Only 2 more episodes of ToMI :(
Untill today we could always say "Hey! we'r not even in half of this greate title! ther is so much to come!" Now.. we have less and less of MI waiting for us.. until some day... it wil end 
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LucasArts gets money too, and they don't have to pay salaries and benefits to the people involved in making the game. Why bother taking it back in-house when they can just farm it out to TTG?
i for one would love to see a second episode by ttg!
LucasArts has no interest in making MI themselves, they dont have the people to do it successfully like TTG. The difference in EMI and TMI has shown that to them.
That's why we've been using "game" and "chapter."
And really, I don't care what Telltale says to the contrary(sorry, Jake.
As for the actual topic of this thread, I think that what happens to Monkey Island once Tales is over is subject to a lot of numbers we're not privy to, a lot of contract wording that we're not privy to, and/or the whims of LucasArts. LucasArts can be a fickle beast, not only in the Adventure department, but even in whether or not they internally develop their Star Wars games.
Saying that, SoMI:SE was developped internally wasn't it?
I have my niggles with it, such as it not being P+C, and some parts of it have been too easy. But I am confident that the last 2 chapters will give it a good send off, and be well worth playing again.
Also, I hope that this triggers LucasArts to go for a new 40hour epic Monkey Island after seeing that there is still a huge demand for Monkey Island from it's fanbase and new fans alike. But if not, Tell Tale would have my support on another game, though my heart still longs for a full game in the style of MI2 or CMI.
Since then, LucasArts has been through several cycles of layoffs and hiring, internal development and relying on external development. I don't think there's anybody connected to their adventure game past is over there anymore, and a lot of new blood that has never had anything to do with an adventure game works there now.
Granted this could be a good thing, but it's a wild card, like giving the game to any random company. Telltale has a LOT more in common with old LucasArts than LucasArts does, a lot more names. LucasArts, right now, is just a name as far as the Monkey Island series goes.
About MI im hoping it will be done next time full game. Its annoying having to wait and the game feels unjustified short. I believe TTG can do even better games and not as condensed as this and hit retail stores successfully. I believe in em!
I'll buy it first day... Well, in fact I will buy any Telltale game...
SBCG4AP season 2? Or S&M season 3?
And maybe by the time that that one finishes there might be some kind of monkey island news on the horizon....
Instead of continuing as is with Telltale in essence leasing the rights to the IP and making it on their own dime and such AND instead of Lucas Arts making their own internally:
Lucas Arts structures the project as internal but then contracts TTG as developers, making Lucas Arts the client. That way we have the people who make MI games best and know how to do it successfully AND there would be a biggest budget for the epic 40 hour game.
Now, they have made "full" release games based on the CSI license. I've never been able to enjoy a CSI episode in my life, so I haven't played them and can't really say what those are like. So...I admit, I have a blank in my knowledge, there.
They're basically like an episodic game, but all at once. They each have about 5 cases.
Tale Tell itself brought me in as a MI fanboy, but has kept me further through their great products. I have been thoroughly impressed by their work and they likely have a customer for life. However, when Lucas Arts released SMI:SE, I didn't (nor have I yet) jumped to buy it. LA lost a bit of my respect when they abandoned the franchises they had brought into this world. Now, that isn't to say that I wouldn't buy Grim Fandango or a new Monkey Island game, should it appear...but it will make me pause for a moment.
All in all, Tell Tale's move to bring TMI here is a genius one, if my story is any indication, and LA would be fools to screw up this rebirth of Monkey Island, and other possible dead adventure gaming prospects.
Dominic Armato as Guybrush: This really is non-negotiable at this point, 4 games (including the SE) under his belt, anyone else voiceing our Mighty Pirate would just be wrong.
From there it Diverges:
TellTale: For me to buy the next MI, TTG must be the ones that make it. I have never been let down by a TTG game, and I don;t think it would start in our next piratey outing. They have always proven that they aren't going to do something if they can't make it exceptional. They have shown, at least to me they GET monkey Island and it's humor. I'd preorder it on Day 1.
LucasArts: If LA announce they are doing the next Outing I will hold my horses. I won't go near an order button until I have seen reviews, Concept art maybe even Gameplay footage. Mainly because the current LA team is well.. Unproven.. at what they do. I LOVE me some Monkey Island, but I'm not willing to get suckered into something like EMI again.
Only thing I dislike about Telltales is the episodic concept. When I am just getting into it again, the chapter ends and I have to wait 6 weeks. I know it can´t be helped, that´s the company´s business-model, but it is still ToMI´s only flaw for me.
You could just wait 5 months and play it as soon as the final chapter comes out and pretend it wasn't out until then, heh.
That´s what I was actually planning at first.:)
I thought I´d buy the season shortly before chapter 5 comes and play it like one big game...but then I played the demo and couldn´t wait. So I bought ToMI on Talk-like-a-pirate-day...I was too weak...:p
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I would play a non-Armato MI. I would like it a lot less, be bickering about it the whole game. But I would play it. And then I'd complain about it infinitely. Then I'd buy the sequel.