Posted on: December 7, 2023
St_Eddie
Games: 386 Reviews: 4
The worst entry in the series, by far
REVIEW: PART 1 - I came away from this game thinking "Be careful what you wish for". For 3 decades, Ron Gilbert had talked about how he had a vision for a third game in the series and how there was a Secret to be discovered, that nobody had ever guessed the answer to. Turns out that Gilbert had absolutely no vision, as the entire game is disjointed and slapdash. As for the "Secret"; it's literally the same secret that was revealed at the end of Monkey Island 2. As for the game itself... POSITIVES: * The voice acting is generally very good throughout (although the new voice actor for LeChuck is very poor and sounds more like Mr. Krabs from Spongebob Squarepants, than he does a fearsome pirate). * The soundtrack is... fine. It's not up to snuff with the previous games' soundtracks, but it's fine. Only 1, maybe 2, memorable tracks throughout the entire game though. ------------------------------------------------------- NEGATIVES: * A hideous, cheap looking art style which resembles a naff flash game for iOS (right down to skeletal rigged animation). * Terrible puzzle design, which is insultingly easy, even on "hard" mode. Also, the puzzles are creatively bankrupt and tediously repetitive. I mean, how many puzzles were solved by using your dagger on an object or looking up a safe's code?! * Dreadful story which goes absolutely nowhere. You'll have forgotten most of it within a day or two of finishing the game (and because the game is so easy, that'll be the day you purchased it, most likely). * Eye rolling 'member berries throughout the game. There's even an entire museum devoted to Guybrush's past adventures. If you're one of those people who thinks that Ready Player One is a great movie because you recognised things in it, then maybe you'll get a kick out of this game. I certainly didn't though.
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