Will you replay 'Tales' in 10 years?
(Note: Please don't turn this into a "I hate Escape" thread)
I first played MI1 when I was 7.
I played MI2 when I was 8.
MI3 I watched the development of, I remember watching the trailer and trying to download the 20MB demo over dial up (I eventually just bought the PC Gamer with the demo on the disc - I still have magazine in a box with LeChuck on the cover). I finally played it when I was 12 or 13 when it came out.
MI4 I remember watching E3 news and being shocked by the first screen shot. I played it the day it came out when I was 15.
Now I'm 24, and I watched the details leak out about Tales from day one and left work early for Episode 1 to be released. Tales came out and I played it. I enjoyed it very much. I play all the first four Monkey Island games at least once a year (yes, even Escape), and I see myself doing do for many years to come. I'm sure many of us are the same way with re-playing these games. I can't count how many times I've played them...But will I play Tales once a year as well? Probably not. I might replay it before season 2 inevitably comes out...but will I see it with the same love and affection of the first four games? No.
I think it has something to do my age now, and nostalgia: wanting to relive part of my child hood. I love the series, and I can't wait for season 2 of Tales. But does Tales hold the same place in my heart? No. Will I add it into my re-play mix of the first four each year? No. Do I see myself still loading it up ten years from now? Probably not.
What do you all think?
I first played MI1 when I was 7.
I played MI2 when I was 8.
MI3 I watched the development of, I remember watching the trailer and trying to download the 20MB demo over dial up (I eventually just bought the PC Gamer with the demo on the disc - I still have magazine in a box with LeChuck on the cover). I finally played it when I was 12 or 13 when it came out.
MI4 I remember watching E3 news and being shocked by the first screen shot. I played it the day it came out when I was 15.
Now I'm 24, and I watched the details leak out about Tales from day one and left work early for Episode 1 to be released. Tales came out and I played it. I enjoyed it very much. I play all the first four Monkey Island games at least once a year (yes, even Escape), and I see myself doing do for many years to come. I'm sure many of us are the same way with re-playing these games. I can't count how many times I've played them...But will I play Tales once a year as well? Probably not. I might replay it before season 2 inevitably comes out...but will I see it with the same love and affection of the first four games? No.
I think it has something to do my age now, and nostalgia: wanting to relive part of my child hood. I love the series, and I can't wait for season 2 of Tales. But does Tales hold the same place in my heart? No. Will I add it into my re-play mix of the first four each year? No. Do I see myself still loading it up ten years from now? Probably not.
What do you all think?
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I have no idea where I'll live, what I'll do, if I'll have time to play games, if I'll still have my DVD, if I'll have access to the Internet or even to a computer, etc, etc in ten years.
So, whether I'll be playing a specific game? No clue.
I guess I wasn't curious about the literal aspect of it. I guess I'm wondering if it impacted you the same way as the originals. Maybe it was a poorly written post.
Maybe I was just being a smartass.
Really, the only one I've replayed several times is Curse, and my last replay was... ten years ago?
I might replay MI1 and MI2 soon, and I haven't played them in... maybe 15 years.
If I replay Tales in 10 years, it's likely I wouldn't have played it in the meantime.
To answer your rephrased question, no, it didn't impact me in the same way as the previous ones (not sure what you mean by "originals". Either Secret was the only original or they all are). I liked bits and pieces of it but I don't really see myself replaying the whole thing. I only see myself replaying Chapter 4, really, and only because of Stan.
Stan is the one thing I liked better in Tales than in any of the other games. Tales Stan actually made me appreciate the previous Stans better.
I'm looking forward to the commentaries and bonuses though. These I can see myself playing over and over again.
I honestly don't know. I've played Secret and LeChuck's Revenge probably a grand total of three times in my life, five max. I've played Curse twice, once when it came out and once before Tales arrived, same with Escape.
I LOVED the Sam and Max seasons, but I probably won't replay them for some time. Same with Tales, I think.
I replay SMI and LR the most, followed closely by CMI. And I even play EMI when I do my yearly Play Every Monkey Island Game in Order day. So I'm sure I'll be playing Tales 10 years from now too. Probably about as often as CMI.
Tales of Monkey Island Season 4: The Final Chapter
fixed
The dinosaurs will have gotten boring by then.
*I called it.
(Hey, I played my first Atari game when I was about 3, and I still play that on emulators every once in a while!)
The game is too good to just be played once and then put on the shelf.
1995: SOMI (borrowed from my nephew)
1999: MI2 and CMI (bought the bounty pack)
2002: EMI (didn't get a good computer before that time, but bought it in 2000.)
2008: A little of all of them.
2009: SOMI:SE and Tales (preorder) I was thinking of playing MI2 again, but then I heard about the special edition, so I'm going to wait a little longer
My sister on the other hand, just LOVES CMI and plays it once a month or something, and has so for 8 years now. She has really become an expert on that game.
But back to topic, Tales are so far my favorite of all the MI games, so I will probably play it just for fun next year already. Or maybe in order.
Monkey Island: Special Bluray Edition Monkey Boundle (Including trailer to new MI movie)
Not so much as Max though...
he saves money on his kids birthdays by forgetting them.
However, I don't see myself playing Tales years down the road like CMI for a few reasons. One reason being that I doubt the game will run on future operating systems. I guess the Wii version will linger around my house, but the load times and visual glitches make the game almost unbearable to play. Only reason I can still play CMI is because of SCUMM VM. Unless of course LucasArts remakes CMI, which I can only hope they don't, or if they do that they just make the graphics High res instead of changing the art style. The other reason I don't see myself playing tales down the road is because the humor in tales wasn't as well written for most of the episodes. I see some jokes becoming dated, others becoming old, and the plot doesn't feel as smooth when playing the whole thing through. Maybe if they merged the 5 episodes into one solid game the whole smooth transition thing would feel better, but still wouldn't overcome the other problems I had with it. Escape from Monkey Island suffered from the same problems too...
I originally played it on my sons ps and once I got over the clunky 3d graphics and fiddly controls I grew to love it as much as any other mi game.
I've tried the demo on my pc though and found it almost impossible to control.
Its the one game of the series that I would love to see updated as its the only one that I don't remember the puzzles off by heart.
Yes. I've replayed other MI games several times, except EMI which maybe I replayed once if at all.
I played CMI about a year or two ago, so I'll probably go back to that one in a year or so.
EMI is the only one I haven't felt a strong urge to return to (I played it through twice when it came out, I believe).
As for MI2, it's the one I most like going back to and I've been itching for it - waiting for the SE, though.
Soooo, to answer your question, yes - I expect I will return to Tales, probably sometime after the next ToMI game is announced, assuming it ever is.
So yes, I will replay it in 10 years. (Maybe 20 at this rate)
Someone's childish.
(by someone, I mean you Pale Man)