Why hasn't YZ made a game about Pirates yet?

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Why hasn't YZ made a game about Pirates yet?

#1 CrazyImage

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Posted 20 July 2006 - 05:11 PM

I read Fog Juice and Articulate Jim and cant help but wonder.

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Posted 20 July 2006 - 08:08 PM

Well, there's already Monkey Island.

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Posted 20 July 2006 - 09:34 PM

so. thats like saying i dont want to make an fps because there is another one.

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Posted 21 July 2006 - 01:11 AM

QUOTE (CrazyImage @ Jul 21 2006, 02:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

so. thats like saying i dont want to make an fps because there is another one.

That simile is retarded. FPS is a genre. Piracy is a theme. And the reason why I haven't done a pirate game is because Monkey Island ensures that every fucking amateur designer from here to Azerbaijan makes or thinks about making a pirate-themed adventure game. Much as I'd love to make life easier for myself by attempting to leech off someone else's idea I have this troublesome thing called 'integrity' that foils the caper.

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Posted 21 July 2006 - 05:46 PM

you look too much into my simile to understand what I mean, and LucasArts made alot of games if you were afraid to do something and look foolish making a pirate game wouldnt be one simply because you wouldnt take the story, characters ect for your game. if this sounds jumbled i lost my train of thought half way through and tried to compensate

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Posted 22 July 2006 - 12:07 AM

Why did you put the full stop and comma in the third line? I mean, you didn't bother with any punctuation at all throughout the entire...paragraph...thing...(excluding that one lonely comma at the top). Please, if you expect people to take the time to actually read what you have to say, at least take the time to make it legible.

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Posted 22 July 2006 - 06:18 PM

You look too much into my simile to understand what I mean. LucasArts made alot of games if you were afraid to do something and look foolish making a pirate game wouldnt be one. Your not taking anything from Monkey Island therefore your not copying anything and should in no way feel foolish.

If this sounds jumbled i lost my train of thought half way through and tried to compensate.

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Posted 23 July 2006 - 03:41 AM

Yahtzee's said his piece, keep trying to persuade him otherwise and not only will you annoy the crap out of him, but you'll also ensure he hates you from here on.

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Posted 23 July 2006 - 08:34 AM

QUOTE (CrazyImage @ Jul 23 2006, 01:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If this sounds jumbled i lost my train of thought half way through and tried to compensate.

Yes, and it's somewhat of standard forum etiquette to collect your thoughts before you share 'em with us.

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Posted 23 July 2006 - 07:41 PM

As much as I love the genre, or anything related to the ocean, for that matter, the pirate theme is sort of a bad idea, since everyone will always say, "Well, it's good, but it's not Monkey Island."

I think an underwater adventure would be cool, like in a futuristic bio-sphere built at the bottom of the ocean.

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Posted 25 July 2006 - 10:36 PM

QUOTE (Yahtzee @ Jul 20 2006, 10:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Oh... like Tilbys Note wasnt a stab at Silent Hill 4.

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Posted 26 July 2006 - 03:13 AM

Ooooh... If I ever finish mining that one thread in the news desk I might consider that sentency thing up there as sig material.

And before anyone suggests a game about land piracy let me just point out the existence of GTA. And before anyone suggests sky piracy, might I remind you that about ninety percent of any sky piracy game would consist of the following:

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Posted 26 July 2006 - 07:08 AM

I dunno - a piratey game is probably out of bounds because Monkey Island is such a classic in the adventure/point 'n click field.

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Posted 26 July 2006 - 07:18 AM

Also, there have been a lot of attempts to make piratey adventure games with AGS and I can't name one that was considered unanimously great. I don't think that pirate theme would still offer so much depth in characters after Monkey Island, mostly because of the pirate stereotype itself. Most of the jokes have been blown in that series, and they just wouldn't be funny in a new pirate game.