Return to Monkey Island ENDING 4K 2022

Ending of Return to Monkey Island 2022 recorded in 4k 60 fps on gaming PC.
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[@Ventpiire]

I like to think of it that way: All the adventures in the previous Monkey Island games did happen, but after Lechuck died in Tales of Monkey Island, Guybrush was truly freed from fate. Time passed and the era of pirates eventually ended. Guybrush ended up working for Stan, but became bored. To escape his boredom, he decided to relive his past youth through one last imaginary adventure in Stan's amusement park. This allowed him to say goodbye to his old nemesis Lechuck and his life of piracy and finally move on with his life, after which his son was born. He never reveals the secrets because he wants his son to enjoy his youth and live as many experieces as he can before it's too late. (The reason why Elaine is so sweet and understanding in this game is because she understands the crisis her husband is going through, and is thus trying to help him overcome it the best way she can: by being supportive) I'm still a bit disappointed by the ending, but it's easier to stomach it that way.

[@ballownfist3497]

I like that headcannon

[@hubbawah]

I like this ending better. "All good things must come to an end" as they say.

[@hiltwo]

I have just played the game for the first time and absolutely loved it, ending and all. After Thimbleweed Park and reviews for this game, I was prepared that the ending would probably be disappointing to me. I loved it, and reading your theories make perfect sense to me and make me love it even more :) Thanks for sharing!

[@RHouseThreat]

6 days after its release, I beat the game and, so far, I hadn't read any negative reviews. After seeing this ending, I had to come here because I couldn't believe noone else complained about the ending... Christ

[@gravitypapa]

That's probably because the journey in the game is so rewarding and enjoyable that the only bittersweet point is the ending.

[@sebastiansabelweich788]

In my case… I just don’t give a f*** anymore. I played it and was disappointed. It didn’t even felt like the old monkey island games.

[@emirlsanchos6302]

Ron Gilbert doesn't consider them cannon, but I prefer the endings to Curse of Monkey Island, Tales of Monkey Island and even Escape From Monkey Island. At least you confront LeChuck and defeat him. Here, Ron's still can't kick this dirty "Look at how Meta I am, hee hee!" ending habit.

[@falconeshield]

​@@emirlsanchos6302Then why did he reintroduce Murray?

[@goblinounours]

I want to say that I respect the creativity of Ron Gilbert's team and such... that I was warned by Elaine about how the 'Secret' wouldn't be up to my expectations... so I lowered my expectations. Not low enough, I guess. In of itself, the tshirt would've been a fun joke, but the park was too much, too on-the-nose. Basically, return to Monkey Island felt like "The Force Awakens", like someone was just trying to redo the beats of a classic, hoping that would be enough. It was a fun game, but I feel like "Tales of Monkey Island" gave me better closure.

[@piratelechuck]

I think that at the very least, even keeping this kind of ending, there should have been some final confrontation between Guybrush and LeChuck. Instead there's just a "that's it?!" feeling....

[@Purdarkness]

honestly it was the worst ending ever for a video game or a story...

[@nicolasjungblut7874]

It's basically the same feeling from the ending of MI2. Not that bad if you think about it.

[@stillgotyourmom]

@@nicolasjungblut7874 its even worse... They messed up from grafics to story and its just pathetic! Its just not understandable when some old legends cant see the fails or lets say they arent feeling it anymore.

[@piratelechuck]

@@nicolasjungblut7874 I am inclined to agree, being the difference the fact that in MI2 you defeat LeChuck. In RMO there's no climax to the chase and it ends kind of abruptly...

[@piratelechuck]

@@stillgotyourmom I liked the story and the new graphics approach (it didn't make sense to return to previews styles) and up to the ending I think it was just perfect!

[@bowsrrking246]

I'm fine with the secret being up to interpretation or even disappointing. What I'm not fine with is the fact that they just dropped LeChuck out of nowhere! At least give us a satisfying final confrontation after the reveal to settle this rivalry once and for all! Even Monkey Island 2 gave us that.

[@bluespaceman7937]

That sound like you wanted fanservice.

[@bowsrrking246]

@@bluespaceman7937 The entire game has plenty of fan service, but I wouldn't call wanting to see a logical confrontation between two characters fan service. LeChuck has been an established character throughout the series and all of a sudden he just becomes a simple theme park animatronic? It's not funny or clever, it's disappointing.

[@herr_crustovsky]

@@bluespaceman7937 no, just a satisfying, conclusive ending. Instead this is an attempt at recapturing magic with none of the resources that made it happen the first time.

[@stillgotyourmom]

@@bluespaceman7937 Only Gumbos answer like that! A Game just lives via its fans even if the idea is great.

[@stillgotyourmom]

@@bowsrrking246 That all makes no sense and it truly hurts everytime they let a game die like that. Im already not down with the fact that with modern grafics they animate Guybrush like a cubish figure with empty button eyes when on covers he s in fact a blue eyed dude. That was funny with limited pixel grafs but today it just makes no sense at all.

