Well, tie me down and call me Betty—our Day of the Tentacle Remastered review was published in a timely manner, much thanks to Zaarin who buckled down and took one for the team. Yes, we’ve reached the point where playing a game ”on the clock” is considered something of a chore, which means we’re old and grumpy.
Anyway!
Not surprisingly Zaarin gives the game some love, and… Just read the damn thing. We bled to get this thing out on time.
Nothing like DOTT is ever going to be released again, this kind of perfection is long gone.
We lived through the highest standards and were lucky enough to have this chance, but knowing they won't come back hurts. Badly.
It's not simple nostalgia, even after so many years the game is objectively amazing: it's really a matter of class, perfection, clever puzzles, incredible graphics and animations (for the times), inspiring music.
Yeah, LucasArts really made adventure games with state-of-the-art graphics.
Rant over, gotta go.
Long live DOTT.
Nor Treblig
Note: The enhanced version is actually 16 colors only, v1 was the one with C64 graphics. But there is a fan project (Maniac Mansion Deluxe) with 256 color graphics.
You are correct. I used to be better at this stuff.
Jason
Yes, nice touch that they went for the 256-color version of MM rather than the 16-color version! I actually remember being surprised they didn't do that in the original DOTT. Even in 1993, the "enhanced" version of MM was pretty old, and from a disk space standpoint not bigger to any non-negligible degree.
I wondered the same back then!
Note: The enhanced version is actually 16 colors only, v1 was the one with C64 graphics. But there is a fan project (Maniac Mansion Deluxe) with 256 color graphics.
Zaarin
I tried saving DOTT itself and when I loaded the save game, the resume option was gone from MM and I had to start over.
Maybe they patched it in in the last minute so it wasn't included in your review copy? It works in my version (GOG).
Nor Treblig
Zaarin
Jason
Not one word about Maniac Mansion? Is the version included the same one as in the original DOTT release? Do I really have to wait for this download to finish before I know the answer, Zaarin?
You clearly need to read the review more thoroughly. ;
Speaking about this particular paragraph: Maniac Mansion is actually automatically saved with the DOTT save game. Though you cannot explicitly save in it.
I tried saving DOTT itself and when I loaded the save game, the resume option was gone from MM and I had to start over.
Zaarin
Jason
Not one word about Maniac Mansion? Is the version included the same one as in the original DOTT release? Do I really have to wait for this download to finish before I know the answer, Zaarin?
You clearly need to read the review more thoroughly. ;
Speaking about this particular paragraph: Maniac Mansion is actually automatically saved with the DOTT save game. Though you cannot explicitly save in it.
Jason
Not one word about Maniac Mansion? Is the version included the same one as in the original DOTT release? Do I really have to wait for this download to finish before I know the answer, Zaarin?
You clearly need to read the review more thoroughly. ;
Well played mojo, well played.
ps. If anyone catches any of the 24 secret achievements in the Steam PC version, let us know. I already found 1 of them to do with the credits.
MrManager
Nor Treblig
The only sad thing with the UI of this remastered version: Where is the pause function? :-(
Why is it so hard for modern (adventure) games to have a proper pause functionality which was quite standard in the old days (including console games)?
I don't know about the PC version but on the PS4 there's a dedicated button that sends you to the option screen. That's kind of an equivalent.
Yes, but this is not a proper pause function: It works for bathroom breaks, but e.g. how should I look up words in the dictionary when it always takes me away from the game and the dialog? Or another reason to pause could be to admire some details of an animation.
Jason
Not one word about Maniac Mansion? Is the version included the same one as in the original DOTT release?
Contrary to the original DOTT it actually includes the enhanced version (v2, EGA)! They thought about everything :-)
AlfredJ
Mojo reviewing games on time is freaking me out.
Yeah it's totally weird.
Mojo reviewing games on time is freaking me out.
Also, escape pauses the game.
Nor Treblig
The only sad thing with the UI of this remastered version: Where is the pause function? :-(
Why is it so hard for modern (adventure) games to have a proper pause functionality which was quite standard in the old days (including console games)?
I don't know about the PC version but on the PS4 there's a dedicated button that sends you to the option screen. That's kind of an equivalent.
I might add that keyboard shortcuts work normally using the classic verb interface (although not documented in the controls).
The only sad thing with the UI of this remastered version: Where is the pause function? :-(
Why is it so hard for modern (adventure) games to have a proper pause functionality which was quite standard in the old days (including console games)?