. It strikes me that there are many, many, many big-budget movies that don't have dialog that comes close to lacing the shoes of that in this game series. It genuinely is of a stellar quality, and is genuinely funny. There are so many games labelled as very funny where frankly it's all a bit crappy and cringe-worthy - not the case here though.
Honestly though, my favorite has got to be CoMI Guybrush, mostly because he was my first Guybrush, and therefore the one that made the most impression on me.
Oh, and Patrick Troughton = best Doctor
There's a balance between the seriousness and comedy in MI games. CoMI completely broke that balance in character design and made Guybrush too lanky and dorky looking - which he really isn't supposed to be. They did the same with LeChuck making him a bumbling idiot in later games as opposed to his more menacing earlier self.
MI 2 Guybrush still has the naivety of SoMI but he's so desperately trying to act all bad-ass and failing that it completely works.
So in therory... as TTG are going for a kind of combo between those two.... Tales' Guybrush should be perfect!
Maybe.
But i'll always love MI2's guybrush... the scraggly beard, the costume. Him in a pink dress...
I can't pick just the one!