I recommend: Return to Monkey Island (Review)

Guybrush Threepwood is back in Return to Monkey Island. It surely won't take centre-stage the way the franchise used to, but this updated, refined and streamlined adventure feels like just the right mix of new and old.
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[@DirkMcThermot]

I love what this game does with its hint system, based on how you showed and described it. I truly think many more puzzle-oriented games would benefit hugely from having similar systems. Another game series that does this brilliantly is "The Room," where there are hints for every stage of every puzzle that can be optionally revealed to you if you're stuck, and they get more specific and obvious the more you choose to reveal. It's so infuriating when I try to look up a hint to a puzzle, only to be inundated with "HOW TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE" articles instead of actual nudges in the right direction, which is really what I want.

[@azoreaneve4777]

Oh yes I relate so much with that last sentence! I love those old flash "escape the room" games and so many times I'm stuck and can only find those super detailed walkthrough posts when all I really needed was "btw you CAN and SHOULD look at the ceiling but only when facing that way".

[@litjellyfish]

This is a standard hint system that have been around for like 10-15y and used in many other games. Have you never seen it before?

[@Deliveredmean42]

​@@litjellyfish thanks for reminding us that 10 or 15 years ago it's no longer the 90s or early 2000s... Granted not all modern games have them but the majority are getting there when they have the budget or even care to include it.

[@DirkMcThermot]

@@litjellyfish No, as a matter of fact I had never seen it until I played The Room for the first time. Keep in mind I'm probably not as old as some of you here. I've played many puzzle games, as old as Myst and Wishbringer and as new as recent years, and I rarely see this type of hint system. If there are specific examples you can provide to me, that would be most welcome.

[@litjellyfish]

@@DirkMcThermot ohh Wishbringer… I still have my original with the plastic stones. Hmm I think broken sword has it. And monkey island 1 and 2 special edition. Broken age also but not sure b

[@azura_2437]

Great review, the end really got me, I first played monkey island with my dad on the Amiga back in the 90's, he died a while back but this franchise has always been dear to me for those memories, If and when I have kids, this game will be the first I will play with them. Thank you for your reviews.

[@tehpickle1250]

Oh how I adored Curse as a younger lad. I would beg for a remaster or a remake, but I still remember that game so vividly I’d complete it within an hour. I’ll be sure to play this too. I don’t like the art style (Elaine looks like a Picasso and I’m not into that at all) but that’s by no means a deal breaker.

[@AtrociousNightmare]

What an absolute delight of a review. Thank you, as usual.

[@sdeb82]

I loved Curse of the Monkey Island - the voice acting, the artwork, the characters just sucked you into it’s intricate world like only a handful of games have done back in those days - Such a beautiful game - and I can’t wait to play this one!

[@MarmaladeMaki]

Absolutly. Remember how amazed me and my brothers were when it booted up on our 150 mhz pentium and it looked so buttery smooth and was just so good.

[@AutisticRaider]

my favourite game of the series! "A pirate I was meant to be. Trim the sale and roam the sea!"

[@sdeb82]

@@AutisticRaider "uh uh door-hinge?" :D :D a 25 yr old game that's still quotable - imagine that!

[@journeyman1218]

@@MarmaladeMaki 150? You snob some of us had to play on a 486 😂

[@coffeedudeguy]

@@AutisticRaider “I am rubber, you are glue”

[@Frosenborg]

The art style isn't really all that inviting to me but I'll pick this up one day. The third game, The Curse of the Monkey Island had the most beautiful art style, I still have that game, big old cardboard box, Grim Fandango as well :)

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

Oddly, this review to me exudes a nostalgic, childlike coziness much like my memories of the days gone by that the original Monkey Island games and future games like them existed in. Just good vibes, without much of a care in the world.

