I'm stuck in the original game... If they do remake the game I wish they add the hint system introduced in Secret SE as I don't want to resort to walkthroughs and all I need is a little push.
I don't want to get everyone's hopes up just yet, but it seems promising.
Personally, I'd love to see a sequel or episodic series based around Day Of The Tentacle specifically. I'm not so sure it needs a special edition remake though.
I would, however, like to see a special edition of the original Maniac Mansion. I know there's been a version 2 and a fanmade Maniac Mansion Deluxe, but I think the next step is perhaps adding voice overs and definitely a hint system.
I'm stuck in the original game... If they do remake the game I wish they add the hint system introduced in Secret SE as I don't want to resort to walkthroughs and all I need is a little push.
I think it would be perfect! You can imagine controlling a different character in, say, 4 episodes then all of them for the finale!
Ooh, that would be cool! And appropriate. They could bring back all the kids from Maniac Mansion and DOTT, and since they all have their own personalities, talents and weaknesses (with a slight exception of Syd and Razor) it would give the creators so much variety to work with. Could spawn some great storylines!
At the same time I love the thing of being able to switch between characters and using them for different things. Either way I think I'd be happy.
I have to confess, Maniac Mansion was not one of my favorite games, however very important in my game lingo library. Since beating MM, I have developed the term "A 'Don't be a Tuna-Head' ending" to express when a game does not have a satifactory ending.
I think a new game with the MM characters and format would be great. I absolutely ADORE DOTT! It is one of my all time favorites and I think that it is perfect the way it is. I think it would be a shame to redo it, but a re-release is a good idea.
I don't quite remember what was on the list, but lucasart did announce a bunch of re-releases.
Wasn't DOTT on there ? Or maybe just Maniac Mansion... Don't remember.
I don't quite remember what was on the list, but lucasart did announce a bunch of re-releases.
Wasn't DOTT on there ? Or maybe just Maniac Mansion... Don't remember.
There are a number of re-releases. But then they are simply the same version of the previous games made compatible to the current platform(s).
Think the discussion is more on the line of new games off the old LA franchise, or enhances of the old games like Secret of Monkey Island. Don't think there's any news yet on these plans.
Maybe a new edition with bearable voice acting that doesn't feel like someone was scraping a cheese grater on your brain would be a nice step in the right direction.
Maybe a new edition with bearable voice acting that doesn't feel like someone was scraping a cheese grater on your brain would be a nice step in the right direction.
In DoTT I only felt this way about Bernard. Actually controlling Bernard is my least favorite part of the game.
See I really enjoyed the Hoagie segment and liked but didn't like as much the Laverne one.
Apparently you're my evil twin...?
I don't know.
My opinion on Day of the Tentacle is that it was horrible. It had good puzzles. This is the one good thing I have to say about Day of the Tentacle. I didn't like a good majority of the humor, I did not like the visual style, I did not like the voice acting.
I also don't like that the original Maniac Mansion is now viewed as a piece of garbage, when I easily prefer the original any day in every respect. Even the puzzles, with multiple solutions, are better than Day of the Tentacles pretty good ones.
How well does that mirror?
Oh, and I don't have a goatee. Maybe you're *MY* evil twin?
I didn't like DoTT too much at all, personally. Most of the puzzles I figured out by just randomly doing random things, I had no clue what I was supposed to be doing for most of the game. After a while I just got bored of randomly throwing objects at things and grabbed a walkthrough to finish whatever I hadn't randomly done already.
I loved DoTT and wouldn't want them to change a thing in a remake, short of re-tracing the art into a higher resolution.
If they made a sequel, though, I wouldn't mind at all if they took it in a completely different direction. I actually hope that they would. DoTT was very different from MM, and so should the next game in the series be very different from DoTT.
telltale games are doing a good job with the revival of much loved classics, i wonder whats the deal with DotT? do lucus arts still hold the license? whats everyones opinion on this would you like to see a revival of DotT?
Yeah, LucasArts still hold the licence. It is their IP, not one they bought like Sam & Max. I think Telltale have hinted that they'd like to continue DotT and I for one would be all for it. It's good to see Telltale have a good working relationship with LucasArts.
DotT by Telltale would be really cool, but for pure awesomeness Tim Schafer has to be in the designing process… I guess DotT is so famous and beloved because it came out of Tims mind.
DotT by Telltale would be really cool, but for pure awesomeness Tim Schafer has to be in the designing process… I guess DotT is so famous and beloved because it came out of Tims mind.
I agree, a new DotT would be awesome, and I don't see why Telltale wouldn't be like..Tim, come over were doing a sequel. I just don't know how I'd feel about it being episodic.
It was co-designed by Dave Grossman though. I think you'd be hard pressed to put the quality of a game solely on one person.