[@jlcdavenport6268]

It's literally just the Thimbleweed Park ending again. Ron really can't help himself, can he?

[@sebastianruhland5198]

Maybe a hint to what our "real" world is.

[@falconeshield]

I'm beginning to understand why he got fired after 2.

[@halda920]

I was thinking the same thing, Ron Gilbert isnt much of a great writer. I think the Grossman is the main reason why these games are funny.

[@stillgotyourmom]

@@sebastianruhland5198 man you could interpret that in all film/game stories of the world! Stop getting too extra just being a fan...

[@TheHbk1985]

I had a blast with the game, but the ending really leaves a sour taste in my mouth. i dont understand why it has to be some meta amusement park thing again. If he didnt want to reveal the secret: fine. Let him beat lechuck and then have to decide between elain and the secret (cause elain sees how the obsession with the secret corrupts him or something) and then he chooses elaine....and why involve the dark magic pirate leader lady in the end when its just ignored what happend to her... im so confused

[@kaelisprime9087]

I think the ending is even better when you go into the Scrapbook and read the letter. I fully believe that the Secret of Monkey Island IS the letter.

[@omegasilenoz]

Am I the only one who's severely disappointed at the simple fact that Ron Gilbert simply trolled everyone with his supposed "explanation" of the ending of MI2, and instead, he decided to troll everyone with a parody of the ending played by Guybrush's son and then a dad & son story time of the rest of the game. This simple fact absolutely killed the game for me, I wanted the intro to actually explain the ending of MI2 in the way of kid Guybrush puzzling his way out of this weird curse that Lechuck put him into and escaping to Melee Island or something like that, not this BS parody that the intro was of the MI2 ending.

[@Kakashi747]

It's like inception... a dream in a dream in a dream

[@bluespaceman7937]

I think your expectations were misplaced. I'd say this explains the ending of MI2 pretty well in fact.

[@sebastianruhland5198]

I think Ron never knew where to go with the ending of Mi2 and that is one reason why it took him so long to come up with the follow-up.

[@stillgotyourmom]

@@bluespaceman7937 Thing is you are too much of a fandude! 😙 If you watch the games evolution clearly with all their remakes it was just clear that after the first 3 games they just wanted to pile up money and throw some bones to the fans once every decade! I mean why you act like it is that complicated to just give the people a real final battle with LeChuck? Then you still could change it into that dream/park story! You could out LeChuck as a desguist Park worker that was unsatisfied with his job and for ex Guybrush being his main victim cause he once glued his chewing gum under a park bench there. Thats the good ol MI humor and you guys just seem tp defend empty ideas while you have no fantasy at all.

[@thomasbaleno5822]

A better ending would have been if there was a final confrontation and lechuck won and opened the chest and he found a t-shirt. That would have been more satisfying that this ending. Especially if the t-shirt didn't fit him. That would have been funny and more satisfying.

[@Thehotdogman]

The way the shot lingers on Guybrush alone feels sorta melancholy. Especially after Elaine tells him about a fresh new adventure. I would think Guybrush would be excited to experience a fresh new story. I thought i was missing some sort of expression on his face, some kind of determined smirk or something, but no, nothing. He's just sitting there staring off. Odd.

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

it does feel odd. Ron says there will be more monkey island games so who knows

[@falconeshield]

​@@dabblerdeluxe775Hahaha. Good luck. I ain't buying.

[@Gggrrrrrrrr23]

@@falconeshieldYour here now so i bet you will.

[@Masterhene3]

You cant just write an ending this bad by accident. Heck, even I could have written a better ending & I suck at coming up new stories.

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

For those who want to see the ending quickly: 14:15 ... Yes, that's really the ending.

[@onsokumaru4663]

Sucks.

[@paulsmith9192]

I guess Ron said,no matter what it was,it never live up to expectations.

[@LWT1331]

Probably right. But if it had a real ending, no matter how dissappointing, it would be better than this. If he thinks it can't live up to expectations, at least do some damage control. Because of his conviction he instead decided to sink the entire ship.

[@pirate4559]

@@LWT1331 agreed. Its like he didn't even try to meet expectations. Just went "I don't care about the fans who have loved these characters for 30 years. I want to just have a joke at their expense"

[@Kakashi747]

It wouldn't bother me if he'd actually gave answers to the questions in MI2. Back then he told us guybrush was actually a playing kid but changed it with chuckys glowing eyes and elaine still on a rope in the cave. Also the different Aftercredits in this game tell otherwise.

[@jaime7890]

@@LWT1331 Nah bro. The end is deep AF. Just read the letter on the scrapbook. This ending made all the sense, it couldn't be better.

[@jamesjenkins33]

@@jaime7890 Yes, that scrapbook letter is the ending. And I love it.

