If you’re an adventure game fan, it’s hard to walk away from Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition unimpressed for a simple reason: with the press of a button, you can switch from the new art style to the old. This can be done at any point, be it during a conversation or in the middle of action. And, oh, how those memories flood back when you see it.
Earlier this afternoon LucasArts released a batch of comparison shots for Secret of Monkey Island SE so you can get a sense of what LucasArts improved visually. The images are available in the gallery below.
It bears repeating: despite the new visual style (and the addition of the dog in SCUMM), no core changes have been made. Secret of Monkey Island: SE is Secret of Monkey Island -- a point we’re completely happy with.
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11:30 PM on 07.07.2009
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All that aside, I'm totally buying this.
They communicate with eyebrow gestures and flashing. It's revolutionary.
Oh, and that dog was there before. Just look for the mess of grey and brown pixels. And no Firefox, it is not spelled "gray". Only 'tards spell it that way.
Also, why does new Elaine have hair that looks like a baseball cap?
Now Curse of Monkey Island, THERE was some sweet artwork!
thats the beauty of it. play the game in the old style if you like it more. More games should have this sort of retro remake look to it.
Finally, some screenshots bigger than the [miniscule] ones on the official site! I'll just have a look... oh that's a shame.