In the meantime, I’ve had a good think about the situation involving which version of Maniac Mansion I played through, and how that might have affected my rating of the game. For anyone unaware of the discussion, I played through the enhanced edition of the game which was released a short while after the original (around a year later). The enhanced edition has much better graphics than the original, but is otherwise exactly the same. A few people have commented that playing the enhanced edition would have skewed my rating, particularly the score I attributed to the Sound and Graphics category.
Monday 27 February 2012
Quick Update and Final Rating for Maniac Mansion
In the meantime, I’ve had a good think about the situation involving which version of Maniac Mansion I played through, and how that might have affected my rating of the game. For anyone unaware of the discussion, I played through the enhanced edition of the game which was released a short while after the original (around a year later). The enhanced edition has much better graphics than the original, but is otherwise exactly the same. A few people have commented that playing the enhanced edition would have skewed my rating, particularly the score I attributed to the Sound and Graphics category.
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ReplyDeleteNice to see you responding to your fans like that. What I'd do in future is play the original, then when you hit the enhanced do it again with totally different characters and get another ending. Where such multiple totally different solutions exist anyway.
Just my $0.02CND.
Great idea Canageek and I think I'll do that whenever an enhanced edition justifies a replay. If it's only minor stability tweaks, then it won't be interesting reading, even if the game does have multiple solutions.
ReplyDeleteI was going to make some smart comment about the value of your $0.02CND when exchanged to Australian dollars, but it turns out it rounds up to $0.02AUD, which doesn't give me much room for humour.
Would you consider the Sierra remakes as having enough new to justify a replay?
DeleteYes. I intend to play the remakes.
DeleteWell, having gone through the game once, you shouldn't have a problem getting through it rather quickly.
ReplyDeleteYou should play the NES version of Maniac Mansion when 1990 rolls around. There's a couple reasons I think this would be worthwhile. First of all, the graphics are completely different from the other versions, not just enhanced but a totally different style. Second, it has a LOT more music, done by The Fat Man, and all of it is fantastic. Third, there's a lot of changes that were made due to Nintendo's censorship policies, and it's interesting to see what got cut out and what stayed in, though it's the most unfortunate part of otherwise the best version of Maniac Mansion.
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DeleteThere are also some small, but significant changes to the interface, such as the "What Is" verb being integrated into the cursor.
DeleteI used to play this on the NES. I could never beat it, though I enjoyed playing it. The SCUMM interface works really well, and all of these LucasArts games have a really endearing, quirky sense of humor. No surprise to see this one get such a high PISSED rating.
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