[@JayJay-uw9tt]

The game is a 10/10 up until the very end when Guybrush solves the wheel puzzle and enters the final chamber. To be honest, I was prepared for the Secret to never be revealed in the style of Pulp fiction, or even better, Guybrush defeating Lechuck but hanging on a cliff and having to drop the chest with the Secret to save himself, then Elaine coming to rescue him like in Monkey 2 but slipping and Guybrush having to choose between saving her or keeping the chest and having to drop the chest to save her in the end. All those would have been great and satisfying. Even telling the silly ending to his kid but after Elaine and Jr leave, and he is reflecting on his life sitting on the bench, the camera zooms in and we go back into his memories and the final confrontation with LeChuck and we discover that the real ending is so traumatic that he chose to tell his kid the silly one. Worst of all, the whole game sets up the story to be one of obsession over the past so Guybrush having to sacrifice the Secret, in the end, is fitting to the narrative elements that are already there! But instead, they are dropped for a meta ending. Instead, Ron decides to rob the player of one final puzzle and a lengthy confrontation with LeChuck and gives the player ANOTHER "it was all a dream ending" like in Thimbleweed Park. In this case, I don't think it implies the world of Monkey Island never existed but Ron robs the player of a rewarding ending and tells an idiotic one instead in the same way Guybrush tells a silly ending to his kid who also, like the player, feels robbed of a real ending. After Thimbleweed park's pathetic ending, I lost faith in Gilbert but decided to give him another chance with Return to Monkey Island and for 90% of the game he delivered. The story, humour, dialogues and characters, up until the very end, are great, but the ending makes the game go from a 10/10 to a disappointment of the year/10.

[@genericusername337]

No. Do they think that we, players of this game, are not constantly reminded of and living experiences that are about getting older and having to come to peace with disappointments from our youths and reminiscing about our beautiful but dead passions from long ago? We do. And it's depressing. They didn't have to deny us satisfaction one more time.

[@kaelisprime9087]

The ending threw me aback a bit, but after reflecting on it and reading the final note in Threepwood's diary, I grew to appreciate the game and what it was trying to do.

[@scywow]

There is also another ending. ***SPOILERS*** You can go back the way you came from, you can use Stan's key to open the "Employees Only" door. Just keep going back...

[@c.kiousis3663]

Wow

[@Kakashi747]

Hope this is the canon ending and there'll be another part

[@RED01SEA]

i went to do that and what a surprise its the soprano ending !!! i cant chose which ending is worst at this point !!! all of them

[@worldscoolestperson7672]

@BLUE FIRE lmao what? Sopranos has one of the greatest finales ever written for television.

[@johnnymoraes23]

WOOOOOOOWW... That was SOOOO COOL. Best ending so far!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@vinnyc.1265]

I have been waiting for this for so long, and yet again, he does another meta ending. Come on man. (i literally just beat it a few minutes ago, I was wondering if I missed something.) The ending was so sudden too. The actual game itself and puzzles are great. But the ending dragged it down.

[@Kakashi747]

Feel ya. Still keeping to find more content. It seemed toooo sudden. The many different aftercredits, le chucks brochure with tasks, the not used places on terror island, the second torch you need to climb up some how... so many unanswered questions from Monkey Island 2.

[@RappingNinja]

Idk if it’s “meta” to flash forward like that. It’s not like it suddenly became about the creators of the games or something :)

[@thomasbaleno5822]

@@RappingNinja Did you read the scrapbook at the end. They specifically say it was about the creators of the game

[@RappingNinja]

@@thomasbaleno5822 .........that doesn't make any sense. I'm saying that it's not so "meta" that it suddenly has Ron Gilbert show up as a character or has the older Guybrush and Elaine contemplating whether video game characters can be "alive" or something. If it's a metaphor for the creators being older and having kids? Fine. But that's not a "meta" ending. Ultimately, what does this ending give us? It *finally* explains the ending of Monkey Island 2 (it was their kids in the ending scene), it shows us that Elaine and Guybrush got older and had kids, and, SURE, it muddies the waters on the exact accuracy of the games vs. their adventures, but that's all.

[@thesyndrome43]

Ron has this idea that the secret would never live up to expectation, but frankly this kind of meta ending as a cop out is WAY more disappointing than having an underwhelming secret, it was annoying 30 years ago and it's annoying now

[@pirate4559]

The hidden ending where Guybrush drowns, has no son and is mourned by Elaine is a better conclusion than this meta rubbish we were given. The Secret in this game could have been a whole sequence carried on from the end of monkey 2. He could have really been trapped in a voodoo mind prison. The kid and the happy life was just part of the curse lechuck trapped him in at the end of Monkey island 2. The whole game could have been the search for the "secret" but was actually Guybrush trying to break free of his mind prison. Upon finding the "secret" the spell could be broken. And then Guybrush wakes up in the carnival of the damned. Add some puzzles so he can make his escape. Finish on him drifting out to sea in a bumper car. Leading into the curse of monkey island starting sequence. But no... We get this...

