TALES OF - Return to Monkey Island (Steam) - Livestream: Part 1
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Return to Monkey Island is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Terrible Toybox and published by Devolver Digital. The sixth Monkey Island game, it was released on September 19, 2022 on macOS, Nintendo Switch, and Windows. It is the first Monkey Island game by the series' creator, Ron Gilbert, since Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991).
Gilbert worked on the first two Monkey Island games before leaving the development company, LucasArts, in 1992. Further installments were developed by LucasArts and Telltale Games without him. The Walt Disney Company acquired the rights to Monkey Island when it purchased Lucasfilm in 2012; in 2019, Gilbert negotiated to create a new Monkey Island with the designer Dave Grossman, who had worked on the first two games. Gilbert announced Return to Monkey Island on April 1, 2022.
While the plot of Return to Monkey Island begins "right at the end" of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, the games following Monkey Island 2 remain canonical. Dominic Armato reprised his role as the protagonist, Guybrush Threepwood. The game received positive reviews from critics.
Return to Monkey Island is a 2D point-and-click adventure game. The objective is to move the story forward by solving narrative-based puzzles. This can be done by exploring locations, talking to non-player characters to acquire information, collecting items and using them at the right time. The player controls the pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who sails the seas and visits islands.
The user interface is different from previous 2D Monkey Island games. Tooltips over screen hotspots guide the player's actions: when the cursor is moved over an interactive zone of the scene, a brief phrase pops up, suggesting what action Guybrush would take if clicked. The inventory uses a drag and drop interface to easily use and combine items and the interface has been designed to work with controllers or mice.
The game includes an integrated hint system designed to discourage players from looking for a walkthrough on the web. The hint system is designed to make sense "in the fantasy" of the game. The game also includes a simplified mode called "casual mode" for people who haven't played adventure games before or in a while.
In May 2022, after the first teaser video and a few screenshots of Return to Monkey Island were released, the art style drew criticism from fans online. Gilbert wrote a post on his blog explaining why the style was chosen and expressing his disappointment in the response.
On June 28, 2022, a gameplay trailer was released as part of a Nintendo Direct event. This reignited the backlash, leading some people to insult and harass Gilbert on social media and his blog. As a result, Gilbert closed down the comments in the blog and said that he would not talk further about Return to Monkey Island. Several game developers called out the abusive behavior from users and supported Gilbert and his team, including Cory Barlog of Santa Monica Studio and Neil Druckmann of Naughty Dog.
Return to Monkey Island received "generally favorable reviews" from critics according to review aggregator Metacritic, the PC version garnering a rating of 88 out of a possible 100, based on 26 critics, and the Nintendo Switch version getting a rating of 83 out of a possible 100, based on 10 critics.
Wikipedia contributors. Return to Monkey Island. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. September 23, 2022, 19:05 UTC. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Return_to_Monkey_Island&oldid=1111930966.