Posted on: December 23, 2022
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Bittersweet game
For background, I love most classic Lucasarts and Sierra adventure games (I grew up with them) so I got very excited when I heard of Return to Monkey Island. After finishing the game, I'm happy and sad and somewhat disappointed at the same time. The story kept me playing, the dialogue is funny and the puzzles are pretty decent, if a tad on the easy side. I wish the game used a more classic UI - if not the old Lucasarts 9 verb UI, then maybe the simpler Sierra UI. The art style is an acquired taste - it's good but I never got used to how Guybrush looks. I really wish the art style was closer to either LeChuck's Revenge or Curse of Monkey Island. The trivia section is cool and the scrapbook is great but I don't think the ending will make sense to anyone who didn't grow up with these games. (In my twenties I probably would've called the ending stupid and awful but now I understand why it is the way it is.) I feel like the 1-star reviews don't consider how hard it is to come up with a story for a sequel that has to live up to that magical feeling that the first 3 games in the series were. I think Ron Gilbert did well on this one - while the ending is slightly disappointing, because it's so final, it's also charming. I kept changing my mind about giving 4 or 5 stars - I decided to give 5: the game is entertaining and I recommend it but I'm not sure it's really for new players. Make sure you play at least the first 3 games in the series before you start this one.
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