Comments on: Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:18:11 +0000

Grog, I fail to make the connection between what Dan said and him being an internet n00b, but seriously, what’s your deal? Dan freely admits he’s new to the genre, so you can’t question him on the idea that he’s pretending to be an expert since he’s not.

Your issue seems to be that the content of his review doesn’t add up to how you felt the game should have been reviewed. If he were writing the game from your point of view, then sure, that might make sense. But Dan wrote it from his point of view, and the relative ease you found in playing this game wouldn’t apply. Don’t forget that you’re, presuming by the condescending nature of your post, a veteran of this style of game. Again, Dan’s new, so he might not have the same skill set to fall back upon that you do.

Writing about video games because you love them doesn’t automatically require a person to be an expert on every genre. If Dan were feigning knowledge about things, then I could see your gripes. However, he has openly admited that he has freshly discovered this style of games and is writing it from that point of view. Your apparent disapproval of Telltale failing to deliver on their “promise” does not allow you the space to attack an honest critique of a game just because you disagree with it.

But if anything, you should be glad he’s taken such a liking to this style of game. I would think for you fans, the more people that find interest in this long-dying genre the better. Let them get hooked with the easy ones, then the developers can cut loose when the n00bs have matured some. Then EVERYONE can be happy.

By: grog

grog — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:54:34 +0000

Dan: Epic fail. Clearly, you are a newbie when it comes to the internet as well. It’s amazing how folks can spend years, even decades on this medium and still be clueless about where they are and what it’s all about.

By: Steve Lefebvre

Steve Lefebvre — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:24:18 +0000

Thanks for this excellent review.
I always enjoy Telltale’s games thoroughly and this one was no exception.
In response to your… response to Grog, where I live, movies cost between $7 and $9, but I can’t remember the last movie that entertained me as much as this game and in addition, my wife can play the game at no extra cost (movie theaters don’t let you do that yet).

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:36:44 +0000

Well, there were some parts that I certainly had to think about for a while, so it might be that I’m an idiot and you’re not.

However, let’s agree that this is an interactive movie (it’s not, but for the sake of the rest of this paragraph I’ll play along). You’re complaining about $7 for three hours of entertainment? I don’t know where you live, but 90 minute movies cost me $10 around here, and I didn’t think most were as enjoyable as Spinner Cay.

I’m a newcomer to the adventure scene, though, and I gather that there’s a club that my ilk aren’t allowed in, so maybe you’re discussing this more eruditely there, over snifters of cognac while scoffing at us hoi polloi.

By: grog

grog — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:12:02 +0000

How could it have taken you “quite a while” to get through this game? There weren’t any actual puzzles, were there? It was more like a slightly interactive movie. All the player is challenged with in this game is which dialog choice do I make? I tried to stretch the experience by choosing EVERY dialog option (some of them three times) and the entire experience lasted 178 minutes (slightly less than 3 hours). Hardly worth the $7 (split from a total of $35).

I have to ask: When is Telltale going to make an adventure game? They keep promising but they haven’t delivered yet.