The artstyle is so close to the original Monkey Island, it feels like it was made by the same people.
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The Legend of Skye: the most Monkey Island looking game since Monkey Island
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The artstyle is so close to the original Monkey Island, it feels like it was made by the same people.
bit steep for a ripoff game
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Some thoughts on the game after finishing it:
- The comparisons to Secret of Monkey Island are apt. Besides the interface and art style, some puzzles seem to be directly inspired by those in MI or MI2 (e.g. keeping the fuses lit, guessing the password to the druid's black market store), although they subverted this in at least one case (the safe in the nerd store isn't dealt with the same way as in MI, despite the game suggesting that it is)
- Puzzle design was uneven. There are some good logical puzzle chains but in other cases I was just doing things because the game let me, not because I understood what the actual outcome would be or had a specific solution in mind. The game doesn't always do a good job of explaining why seemingly logical actions aren't possible (e.g. you need to start fires on a couple of occasions, and despite carrying around objects that the game explicitly tells you are made of metal and flint you cannot strike them together to cause a spark)
- Graphics, sound, and interface were OK. I could mostly tell what things were and I think the only time I needed to go pixel-hunting was intentional. Some jankiness in how the main character walks, like there are too few frames to accommodate her walking speed. The various verbs had a reason to be there - "push," "pull," "use," etc all could give different responses. The background music didn't make me want to turn the volume off and it kept some consistent themes across various areas without going full iMuse
- Game was more light-hearted than actually funny
- No game options other than text language. I would have appreciated a hotkey for the options menu. Moving the cursor near the upper right corner of the screen causes the inventory list to scroll to the beginning, which annoyed me more than it should have
- Little to no SJW content
- Ending wasn't great, but at least it wasn't meta like some other recent games
Overall it was fine and took maybe 7 - 8 hrs. I may be overly positive though just because it uses a list of verbs and not the standard modern 1 or 2 actions. It was better than their previous effort (The Castle) and reminded me of a more subdued version of 3 Skulls of the Toltecs in terms of tone and polish. The company seems to be working on a new game and hopefully they're trending in the right direction.
- The comparisons to Secret of Monkey Island are apt. Besides the interface and art style, some puzzles seem to be directly inspired by those in MI or MI2 (e.g. keeping the fuses lit, guessing the password to the druid's black market store), although they subverted this in at least one case (the safe in the nerd store isn't dealt with the same way as in MI, despite the game suggesting that it is)
- Puzzle design was uneven. There are some good logical puzzle chains but in other cases I was just doing things because the game let me, not because I understood what the actual outcome would be or had a specific solution in mind. The game doesn't always do a good job of explaining why seemingly logical actions aren't possible (e.g. you need to start fires on a couple of occasions, and despite carrying around objects that the game explicitly tells you are made of metal and flint you cannot strike them together to cause a spark)
- Graphics, sound, and interface were OK. I could mostly tell what things were and I think the only time I needed to go pixel-hunting was intentional. Some jankiness in how the main character walks, like there are too few frames to accommodate her walking speed. The various verbs had a reason to be there - "push," "pull," "use," etc all could give different responses. The background music didn't make me want to turn the volume off and it kept some consistent themes across various areas without going full iMuse
- Game was more light-hearted than actually funny
- No game options other than text language. I would have appreciated a hotkey for the options menu. Moving the cursor near the upper right corner of the screen causes the inventory list to scroll to the beginning, which annoyed me more than it should have
- Little to no SJW content
- Ending wasn't great, but at least it wasn't meta like some other recent games
Overall it was fine and took maybe 7 - 8 hrs. I may be overly positive though just because it uses a list of verbs and not the standard modern 1 or 2 actions. It was better than their previous effort (The Castle) and reminded me of a more subdued version of 3 Skulls of the Toltecs in terms of tone and polish. The company seems to be working on a new game and hopefully they're trending in the right direction.
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Female main and based on steam screenshots mostly niggers and brown trash in my fantasy land? No thanks.- Little to no SJW content
Female main and based on steam screenshots mostly niggers and brown trash in my fantasy land? No thanks.- Little to no SJW content
If it helps, I'm pretty sure you end up stealing from or scamming every dark-skinned person in the game.
This looks fun and I will pick it up and give it a go because I love point and clicks and am willing to throw money at anyone who is trying to keep the genre alive, but I have to seriously question your perception of aesthetics if you think this looks like an early 90s LA Monkey Island game.
UI aside, those screenshots give off Legend of Kyrandia vibes if anything.
UI aside, those screenshots give off Legend of Kyrandia vibes if anything.
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