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Who thinks EMI s-u-c-k-s?

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 Kingzjester
03-01-2001, 6:15 PM
#1
How many of you sea dogs are of the same oppinion as I--that is: it is the worst game ever made by LEC, including all the crappy Star Wars stuff?

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 Limp_Monkey_Durst_Ape
03-01-2001, 6:32 PM
#2
No way thats a bunch of CRAP!!!!!
Escape was one of the best is second on my list the firt is CMI.
So Mr.All-clever-and-Smart!!!
Whats so bad about Escape?????

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 The Feral Chicken
03-01-2001, 7:02 PM
#3
That's a bit far, Kingzjester, it isn't THAT bad! It isn't as good as the other 3 MI games, and a few other adventures, but it isn't t'The worst game LEC ever made'.

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 Blondbeard
03-01-2001, 7:16 PM
#4
Not Me!!!,I think it was a good game,just not as good as the older 3.But I agree with you on Star Wars it is just crap.Can't they stop making the star wars games and start with more graphic adventures EVEN if it does mean it takes longer to make.

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 BoneMaster
03-01-2001, 7:27 PM
#5
It wasn't as good as the other monkeys but it wasn't that bad. http://www.escapemi.com/forums/smile.gif)

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 Kingzjester
03-01-2001, 8:08 PM
#6
In reply to the limpy guy, and all the others who want to know my motives: Check out my goda[/i]mn review on www.deepinthecaribbean.com) (http://www.deepinthecaribbean.com), or click here: http://monkeyguide.mixnmojo.com/noescsz.htm)

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 TunaMurray
03-01-2001, 8:31 PM
#7
I dont really care for bad reviews. I liked the game, it wasent as good as the other three, but I Liked it.
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 Tull
03-01-2001, 9:41 PM
#8
Are you seriously suggesting that Monkey Island 4 is worse than Yoda Stories?
 Dr._Threepwood
03-02-2001, 12:55 AM
#9
I liked it and it probably wasn't as hard as the others but I wouldn't go as far as saying it s****. Why do u have such a low opion on EMI

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 Timmy5
03-02-2001, 3:16 AM
#10
Hey i Happin to like that game

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 NAVE
03-02-2001, 9:47 AM
#11
Escape from Monkey Island kicks ass.
 Natty
03-02-2001, 10:48 AM
#12
The only thing I didn't really like about EMI was the fact that it didn't seem so, well piaraty, I mean it's a great game and everything, but maybe it woulda been better if it wasn't a MI game if this makes sense, I think that EMI wasn't really made for the fans it was made for the money, and I am used to point n click Guybrush, so the keyboard moving kinda irriated me, but on a scale of 1-10 I'd rate it a 7 1/2 I still prefer the stories of SOMI and MI2 but with the graphics of CMI, but to say it's the worse Lucas Arts game ever made does seem to be a lil unfair

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 Brighteyesmonkey
03-02-2001, 2:34 PM
#13
I CANT BELEIVE YOUVE MEADE ME USE THE ANGRY ICON!!
NO WAY WAS IT CRAP IT WAS AMAZING GRAPHICS A GOOD STORYLINE, CHALLENGING TASKS AND OTIS'S VOICE WAS REALLY COOL!! TELL IT TO THE HAND COS THE FACE DONT LISTEN TO S**T!

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 Kingzjester
03-02-2001, 3:04 PM
#14
Ok. you monkeyonLSD, <big>EVERYTHING</big> you mentioned as <big>GOOD</big> was so disturbingly <big>BAAAAAD</big>, that I'm loosing fate in humanity and becoming a **** *** ***** *********** misanthrope!!!

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 Kingzjester
03-02-2001, 3:07 PM
#15
PS, Otis's voice was disturbing and totaly missed. He was supposed to be pseudo-macho!!!

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 Natty
03-02-2001, 10:03 PM
#16
I think the reason why Otis's voice was like that was coz of the trauma he went though when he was on Monkey Island, and because he was so deeply affected, he's basically being reduced to a wimp all because he couldn't handle some monkeys http://www.escapemi.com/forums/biggrin.gif)

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 the_xxxxx
03-05-2001, 4:24 PM
#17
Hey Otis is cool man, so is MI4! And I don't care for you stupid review cous all the PROFESSIONAL testers tought I rocked!

