Alright, let’s clear the air here. With all the hubub of E3, it’s easy to get confused. There aretwonewMonkey Islandgamescoming out soon. One of them,Tales of Monkey Islandis an episodic game for the Wii and PC that’s being handled by Telltale Games — the only company thus far to have had any success with the episodic business model.
The other isMonkey Island: Special Edition, which is a full 3D remake of the original for PC, Wii, and Xbox Live Arcade. It, in turn, is being developed by LucasArts, the company that owns the original.
Got all that? Good.
Ok, moving forward — now that you’ve seen Anthony’spun-less post aboutTales of Monkey Island, check out this new cinematic trailer. Like all cinematic trailers, this one is short on gameplay, which is fine because point-and-click adventure games mostly consist of pointing … and clicking … and adventuring. What itdoesshow off isTalesvisual style. Do you guys like the re-vamp? How does it stack up againstMonkey Island: Special Edition?
If there’s any time to play fast and loose with off-the-cuff assessments of games I haven’t played, it might as well be during E3, so here’s my take: Something about the humor or the pacing seems off to me, based on the trailer below; however, Telltale’sSam and Maxepisodic series is pretty good, so there’s no reason to thinkTales of Monkey Islandwill be any different.
Tales of Monkey Islanddebuts July 7 on PC and WiiWare