[@Blastion83]

@@pirate4559 ""I wanted the game to be predictable exactly as I imagined it should be.""

[@sophiekennish8806]

Guys I'm pretty sure theres a different ending if you complete everything on the le chuck inspiration list (leaflet in your inventory, look at it and ot gets ticked off when you do things...), I just havent worked out the 'kill people who get in your way' one. Let me know if you manage it!

[@pirate4559]

@@Blastion83 I was merely suggesting a more satisfying end, one that I just came up with on a whim. But if it's too predictable, why don't we go and change Avengers Endgame so after Iron man's snap he wakes up in the cave at the start of Iron Man 1 and discovers he was just tripping out from blood loss and then dies. No one would see that coming and it would be sooo meta 😂

[@Blastion83]

@@pirate4559 Wow, avengers, you really are going places eh

[@guillenob74]

Im 42 y/o. Ron Gilbert showed me how great adventure videogames could be with Maniac Mansion and MI 1 and 2 later. Return to MI didn't felt like a game to me. It felt like a conversation with Ron after 30 years. I was 10 or 12 then, I'm 42 now and IDGAF about a fantasy pirate chest content, Im a different person now and Ron is too. A lot of things passed since then. This game is a love letter for those who where there and grew up loving the original games. It's ok if some of you expected something different. I feel very lucky the message reached my heart.

[@mrpepre]

The secret of monkey island is the monkey island games themselves, and the fun we had playing them as a kid. But we can’t really go back again as the world is not the same anymore. Saying goodbye at the end and turning the lights off was very sad and emotional for me, like a part of me was saying goodbye to my childhood! In a way I felt like i was confronting death lol. In a game like this it was a unique medium to have to make me to do that. It reminded me of the themes of never being able to truly go home again like in twin peaks season 3, concerning nostalgia and sequels and our own lives, treasure the memories, and I loved it!

[@ackoonsgaming]

"Confronting death" that's a really accurate way to describe the emotions I felt too!

[@falconeshield]

Dear lord I want to play a game not go through the hints of death bla bla. Funerals are enough.

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

This ending is to meta for its own good. It’s sucks it went this route.

[@bluespaceman7937]

Only if you didn't get MI2's ending to begin with.

[@falconeshield]

​@@bluespaceman7937That ending almost killed the franchise

[@snkaerin]

Another meta thing by RG. Awesome on MI2, ruined Thimbleweed Park for many people, now he uses it as a simile of his own inability to give the audience a grand finale. It was awesome on MI2 because it left everything open. In fact, you could end the saga there thinking whatever you wanted or continue to COMI, where the story keeps developing. That's what made the ending of MI2 so great. However, RG misinterpreted the applause of his fans by thinking it was because the ending was meta and nothing else, but there was way more to it.

[@LWT1331]

It was only tolerable in MI2 because it was believed that there would be a sequel that would explain that horrible ending.

[@ParkournPrankster]

I'm about to say my thoughts regarding this game. I think I figured out what the ending and the secret to me is. The Secret.... is a curse. Before I get into that let's go back to ALL of the Monkey Island games and I realized. Despite them all having Monkey Island in the title, Monkey Island was never the goal in each game MI1: Focuses on Guybrush becoming a Pirate and saving the Governor M2: Finding the Teasure Big Whoop to escape Lechuck Mi3: Undo a curse on Elaine and Escape the Carnival of the Damned MI4: Proving to Melee Island Lechuck is running for mayor while stopping Ozzie MI5: Undo a pox created by himself when improvising a way to stop Lechuck What do these all have in common? Monkey Island in each game is not the goal, rather a tool or location that just so happens to be involved in each respective story. Now let's go back to the Secret and WHY I think it's a curse. For one thing, throughout the series Guybrush had a threat he always had to deal with and while he would occasionally cause problems or mischief as a means of avoiding or stopping said danger, when he did wrong someone, he'd pay them back to show no hard feelings towards them. But in this game think back to all the bad things he did, destroy a natural habitat for the sake of getting on Lechucks ship, overthrow and destroy a government all to get a key and the most clear one of all them, risking his own life by essentially sneakily working for Lechuck. All for the sake of obtaining the Secret. And we'll come back to Lechuck, dw he too as well as the new pirate leaders are under the curses affect as well. Point being do these sound like things Guybrush would do on purpose for the greater good? No at least when trying to stop a threat. And in this game, there is no threat. In fact I think the Secret curses people who try to pursue it, to have a one track mind. This shows even with Lechuck as he seems careless about killing Guybrush and even his own crew show doubt towards him which is kinda new and somewhat surprising. Then the pirate leaders, who are a play on edgy new age rock bands, are also involved, but only when Guybrush tells them that he's hunting for the secret to them, they seem surprised and interested in what he's doing all of a sudden. And when each pirate group goes around searching for the Secret, many casualties are met with anyone involved. Iron Rose, presumably dies, Maddison is implied to have been killed, Wally is captured again. Remember that old lady character Widey? I think she's there to show what happens if you pursue the Secret and I think Guybrush could've ended up like that. Which leads me to the ending. I don't think the theme park actually happened. In fact I think Guybrush told that to his son on purpose, to dissuade him from the Secret himself. That way he wouldn't sacrifice the bonds he had with his friends. Why else would they show his son and his friends getting along, when we see Guybrush break bonds and cause mayhem as a means of getting the Secret? In many ways I do think that had we gotten the answer, I think we would've been satisfied, but he's also telling the story to his son as well and could've inspired him to obtain the Secret himself at any cost. And those are my thoughts. I theorize that the Secret is an intangible curse can never be obtained, and I think Guybrush figured it out. And he now knows the Secret, but it wasn't what he expected. Not riches, not fame, but a never ending curse to continue plague pirates. And if it's so much of a stretch that it's a curse, it was founded in the VooDoo Lady's shop. That's no accident. Again this is all a theory of mine after going through and analyzing the game as a whole and the theme that was spread around in the story. I understand that players may have found the game disappointing and it was a little for myself as well, but hey, I tried to make the ending a little less ambiguous and have a concrete answer that's possibly satisfactory to everyone here. An I hope you all enjoyed my little theory.

