Quoting: TheSHEEEP

Quoting: stylonDon't know what was said specifically so I'm not defending anyone but surely he must have expected the change in style to be controversial?

I think this is the problem.
Some people move only within their very limited bubbles, especially in the games industry. And those bubbles then have extremely limited diversity (of opinion).
I can 100% imagine someone like Gilbert being mostly surrounded with yes-men and even if someone didn't like that art style, they most likely shut up about it as to not interrupt the positivity.

And then being shocked that actually his bubble didn't represent the real world accurately.

It's still blown out of proportion, though.
I won't play the game due to hating that art style, as will a lot of others I imagine. It simply was not a good choice and they will lose customers over it.
But the game will likely do well, regardless - it's a Monkey Island, after all.

My first reaction to the trailer was: Wow, this is awesome. Everything is perfect. I'm so looking forward to the game.

Then I became aware of the criticisms. I think it is sad to see so many people say they find the art style off-putting and that they won't play the game. I feel that the game designers nailed it. They did something new that still has the monkey island feeling to it.

It's one thing to say that the art style doesn't appeal to you, and another to claim the people in the team didn't feel safe giving their opinions on where it was going.

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I'm looking forward to this. I really don't mind the art style at all. I think it is an appropriate way to modernize the style of the first two games.

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I loved LBA2 as a child. Progressing in the game was always an achievement and I got very passionate about it when it happened. We named a real rabbit Twinsen because of my passion for the game. I also enacted a scene from the game at school one time and my mother sewed me a tunic. I don't think I gave the audience enough context prior to the enactment so it was probably just some kids enacting a weird scene on a stage. I believe I was 7 or 8 at the time.

Spoiler, click me

The scene at the moon where Twinsen joined up with Baldino and learn about island CX

Sadly, I didn't get the chance to play LBA1 until much later. I don't remember if I was a teenager or an adult, but it was so much later that I didn't get the same nostalgic feeling for it. I still think the first game is great. Probably better story-wise, but I like the game engine, and the look and feel of lba2 better.

A new LBA game would be a buy for sure. Would be interesting to see if they manage to do it in a good way.

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I have bought some Ethereum to buy some NFTs in a few games. I think the NFT aspect of it has the potential to be better than other ways of doing in-game purchases, but if a company isn't trustworthy then using NFTs won't help.

My main complaint about buying cheap NFTs is the relatively large Ethereum gas fees associated with them. My NFT games have migrated to side-chains without gas fees, but this introduces new challenges as the side-chains haven't gone through the same examination by researchers as the largest cryptocurrencies have. Etherum is well-known and respected, but the side chains are probably more comparable with the smaller cryptocurrencies.

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I have the first five party packs, and drawful 2/quiplash standalone and they are quite fun. Drawful 2 is probably my favourite. I don't know if I want to buy the bundle to complete my collection though.

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The kickstarter links to a demo on itch now. Downloads for windows and Linux that were uploaded about an hour ago.

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I wonder what the gameplay would be like. I am very opposed to the idea of treating education like an assembly line, but maybe the humourous touch could make it work. With that being said, I don't think psychiatry is an assembly line either, and I tolerated that in both theme hospital and two-point hospital.

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I didn't try psychonauts until the linux port in 2012, but it was a great game, and I have faith psychonauts 2 will be awesome as well.

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The HD mod [External Link] for heroes 3 is great on windows so I don't think non-linux users have the same incentive to work on vcmi. I believe it should work in wine, but haven't tried for a while.

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I've had some luck playing locomotion in wine in the past. It is fun for a little while, but it isn't something I wanted to keep playing for a long time.

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