[@phyrr2]

As an absolutely INSANE fan of Monkey Island (to the point of dressing up as Guybrush for many years) I think this iteration is more than worthy. The art style is unique enough as its own, it's cute, not too long and they got as many voice actors from prior installations as possible. As a person who is audio-first, I'm devastated that Earl Boen didn't come back. To be fair, they had to get him retroactively just to do Tales of Monkey Island (after they already had someone else). So I am certain if they could've gotten Boen, they would have. But the man had been trying to retire for many years. Doesn't mean we don't all absolutely miss him as LeChuck though. He simply IS LeChuck :) And with that, those are big shoes to fill, so having patience and understanding is key. And I actually like this iteration. As to where the guy who did Tales initially was absolutely horrible. Although it may have been the studio's fault in not directing him properly because they allowed that ridiculous "HARR HARRR HARRRRR". Don't alway blame the voice actor for the person supervising the takes! Thankfully for Tales they got Boen back to do it. By the way, the implementation of the clue book is perfect! This is how a lot of clue books were done back in the 80's & 90's with having 3 sections. Light suggestive hints, an intermediate "you're getting warmer" section,, and a blatant "here is the answer you lazy bum!" section. And yes, it was great they brought back Murray. Ron went out of his way to make a game that we could love and a smart person would include characters that we all adore. No reason to remove something great "just because". Because tradition by itself, doesn't add to a game.

[@azizsidky9456]

The modern more simple artwork allows them to save money, which was probably essential to getting the game made. If you made game with animation like the Curse of Monkey Island that would require way more drawing work, and thus a much higher budget and production time. Anyways, it looks good! It was probably a good compromise.

[@Admjoh]

The curse of monkey island was for me the ultimate entry into gaming on a deeper level. It was so enjoyable, challenging, rewarding and funny. Gave me huge respect for the creators and left me forever searching for a similar trip but it was a tricky and long road. Either way, money island is forever in my heart so i will definitely pick this up, hoping they will keep working on new projects.

[@JBrandonMercer123]

Never heard of money island nor the curse of it. I would like to play Return to Monkey Island though.

[@AznagPT]

@@JBrandonMercer123 Curse is the best one and it doesn't feel like a 1997 game because it's like a cartoon.

[@steveo1131]

That's my only gripe with the game; its art style. I really wished it matched the art style of the MI & MI2 remasters from 2009. I have no doubt that it'll grow on me overtime. Other than that, the game looks great!

[@litjellyfish]

Belive me when you play it in action on a big screen you will see how much better and less stiff it is. It looks and moves amazing

[@catnip202xch.]

@@litjellyfish the art style looks so AMAZING

[@litjellyfish]

@@catnip202xch. yes I love it. It might just be that it’s a bit to artistic for some I guess. Like some of my friends hate it and thinks it looks cheap. While all I know that works as professional artists of course love it

[@BrodieCoad]

I still think the art style looks bad. I don't think people should have harassed they guy, but I'm not going to flip my opinion because people were dicks.

[@harrylane4]

I definitely prefer the artstyle of the older games, but this series has never been about the art, it’s all about the writing. I’m not a die-hard fan of the franchise, but I’ll certainly give this a look sometime soon.

[@KevinGeneFeldman]

It IS about the art also. Its a huge component.

[@BehindTheAddiction]

I absolutely have not been a fan of the artwork prior to release, but having played it now for over an hour. It actually works pretty well.

[@kebbinator]

@@KevinGeneFeldman Completely agree, the beautiful artwork was a huge proponent of those games. The new game doesn’t look bad, it’s just that the old games looked _so_ good that it really feels like a noticeable downgrade and has lost a lot of the old games’ charm.

[@battlep0t]

@@KevinGeneFeldman Meh... games like Wind Waker, Rayman Origins and Civilisation VI got criticised for their art style initially and yet still went on to be well regarded because the core experience was still solid.

[@FelisImpurrator]

Honestly, this is far and away second to me after Curse of Monkey Island art-wise. Curse is still one of the most beautiful games of its time, but personally? I prefer this to 1 and 2, special edition or not.

[@stephenmeinhold5452]

I still cant get to grips with the art style as an artist i realy dont like it, i am a fan of picasso but not in a game like this, its the faces they are so distorted, along with everything else, its like those bizzare house and buildings people make that are so ugly. hope its a good game though if that does not bother you.

[@TrillNye69]

God I am so damn excited for this!!!!!!!!

[@seanporcelli3965]

I do really love curse of monkeys art style the best but I can get used to this. Just glad to have another one at all ya know?

[@Overonator]

The reason detail has been removed and minimalist design exists is because of one simple reason: Less detail means it costs less to produce. That's it. Return to Monkey island is less detailed because it's faster and less costly to do so. That's the sad truth.