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 Mafex the golden monkey
03-05-2001, 5:29 PM
#18
Otis had an excellent voice. I thought it perfect for him 'cos he was tramatised like you said and it gave him feeling. It was distinctive in a good way. The voice i hated was that talking figurehead. God that was annoying. It was a well chosen voice, it represented the character well, but i hated the sound of it.

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 Kingzjester
03-05-2001, 7:30 PM
#19
Originally posted by the_xxxxx:
Hey Otis is cool man, so is MI4! And I don't care for you stupid review cous all the PROFESSIONAL testers tought I rocked!

The XXXXX

By professional you think of those that are paid to review stuff? The ones that get their bread by reviewing stuff from the companies who buy advertisement space from them?????????????? You're funny.



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 the_xxxxx
03-06-2001, 10:56 AM
#20
Thanks but I'm not getting paid for being funny (I wish).

Those people play games more than you've got braincells, and a lotta them are independent! It wouldn't be the first time I saw a games-magazine with an ad for a game, 2 C the same game getting a 4 or 5 a few pages later.

The XXXXX
 Kingzjester
03-06-2001, 6:19 PM
#21
What's up with that? Can't you insult me in a more gentlemanly fashion, spearing my gray mass?

I am independent enough et j'ai assez de compйtence pour donner mon opinion sur cette chose. And I still think that independent people on the inside of the genre such as I, are better judges than some Quake freaks that were forced to review the game.

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 the_xxxxx
03-07-2001, 8:48 AM
#22
I can only insult gentleman in a gentleman fashion http://www.escapemi.com/forums/biggrin.gif)

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 Kingzjester
03-07-2001, 8:31 PM
#23
I don't want to force this any further, for I intend not to cream you. By getting with you in a discussion, I was asserting that you're my equal in terms of cranium power, but now I see that it will be a massacre from my part, since the only thing you can say in return is "you're dumb". Well, to insult you in layman's terms: <big>My library card has more checked-out books at all times than yours will ever! http://www.escapemi.com/forums/smile.gif</big>) That is my biggest problem: I assume that all the proles<sup>(*)</sup> are gentlemen.


<small>(*) - A 1984 by George Orwell reference. http://www.escapemi.com/forums/cool.gif</small>)


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 the_xxxxx
03-08-2001, 7:50 AM
#24
Well thanks you ever saw me as your equal although I didn't ask for it.
I never said you were dumb, I just said you were wrong about Otis, and then you started saying I was dumb (at least I understanded it that way). I don't think you're dumb, cuz if you were you wouldn't have been a 3headed.

But lets be real gentleman and end this useless discussion OK?

BTW I didn't understand a thing about the books, I guess that makes me stupid? My libary card has now got 6 books on it, I dunno about yours?

The XXXXX
 Al-back from the BigWhoop
03-08-2001, 4:43 PM
#25
GIVE ME A BREAK!
(and stop that u 2, there's no reason to get nasty)
I've read the points made against M4 and I have to say that I agree with some things he said:
"The puzzles in Monkey Island 4 are simply ingenious at times", "there's no depth to the puzzles" The puzzles in M4 would be either too easy and simple(most of the time) or too hard.
Fine, but people need to judge M4 (and anything in life with a impartial point of view.
In all P, he talked about POINTLESS (as the word he choose to use)details and forgot the main idea, which is how the game satisfied us.
I'm not saying that I liked M4. It was good though, but it (like we say in Brazil) left us on hope. Many people including me were expecting more than we got.
Did it have a good plot: YES а (I can't see why he didn't like the idea of ultimate insult)
Did it followed the basic stile of the game: YES (even though it wasn't that good)
Did it have good jokes and stuff like that: YES (more than the other 3 I'd say)
Did it fulfilled the idea of a sequence of CMI successfully: YES
What were u expecting?
Maybe u r kinda like me: I'm the kind of guy that is always disapointed with everything, ("tell me about it", Al would say), and I had a hard time to learn that, as long as disapointments go, just sit back and enjoy.