[@Ichbinberlinerr]

This is amazing and makes a lot of sense! Thx for sharing!!

[@falconeshield]

Dude, I love you for this

[@LeocaprioDinardo]

Shut up.

[@cerebrotostador]

You really thought about everything! Even if I like to believe the Secret was a treasure (since I picked that dialogue), maybe Guybrush found another and told his son that was the Secret so he wouldn’t be disappointed. Also, I don’t even think the whole “it was all a carnival” makes sense, at least not to me. But thanks for sharing!

[@falconeshield]

@@LeocaprioDinardo Rude

[@PopsieFunk]

Ron Gilbert is truly the George Lucas of video games. He had a good original idea 30 years ago, but he has changed over the years, as we all have, and it's spelled out for us that he changed his game making because on that. Here's the problem... the fans don't want that. We don't want a metaphor about recapturing those great times... we want to actually do it! Yeah, yeah... the moral is don't try, it will only lead to disappointment. That's a cop out. I live by a motto: "I may not be as good as I once was, but I can be as good once as I ever was." In other words, we all get older, slower, life takes it's toll... but if we want it bad enough, we can succeed in living our reams one more time. Gilbert obviously didn't think he could live up to the incredible demand of concluding the story with a definitive ending... so he didn't idnt bother to try. The thing is, most of us don't really care what the secret is. What we care about is a proper ride into the sunset for characters they we have loved for 30 years. I though for sure we were going to get it. As the game was unfolding, I would have bet $1,000 that they were telling a story about unhealthy obsession and having to choose between what really matters.... love, friends, health, responsibility, kindness, etc. vs. pursuing your own selfish desires that leave nothing behind but sadness and isolation. The blind obsession Guybrush showed as he was relentlessly chasing down b LeChuck in the final sequence... I was POSITIVE it was all leading to a moment of sacrifice for Elaine where Guybrush wakes up, let's the secret go, saves Elaine, and closes out is story by looking at his son and Elaine and saying: "I never found out what kind of secret treasure was in that chest... but I learned that your mom was more valuable than anything that could have been in that chest... and then your mom gave me most valuable treasure in all of the seven seas... you. Then it can end almost the same exact way. Guybrush Jr. Complaining about the sappy ending and asking what "REALLY" happened. With Elaine whispering the details of their next adventure, and Guybrush smiles and says he will meet them both at the docks in just a minute... Then he opens the scrapbook and says: "Darn. I'm out of room in the scrapbook. He looks at a few key moments from the franchise, then he turns to the last page. There is the picture of Elaine and Guybrush, a pic Pregnant Elaine, a pic of Baby Guybush Jr., a pic of Guy Jr. and Chuckie laughing in the park... And finally, Guybrush looks at a photo in his hand of himself, Elaine and Jr. all sitting on the park bench... then he says: "Ah, here we go. I'll just take this photo out of the scrapbook." He takes out unknown photo and adds the photo of his family at the park. Then he closes the scrapbook and walks to meet his family. The camera pans over the park benc and we can now see that Guybrush left the photo that he removed from the book laying on the bench. The camera closes in on the forgotten photo and it's a photo of Guybrush and LeChuck crossing swords, with the secret chest under LeChuck's arm... and that's the final shot. Cue end credits. It perfectly symbolizes the glory days, the adventure, the thrill, the nostalgia... while also reminding us about what really matters in life and how sometimes you have to let selfish ambitions go to find what matters most. Not sure why THAT wasn't the ending, but I think most of us agree, that ending would have been a MILLION times better than what we got.