[@Yukinari2007]

Ron Gilbert tweeted this artists exact interpretation of Guybrush in 2009 even before it was known as the "corporate" or "minimalist" artstyle. Its sad cause we've come a long way since 2009 and have tons of gorgeous indie games like Streets of Rage 4 now. Maybe it would have been innovative back then but right now it looks cheap and ugly.

[@brootalbap]

It's nice to hear a review from someone who enjoys gaming. Monkey Island really is a part of Childhood for so many of us. I feel similarily about the art style, but while I simply couldn't stomach the 3d titles, the new artstyle is something I can get used to, be ok with and perhaps enjoy. That people have been complaining so much about the art style after the 3d titles is ridiculous.

[@btooth4847]

Like many I love the Monkey Island franchise, but I find the chosen aesthetic of the game so unpleasant I have no interest in this version. Unfortunately, this is a trend not just in many contemporary point and click games but across modern culture just look at modern Marvel and DC.

[@zikarisg9025]

Great review, will play with my daughter, but there better be a 3 headed monkey in there...

[@ValkyrissaGaming]

I'm not a fan of the art style, yet I'm happy to finally see another Monkey Island game. I remember how I first played The Curse of Monkey Island at the turn of the millennium... oof, it's been a while.

[@strykr360]

this art style is cancerous and is an immediate no go for me.

[@lowerclassbrats77]

I watch and listen to your reviews because I can tell you actually enjoy playing games.

[@firstandlastname6194]

Powered by Macromedia Flash 8? I'm sorry I'm just so opposed to the paper cutout style. I hate it to the core of my soul. It is non evocative unlike the originals hand drawn - looking stuff. I don't see innovation I see only frugality. People are not taken by the art style, they are taken by the higher fidelity (using this loosely, more like higher resolution and aspect ratio basically) and effects such as parallax that this newest one brings, if they are taken at all. I hate to become one of those voices in the echo chamber, but it reminds me of the Corporate Memphis art style, look it up - soullessness personified.

[@joshmclovin]

I'm excited to try this once it comes to PS5, I enjoyed the originals. People criticizing the art direction change is very reminiscent of Psychonauts 2 pre release, but i adored that game and it's "next gen" interpretation of it's original art. I think a unique and charming artstyle trumps graphics anyday.

[@XxBlackCellxX]

I don't agree with people bullying the developers for the change of art style, but I do agree that the developers chose the wrong art style.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Glad the game was done well. Look forward to when it comes to Sony and Xbox

[@KevinGeneFeldman]

Its not that I want pixel art, I just want art that doesn't disturb, unsettle and sicken me.

[@tomekumb]

Man this looks ugly af. Won't buy it though I am huge franchise fan.

[@RichardBatchelorComposer]

The artwork has really grown on me, I was indifferent beforehand, now I think it looks great Really glad this turned out well :)

[@tylerwood8710]

"Do you get 'Myst' without-- nevermind." 'Myst' was so groundbreaking when it came out and paved the way for all of these types of adventure games. I got it new, got frustrated, and noped away after some time. Same with 'Qin', which was vastly underrated. Looks like 'Return to Monkey Island' is a great balance, and I think that's the major accomplishment of the modern adventure game. Can it be infinitely frustrating to force people to "Nope"? Of course it can. It CAN, but it's unnecessary. I love this. Thanks, SkillUp. Excellent review.

[@Dazza768]

I’ve never played this game series before it looks really good hopefully it will be on ps5 next year.

[@NeoShameMan]

I'm glad someone recognized walking simulator for what they are, new adventures games, except without having to duck tape the pet hatch to get some of the cat fur to make a fake mustache to infiltrate some place by fooling the bodyguard...

[@johancarlsson7568]

I want to play this, but I gotta say, if they would have used an updated version of the art style from Curse of Monkey Island, I would like to play it even more... I completely fell in love with that game and how it looked.

[@djbneozen]

I think the majority of us agree with this. A new updated curse art style would have been the best. This is fine as well.... Just not as good.

[@zedekai9456]

The original is one of the greatest games ever made, the transferring acid from mug-to-mug puzzle excluded (still makes me mad just thinking about it 😤), so I'm so happy they've done it justice.

