...the GOG version has some issues. There are various problems with music throughout the five episodes and sometimes certain cutscenes don't play at all! E.g. Episode 3 skips one of the cutscenes from the intro sequence (the first one inside the giant manatee). I hope this can be patched somehow. On the plus side, this version includes LeChuck's re-recorded dialogue in Episode 1 which means we can enjoy more of that Earl Boen goodness. Currently the best way to play this game is using the GOG ver. for the Episode 1 prologue and then switching to the Steam ver. for the rest of the game. Bummer.
The game is not a follow-up to Tales. In fact, it contradicts things from Escape & Tales, probably even Curse. The game is also not the fabled Monkey Island 3a, the follow-up to MI2 that ignores later games in order to fulfil Ron Gilbert's "true vision." It's an odd, little thing that seems to primarily focus on subversion and deconstruction of Monkey Island tropes. While also relying on nostalgia more than any other game in the series. In that sense, I think there's not much value to this particular game compared to all the previous instalments. For the lack of a better word, it feels... petty. Curse, Escape & Tales respected what came before and worked within the pre-established continuity. They were not perfect but neither were the first 2 games. Return... does not respect what came before. At face value it might appear that it does - after all, every game is mentioned in the scrapbook. But no. The game fails to be Monkey Island 6, it fails to be Monkey Island 3a, it fails to be anything at all, really. It's just a big "take that" from Ron Gilbert.
Deponia: The Complete Journey is a version of the first three Deponia games that adds developer commentary and a chapter select map with all 13 chapters. This is not that version. This is just a plain, boring game bundle. Doesn't really have a reason to exist when The Complete Journey is available elsewhere.
