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Monkey Island – Insult Swordfighting Game

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Re: Monkey Island – Insult Swordfighting Game

#31

Post by zorbo »

LTheobald wrote: post #22

Doesn't quite work for me. The answers aren't right - they never change. So whatever insult I have, I get the response for the dairy farmer & shish kebab one followed by ones like "I am rubber, you are glue". I don't see the right one to choose

If I remember correctly, you're always allowed to start the first insult. Pick an insult you don't know the answer to. Hopefully your opponent knows the correct response. If he does, you learn a new response to an insult. If he doesn't, you win that round. That means you will advance a bit, and the enemy retreats a bit. If you win enough rounds (insult - retort), you win the fight. Win enough fights and you get to play against the sword-master, who knows all the insults and reponses.

Re: Monkey Island – Insult Swordfighting Game

#33

Post by kabouseng »

rantanplan wrote: post #18
pcthrowaway wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know anything more than that he was involved with writing the insults in MI1 and had some involvement in several other LucasArts games including the Dig, which I never played.

Ah The Dig. Such a nice premise, but a very disapointing execution.

Why do you say that, I quite enjoyed it, way way back... :D

Re: Monkey Island – Insult Swordfighting Game

#34

Post by rantanplan »

kabouseng wrote: post #33
rantanplan wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah The Dig. Such a nice premise, but a very disapointing execution.

Why do you say that, I quite enjoyed it, way way back... :D

Well I do have fond memories of it, I just try to forget the awkward parts. Especially the weird [dinosaur|dragon|bird]-like higher beings that you manage to wake up. They had a nice sci-fi premise and ruined it with some fairy tale mumbo-jumbo.

I do remember though that it had, some harder than usual(for a Lucas Arts game) puzzles, that I really enjoyed.

Re: Monkey Island – Insult Swordfighting Game

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Post by bkmn »

alxuseche wrote: post #32

This is my favorite game ever! This is one of the best parts of Monkey Island of course, so I thank whoever created and shared this. I just wish they brought back "The Curse of Monkey Island" for iPhone and iPad some day..

I guess you already know it, but at least The Secret of Monkey Island is already on iOS (https://itunes.apple.com/se/app/secret-monkey-island-special...). I'm pretty certain there are emulators if you're jailbroken though...

Re: Monkey Island – Insult Swordfighting Game

#37

Post by unidan »

Redditor here. As a gamer, intellectual and moderator of r/games, I think this project has a lot of potential. The user interface could have been a tad better and the graphics seem to be outdated (call of duty has much better graphics).

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Re: Monkey Island – Insult Swordfighting Game

#38

Post by LTheobald »

zorbo wrote: post #31
LTheobald wrote: post #22

Doesn't quite work for me. The answers aren't right - they never change. So whatever insult I have, I get the response for the dairy farmer & shish kebab one followed by ones like "I am rubber, you are glue". I don't see the right one to choose

If I remember correctly, you're always allowed to start the first insult. Pick an insult you don't know the answer to. Hopefully your opponent knows the correct response. If he does, you learn a new response to an insult. If he doesn't, you win that round. That means you will advance a bit, and the enemy retreats a bit. If you win enough rounds (insult - retort), you win the fight. Win enough fights and you get to pl…

That's how I remember it too. But it doesn't seem to be learning any new ones... Let me try again.
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