[@Necromortus]

Very well put. I haven't for one moment really cared about what the secret actually is, just wanted a fu game with a sweet farewell for these characters. Instead, it feels like the creator actually cared more about the meta aspect of the story instead of the characters leading to a unsatisfying conclusion just because he wanted to make a point about expectations and storytelling. Feels more like it's a game made to satisfy Ron and his love for meta naratives than the actual players.

[@LWT1331]

I never understood the praise for Ron Gilbert. Even back then. He didn't create the game by himself. And MI2 had a horrible ending as well.

[@PopsieFunk]

@@Necromortus right. Instead, e got an ending where Guybrush is pursuing his thoughtless obsession, and just a he reaches the climax of his adventure, he is confusingly and instantly smacked in the face and brought to another world that may or may not be reality. No grand sacrifice was made. No lesson was seemingly learned. He just abruptly finds himself in shocking and unexpected situation which confuses him, almost like an elderly alzheimer's patient who wanders out of his room and regains his senses in the middle of town. In the last sequence, Elaine basically serves as an orderly and Guybrush clings to her because she is the only thing that he recognizes from his adventures as being real. Then as Guybrush finishes telling the story to his son, and as Elaine whispers of a new adventure, Guybrush sit on the bench for a few moments as the story fades to black... but he doesn't sit there with happy memories of great adventures of a long life. He sits there, almost depressed. Seemingly longing for the days of old, loving his family, but contemplating whether they were worth the end of his adventures. No lesson learned and selfishness still in his heart. And again, I get it. It's very possible that is exactly the metaphor Gilbert was going for... but we didn't want it. What is also sad, is I praised Gilbert based on the first sequence of the game, seemingly retelling the MI2 ending and implying that it was all part of the story being played out by the kids. I loved that reveal, as I hated the MI2 ending and the opening sequence seemingly abolished that ending. In that moment, I said: 'Holy shit! Gilbert is acknowledging the fans and his previous mistakes! He's not going to make the same mistake twice! He is acknowledging the other games as Canon and we are going to get a definitive conclusion!" I have Gilbert my full respect for seemingly abandoning his own original direction and taking a new path... the path best for the fans and characters. It seemed like, in that moment, that Gilbert understood that Monkey Island was no longer his world... and hadn't been for a very long time. Monkey Island had become a world for the fans and the characters themselves. A world that had been crafted by many creators and individuals, not just Gilbert. Frankly, a world that may have been Gilbert's idea, but had since been fleshed out without Gilbert... and for the better. Monkey Island grew as a legend with more stories in Gilbert's absence, than with Gilbert at the helm... but in the end, he chose to selfishly take back "his" story and finish it for himself, not for the fans... not for the characters... and not for the other developers that ultimately kept Monkey Island relevant for the past 30 years. The part that makes me truly sad, is in all likelihood... this is really the end. No matter how much I love it, we all know in our hearts that Monkey Island has been on life support for over 2 decades. This was a budget priced game on release and didn't have a mass market, multi console release. This was clearly designed to wrap up the tale, finally bringing back Ron Gilbert to finish the story, once and for all. The odds of a sequel aren't good and if it does happen, it will probably be another decade... and hopefully it will be without Gilbert. He clearly can't separate himself from his metaphorical vision for the betterment of the story. If the sales are high enough and the outrage is loud enough, the best we can hope for, is maybe a DLC episode where Guybrush finally tells the real ending after persistent nagging from his son. I just keep thinking... why couldn't Tim Schaffer have finished the franchise? Look at Psychonauts 2. That's how you make a long anticipated sequel...

[@bluespaceman7937]

I don't agree at all. I think the ending of this game matches what he had already shown us back in MI2.

[@PopsieFunk]

@@bluespaceman7937 you are correct... and that was 30 years ago, was one of the most divisive endings in video game history, and many argue that it was a mistake. I am in that camp. He had the opportunity to correct his mistake, but he just couldn't resist and went back to what he likes. Whether MI2 was a mistake is open to opinion, but doing it again 30 years later, after other developers have fleshed out the story and provided more content than Gilbert ever did, it was absolutely a mistake this time. A true disappointment after 30 years of anticipation. Gilbert was so worried about disappointing the fans, that he seemingly did it on purpose, rather than try and fail to provide a satisfying conclusion. And the truth is, most fans would have been happy as long as all the lose ends were tied up and he didn't go back to the damn theme park silliness.

[@ganator]

last puzzle and first puzzle of monkey island, the copy protection wheel. Enter and exit.

[@LWT1331]

It's been a long time since I've been this dissappointed in an ending. It makes it even more painful, because I enjoyed the game up until that point.

