Comments on: Review: Tales of Monkey Island Ep1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (PC) http://www.teamteabag.com/2009/07/07/review-tales-of-monkey-island-ep1-launch-of-the-screaming-narwhal-pcwii/ Gaming, Technology, and Gadget News, Reviews, and Previews. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:33:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rees http://www.teamteabag.com/2009/07/07/review-tales-of-monkey-island-ep1-launch-of-the-screaming-narwhal-pcwii/comment-page-1/#comment-27120 Rees Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:30:14 +0000 http://www.teamteabag.com/?p=7905#comment-27120 He's a bit funny-looking these days, I agree! He seems to look different in every game. LeChuck does sound like LeChuck, but Elaine's voice is a bit odd - she has some kind of strange English accent thing going on. Also, her face is a bit podgy and weird-looking! You can see what I mean in the <a href="/video-tales-of-monkey-island-ep1-launch-of-the-screaming-narwhal-gameplay/" rel="nofollow">gameplay video</a> we posted a few days ago. He’s a bit funny-looking these days, I agree! He seems to look different in every game.

LeChuck does sound like LeChuck, but Elaine’s voice is a bit odd – she has some kind of strange English accent thing going on. Also, her face is a bit podgy and weird-looking!

You can see what I mean in the gameplay video we posted a few days ago.

]]> By: Mark http://www.teamteabag.com/2009/07/07/review-tales-of-monkey-island-ep1-launch-of-the-screaming-narwhal-pcwii/comment-page-1/#comment-27117 Mark Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:33:31 +0000 http://www.teamteabag.com/?p=7905#comment-27117 Looks promising! I never liked the look of Guybrush in the pictures I've seen around, but in the ones you have here (especially the second one) don't look too bad. Also there wasn't any comment on the different LeChuck voice actor, so he can't be too bad :P. Looking forward to playing it Looks promising! I never liked the look of Guybrush in the pictures I’ve seen around, but in the ones you have here (especially the second one) don’t look too bad.

Also there wasn’t any comment on the different LeChuck voice actor, so he can’t be too bad :P .

Looking forward to playing it

]]> By: Rees http://www.teamteabag.com/2009/07/07/review-tales-of-monkey-island-ep1-launch-of-the-screaming-narwhal-pcwii/comment-page-1/#comment-27082 Rees Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:21:18 +0000 http://www.teamteabag.com/?p=7905#comment-27082 Think of it this way: If I gave it 9/10, I'd have had to say "it <em>would</em> be worth 10, but..." - and I honestly couldn't think of a "but". Anyone has to admit that this is much better than the other "modern" games in the series, MI3 and 4, and it's not really right to compare it to the originals - it's a different era now and gaming has changed a lot since the early 90s. This really is a <em>Monkey Island</em> for the 21st century, and it does everything it attempts perfectly. That's coming from someone who was a huge fan of the first 2 games, and who had pretty much lost hope that there'd ever be a good <em>MI</em> game again. I wanted to hate this game, I really did, but there really is no justification I could come up with to even dislike it. In my humble opinion, it's brilliant in every way. I appreciate that not everyone else shares my opinions and that people are into different things, but as <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/talesofmonkeyislandchapter1launch?q=monkey%20island" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">other people's reviews</a> turned out to be overwhelmingly positive I don't think I was too far off the mark with this one. I'm always open to suggestions if you have some criticism of the game that you'd like to share though. Oh, and I did play the originals, as I'm sure I mentioned quite a few times in my review... ;) Think of it this way: If I gave it 9/10, I’d have had to say “it would be worth 10, but…” – and I honestly couldn’t think of a “but”.

Anyone has to admit that this is much better than the other “modern” games in the series, MI3 and 4, and it’s not really right to compare it to the originals – it’s a different era now and gaming has changed a lot since the early 90s. This really is a Monkey Island for the 21st century, and it does everything it attempts perfectly.

That’s coming from someone who was a huge fan of the first 2 games, and who had pretty much lost hope that there’d ever be a good MI game again. I wanted to hate this game, I really did, but there really is no justification I could come up with to even dislike it. In my humble opinion, it’s brilliant in every way.

I appreciate that not everyone else shares my opinions and that people are into different things, but as other people’s reviews turned out to be overwhelmingly positive I don’t think I was too far off the mark with this one. I’m always open to suggestions if you have some criticism of the game that you’d like to share though.

Oh, and I did play the originals, as I’m sure I mentioned quite a few times in my review… ;)

]]> By: Alistair R http://www.teamteabag.com/2009/07/07/review-tales-of-monkey-island-ep1-launch-of-the-screaming-narwhal-pcwii/comment-page-1/#comment-27080 Alistair R Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:02:40 +0000 http://www.teamteabag.com/?p=7905#comment-27080 Oh, come on, 10/10? Did you even play the originals? TOMI doesn't even come close. Oh, come on, 10/10? Did you even play the originals? TOMI doesn’t even come close.

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