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--&gt;So...? What do u want? An award?
--&gt;Actually, I just wanted to know what's the secret of Monkey Island
--&gt;What planet r u from!?!?!?! EVERYBODY knows what are the secrets of Monkey Island!!!
--&gt;Howcome they're secrets if everybody knows'em?
--&gt;Maybe I should hit you with a coconut... and then with a milkbottle, and an accordion...
--&gt;Oh, like Guybrush did with HT in Escape from... hey, was that an insult?!
 The Feral Chicken
03-08-2001, 5:03 PM
#26
Did it have a good plot: NO (I can see why he didn't like the idea of ultimate insult)

Did it followed the basic style of the game: NO

Did it have good jokes and stuff like that: NO (much LESS than the other 3 I'd say)

Did it fulifill the Monkey Island Criteria: ABSOLUTElY NOT

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 Brighteyesmonkey
03-08-2001, 5:36 PM
#27
EMI for starters did not suck!
You have got to think the amount of time LUCASARTS spent on the graphics!!!Look at them there amazing. The plot wasn't that bad.
You can see they've taken your points into account, eg:alot of people didn't like CMI's Guybrush look. They've changed it perfectly. You can see that they...no wait im gonna make a topic for this one. brb

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 Heracio T. Marley
03-08-2001, 8:27 PM
#28
don't dis Emi .<large><marquee>you stink<large></marquee>

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 Kid
03-09-2001, 1:34 AM
#29
Just because he has an opinion ( one tht I do not agree with) doesn't mean you have to rip on him, if you disagree, respond with a reason. Typing "you stink" is childish and immature for one thing

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 Kingzjester
03-09-2001, 10:12 AM
#30
It seems my oppinion isn't worth spit... http://www.escapemi.com/forums/smile.gif)

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 Kid
03-10-2001, 1:37 AM
#31
Originally posted by Kingzjester:
It seems my oppinion isn't worth spit... http://www.escapemi.com/forums/smile.gif)



Based on what some people post, I agree with you. Although I may not agree with your position, at least I respect it.

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 Blondbeard
03-10-2001, 6:01 AM
#32
Well I think Whatever Otis's voice sounded like you would have probably liked it,it is the first time you have heard it.I thought it was good.

It sure as hell WAS NOT as good as any of the previous ones.But remember quite a lot of people on this forum have only played MI4 so when they hear ''EMI SUCKS'' they think,it doesn't and they liked it.I don't think it sucked as a game that much,mabye the storyline did.Well the storyline would probably be good for a first time MI player.But with LeChuck working for Ozzie.....UGH!.As being a part of the series there ain't no doubt about it,It ruined it.

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 Mafex the golden monkey
03-10-2001, 6:59 AM
#33
I am not sure, but I think MI4 was a good game FOR THE CURRENT MARKET. It was, admittidley, my first monkey game but I am guessing that although the others had better content, this game had to satisfy people who had played the series AND those who where more interested in more action based genres.


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 The Feral Chicken
03-10-2001, 7:43 AM
#34
Yes, but it DIDN'T satisfy the fans of the series! That's our whole arguement!

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 the_xxxxx
03-11-2001, 10:24 AM
#35
I agree with Mafex: I WAS (IS) a great game. Not as good as the others, but still a darn good game and the best adventure game out now.

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 The Feral Chicken
03-11-2001, 10:42 AM
#36
Grim Fandagno's better, and THAT'S still out...

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 zaq
03-11-2001, 11:09 PM
#37
I like the Grim referance. Even though it has nothing to do w/ anything going on, its still correct. Guys, quit moaning about the 3d nonesence, Grim was the best game Schafer ever made(and he made all the best games, w/ the exception of sam and max, he didn't make that) As far as story line, ok so the end of EMI was really, really, sad, but o well! Its a video game, and it entertained us. You guys really need to calm down. Like SERIOUSLy, if you are going to ***** and moan about every minor detail in every sequal LEC makes, than stop *****ing and moaning for them to make sequals! It'd be better if they made original GA's anyway. EMI was a great game, and it least it had a storyline, unlike CMI. Did you ever think of that? If you look at all four as games on their own, EMI has the most complex storyline, sure, its not as funny as teh first two, but still. Its a good game.
AS for that thing about Star WArs crap,The x-wing series is as old and as good as MI(they came out in the same year). All of thier starwars games, i think are good. However, i do agree, they are crap compared to Sam and max, or grim(best game ever). They do need to stop relying on franchises, like starwars, indiana jones, and YES Monkey Island. MAy they someday get back to making orginal games. Because, and this is something we're all forgetting, the most popular adventure game on the market, Myst, SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is the worst $%^&*() ADVENTURE GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED. as THE FLYING WELSHMEN PUT IT IN CMI, ITS PRETTY AT FIRST, BUT BORING AS HELL.
All in all, stop *****ing about the little tidbits of the games, and enjoy it.
 dustin
03-19-2001, 1:58 AM
#38
Isn't this forum supposed to be about MI5? Move your childish arguing to the MI4 forum please.
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