Dave Grossman is part of the Telltale team already. So, Tim can just say "Oi! Dave-O! DotT time! Now!" (Because that's how Tim Schafer speaks in my imagination, and I'm pretty sure that his power is strong enough to get anybody to do anything at his whim.)
Personally, I'd rather Tim sticks with the original IPs for awhile. I want DotT 2 as much as the next guy, but, while franchises are fine, all-new games like Psychonauts and Brutal Legend are...
At best he could come into the project in a Ron Gilbert like fashion and help plot out the story and the characters. I think everybody would win in that scenario.
I've said it before... DotT could work as an episodic game if each episode focused on a different character and the last one enabled use of all three. I know it would alter the mechanics slightly but I think that's the only way it could really happen.
My question though, what could they do with the Mansion that hasn't already been done?
It was co-designed by Dave Grossman though. I think you'd be hard pressed to put the quality of a game solely on one person.
Now this is true, I agree.
Still, I was relieved when I knew that Ron was in the brainstorm-team of »Tales of Monkey Island«. Dave, as a co-member of the classic-monkey-island-production, and the team are doing a beautiful job, but still it feels good that the inventor was with them for a while.
There was kiind of a game before Day of the Tentacle.
It was called Maniac Mansion?
I'd say it was far better than Day of the Tentacle, personally.
"Day of the Tentacle 2" would sort of actually be Maniac Mansion 3.
Maybe it's just me, but I really can't stand Day of the Tentacle. I mean, not to insult the people involved because I very much love their other work, but I really can't understand how there are human beings on this planet that enjoy Day of the Tentacle. That's how much I hate it. And it's that much worse that it's so celebrated and was a sequel to a game that is so many times better.
I'd only want a Maniac Mansion 3 as a true sequel to Maniac Mansion. But apparently what I'd like would be a disappointment to more or less everybody else.
I love DOTT very much, but ... wasn't that game just ... ermm... rounded? I mean, there's not an open ending or anything. More Chron-o-johns (which really made the game)? Don't think so.
I can't think of a good story plot to continue the DOTT universe...
I can't think of a good story plot to continue the DOTT universe...
There are a TON of stock plots that would fit fantastically with the Maniac Mansion universe. There are a ton of B horror movies a person could rip off. Throw a bunch of kids(maybe one or two from the original two games) into a B movie atmosphere and go from there. You don't really need a compelling narrative, just a B horror-esque reason to go to the mansion.
I'm actually of the opposite opinion. I wholly disliked MM, but I find DotT to be a cornerstone of the genre. MM just felt to me like Sierra-lite. (Not to knock Sierra.)
Why do you dislike it, exactly? The setting? The comparative lack of dark humor?
I'd say it was far better than Day of the Tentacle, personally.
"Day of the Tentacle 2" would sort of actually be Maniac Mansion 3.
Maybe it's just me, but I really can't stand Day of the Tentacle. I mean, not to insult the people involved because I very much love their other work, but I really can't understand how there are human beings on this planet that enjoy Day of the Tentacle. That's how much I hate it. And it's that much worse that it's so celebrated and was a sequel to a game that is so many times better.
I'd only want a Maniac Mansion 3 as a true sequel to Maniac Mansion. But apparently what I'd like would be a disappointment to more or less everybody else.
Wow, what? I'm dumbfounded. Did you enjoy Monkey Island, Sam & Max Hit the Road, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, The Dig? They all follow the same formula. I couldn't imagine someone liking one of these games and hating DotT with the passion you exude. I'm not criticizing you, you are free to have whatever opinions you want. It's just... WOW, um yeah... It's just strange. Something I've never encountered before.
I personally found Manic Mansion a bit meh but to each his own.
I loved Maniac Mansion, but it scared the hell out of me. I was 5 years old, and there were this creepy blue-skinned people who are following you!
I was the same way impressed, when you ring the doorbell, you see Ed leaving his room, and you know that he walks all the way down the house. It doesn’t feel like a time-script, it feels 100% like that there is something going on, although you don’t see it. This still impresses (and scares) me today.
Same thing with the finale of LeChucks Revenge… you don’t see him, but you know he walks through the rooms, searching for you… yikes!
And this is why I really don’t see DOTT as a Maniac Mansion Sequel, I think it’s more of a spin-off in the same universe. More Comedy instead of Horror. But the clever timetravel-puzzles still blow my mind.
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It's an opinion i share, but however, i'd rather have Episodic Maniac Mansion than no Maniac Mansion:)
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/59215
I don't want to get everyone's hopes up just yet, but it seems promising.
Personally, I'd love to see a sequel or episodic series based around Day Of The Tentacle specifically. I'm not so sure it needs a special edition remake though.
I would, however, like to see a special edition of the original Maniac Mansion. I know there's been a version 2 and a fanmade Maniac Mansion Deluxe, but I think the next step is perhaps adding voice overs and definitely a hint system.
