Just another in an apparently long run of cancelled projects that LucasArts went through in its final years. Jason Schreier at Kotaku has written an extensive feature covering How LucasArts Fell Apart, covering what went on at the sinking ship.
It's well worth a read!
clone2727
SurplusGamer
Yeah, I know of many people who were exposed to the games through the special editions and as far as I'm concerned that alone justifies their existence. And there were shortcomings yes, but I think they were also done with more care than we really had any right to expect. Most of the shortcomings were fixed in time for MI2:SE, too (some poor voice direction aside) and frankly the very nicely recorded soundtrack for that game was worth the price of admission, in my opinion.
Not saying they're perfect by ANY means but wishing them out of existence seems like a massive case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
It's strange to me that these "updates" to video games are acceptable. It's really incomprehensible to me. In almost all other media, remakes are given the middle finger. Yet, add "HD" at the end of a title and people jump on it. The latest being DuckTales.
If someone were to remake Casablanca, for instance, what would we say to that? Or, to make the metaphor even closer, someone were to colorize the film? It just detracts from the original work and adds nothing to the value. And it seems just as apt, considering a lot of this community considers Monkey Island 1&2 and DOTT some of the greatest games ever. (MI2 is my favorite game of all time, for the record)
Don't get me wrong; it's great that more people were introduced to the games. I just wish it didn't cost at some integrity of the original.
I know I'm late on this one, but for the record, I wanted to point out that Ducktales HD is totally awesome by the way. And I say that as someone who played the original to death.
When I heard the maproom/level select music, I got goosebumps....But I'm kinda weird.
koosjebig
A forum user at adventuregamers, tomimt made a cool example how dodd hd could look like: http://tomimt.deviantart.com/art/DOTT-carjacker-361923669
That makes me want an HD remake if it could potentially look like that. It clears all the pixels up without compromising the original art. In short, it's perfect.
SurplusGamer
Yeah, I know of many people who were exposed to the games through the special editions and as far as I'm concerned that alone justifies their existence. And there were shortcomings yes, but I think they were also done with more care than we really had any right to expect. Most of the shortcomings were fixed in time for MI2:SE, too (some poor voice direction aside) and frankly the very nicely recorded soundtrack for that game was worth the price of admission, in my opinion.
Not saying they're perfect by ANY means but wishing them out of existence seems like a massive case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
It's strange to me that these "updates" to video games are acceptable. It's really incomprehensible to me. In almost all other media, remakes are given the middle finger. Yet, add "HD" at the end of a title and people jump on it. The latest being DuckTales.
If someone were to remake Casablanca, for instance, what would we say to that? Or, to make the metaphor even closer, someone were to colorize the film? It just detracts from the original work and adds nothing to the value. And it seems just as apt, considering a lot of this community considers Monkey Island 1&2 and DOTT some of the greatest games ever. (MI2 is my favorite game of all time, for the record)
Don't get me wrong; it's great that more people were introduced to the games. I just wish it didn't cost at some integrity of the original.
Kroms
It's not unreasonable to guess this was Handsome Halibut.
Good call.
The company also shut down a 2D physics-based shooter called Caveland that was meant to be an experimental digital title, like the sidescroller Lucidity before it.
It's not unreasonable to guess this was Handsome Halibut.
clone2727
Jennifer
I was a beta tester for Sierra on The Realm in the mid 1990's (it's still my proudest accomplishment so far), though I never fulfilled my dream to become a designer, and now it's not possible (at least not with those two companies). :(
Shmargin
clone2727
I seem to be in the minority. I'm glad another one of these "HD remakes" never saw the light of day.
I dunno, I got a few people that had never heard of Monkey Island hooked on it because of their HD remakes. They would be smart to do an HD remake of MM first though, get every on the same page before an HD DOTT.
All just wishful thinking now I suppose, unless Disney is watching.
Yeah, I know of many people who were exposed to the games through the special editions and as far as I'm concerned that alone justifies their existence. And there were shortcomings yes, but I think they were also done with more care than we really had any right to expect. Most of the shortcomings were fixed in time for MI2:SE, too (some poor voice direction aside) and frankly the very nicely recorded soundtrack for that game was worth the price of admission, in my opinion.
Not saying they're perfect by ANY means but wishing them out of existence seems like a massive case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
clone2727
I seem to be in the minority. I'm glad another one of these "HD remakes" never saw the light of day.
I dunno, I got a few people that had never heard of Monkey Island hooked on it because of their HD remakes. They would be smart to do an HD remake of MM first though, get every on the same page before an HD DOTT.
All just wishful thinking now I suppose, unless Disney is watching.
clone2727
I seem to be in the minority. I'm glad another one of these "HD remakes" never saw the light of day.
Me too.
Jennifer
I was a beta tester for Sierra on The Realm in the mid 1990's (it's still my proudest accomplishment so far), though I never fulfilled my dream to become a designer, and now it's not possible (at least not with those two companies). :(
AndywinXp
So, absolutely no possibility of a completion of this remake?
AndywinXp
So, absolutely no possibility of a completion of this remake?
Considering that LucasArts literally doesn't exist any more and its IPs have presumably been thrown into the Disney vault forever... probably not?
Jason
We all assumed things were at least this problematic, but still: an 80% complete DOTT remake? Fuck everything.
I know, right? At this point all we can do is hope that someone at Disney picks it up and decides to do something with it, but that's hardly likely. I really miss the good old days of adventures :(
Shmargin
Sad stuff.
I used to dream of working there so I could help make awesome point and click adventures when I was kid.
I was a beta tester for Sierra on The Realm in the mid 1990's (it's still my proudest accomplishment so far), though I never fulfilled my dream to become a designer, and now it's not possible (at least not with those two companies). :(
I used to dream of working there so I could help make awesome point and click adventures when I was kid.