Return to Monkey Island (PC) - Part 2

This week on Super Adventures, I'm writing a little more about Return to Monkey Island, which is an island I'm not 100% hyped about returning to. Don't get me wrong, I've got a lot of affection toward the Monkey Island games, but Monkey Island itself has never been the highlight of any of them. Plus I doubt I'd find any friendly faces there. I can't remember Guybrush antagonising anyone in particular, but I know what he's like.

I got started with Part I back in Part 1, so now in Part 2 I'm going to see if I can reach Part II. That's as far as I'll be going, I won't be playing through the second chapter. But I feel like I need to at least finish the first chapter to have a proper understanding of how the game is going to play.

That means there will be SPOILERS here for the whole of Part I... which could be a third of the entire game. I won't be giving away anything that happens beyond that point however, especially not the controversial ending, as I have no idea what it is.

Return to Monkey Island (PC) - Part 1

Developer:

Terrible Toybox

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Release Date:

2022

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Systems:

Win, macOS, Linux, PS5, Series X|S, Switch, iOS, Android

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Hey they've returned to the original logo again, without the swirly 'O' and fancy 'A'. I kind of liked the new logo to be honest, but this is good too.

This week on Super Adventures, it's a Monkey Island game I've never played! I haven't even seen it being played and I've managed to dodge all the spoilers too. I get the impression that people who have played it generally like it... most of it, but even that I'm not sure about.

One thing I do know is that it's the sixth game in a critically-acclaimed, beloved and long-running adventure game series, following on from The Secret of..., LeChuck's Revenge, Curse of..., Escape from... and Tales of Monkey Island (they didn't quite have the naming scheme nailed down until the third game). I wrote about the other MI games in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019, so really I should've had this published in 2021 to keep the pattern going. In my defence, the game was still a year from being finished at the time. This is practically brand new!

Okay, I should warn you that there will be SPOILERS here for the earlier Monkey Island games and the first hour or two of this one. And this a game all about puzzles and conversations, so I'll be ruining the story and the gameplay for you this time. I don't want to sound like I'm trying to talk you out of reading, just be aware of what you're getting into.