[@Silithid120]

This would have been fine as a children's spinoff game. But a successor to the grand Monkey Island series? Nope. Never. Low effort corporate animation garbage, with low effort rehashed story and plot elements, that end with a disastrously disappointing misanthropic meaningless kind of "it was all a dream" and "time to grow up and forget it" type of message. Ruined the other games too, in retrospect. That many people really invested their heart and minds into as dear games of their youth or childhood. Terrible. Can't believe anyone would call this a ugly looking, low effort garbage anything other than a joke.

[@arturbogdan353]

Wholesome writing, good as ever. Hope we get you for years to come.

[@wonkaytry]

Dumb art style.............. It should look like MI3, this looks like a crappy After Effect project

[@OF24com]

Completely agree with your review... big fan of first 3, the gfx of Curse are my favorite, I don't mind the design of this new one (it's quite cool, except the faces)... but, a game isn't just made of graphics, far from it. The hint book is really nice :)

[@Jescribano1]

What a nice and beautiful conclusion. Very mature.

[@zeroblackstar]

Loved the originals, glad to see it making a return. The new art style though...it lacks all the charm of the originals, comes across as lazy low effort while the originals where timeless and engrossing. Part of the appeal of the game was the vibe, where's the vibe gone?

[@naifalqhtani5285]

Man i would love to play a game like this on PS, tired of triple A games (they’re usually great) but i want simpler games like this one I played what remains of edith finch and its one of my favorite games ever but its more of a story so if there’s something creative but leaning to adventure that would be fantastic!

[@limabarreto911]

If you can, check if the special editions of 1 and 2 are on PlayStation, they are a great time!

[@bishopcruz]

Game was mediocre. Probably the worst in the series with the exception of Escape. Which would be better if not for the horrible GrimE engine. Story was bland, humor was bland, new characters were awful, and old characters were shadows of their former selves. Recency bias at its absolute best.

[@samworkman818]

Did... You just make a disparaging comment towards Wallace & Gromit? Oh we got some beef now!

[@L_Train]

I don't like the animation. It's terrible.

[@AlexLong1000]

That art is fucking horrendous good lord

[@litjellyfish]

I don’t see the kid thing. I was 18 when I played the first and for sure if I was younger I would not have got all the humor. I would say 15+ for sure to enjoy this.

[@biikuajet]

Monkey island and simon the sorcerer are fantastic games. I highly recommend the discworld games if you've never tried them. The discworld books are AMAZING as well, all of them.

[@GeekMasterGames]

Without Monkey Island, conversation trees may never have caught on in video games.

[@Phillip_Viera]

A new skill up video, was and is a wonderful surprise

[@markyturner]

The art looks fantastic to me. I do not understand why people would reject it… it’s fun, wacky and atmospheric. Perfect.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Because it looks childish more than "wacky". Like those flash animation games which use basic shapes and as few curved lines as possible to do something as cheaply as possible.

[@enoknab]

“The graphics in the original looks better than the trash modern art in this dud.” Shillup 2023

[@Sudearch]

Very nice review overall, Skill Up, but I do feel a little disappointed that You failed to mention how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood and I think people should be aware of this before playing the game.

[@YuGo_Wolverino]

I can't stand this art style, which clearly reminds me a lot of the art style that replaced many good cartoons that were hand-drawn before on "Cartoon Network". It's an extremely lazy style. I hate it. It reminds me of why Disney doesn't make animated movies like they used to.

[@VizionZine]

Curse of Monkey Island is still my favorite. Glad they made a new one though.

[@julespleeswoah859]

I appreciate this shill up. I await the space quest reboot. And your ensuing review

[@Dave.666.]

The Monkey Island series (as well as most Lucas Arts and Sierra adventure games), are some of my all time favourites. I don't like the new art style, at all. Honestly, it looks really lazy. Completely the opposite to the beautiful cartoon art style of the originals. The backtracking (2:00) was an essential part of the game, not unlike metroidvania. I have to be honest, both the look of the game, and Skill Up's review make me think this is something I'll be giving a miss. Also, Skill Up says at around 7:20 that the game won't make you laugh, or move you emotionally. This is a massive shame, because for me, at least, the old games did just that. I can still remember being in tears as a young 14-15 year old, at the scene where both you and another character are in a death trap, and you keep spitting in the other character's face, as you attempt to put out a candle, or in Grim Fandango where you keep spinning/punishing your mate at the top of a tower to his cries of "Maaannyyyyyyyyyy." You didn't need to do either of these things to proceed. They were just there to make you laugh. Absolute joy.

