Return to Monkey Island

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  • Summary: Announcing Return to Monkey Island, the long-awaited follow-up to the legendary Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge by Ron Gilbert's Terrible Toybox in collaboration with Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm Games, coming 2022.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. GamingBolt
    Sep 23, 2022
    90
    Return to Monkey Island is well worth the wait. This is a quest for booty you don't want to miss.
  2. TheSixthAxis
    Sep 29, 2022
    90
    With all the wit and charm that you would expect from Gilbert and Grossman's writing, Return to Monkey Island is a decades-long reverie made reality and absolutely essential for fans of the series.
  3. Shindig
    Nov 8, 2022
    90
    Revisiting the franchise; the characters, the story-telling, the puzzles, and the humour, filled me with child-like glee upon returning to one of my favourite video game franchises of all time. However, the unexpected turn in the final hour, reflecting on nostalgia and appreciating the journey, not the destination, allowed me to really appreciate Return to Monkey Island growing up with me. In this sense, it allowed me to retroactively appreciate the precursor games more, and the third instalment elevated the franchise to quite possibly my all-time favourite franchise. For first time fans, enjoy the swash-buckling adventure for what it is: a game filled with puzzles, humour, and most of all, fun. For longtime fans, I really hope you will enjoy the walk down memory lane, but find the game growing up as we all have.
  4. Vgames
    Sep 26, 2022
    85
    Return to Monkey Island is a triumph in almost every aspect, yeah sure - the backtracking dating to the quests of old is still pervasive and annoying, but the game has charm, excellent writing and fantastic voice acting that push it forward and make is a joy to play.
  5. Switch Player
    Nov 1, 2022
    80
    Return to Monkey Island feels like a greatest hits of Monkey Islands past. The overwhelming sense of familiarity is both a blessing and a curse, but ultimately if you’re a series fan, you’re going to enjoy swashbuckling with Guybrush once again.
  6. GamersRD
    Sep 26, 2022
    80
    Return to Monkey Island is a love letter to fans of the franchise. The game makes us enjoy fun situations and at the same time makes us solve puzzles without any hint. The style is a bit different and many fans of the game will not like it at the beginning but it deserves the opportunity.
  7. GAMES.CH
    Sep 19, 2022
    75
    Return to Monkey Island is no high flyer, but a good classical adventure game, far away from disappointment. Essentially it is fan service pure. That's a huge benefit for lovers of Guybrush's adventures, but series beginners don't really profit from the mass of allusions in any area. The great puzzle design or the top voice-over do not change anything about that.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 25
  3. Negative: 4 out of 25
  1. Pixelfreund
    Sep 20, 2022
    10
    Return to Monkey Island perfectly captures the atmosphere, soundtrack and humor of the old games, and elevates the technical aspect to modernReturn to Monkey Island perfectly captures the atmosphere, soundtrack and humor of the old games, and elevates the technical aspect to modern times. Sure, the graphic style is definitely a matter of taste, but it just works great at what it does. Thanks for bringing the series back after all these years!… Expand
  2. foobarbazquz
    Nov 5, 2022
    10
    Very nice game. Fantastic writing. Some nice innovations in story telling for games. Earlier, I’ve played some first ones in the series.
  4. bottishg
    Sep 21, 2022
    10
    This game is fantastic and brings back that beloved Monkey Island Spirit from back in the days. It looks fantastic, has a great sound andThis game is fantastic and brings back that beloved Monkey Island Spirit from back in the days. It looks fantastic, has a great sound and atmosphere, the voice-acting with many of the former actors is as perfect than the story and the puzzle-design. What a great job from the LA veterans like Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman, David Fox, Michael Land and many more ... thx a lot for this new gem in the Monkey Island History!

    And yes, the grafic style for sure is a matter of taste! For me it`s the perfect hommage on the old pixel art with a modern touch. If you don`t like it, no problem ... but if you give this game 0 Points because of that i cannot take you serious, sorry!    … Expand
  5. MikeJack
    Sep 24, 2022
    9
    A great comeback of a classic series! Funny, cleaver and playable! I was awaiting game like that for a long time
  6. Gumdrop
    Sep 20, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I grew up playing LucasArts point-and-click. My childhood is full of fond memories of Space Quest, Maniac Mansion, Police Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Loom and, of course, Monkey Island. I've played all of them. Monkey Island is easily one of my favourites.

    First, the much discussed art style. You're either going to love it or hate it. Personally, I love it. It's refreshing and fun. I really don't get why people are so bothered by it. It feels like a modern evolution of the original art style.
    The story is also a lot of fun. I enjoyed the whole flashback thing.

    There's plenty of nostalgic throwback here. It's great to go back to Monkey Island and see the locations and characters I so fondly remember. There's plenty of funny in the game. It's the same Monkey Island humour I remember.
    I would have liked it if the puzzles were a little harder. There's still plenty fun to be had running around and figuring it out. But then I'm not sure if they're easier than I expected or if I found them easier because I've played so many of them.

    I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of hate directed at this game. But that's just because some people cling so tightly to their fandoms that any deviation must be loathed. Most of those negatives will come from people who have only seen the trailers and gameplay videos. The rest will come from those who go into the game, determined to dislike it.

    As another review says. It's not the 90s. Things change. They've managed to update a classic game, make it feel updated but still hold onto the nostalgia. It really is the essence of Monkey Island. It's the best of 90s point-and-click for 2022. So ignore the haters who will judge the game without playing it. Ignore those who can't accept change.    … Expand
  7. Under8tedX
    Sep 22, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow what a great Monkey Island game this is.. Great story, great art style (don't know why people are complaining about the art style), but this art style in my opinion is brilliant. Is funny and charming and in my opinion is in the top 3 monkey island games. The only downside i see on it, at least for this version, is that its not on keyboard and mouse. But its the only way i can play it and not complaining. So yeh thumbs up from me. Another thing i should add is, they should have had a physical copy with a booklet or something.… Expand
  8. ThreepwoodMac
    Sep 21, 2022
    0
    It is so sad to see my beloved Monkey Island become a mobile game. The art style is so bad it's unbelievable... what were they thinking?It is so sad to see my beloved Monkey Island become a mobile game. The art style is so bad it's unbelievable... what were they thinking? Cheap, lazy flash animation and horrible art direction... This is a disgrace.… Expand

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