The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition

Monkey Island is, without a doubt, one of the best adventures of all time. Seriously, it's probably among the Top 5! And, personally, I like it a lot more than the second game. I do not, however, like tha graphics style of this remake but that's probably just me. I love everything else: the enhanced music and, of course, the voice acting. Thankfully, there is a way to extract the old graphics and play the game with new music and voices through ScummVM, which is much better than the awful "switch to old Monkey1"-mode that is included (but thanks to this mode it is extractable). Anyway, whether you enjoy old or new graphics, this is a game where you certainly can't go wrong. Thank you, GOG!

The Secret of Monkey Island is a classic adventure game which I highly recommend checking out if you're interested in the genre. This remastered version is overall quite good; I liked having the ability to change between the original visuals and the new, remastered graphics and although I personally didn't find the remastered visuals that good, at least they're there for people who don't like old 90's graphics. The only flaw I can think of is that the original version of the game does not have voice acting, which is a bit of a shame. Overall still a solid remaster.

The Secret Of Monkey Island is probably my favorite adventure game of all time. This special edition, while clearly with its heart in the right place, misses the mark with one oddly bad decision. The artstyle of the new graphics are downright ugly. This is in no way a dealbreaker in itself since you thankfully have the option to switch back and forth between this visual abomination and the beautiful pixelart of the original release with just the press of a button. What unfortunately is lost when you choose the preferred oldschool graphics is the voice acting. That's a big loss since these voices actually are really good and adds a lot of enjoyment to the game. This is fixed in the special edition of the sequel but is tied to what version of the graphics you choose to use in this release. That's pretty much the only problem to be found here though so if you are looking for a cool, fun and exciting adventure you won't be to disappointed by this special edition.

Monkey Island was a great game and its still great. I really liked the remake. You can switch back and forth between the old style and the new, so that's cool if you find the new stuff off-putting. Yes the control can be a little bit weird, but so where the originals, and it did not detract from the overall experience. I played through it with my kids and the whole family had a great time and the updated graphics, awesome voice acting, and new hints system all helped make the experience better and more accessible for my young brood. Its the second greatest adventure game I've ever played!

First of all I have to say I bought this game despite all the one star warnings, and I was pleasently surprised. I found it to be not bad at all. I do agree that new version could have made the effort to make voice work for the older version, and that the action menu in the new version is a little hazzle (although it's easy to memorize and get the hang of the quickperform action keys as you go along) To me the new graphics is allright. With these newer graphics all characters have a more concrete look, and so it takes away the imagination you had to apply to the blurry graphics in the original version. In this new version Guybrush looks like a total dork to me. A nobody that tries to rise and prosper. That works for me. I always felt that Guybrush was like that, the way the other characters in the game talked to him. Always getting his name wrong, saying things like he looked more like a flooring inspector than a pirate etc. I'm not saying I liked all the new praphics, there are some elements that disagree with me, but others that are good and outbalances the overall experience. The best thing I liked about the new version was the spoken dialogue. It's really good quality and sounds like professional artists that do the voiceover. I find the important looking pirates telling jokes and laughing particulary funny. "Don't forget! X Marks the spot! Har! Har! Har!" If you can live with the new graphics and don't get dissapointed that there is no voice for the old version I would check it out.