[@SuperEnforcer88]

I don't like the art style, which is a pitty since the Monkey Island is one of my favorite games.

[@casualonemmo-player2167]

I played the first games when they came out. Those two where among the best and funniest games ive played. I also remember i played a more 3d game named "cruise with a corpse", like a Agatha Chrisie story. Wish they modernized that one aswell :)

[@Chief81]

Does this art style/direction remind any one else of Guacamelee?

[@Bobfett1982]

Don't know man. Monkey Islands jokes and puzzles was always wrapped in a feeling of "cozy" atmosphere due to the artstlye. This new artstyle doesn't give me that same feeling at all. Feels like something else entirely. Hope i'm wrong, i'm gonna give it a chance just because i grew up with this franchise.

[@samlipton7872]

This was a really, really pleasant review. I appreciate your sentiments about this game

[@entysing6780]

"I think it would be best enjoyed with a kid by your side, letting them experience the pirate's life the way we did in our youth." This brought a tear to my eye. Well said Shillup.

[@oxenford539]

personally i love the art style.

[@stinkbanana2522]

Ew, that art style is horrible

[@KibethSE]

I'm trying to let the art style grow on me. So far I really hate it, but I will give it a fair shake. Game looks fun and I love the original 2

[@hoshi314]

Oooh the topic of "intended audience" is certainly an interesting topic to approach as a discussion here

[@KayWhyEllie1]

Thanks Ralph I'm definitely gonna play this with my 7 year old boi I think we'll have an awesome time and it'll be something he'll always remember fondly because he hasn't played anything like it

[@James-gj8rn]

I really don't like the art style here, the art style for the classic games is timeless so why did they change it?

[@juiceman7649]

I haven't even made it to monkey island and it's already one of my top 10 favourite games of all time it's not even for nostalgia it's just perfectly simple in all the right ways

[@colemandeadol7450]

Im sorry , i cant tolerate the artistic style but the animations are an insult to te intelligence

[@tomasolsson6493]

Globohomo art style

[@John-fs8be]

I much like the modern art style, the only chance for this title to reach a younger generation and not just only the old-ass-hippies 😁

[@betasector]

Nice, gonna watch it on youtube. Maybe. Meh.

[@cinos360]

Art style so lazy and boring i cant even be bothered pirating it

[@storyofm6820]

I didn't get the hate of the art style until this video. I absolutely hate the way everything in this game looks lol.

[@DuduMaroja]

I love monkey Island so much, one of my favorites series of all time, i play adventure games to this day because of this series, but this art damn. I hated it And old monkey games have difficult modes too.. mostly 3

[@MyLivingLegacy]

Glad you enjoyed it mate, not my type of game. My brain is too smol for puzzles and I get angry too easily 😂

[@11th_defender51]

On the firefox tab it says "I recommend: Return to Monke" and then cuts off.

[@lapinobel]

Great review, you got a sub!

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

That in-game hint guide reminds me of the ones they wrote for the old Infocom text adventures (and eventually also implemented into the games starting from Zork Zero)- rather than just scanning through the walkthrough until you find where you're up to and get told what to do next, you find the bit where you get to ask a question about your current situation which gets slowly answered step by step with increasingly-accurate hints. Those old hint books also made for hilarious reading, in large part because of made-up fake hints added to the book to keep you from accidentally spoilering yourself while looking through for the right section, but also because they were very quirkily-written and amusing to just read. In fact, I think I'll dig up that old hint book and read it now.

[@Nixxx2000]

i played one and two on 5'25 floppy disks

[@Texelion3Dprints]

Point and click games are just above visual novels at the very bottom of the list of genres I like, so... I'll never play this. I tried the old games, I tried the Runaway, the Book of Unwritten Tales, Deponia, they're really not my thing. I listened to the Monkey Island OST over and over though. Really good music.

[@DEVILTAZ35]

As long as you keep your eyes shut and ignore the horrible graphics lol.

