Best Lucasarts Game

seanos

Just curious on what people think is:
1) The best lucasarts Series of games
and,
2) Their best single game
3) Favorite Character from Lucasarts games.

Personally think the best series is Monkey Island,
while best game being Monkey Island 2.
Favorite character would definitely have to be Murray The Demonic Skull.

Deadwing

Definitely Monkey Island 1
And guybrush DA MAN!!!
An honourable mention goes to Indiana jones graphic adventure too. Absolute legend

RobertFoster

I prefered Grim Fandango to Monkey Island.

User45701

There best game is SW KOTOR

Cina

Easily Grim Fandango tbh.

Giblet

Monkey Island 2

Creamy Goodness

sam and max

DRakE

Jedi Academy

Doodah7

I don't know if you are including Lucasarts published games but I am currently playing Secret Weapons over Normandy and I think it very very good. Not truly a war flight sim (thank god!) but very atmospheric and great dun to play...

Quigs Snr

I also vote for Monkey Island 1 (with honorable mention to Monkey Island 2)

i_am_dogboy

Grim fandango and glottys, especially when he's drunk

Deadwing

Originally posted by User45701
There best game is SW KOTOR

IIRC, that game was developed by bioware, only published by Lucasarts. Lucasarts havent made a good game since back in the point and click days. SW:KOTOR was class..much better than any lucasarts developed SW game ive ever played.

Mikill

Yea, the monkey island series kicks ass.
I have to say Monkey Island 2 was fairly class.
Also Grim Fandango , Glottis rules !

Deadwing

Monkey island 2 was cool i thought, but i thought the ending was really crap
Grim fandango rocked..but i never finished it!

wild_eyed

where mite i pick up versions of either full throttle, sam & max or Grim Fandango?

zAbbo

Originally posted by wild_eyed
where mite i pick up versions of either full throttle, sam & max or Grim Fandango?

Warez them, oh wait :dunno: Get your mate to warez them, no paper trail

RobertFoster

You can buy Grim in GAME on its own. I saw a pack in GAME in Newery with Grim, Sam and Max, FT and the Dig.

You could check around offline for it as it's out of stock on the GAME website.

You can get Grim, Sam and Max and Day of the Tenticle together for £26.98 (€40 before shipping) from Amazon - You can get Full Throttle on Amazon aswell for £8.99 (€13.50)

You could also try eBay.

wild_eyed

Originally posted by bazH
Warez them, oh wait :dunno: Get your mate to warez them, no paper trail

do it and then u can be my mate

u know what im talking about, heh, heh, old friend.
adios ted.

Scratch Acid

1) Monkey Island
2) Full Throttle, very short, but fun. Runner up: Day of the Tentacle
3) Ben from Full Throttle

seanos

Just note about buying full throttle [excellent game]
Apparently it's becoming rare & out of stock in some areas - becomming rare game.
http://www.mixnmojo.com/php/news/showfile.php?id=1524&category=advnews

po0k

Loom

Earthhorse

Monkey Island 1, no contest.

(And you can read why in this week's batch of Eurogamer Reader Reviews!).

Kiith

Definitly Monkey Island 1, with honourable mention to X-Wing/Tie Fighter.

also, i read in pc gamer that you could play the money island 1 sword fighting/insulting game on the net. does anyone know where the site is?

Commissar

TIE fighter all the way.

Earthhorse

Yep, it's here: www.scummbar.com/community/games/swordfighting/

Enjoy!

Len_007

All the monkey Islands were deadly. Actually, never played the 4th one. But X-Wing is my favourite

RobertFoster

Originally posted by Len_007
never played the 4th one

it was meant to be really crap.

Giblet

It's good, just gets a bit confusing in the middle.

Bosco

Day of the Tenticle followed by X-Wing/Tie fighter.

Deadwing

Monkey island 4 was cool, but as Giblet said, about halfway through, you have to learn this thing called monkey kombat. Possibly the worst pile of crap ive ever come across in a game. It completely ruined MI4. If you take MI4 on its own merits WITHOUT monkey kombat, id say it was one of the better Monkey islands, what with the starbuccanneers coffe shop and what not

Retr0gamer

Can't choose between Sam n Max, Monkey Island 2, Tie Fighter or Dark Forces.

What the hell happened to Lucas arts. They just started farming out licenses to underachievers like Raven. Hope they start getting it right like they did with KOTOR

DapperGent

Favourite series is definately X-Wing, Tie Fighter etc.
Grim Fandango is easily their best game and one of my all-time favourites.
Manny Calavera all the way.

Thrasher

Can someone explain what all the hype around KOTOR is about?

From what I have seen, it is slow, boring and tedious (yes, I know it's a role-playing game, but it really doesn't make itself particularly accessible). The plot of Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast may be simple in comparison - but the games are simply much more fun to play.

As for my vote, it'd have to be Monkey Island 2 - don't think I ever laughed as much in a game...

Big Chief

Monkey Island

Big Chief

Originally posted by Thrasher
Can someone explain what all the hype around KOTOR is about?

From what I have seen, it is slow, boring and tedious (yes, I know it's a role-playing game, but it really doesn't make itself particularly accessible). The plot of Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast may be simple in comparison - but the games are simply much more fun to play.

i didnt enjoy jedi academy nor outcast, infact i disliked them to the extent i almost snapped the disc...

KOTOR however i completed 4 times and spend god knows how many hrs playing it, far from tedious imo. Im not usually a big rpg fan but personally thought the game was great..

Kiith

Jedi academy was good, but nothing compared to KOTR. it's got a cool story, good battles and lots of sith/jedi to kill.

Dual bladed lightsabers...yes please.

axel90

Full throttle was undoubtly great I still have a copy lying around, but lets not forget games such as the dig and SW: supremacy.
Dark forces and kotor are contenders too!

seanos

Just a note on Monkey Island 4 [since was mensioned]
I bought it, as it was only MI game I didn't own - even though I was sceptical about lack of point/click interface [which I think was one major downfall].

Although, overall a good game, when not comparing with rest in series .... but when compared to 1-3, it was found lacking.

I thought Monkey Kombat was a good point of game, yes confusing etc - but brought you back to good 'ole monkey island pen & paper to jot notes days.

Swamp scene also excellent ... but overall the game just lacked the quirky humour from previous games, it wasn't as humourous, and the jokes were ... much to be desired.

For example, one of my favorite scenes in LeCheck's Revenge [2] - Use Saw with Peg Leg


The fourth one seemed to miss any such twisted humour, and although I always thought amusing how age changed ["loosing" your beard in 3rd] ... 4th was ridiculous, .... Head-B-Clear mustn't have lasting effects

Also slightly disappointed at such a short appearance from Murray [although they seemed to perfect his scenes].

Overall, I'd like to see the point/click interface brought back, and some non-politically correct humour

monument

Originally posted by wild_eyed
where mite i pick up versions of either full throttle, sam & max or Grim Fandango?

*in stock*
Full Throttle (Lucas Classics)
http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=search&adudisc=y

Originally posted by SyxPak
Loom

Where might that be found? (– working with XP and all).

Retr0gamer

Is it not abandonware?

I think it works ih the SCUMM emulator. If it does it will work in XP.

Senbotsu

Best game series; X-Wing
Best Game; KOTOR
Best Character; HK-47 (KOTOR)