Monday, August 16, 2010

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Review: The Secrets of Monkey Island - Special Edition (iPhone, XBLA, PSN, Steam)

I am here to write a review of a masterpiece of the golden days of the 16-bit .. is a great honor for me .. I think gamers are just not familiar with this stone cornerstone of adventure games point and click. From veteran
(ahime.. Time begins to be felt ...) I remember when I could play in its original form on the glorious Amiga. (Then was released for Amiga, Atari ST and the first PC game).


When I saw the special edition I could not resist and I took the iPhone ... what to say ... still spectacular!
The special consists of the original game is completely redesigned, with modern graphics and colorful.
also changes the user interface, now the various possible actions for objects scattered in different environments, they appear directly on the icon on the pointer, but to get access to all controls and complete inventory need to select the only two fixed icons placed on the screen. In this way the whole screen is dedicated to the environment and our Guybrush (in the original screen was divided into two parts, showing the upper and lower action with the controls to be conducted and inventory).

adventure original sound wave they had spoken with voiceovers. The music (strictly Midi) were well orchestrated .. special version has been included in the dubbing speech (in English) while keeping the subtitles (in Italian) and the music has been remixed and riorchestrate ... the result is wonderful!
last gem, iPhone can switch between the special version to the original 80's and vice versa! Amazing to see how a graphic that today would be called that, at the time was the best we could have ...

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