New Graphics VS Old Graphics = What is better?

[Blackened Halo]

I love the new artstyle, it is beautiful, but since I havent played the original version since it was released, I am afraid that new graphics make the game easier to play.

Is Monkey Island 2 really easier when played in the new style or I should rather play it in the original style?

[bliss]

The graphics style should make no difference to the difficulty. If there is any difference, as far as objects being more identifiable, I would consider it a positive, as the design intention is to have challenge in the puzzles themselves, not in pixel hunting.

The new graphics are about style and immersion. Personally, I prefer old graphics for MI:SE and new graphics for MI2:SE, because they did a better job of Guybrush character art and animation in general in MI2:SE.

[Blackened Halo]

Originally posted by amok:

The graphics style should make no difference to the difficulty. If there is in any difference, as far as objects being more identifiable, I would consider it a positive, as the design intention is to have challenge in the puzzles themselves, not in pixel hunting.

The new graphics are about style and immersion. Personally, I prefer old graphics for MI:SE and new graphics for MI2:SE, because they did a better job of Guybrush character art and animation in general in MI2:SE.

Really? So when I beat the game using the new graphics style, shouldnt feel myself like a cheater? (i wont use a function "highlight objects"

[bliss]

No you shouldn't feel like a cheater. You can switch between modes with a keystroke, so just play it how it feels best to you.

[monkeymadness]

Listen to amok, he knows what he is talking about.

I would say that even though I played the game on old graphics first, I prefer the new ones. Guybrush does look very strange in the first game, but he sort of does in the old one too! So while game play is just about the same between the old and new other than having an easier time at seeing some objects (That you should be able to find instead of wasting time mouse hunting for them), I believe you will find the modern game more comfortable to play and not so archaic. The only reason I see to play the old one is for nostalgia or if you are a purest.

[mafon2]

new graphical style is atrocious on characters, but it fixes some problems, like a window on a bar ship, which is now distinctively has no bars, while others do have. And it makes it special, easy to notice.

[Ocelote.12]

Originally posted by amok:

Personally, I prefer old graphics for MI:SE and new graphics for MI2:SE, because they did a better job of Guybrush character art and animation in general in MI2:SE.

I _hate_ character design in MI1:SE. Just plain hate. Cool colorful and detailed backdrops, very cool water ripple effects, but stupidly looking characters, especially Guybrush himself.

I used a fan-made patch to make a ScummVM talkie from the first MI remake, with old graphics but with voices, and deleted the MI1:SE completely, while keeping the resulting talkie on my HDD.

It's good that the character design was changed much in MI2:SE.

[Planetdune]

I play on old just because it is what I am used to seeying.. not saying the new ones are bad but the old + voice = best for me.. I always feel I can "imagine" more with the old pixels.. expand the world in my head..

[svenoss]

New graphic style is a bit too disney for me. At the time the graphic of monkey island were exceptionnal. It was not ment to be cartooney, it was really pushing the limit of the hardware of the time. Color display and sound processing were rather limited in beginning of 1990's

Other than that if you watch some screenshot comparison, you can see character faces, sky, moon, stars, objects and most of these elements had realistic size and proportions. Not that I don't like the remaster, but I feel it is not really in the spirit of the original game. Nonetheless the original is so good, that it is not really possible to completly mess the game's spirit.

[Planetdune]

Originally posted by Svenos Alk poulpo:

New graphic style is a bit too disney for me. At the time the graphic of monkey island were exceptionnal. It was not ment to be cartooney, it was really pushing the limit of the hardware of the time. Color display and sound processing were rather limited in beginning of 1990's

Other than that if you watch some screenshot comparison, you can see character faces, sky, moon, stars, objects and most of these elements had realistic size and proportions. Not that I don't like the remaster, but I feel it is not really in the spirit of the original game. Nonetheless the original is so good, that it is not really possible to completly mess the game's spirit.

Exactly, the remastered version looks to bland, to flat and to cartoonish. Pixels were rough, sparked your imagination and (in a weird way) more real.. but as I said, the old graphics + voice acting = great!

To bad only monkey2 allows old + voice... I hoped they would update the first to also allow it following this option in the second but they never did..

[Ocelote.12]

Originally posted by Planetdune:

To bad only monkey2 allows old + voice... I hoped they would update the first to also allow it following this option in the second but they never did..

There's a thing for MI1 called "The Secret of Monkey Island Ultimate Talkie Edition":

http://gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies/monkey1.html

It allows to play MI1 with old graphics but with the voices from the remake.