[@DEVILTAZ35]

After playing this on Series X , i will take this back somewhat as they actually do grow on you and the game absolutely rips. I can't believe how fast you can run by just holding down the left trigger . All the little nuances in the graphical animations are amazing too. I won't spoil it for anyone wanting to play it. The only thing i will say is don't ruin the game by cheating. Currently i am almost up to chapter 5 without any hints. It can be difficult but it's not infuriatingly so for the most part. I did have to sleep on a puzzle involving a wayward seagul though :)

[@TheREALHugo4]

STILL WAITING FOR METAL HELLSINGER ON YOUR CHANNEL. Dude, just do it, you got a code for this game.

[@OuhPii]

Sry, can't get past this ugly art style.

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

Never been my jam, but I’m happy for all the Monkey Island fans.

[@Quint1975]

Nice review, I'll pick this up on my switch and play it with my daughter, hopefully she'll enjoy it as much I enjoyed the originals back in the day when this game had 16 floppy discs with constant swapping.

[@DajuOnYoutube]

I definitely like that hint system and I think more games should have it if there's anything that might require a Google search. Because sometimes for whatever reason things just don't click with your individual brain even if it objectively may not be very hard at all but instead of either hopelessly not getting it or served the right solution on the internet a nudge might be all it takes to finally make the connection to begin figuring it out yourself or if it's simply just hard you can get a more telling hint but still not the answer itself. Edit: Also, pretty much the entire adventure game genre were known for atleast a few nonsensical solutions not just monkey island specifically. But the reason were mostly because games used to have 1-5 developers and some puzzles evidently made sense to pretty much just the one who made it, without testing it on others first. Additionally games were typically very short if you could make it in one go so they were intentionally designed to last longer by for example starting over after game overs and artificial difficulty. So with how games are made these days I wouldn't expect that same issue, I'm pretty sure no puzzles make it to final release before more than one person have ever looked at them to notice flaws with too farfetched logic.

[@davidinmossy]

When i was a kid i swapped my Mega CD/Mega-Drive for a amega 500 plus just so I could play Monkey Islands lol loved that game!

[@ptkstefano]

I won't watch the review because I'd rather go blind into the game. That said, there is one thing I want to know: is the soundtrack still killer like it was in the remake?

[@blackwingninja1195]

Cant wait to see this game on PS5

[@hristo.bogdanov]

It seems this vid causes my Windows 11 to crash... Seems that some frame in the video cannot be rendered properly and this causes Bug Check 0x133 DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION error.

[@anthonytitone]

I really appreciate the intent of a reboot trying to close a story instead of trying to copy all the elements that made the original work & make a whole new series off of it, I also really like the art style more than most people

[@litjellyfish]

Well it’s not a reboot but a continuation really :)

[@Ngamer834]

I loved the Curse of monkey island as a Kid and still my favourite one. The characters in the game especially Murray made it so memorable. I remember the little joke the developer put within the settings of Curse to enable 3D and ofcourse you couldn't that was the joke. 3Dfx enabled games and the like was all the hype around this time period but Curse has definitely held up better than many other games with its 2D artstyle. The 4th Monkey island was the worst for me I missed the old point and click style also the game wasn't as memorable.

[@KS-nm6rt]

It looks like an airline safety video and is not contemporary other than in the corporate world.. It's done this way to save money on animation.. By you definition all games from the 90s should have a Cartoon Network design (dexter, johnny bravo etc etc) but then why do DOTT, Grim Fandango, Sam and Max etc etc don't look like cheap Hannah Babara productions?

[@codysnowden231]

I remember playing Curse of Monkey Island (I think that was the title 🤷) when I was younger and absolutely loved it. Didn't even know this game was happening! Edit: I was too excited upon seeing that this existed that I commented before watching 😂 it was definitely curse of Monkey Island

[@themightyant.]

I had completely forgotten about those premium-rate gaming tips hotlines. Pre-internet, pre-gamefaqs, pre-youtube. Broken Sword mobile remake had a similar hint system, would give you a few clues without spoiling the full answer.

[@Msalehcit]

The Curse of Monkey Island was my favorite game in the series. A sequel that strives to erase its existence is a tough pill to swallow, especially as a fan of the series.