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Ghost Pirates scans hit internet. MI Fans wet themselves. 29 Apr, 2009 / Comments: 17

By jp-30


Todesreiter on the adventure-treff forums has posted screenshots and concept art from Ghost Pirates of Voojo Island.

Thanks for the tipoff, Sven_Q45.

Reopen the MI Hosted sites is all I can say!

Update: Tiller blogs it.
So I was looking as some forums that were discussing Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, and one thing that popped up that I wanted to address went something like this ”Aw man! not another pirate game?!!” Well I agree there are a lot out there and we did pitch a lot of different game ideas and do have a lot of original ideas for games, - don’t we all really? But the game pitch that seemed to get the most traction was Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island. I love pirates and I haven’t worked on a pirate game since 1997 so for me it’s been 12 years and I have been itching to do another one.

Source: adventure-treff

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17 Comments

  • noah on 03 May, 2009, 00:13…
    Wow. Wow. Wow! Lovely art, looks amazing. Very excited about the potential atmosphere to be had. Thanks Autumn Moon for bringing this kind of adventure game back!
  • PirateKingChris on 30 Apr, 2009, 21:31…
    I don't think another pirate game can be bad a bad thing, as long as it's a good one. Besides, if someone really tried to keep MI going, how could they possibly follow up MI4 with something good? I think a MI5 would be even further from anything we like about MI1-3....Forcing beloved characters into new plots that don't make sense, alot like throwing them down on the ground and raping them further.
  • BlueBone on 30 Apr, 2009, 08:18…
    Obi - Monkey Island was our last hope!!
    Yoda - No.. there is another.. and slay LucasArts it will...

    anyway.. it looks great.. thou the ghostpirat looks awful lot like LeChuck.. that chould mean problems.. on the other hand.. whats a pirate-game without undead pirates trying to ruin your day.
  • Gabez on 30 Apr, 2009, 08:14…
    Looks awesome. I'm very interested in this game. Moreso than anything else.
  • Jayel on 30 Apr, 2009, 06:49…
    I'm excited and skeptical at the same time.
  • ocki on 30 Apr, 2009, 05:25…
    At last!!!! =)
  • jp-30 on 30 Apr, 2009, 06:39…
    I know - the game was announced way back on April 26! Finally we get some screenshots.
  • Icebox on 30 Apr, 2009, 02:59…
    Simply Beautiful! WE WON! YES!
  • mish87 on 30 Apr, 2009, 01:52…
    Whoa! When is THAT coming out?
  • Sp0tted on 30 Apr, 2009, 01:59…
    My guess, going off his last game... is, about 4 years from this moment.
  • Udvarnoky on 30 Apr, 2009, 03:43…
    This time they actually have a publisher ready, same with AVS2. Real production on AVS1 didn't even begin until mid-2006, and apparently what took the longest about that game was putting together the engine, which is presumably going to power all their other games.

    I also think it's kind of funny how while in the realm of big business publishers a Monkey Island type game is too safe, but in the realm of German adventure publishers there's nothing safer than something similar to Monkey Island. I'm obviously quite happy this happened, but I hope Tiller can get his other brainchilds made some day. At least it sounds like this idea is still one pretty close to his heart in addition to being the safest one financially.
  • jp-30 on 30 Apr, 2009, 02:15…
    LOL. Early 2010 is the current estimate.
  • Udvarnoky on 30 Apr, 2009, 03:45…
    I find it interesting how such a small team is putting together two adventure games simultaneously for two different publishers that will be released within six months of each other. Not that I'm complaining. I guess with the head start on AVS2 and reusable engine they're further along than we thought.
  • Izzy on 30 Apr, 2009, 00:27…
    HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • neon_git on 29 Apr, 2009, 23:00…
    Now that you mention it, I am somewhat moist in the trouser area.
  • xChri5x on 29 Apr, 2009, 22:39…
    I have officially wet myself.
  • Udvarnoky on 29 Apr, 2009, 22:31…
    Holy SHIT. That's what an MI5 should look like, at least.