[@nickchavez720]

Seems to be a running theme with Ron Gilbert.

[@paular9729]

i felt exactly the same

[@Kakashi747]

Still hoping its not the end. After all there are many questions to answer (and I dont mean the secret of Monkey Island)

[@pirate4559]

I'm also confused as why would there be a pirate theme park in pirate times. And was it created specifically for guybrush to relive his adventures? If they wanted the "it was all a theme park" ending (which is a bit Westworld for my tastes) why have Elaine tell Guybrush she has a map to another island hinting at a pirate adventure? Is it like a chain of pirate themed parks? So many questions. So few answers. So many plot holes. 😑

[@Kefka1986]

Exactly

[@JosephTheAustin]

Hey, did you notice every single character in the game was asking you whether the secret was worth it? Did you notice the museum stating that everyone reflects their own story in their own way? The game was setting you up the whole time.

[@herr_crustovsky]

I picked up on those hints too, but it still sucked when it actually happened...

[@BenjaMan64]

When one of the characters said that the Secret surely was just a shirt or something like that, I instantly suspected they could troll us like that. Laughed when my suspicions were confirmed.

[@falconeshield]

We've been through this 31 years ago. It wasn't even new.

[@gungaloscrungalo8925]

I've always hated the idea of "Gotcha! It was a story within a story the whole time!" I know Monkey Island 2 did it, but at least that wrapped up and let us confront LeChuck before the twist! Plus when Curse, Escape and Tales all came along and continued the story with no further mention of the pretentious meta nonsense, it was easier to write it off as a joke, a parody of that sort of ending. This is just such a cop out that's trying to come across a lot deeper than it actually is.

[@Pendarr]

Had to come see what all the steam reviews were talking about, and, wow. I'm glad I didn't play this. Even just watching it left me with a bad feeling.

[@zyxelztrife2408]

Perhaps the True Secret of Monkey Island might be that there was never any secret from that island to begin with. Maybe the secret is just Monkey Island itself.

[@Rare-One]

The Real secret is the friends we made along the way :D

[@38procentkrytyk]

Just like Voodoo Lady's name... as long it is a secret it is great.

[@BillyRayDeee]

@@Rare-One 😐

[@LWT1331]

This is too cheesy and weak.

[@SlashBeetlejuice]

It's been a few days since I beat this game and I still can't get over that ending. I understand what Ron and the crew were trying to do here: Yes, we've all grown up and still clinging to past glory that seems ever so elusive but, man, it could've been done in a much more satisfying way. In a way that brings some sort of closure or resolution to either this game or to the series as a whole. I was on board through the whole thing until the end when everything went sideways. I'd take LeChuck's explanation to MI2 from Curse any day over this ending. Such wasted potential. And it hurts too since right up till the end the game is actually pretty good, almost a worthy threequel.

[@deziom]

Exactly, all that meta-trash is not really that amazing as ron thinks. Plus there was a lot stuff in the story, which was not concluded. Even worst ending than Thimbleweed Park.

[@Montork]

..... i was at work.. the other day.. replacing paper.. when i thought of the voodoo lady and the paper dolls left out by her grandkids.... in monkey island 3.. and it brought back such a wave of emotion..

[@EveryCrazyDay]

So I didn’t open the chest on accident and he pulls out the key at the very end if you don’t. Kinda sweet.

[@blazlock7285]

Is this the call back to the fair ending? I mean, even Guybrush looks unsure how the story ended. For all we know, this is setting up for the followup again. Again.

[@RED01SEA]

i wont play anything remotly associated with MI nor any Ron games after this , he had me with thimbleweed park , and i was like 99% sure he would do this in Mi and what a surprise i was right , the dude just hate the fans

[@oliver.n278]

@@RED01SEA True, Thimbleweed was a great Game , but the ending felt like a big middlefinger to the player

[@saramations]

I have no history with MI games, but now I'm annoyed with Ron Gilbert. 👺

[@ynkim5272]

I just finished this game minutes ago…and going back to play MI2 again. 😢 The ending wasn’t what I expected for so long at all!

[@bluespaceman7937]

If you replay MI2, you might appreciate this ending more when you finish that one.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

Someone should do an Earl Boen deepfake for LeChuck's lines.

[@pirate4559]

The whole time I was waiting for finding the secret of monkey Island to break the voodoo curse lechuck put on guybrush at the end of monkey island 2. And that the game was all Guybrush trying to escape the mind prison lechuck had placed him in. Then after breaking the curse you are in the carnival of the damned and need to escape. Preferably on a bumper car being launched into the sea. Leading in The curse of Monkey Island. What I got was a story with lack lustre puzzles. slim dialogue trees. No insult swordfighting, no sea combat, no monkey combat. Less then half of the visitable locations, intractable objects or scenery from previous games. And no decent ending to the story. Way to go and set fire to an amazing legacy and to kick the fans in the nuts.

