Comments on: Impressions: Tales Of Monkey Island Episode One

By: bildo

bildo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:44:09 +0000

“Threepwood is once more voiced by Dominic Armato, who does a fantastic job. Unsurprisingly he’s the stand-out character of the game. Disappointingly that’s because most of the rest of the cast are so bland”

Most of the voice actors are the same….so do you not like the voice acting in the previous games? They sound the same!

By: The Colonel

The Colonel — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:27:15 +0000

@g-eJ: Yes, of course.

By: Man Raised By Puffins

Man Raised By Puffins — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:10:56 +0000

Fair review this. I thought the WASD controls were fine meself though, however it is a bit of a pain not being able to control the game with just the one hand.

Both episodes have been good fun, with some nifty recurring jokes and genuine laugh out loud moments. It’s also quite pleasing that the emphasis is firmly on these episodes being small chunks of an over-arching plot rather than being largely self-contained escapades like previous Telltale adventures, although having over a month between cliffhangers does stretch that a tad.

By: Down Rodeo

Down Rodeo — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:47:00 +0000

I really enjoyed the first tale. I am playing the second and it seems good as well. As far as the control scheme goes I find it OK, it could deal with changing scene better but on the whole I don’t have problems. Also the bookshelf in the Voodoo Lady’s hut is hilarious.

By: cw8

cw8 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:31:36 +0000

Well, Murray will definitely make an appearance eventually. Denny Delk was the narrator in SMI:SE. And I think Telltale confirmed that Denny Delk will be working with them for current and future projects. Most probably they will get him to voice Murray again and people are speculating DOTT episodes/ remakes.

By: g-eJ

g-eJ — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:07:52 +0000

@jarvoll

Also to be nitpicky orientate is in the Oxford Dictionary of English and has its origins in the mid 19th century. It is a back-formation but it is also a proper word, it isn’t listed as slang or anything like that. From what I’ve summised it seems to be a British versus American thing in terms of how acceptable it is.

By: g-eJ

g-eJ — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:59:06 +0000

@The Colonel:

You could wait untill they’re all out and then play them all at the same time.

By: robb

robb — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:33:39 +0000

Elaine looks awful!
Though I’m not sure i want to spend 10€ for the wiiware version (I’m on a mac, so the wii is my only option to play this)

By: Xocrates

Xocrates — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:47:19 +0000

@Velvet fist: Both S&M seasons were released before Strong Bad.

By: jarvoll

jarvoll — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:31:24 +0000

This will be my second nitpick for the day, but… there’s no such word as “orientate”. The verb is “to orient”, so above should read “…when you change screen, and everything reorients…”

By: Gutter

Gutter — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:29:16 +0000

Guybrush is a washed up hipster? Who would’ve thought…

By: The Colonel

The Colonel — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:54:35 +0000

EDIT: the game’s a fairly solid, good puzzler.