I think the jokes were bland (what jokes) and the puzzles were stale and unsurprising rehashes from previous games. I don't feel like there was any inspirtation or creative thought put into the dialogue. It's a tired, uninspired, rush job and certainly didn't progress the genre or push any boundaries. Very disappointing how creators lose their pizzaz as they get old.

Any ending would had been impossible to write really, and if i'm 100% honest i can't think of one that would had been satisfying for me. I think Gillbert saw/knew this and wanted get that point across in the ending, along with the general sentiment of "its not where you go, it's how you get there". The problem is it was just very poorly executed, leaving you feeling empty... but hey, at least it made you feel something i guess, and thats what good art is meant to do.

I'm halfway through my second play through. Its a good game, though with a steep learning curve that makes the first half of a first playthrough quite difficult. I will say that much of the core gameplay feels like a strategy game, more like chess then an traditional RPG like D&D (though to be fair no videogame could be like D&D, not even the ones based on D&D, the difference between video- and tabletop gaming is just too great).

Best Witcher game.

Thanks , i am from bg3 and looking for games that similar .. disappointed with WH40 Rogue Trader and Solasta and tis review compels me to get dos 1 n 2

If you had played and completed MI2, knowing its ending you would be prepared for the ending of this game. This is the conclusion of a trilogy. MI1, MI2 and this. The other games were not made by the original game creator, whereas this one was. You really need to have played through the first 2 games to appreciate the ending. It concludes a mystery that was given to us at the end of MI2. We had to wait over 30 years to get the answer. This is probably why you dont like the ending. You didnt finish MI2 and have the question burning in your mind for 30 years. For the ppl who did play MI2 to the end, its a great relief to know what was half suggested all those years ago.

It looks bloody beautiful but for someone who loves gameplay and combat it was incredibly dull and boring to constantly lose control of my character and play through very very basic linear 'throw rock distract guard walk past' mechanics..... not for me. Gorgeous looking though.

I was expecting it with trepidation, but it has greatly disappointed me, sadly...

puzzles are the same in the 2nd game, it just throws them at you and does not tell you how to solve them. KZbin is a prerequisite before buying any Larian game at this point.

Great review! Would love to see a review from you of the second one!!!

the only bad thing i can say about this game its the utterly stupid persuasion minigame rock paper scissor, totally out of place and infuriating to the point that i just always save scum it; even larian realized it since they (thank god) scrapped it in dos 2 and bg 3.Other than that, a masterpiece.

It's one of those games I play when I just want to relax. Deliver us Mars is a nice follow-up but I still prefer DutM. Oh and just a tip for a comparibly relax, yet different game set in space where you don't have to compete for anything, no timed challenges, just solving a mystery at your own pace in a space station; give Tacoma a try, you'll probably like it if you like Dutm.

too clunky ... but cheap now.... but i bought kingdome come deliverance for £2.50 better deal

Every negative review I see convinces more that just a small amount of players ever touched the scrapbook, the game tells you at beginning and end to check it out and fills you in on a ton of stuff, and more importantly THE LETTER. Omg either reading comprehension is lacking or people straight up did not read it (despite the game pointing you towards it), sure the ending is a whiplash to all of the game but that was the intention and the point from the very beginning this game in particular is more of an author's game than it leeds on. Just try looking at the game with more of it's metanarrative in mind (or watch someone talk about it) because man this is a game that talks so much about art and stories we to each other

I'm tired of these "still worth playing" videos! Don't any of you have any originality at all? More importantly, any game is still worth playing if you enjoy it.

Take 2 levels in crafting and scientist, mock the first dead corpse for trusting statues to be materialistic (+1 crafting), and buy one item with +1 crafting (should easily find one from almost any npc selling bracers). Then combine magic needle and thread and collect every cloth scrap you can find. Combine leather/cloth scraps with magic needle and thread to make magical homemade chest armors that sell for several hundred gold even at level one. You can also take one point in bartering, and be egotistical for 2 easy bartering. Also can be found on etc boots. Donate homemade crap and stolen art to the traders in cyseal until you get the prime prices. Now make magic pot and quill and buy every magic scroll you find to create master level scrolls before first exiting cyseal. 4 crafting ensures master level while crafting 5 s a gamble: may get novice but enables the most powerful master scrolls. In essence, you can get a few hail strike scrolls and meteor strike scrolls to quickly delete any group of enemies. Vendors will replenish random scrolls so you will never run out. Also, your crafted wands will have cool spells. So just cheat you way through cyseal and then you can respec and create a crafting mule out of wulgruff or something

It looks insufferably woke. Won't buy.

I agree, but there are really so much references about monkey island 3 and 5 !

I agree.

