Return To Monkey Island - MI2 sequel from Ron Gilbert

[JarlFrank]

It's made even worse by the fact that it reuses some locations from MI1.

MI1 had good graphics for its time, and it had a high level of visual clarity. You can look at a room and see at a glance what's what, despite the low res pixel art.
The MI1 remake has questionable character art, especially Guybrush's hair (wtf), but other than that it still looks decent enough and it retains visual clarity: you can see at a glance what's what.
But the new artstyle... when lined together like in my post above, you can see that all three screenshots are supposed to show the same scene.

But the screenshot from the new game is a complete mess. You have to look real hard to discern all the shapes. Just a mess of shapes and colors that look more like a Picasso painting than something that belongs in an adventure game.
You know... a genre about looking at scenes, picking up objects, and solving puzzles. It's hard to do that when the game's visual presentation lacks clarity. And holy shit, I have never seen an adventure game with as little visual clarity as this new "Monkey Island" game. It's a complete mess.

 

[sigard]

so many graphic whores on codex...

 

[Darth Roxor]

that shit just looks sad lol

 

[taxalot]

It didn't have to be pixel art, but surely there were other choices than : "everything must be a square or a triangle."

 

[Darkozric]

It's made even worse by the fact that it reuses some locations from MI1.

MI1 had good graphics for its time, and it had a high level of visual clarity. You can look at a room and see at a glance what's what, despite the low res pixel art.
The MI1 remake has questionable character art, especially Guybrush's hair (wtf), but other than that it still looks decent enough and it retains visual clarity: you can see at a glance what's what.
But the new artstyle... when lined together like in my post above, you can see that all three screenshots are supposed to show the same scene.

But the screenshot from the new game is a complete mess. You have to look real hard to discern all the shapes. Just a mess of shapes and colors that look more like a Picasso painting than something that belongs in an adventure game.
You know... a genre about looking at scenes, picking up objects, and solving puzzles. It's hard to do that when the game's visual presentation lacks clarity. And holy shit, I have never seen an adventure game with as little visual clarity as this new "Monkey Island" game. It's a complete mess.

You WILL play the game, whether you want to or not!

 

[lightbane]

Is this the deformed brother of CalArts style? Also, I like how the first of the three pirates is now suddenly black-ish looking for no particular reason.

 

[Darkozric]

Very "lively". Lively like a zombie puppet.

 

[JarlFrank]

Is this the deformed brother of CalArts style? Also, I like how the first of the three pirates is now suddenly black-ish looking for no particular reason.

I think they're different pirates, not the original characters.

Of course, it's hard to tell people apart from each other when they all look like cubes.

 

[Alex]

This is from Devolver?

Ah, just as well. If the game had been good, I would be tempted to give money to people who support Roe vs. Wade.

 

[Darth Slaughter]

Well, it didn't bother me too much. Can't say why but i'm okay with it. My main concern is the story/puzzles... It actually reminds me a bit of broken age, which I felt was kind of easy.

Also, the art style seem messy at first, but from what i've seen the graphics seems quite clear and functional. The problem is mainly because this is not a new IP, but and old and stabilished franchise. I'll probably buy day one...

 

[Tramboi]

I don't like the art style either but it has a vector-like potential that should allow more animations for a lower budget, and hence a lenghtier game.

Ok, I retract this. Shitty animations too.

 

[taxalot]

I will admit liking the dialogue on the new website. I'm sure the game is plenty of fun and I'll play it. I just wish it didn't look this way.

 

[Outlander]

It looks like total shit.

 

[Ludwig von Eisenthal]

It's an utter understatement to call this abomination "shit". It's a complete disgrace. It's not as if its "graphical style" is original or anything, it's just plain ass ugly. Everything in this trailer looks as if it's right out of the mind of a lunatic (google for "Art Brut" to know what I mean). What the hell is going on in the sick minds of these decrepid old designers? Where is the feeling of light-hearted adventuring in the bright and beautiful caribbean landscape here?

 

[sigard]

The MI1 remake has questionable character art, especially Guybrush's hair (wtf), but other than that it still looks decent enough and it retains visual clarity: you can see at a glance what's what.

So feeltherads was full of shit?

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/lechucks-revenge-se.41694/#post-1067631

 

[Cyberarmy]

This art style is beyond horrible...

 

[JarlFrank]

Couldn't resist, lol!

Spoiler

He will not look like that tho....this one is from 2009

Lol, he does look like that tho.

 

[Berekän]

 

[Keshik]

That's going to take some getting used to when playing, to put it lightly.

 

[Ibn Sina]

Globohomo art. Fuck Gilbert. I am glad they took the game away from him for Curse, which has the best artstyle and aged really well.

 

[sigard]

Curse, which has the best artstyle

Does hivemind agree?

 

[Ibn Sina]

You WILL play the corporate artstyle reboot of your favorite games.

 

[Boleskine]

Petition to replace Prosper icon with new Guybrush?

 

[ADULF HITLOR FAN KLUB]

Wow, it looks like total fucking shit.

 

[ADULF HITLOR FAN KLUB]

Petition to replace Prosper icon with new Guybrush?

Hiding penises in art is a Disney tradition.

Once you see dick-nosed Guybrush you can't unsee it.