Return to Monkey Island

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Played the first Monkey Island the year it was released and dozens of other point-and-click adventures since then. Ron Gilbert and Co. have played the "the ending does not matter" card in at least other four games now. But in his previous titles the story arcs lead to a sense of conclusion, even if the overall ending did not. I gave Gilbert the benefit of doubt regarding regarding the five meta-endings of Thimbleweed Park. But the doubts dissipated after listening to one of his interviews where he tells he actually never had a complete story in his mind while developing the game and that the endings were simply ad libbed. Return to Monkey Island repeats the "nothing really matters" trick. The game starts by establishing rapport and tension while keeping the audience engaged. Then Guybrush morphs into an unnecessarily cruel character that wrecks everything and everyone without any comeuppance. Yes, Guybrush screwed up dozens of things in previous MI titles, but he always owned them: the major story arcs in previous games are actually about Guybrush fixing them. Not here. Guybrush's actions are simply remorseless, incoherent and not entertaining. And the ending is simply egotistic and selfish. It is not "meta" and not "clever". If Gilbert and the rest of the team are having some sort of mid-life crisis and are unable to provide their audience a sense of closure to the stories they create, then they should invest in some therapist instead of spending time developing games. If you are immune to incoherence and disappointments then play this. Otherwise, there are plenty of rewarding point-and-click adventure out there.

I tried, but I couldn't get past the artwork - it's just actively unpleasant to look at. The story/gameplay may well be delightful, but I'll never know because just looking at this game makes me unhappy. I understand they were trying to go for something unusual to make the new game feel fresh, but it's just hideous.

**MILD SPOILERS** Much has been said about the art style, but when looking at the screenshots, please ask yourself if the style is capable of being expressive. I see stiff and flat cardboard-cutouts, and regrettably, they feel that way in-game as well -- the strong voice acting helps mitigate this to some extent. I will never understand this art choice over the pixel art of the originals or the art of the remastered editions. However, the real disappointment lies in the world-building and the story. The game leans heavily on nostalgia, and it works well enough to remain engaging to some extent. But beyond Guybrush and LeChuck, no one in this world seems to care about what's happening. They feel like relics, in a world that left them behind. What we are doing does not seem to matter. As a result, there is little to feel invested in. And what little there is comes crashing down at the end, with yet another fourth-wall-breaking Thimbleweed-Park-style ending. Even worse, the ending seems unsatisfying by design, a regrettably consistent conclusion to a game that is mocking us throughout for still caring about the franchise. I get it, nothing is real and nothing matters.

ending was wack. artystyle is weird. characters aren't consistent with their arcs from previous games also the game kept teasing insult-sword-fighting would make a comeback, but it never shows up. wth

Return to Monkey Island is the 5th instalment of the original series (excluding the “Tales of…” series). After 34 years, it brings back the point-and-click adventures of Guybrush Threepwood (GT) with Ron Gilbert as director (last time in 1991). In this game, the main character sets out to finally reveal the secret of Monkey Island (MI), an unfinished quest since part 1, which has become somewhat of a trademark of the series, reuniting with lots of characters from past instalments and going back to some of the old places in its course. After about 17 hours play time in a rather completionist style on the “hard” difficulty with more riddles, here’s my pros / cons list: Pros: + recap book to get you up to speed + mission quest logbook in form of the to do list + nice level design + reunion with lots of predecessor characters + map functionality well done + GT can run to traverse maps faster + interaction highlights help spotting possibilities to solve riddles + lots of riddles + most riddles are logical + point-and-click simplified / streamlined, straightforward, though a bit less funny due to missing variety in commands Cons: - Some trial & error riddles - Some riddles only solvable after finishing the first playthrough (e.g. freeing Wally) - Mostly boring dialogues - Rather shallow and boring story overall - Strange and awkward start of the game - Awkward quest in the beginning - Rather boring soundtrack - Lots of music recycling - Big amount of scenery recycling from part 1 and 2 - Equally big is the recycling of riddle types, because they’re very similar to part 1 - Strange visual style (the expressionistic touch is not my favourite) - Savegames limited to 9 - Missing chapter selection for replay - Overall, the game is missing innovative approaches to riddles, and gameplay - Equally missing is a progression in or new addition to the overall course of the story and character development - Lengthy, slow plot development, feels stretched - A few strange references to Star Wars just as in part 1 and 2 - Many important details missing in recap book, only MI 1 is explained a bit better - Trivia cards require knowledge of all instalments, including “Tales of…” and many can only be answered after a full playthrough - Strange, limited spawn behaviour of trivia cards somehow connected to a maximum of 4 unanswered in the book and tied to quest progress instead of all obtainable during the course of the game at specific spots - Very strange ending, recycling the end of part 2 and still keeping open what the secret of MI really is - To me the way GT is portrayed in this game as a loser or washed-up person in a mediocre job feels wrong, since he takes part in many adventures and goes against the old depiction of a haphazard, unexperienced young man aspiring to become a pirate - The whole game mainly feeds off the nostalgia of Monkey Island 1 and 2 (just as e.g. Star Wars Episode 7) Conclusion: In my view, the game is missing innovation in gameplay, conclusion of as well as progress in the story and character development and an entertaining plot. It feels to me as if the developers were missing ideas on especially those points and what direction to take with the last part of GT’s journey. They either deliberately chose to focus on player’s nostalgia or unconsciously pushed the project into this direction, later justifying it as somewhat of a general idea (mentioned in the commentary). In any case, I would recommend this instalment only to hardcore fans who like to bathe in nostalgia. Oher players who have enjoyed the series, will be disappointed about the open end and the other shortcomings I mentioned in my review. Unfortunately, in my opinion, Ron Gilbert missed a huge chance to give the famed series a worthy completion. Rating: 5/10 points

This game just feels unnecessary. It oversimplifies a formula without adding anything new to the mix, the story doesn't really offer any new perspective, character development or else, it feels that the newer, potentially interesting additions didn't have enough lines of dialogue to become memorable. There is too much fan service, this whole game seems it was made to please fans while at the same time watering down the narrative and everything else that made the series unique. Return to Monkey island does not make sense for newer players or the old fans, who is the target audience for this game? Cherry on top of badly designed cake, it feels it was rushed and cut with an hatchet as the game progresses quite abruptly to the end and what a disappointment there too but I won't spoil it.

Unfortunately it fails to create memorable and fun characters and locations. The story is an unmotivated mess that serves only to string old set pieces together. Relies on creepyness and malice for humour. Where it introduces new locations, it feels empty and uninspired. The game is full of locations that offer no gameplay or fun interactions. Completely misses out on (or delivers a sorry excuse for) insult sword fighting. Will not play again. Do not recommend to fans of 1-3.