The way they drew Guybrush's nose makes me aggravated, agitated, and infuriated.

Cyseal philters me out of this game every time without fail. It's my kryptonite town and maybe my least favorite RPG starting area period. "SLIVER ME EELS,SLIVER ME EELS SLIVER ME EELS" Shut up!!!

You and me,it was a long wait. But the game it's epic 5⭐

The ending says "the ending is not important". So if you believe in the adventures of Guybrush Threepwood then they are true. If you dont then dont. However i would never play this game because i despise typical modern art style.

People complaining about Ron Gilbert's endings sound like people complaining when David Lynch doesn't explain plainly what he means.

I was sooooo sure i knew what was in the box infact im positive I know what it is lol.

I played it for the first time last week and absolutely love the art style as well as the ending. I remember I was on the fence when I first saw the trailer, and I held off on playing until I finally bought my PS5. Enjoyed it so much that I watched some interviews with Ron Gilbert. That, as well as the letter that's added to the scrapbook in the game's menu, gave me a lot more context. This is what Ron Gilbert wanted since the first game, and replaying Monkey Island 1 and 2 after Return, I picked up on a lot of hints I didn't notice back in the 90s. Sorry for everyone that doesn't like it. But after both playing Return and replaying Monkey 1 and 2, Return has probably become my favorite. I'm not really familiar with Curse and beyond. Is there any way to speed up Guybrush' walk speed in Curse?

Having played all the Monkey Island games & being a huge fan, the ending of this game not only feels like the ultimate insult to the entire lore; it feels as if it’s Ron’s way of revenging-ridiculing and insulting the gamers and the creators of all the MI games after MI2 and made them all obsolete. At least this is what the ending implied, which is extremely disappointing and shows a real lack of respect to the MI franchise and lack of empathy to the fandom. Ron did the same style of ending for Thimbleweed Park so maybe it’s just “his style”.. but to do that to such a well-developed & rich story as MI, this ending feels like a total slap in the face. If it wants to ruin my entire MI gaming experience and its fond memories for me, I’d rather this game does not exist.

I diametrically disagree with this criticism. The ending HAD to be ambiguous. Think about it a little more! Can you come up with ANY explicit THING the Secret could possibly be, that WOULDN'T be a total letdown? - A treasure? A weapon? A free wish? God?

Is this game worth it as a solo player in 2024?

Typical video made by someone who hasn´t even completed the second game. Obviosly the ending caught you by surprise then.

In-character: `You godless heathens! How dare you pretend that there is any better shortcut to paradise than slicing alien critters with a knife?´ The game DOES need updates & hotfixes, but also would deserve a sequel & a remastered version.

Thanks a lot for the guide. Just what I was looking for.

the monkey island seires is about growing up. games 1 2 and 6 follow this theme. game one was all sunshine and rainbows. game 2 is more real. and game 3 you are in denial till you finally accept what's been true all along. also Ron has stated that it follows his experience with the pirates of the Caribbean ride

The best thing about 1 over 2 is 1 does not use the magic armor physical armor system so you can build fighters tanks or rangers with spells without them being weak snowflakes.

I thought you had 1.94m subs, but no and idk why :(

finally got round to playing it today. my favourite game series of all time has been tarnished. really disappointing. found the puzzles very repetitive and that ending oh my days i thought it was a troll at first.

Agreed it was disappointing and I hate the art

I just wish they brought back the style of the third game. None of this 3d rubbish. Hand drawn 2d was good.

To me the setting is unreal. No game has a setting like ancient Egypt. That’s why I love this game. But the combat system and mechanics are dated and dog shit

Where do you find all the good armour?

The art style is awful. Curse of Monkey Island, which was released about 26 years ago, looks far better....

Curse of Monkey Island Flanderized LeChuck a little too much, but I loved the art style and setting in the game. In that sense I think there were good games after 2.

Just finished it, and I loved 90% of it... until the end. Which, I get where Ron was coming from, but it left me feeling hallow.

Honestly I loved the game but that ending RUINED the whole game for me! Also Guybrush not being a pirate because his trails didn't count and he destroying the lives of his friends and love ones made me feel very mad! But I loved the art style and everything before act 4!

most overrated game in 2010s. Not a bad game but nowhere near a metascore of 90.

Watching the animation and characters, I feel like it should be named Return to Epstein Island.

Looks great! Just picked it up in the Steam sale for... US$ 2.50 (in my country: THB 89.32)...!

Have no fear Zargon is here.

Tbh when I first started playing I thought it was WAY older than it is because it just doesn't look good at all imo. Take arkham asylum for example it's two years older and looks a thousand times better and plays better imo. That said I am still gonna play it for the story