Posted by Sqorgar on Jan 30, 2008 twenty to three pm
I didn't realize that Maniac Mansion was so... unloved... by contemporary audiences. Half the second page is the authors defending how old and antiquated the game is. It's like, well, the game is kinda crappy, but without it we wouldn't have (cue singing angels) Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, and Sam & Max (end angels) - not that I dislike those games, far from it, but that era of LucasArts games should not be worshipped to the detriment of other deserving games.
Maniac Mansion old? Bah, says I. Ain't nothing flawed about this masterpiece, says I. Still playable, says I. I am extremely biased (Maniac Mansion was my first) but I still think it is better than Day of the Tentacle.
Anyway, looking forward to future articles in the series. Zak McKracken is next. I wonder if they are going to do Club Caribe... (I still remember wandering around in the woods hoping that the witch Tabitha would turn me into a green tentacle - God, I'm old).
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Posted by Sqorgar on Jan 30, 2008 twenty to three pm
Maniac Mansion old? Bah, says I. Ain't nothing flawed about this masterpiece, says I. Still playable, says I. I am extremely biased (Maniac Mansion was my first) but I still think it is better than Day of the Tentacle.
Anyway, looking forward to future articles in the series. Zak McKracken is next. I wonder if they are going to do Club Caribe... (I still remember wandering around in the woods hoping that the witch Tabitha would turn me into a green tentacle - God, I'm old).