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06-19-2009, 02:21 PM
Fans have wanted LucasArts to open up their extensive library of adventure games for years, even going so far as to develop hacks of the SCUMM engine across a variety of platforms. But it wasn't until recently that LucasArts finally acquiesced.
"If this sells, there's no one at this company who doesn't want to do these games," LucasArts community manager Brooks Brown told Screen Play.
"It's a matter of showing that there's interest and this market is alive and get people as excited as possible about Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition to show that these things can make it."
It's obvious that companies will follow up on games that turn out to be popular. However, Brown's remarks also suggest that LucasArts had wanted to do this for a while, but simply wasn't willing to take a risk. Now they're going out on a limb, which could mean very good things for adventure fans in the future. Things like Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, and even brand-new adventure titles.
As for Monkey Island, Brown says that they've taken care to leave the dialog completely intact, to the point that they've even left in outdated references to old games like Loom.
"For example, there's the Loom badge - 'Ask me about Loom'. We really wrestled with that. 'Do we really want to mention Loom, this game we haven't put out in years?"
"Can we make it, Ask me about The Force Unleashed? Can we make it something like that?' No, we can't change it, because we are fans too, we get that, if we weren't working at the company we'd be on forums going, 'Yay, Monkey Island!'"
Yay indeed.
"If this sells, there's no one at this company who doesn't want to do these games," LucasArts community manager Brooks Brown told Screen Play.
"It's a matter of showing that there's interest and this market is alive and get people as excited as possible about Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition to show that these things can make it."
It's obvious that companies will follow up on games that turn out to be popular. However, Brown's remarks also suggest that LucasArts had wanted to do this for a while, but simply wasn't willing to take a risk. Now they're going out on a limb, which could mean very good things for adventure fans in the future. Things like Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, and even brand-new adventure titles.
As for Monkey Island, Brown says that they've taken care to leave the dialog completely intact, to the point that they've even left in outdated references to old games like Loom.
"For example, there's the Loom badge - 'Ask me about Loom'. We really wrestled with that. 'Do we really want to mention Loom, this game we haven't put out in years?"
"Can we make it, Ask me about The Force Unleashed? Can we make it something like that?' No, we can't change it, because we are fans too, we get that, if we weren't working at the company we'd be on forums going, 'Yay, Monkey Island!'"
Yay indeed.