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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 7:04PM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said

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Holy shiggity I can't wait!!!!
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 7:07PM whylekat said

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Now we just need the same treatment for the King's Quest and Adventure Quest series!
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 8:55PM Chulipin said

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And maybe give an HD treatment to Grim Fandango....pleaaaaaase LucasArts!
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 10:04PM whylekat said

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yes! All the Lucas Arts adventure games!!
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 7:13PM SmilinGoat said

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The game is fun, but they need to update the controls, not just the graphics. it as *so* close to being a great modern interpretation.
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 7:20PM MystileArmor said

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They did update the controls!
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 7:21PM SmilinGoat said

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lol, yeah, barely.
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 7:26PM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said

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Yeah and they rocked.
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 7:30PM SmilinGoat said

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if they wanted to be 100% retro they should have just ported it. im sorry but frustrating controls that waste time/suck dont add to the game. the game was good for reasons other than than being old, it was simply a good game, why not just improve everything that was actually bad and keep all the good? whats wrong with that?
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 7:45PM vidguy said

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I don't think they could improve the controls any more without substantially reworking the game. Because MI is based on the SCUMM engine, it's very, very easy to create new visuals for the game. But the new controls are merely a new way to access the old controls - ie pull a trigger to pull up a menu instead of highlighting an option on the bottom of the screen.

They couldn't, for example, allow you to control Guybrush's movements with the stick instead of point-and-click.
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 8:25PM vidguy said

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Oh! Thanks for that, I hadn't heard. I'm glad it's only an option though - the point and click is part of the fun for me.

Well, I guess they are going through with a much more nuanced update than last time.
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 7:40PM LaughingTarget said

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Big Whoop.












Hey, that's a good thing! Play the games!
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 7:54PM Rocket Raccoon said

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Seriously can't wait for this!!!
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 9:47PM (Unverified) said

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I seriously hope this sells and they keep up the trend of remaking some of these awesome adventure classics... I would freaking love special editions of The Dig & LOOM.

So many great point-and-click SCUMM titles that have aged pretty badly on the surface but the fun is still there, giving them quality facelifts like this makes all the difference.
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 10:08PM whylekat said

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....starting with Full Throttle.
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Posted: Apr 9th 2010 10:13PM Gregorius said

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I wonder how they will handle the third game. I will be picking this up day one.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2010 12:06AM (Unverified) said

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I don't know if they will do the third game or not, since its already pretty "HD" as things go... it ran on SCUMM but there wasn't just sprite artwork, alot of it was hand animated pieces and stylized cutscene sequences and stuff that might not be easy to retouch or remake without ruining. That and it already had full audio and voice acting, too.

Not saying they won't remake it but its not aching for an update so much like the first two were.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2010 12:50AM Gregorius said

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Yeah that is true. I would be happy if they just released it in digital format.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2010 4:29AM LaughingTarget said

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The LucasArts store may stil sell it. It still looks phenomenal today and the audio work is fantastic. I load it up now and again to enjoy it and marvel how it still looks good. Even from 1997, it can pass off as a new release.
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Posted: Apr 10th 2010 5:38AM Dino Sousa said

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Lord, these look good!!
I want it bad!!
I love Monkey Island! Just seeing these shots makes me go back quite some years.
Also, I agree. Grim Fandango, please... But try to get the original voice cast. And Maniac Mansion would be great, also. Loom, Full Throttle, Fate of Atlantis(never happening...).
This is how a proper homage is the done to a game. Remake the graphics, keep the art style, keep the dialogue, keep most of the mechanics, Just a graphica clean-up and voice cast and..Boom. You got it.
Square-Enix should hire these guys to remake Final Fantasy VII before they do decide to remake it and taint the original.
This is the sort of treatment an FF VII remake needs. No more, no less. Just graphical update and (proper)voice cast.
Don't change the story, don't change the progression, don't change the characters(even the NPCs), don't change the music drastically(just remix it or "modernize" it, though. Nobuo Uematsu has already done that, in fact), and just do a slight tweak to the fighting mechanics.
Boom! Proper remake, and really what the fans are asking for. NOT a major remake, I wouldn't trust Square-Enix to do that in a proper way.
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