Try this http://www.uhs-hints.com/uhsweb/maniac.php
Should give you the little push you need!
I think it would be perfect! You can imagine controlling a different character in, say, 4 episodes then all of them for the finale!
At the same time I love the thing of being able to switch between characters and using them for different things. Either way I think I'd be happy.
That would be really good! Telltale... Lucasarts... are you listening?
It already felt like a TV Show somehow.
They did actually make a TV Show of Maniac Mansion once.
I think a new game with the MM characters and format would be great. I absolutely ADORE DOTT! It is one of my all time favorites and I think that it is perfect the way it is. I think it would be a shame to redo it, but a re-release is a good idea.
Wasn't DOTT on there ? Or maybe just Maniac Mansion... Don't remember.
There are a number of re-releases. But then they are simply the same version of the previous games made compatible to the current platform(s).
Think the discussion is more on the line of new games off the old LA franchise, or enhances of the old games like Secret of Monkey Island. Don't think there's any news yet on these plans.
Apparently you're my evil twin...?
agree - hoagie was the best part, didnt like laverne's as much, bernard was in the middle of those two
My opinion on Day of the Tentacle is that it was horrible. It had good puzzles. This is the one good thing I have to say about Day of the Tentacle. I didn't like a good majority of the humor, I did not like the visual style, I did not like the voice acting.
I also don't like that the original Maniac Mansion is now viewed as a piece of garbage, when I easily prefer the original any day in every respect. Even the puzzles, with multiple solutions, are better than Day of the Tentacles pretty good ones.
How well does that mirror?
Oh, and I don't have a goatee. Maybe you're *MY* evil twin?
If they made a sequel, though, I wouldn't mind at all if they took it in a completely different direction. I actually hope that they would. DoTT was very different from MM, and so should the next game in the series be very different from DoTT.
I agree, a new DotT would be awesome, and I don't see why Telltale wouldn't be like..Tim, come over were doing a sequel. I just don't know how I'd feel about it being episodic.
Dave Grossman is part of the Telltale team already. So, Tim can just say "Oi! Dave-O! DotT time! Now!" (Because that's how Tim Schafer speaks in my imagination, and I'm pretty sure that his power is strong enough to get anybody to do anything at his whim.)
Personally, I'd rather Tim sticks with the original IPs for awhile. I want DotT 2 as much as the next guy, but, while franchises are fine, all-new games like Psychonauts and Brutal Legend are...
...
*puts on sunglasses*
Double Fine.
YEEEEEEEAAAAAH!
My question though, what could they do with the Mansion that hasn't already been done?
Still, I was relieved when I knew that Ron was in the brainstorm-team of »Tales of Monkey Island«. Dave, as a co-member of the classic-monkey-island-production, and the team are doing a beautiful job, but still it feels good that the inventor was with them for a while.
There was kiind of a game before Day of the Tentacle.
It was called Maniac Mansion?
I'd say it was far better than Day of the Tentacle, personally.
"Day of the Tentacle 2" would sort of actually be Maniac Mansion 3.
Maybe it's just me, but I really can't stand Day of the Tentacle. I mean, not to insult the people involved because I very much love their other work, but I really can't understand how there are human beings on this planet that enjoy Day of the Tentacle. That's how much I hate it. And it's that much worse that it's so celebrated and was a sequel to a game that is so many times better.
I'd only want a Maniac Mansion 3 as a true sequel to Maniac Mansion. But apparently what I'd like would be a disappointment to more or less everybody else.
I can't think of a good story plot to continue the DOTT universe...
(j/k with the quote summary)
I'm actually of the opposite opinion. I wholly disliked MM, but I find DotT to be a cornerstone of the genre. MM just felt to me like Sierra-lite. (Not to knock Sierra.)
Why do you dislike it, exactly? The setting? The comparative lack of dark humor?
We haven't forgotten, we've more just ignored the fact
Wow, what? I'm dumbfounded. Did you enjoy Monkey Island, Sam & Max Hit the Road, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, The Dig? They all follow the same formula. I couldn't imagine someone liking one of these games and hating DotT with the passion you exude. I'm not criticizing you, you are free to have whatever opinions you want. It's just... WOW, um yeah... It's just strange. Something I've never encountered before.
I personally found Manic Mansion a bit meh but to each his own.
I was the same way impressed, when you ring the doorbell, you see Ed leaving his room, and you know that he walks all the way down the house. It doesn’t feel like a time-script, it feels 100% like that there is something going on, although you don’t see it. This still impresses (and scares) me today.
Same thing with the finale of LeChucks Revenge… you don’t see him, but you know he walks through the rooms, searching for you… yikes!
And this is why I really don’t see DOTT as a Maniac Mansion Sequel, I think it’s more of a spin-off in the same universe. More Comedy instead of Horror. But the clever timetravel-puzzles still blow my mind.