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er...@kmount.spamblock.globalnet.co.uk (TragedyTrousers) wrote:

>I had a quick peek at the help book for CoMI in a shop recently.
>
>It says that there was supposed to be a song at the end of the game,
>sung by the entire cast, but there wasn't enough time to record it or
>include it in the finished game.  The book then lists the lyrics.
>
>I wonder if the reason this was mentioned in the guide was because the
>programmers were cheesed off at having to release an incomplete game so
>they could make a deadline?
>
>Either way, it annoys the fancy-pants offa me.

I have read that guidebook - as well as the love song between Guybrush
and Elaine, there was a cut-scene that was left out of the final
version - something to do with Elaine saving Guybrush whilst he was on
the rollercoater.
I don't think that MI should continue like Sierra, as the quality will
slowly slip - I am not questioning LA's storytelling skill here,
they're the finest adventure game developers in the world - but any
series has to reach a high point and from then on it's downhill.
Perhaps just one more wouldn't hurt, though - Largo could return and
thaw out LeChuck on Monkey Island or something.
Now that they made Grim, though, they'll have to do MI 4 in '3D' and
that may ruin the original 'flavour' of the game. The cartoony style
might not work...

Simon Reid (si...@lreid.demon.co.uk)