[@vick1873]

That would have been a MUCH better last act, lol. Especially if the final puzzle involved setting up the escape bumper car while avoiding LeChuck in various screens, like the previous final puzzles.

[@AllOneOnlyLove]

I don't know what everyone says about the ending, but the way Guybrush looks at us at the end is touching af.

[@herr_crustovsky]

If only he wasn't drawn like a square potato with 2 dots, maybe his expression would suggest something.

[@stillgotyourmom]

@@herr_crustovsky Was saying the same. We are in 2022 and on all covers Guybrush has blue eyes to then paint him black button eyed in game with an empty look. Just ridiculous...

[@chriserony]

@@herr_crustovsky And a peen nose

[@wipidipipaku]

There wasn't any secret to start with. The great monkey head as the entrance to the hell was quite the secret for the first game. Isn't that secret enough ?? Anyway, quite disappointing that this game didn't explain the ending of the MI2, I mean, what happened to Lechuck after Guybrush tear his leg apart? or was it just the whole MI2 a game for Boybrush?

[@nickchavez720]

Say what you want about tales of monkey island...at least they had real endings... at least this confirmed it wasn't all just a dream or a story

[@PimpLici0us]

cmon Ron... why u do me like that.... :(

[@BobVahn]

i think guybrush is dead when he fall from the mountain, all the story after that is an afterlife. until at the end whe he said he ready to go.

[@shortwlf]

i like how u cut the video at the end, of the dial combination.

[@MinosDaedalus]

I like endings that aren't there to cater to the audience or stick to conventions. This is a ending people talk about, it riles up people. The community thread over on Steam about the ending is 16 pages long. Most games' endings are easily forgotten the moment the credits are finished and you moved on to the next game. You won't see these threads and this here comment sections about 90% of games. Those 90% might be more satisfying in short term because you have definite closure (and oh boy do humans love closure!). From an artistic point of view and in terms of actually having something to discuss with your friends, peers, etc. this one ending is far better than most endings. Also look at how many people come forth with their own endings! And how they'd written the ending if it was up to them. People are getting creative, imaginative. I'd recommend to write down what you think, write your own story by all means. It's fun and makes you grow personally. Just because of ending you personally didn't like. Not many games manage to do that.

[@Corran123]

Gilbert really is a hack. He hasn't made a good adventure game in almost 30 years (he got sooo close with Thimbleweed Park but then the ending happened), yet I still fall for his shenanigans every time.

[@bluespaceman7937]

It just tells me people are missing the point even decades after the fact.

[@falconeshield]

​@@bluespaceman7937You know when EVERYONE misses the point maybe you're a wee bit pretentious

[@pedroribeiro7922]

The truth is revealed at last: they never had any idea what the Secret should be and just led players down the line with a dangling carrot. I'll take the Curse of Monkey Island ending instead of this.

[@sebastianruhland5198]

I never played that, what is the ending there ?

[@operation1968]

I always loved that one. Always was my favorite

[@PapaCharlieist]

i find it odd that in the ending they choose to ignore the best monkey island game.

[@harryt8399]

Did anyone read the scrapbook in the menu last page after completing it. The secret is there open up the letter. your welcome

[@YIIMM]

Widey Bones quite clearly said the ending would involve popcorn.

[@Valerio.Mezzabarba]

Simply loved the poetry of this finale. Welcome to the new mi2 mind blown finale again. Well the answer is easy: you run your whole life following the bigger expectation ever. Your imagination can create something bigger every time. But this is the secret: reality is different and disappointing. Boy brush can search for the secret anytime he wants We are all guybrush in our 30-40-50 years. We are all boybrush when we played monkey 1-2-3 in our early years of life.

[@LWT1331]

Maybe your reality is disappointing. Doesn't mean the game has to be.

[@Valerio.Mezzabarba]

@@LWT1331 how appropriate. Maybe the game or its ending is disappointing for you. Doesn't mean everyone is. Joke aside, mine was meant to be just a "philosophical" reading. Obviously the ending itself suggests there is an intimate and personal interpretation. I loved the meta in there.

[@falconeshield]

Speak for yourself

[@debasht]

the secret for me is, that the game designers are teasing a hint that the next monkey island might not be a linear gameplay experience. for the people that are disappointed to this ending... it is still a great game. easy to pick up for beginners and get involved with the lore. it motivates to play the other games.... and this is just one of many endings you can choose. what do you expect from a game, where you impersonate a guy that is blunt lier and tells imagined stories. do you really believe everything in the games really happend to guybrush?

[@malytheson]

I love Elaine in this, she is so much more sweet

[@ABlokeCalledDaz]

Did Stephen King write the ending to this?

[@theinfeno]

That aint working, thats not the way you do it.

[@sean7082]

I really haven't cared about the SECRET of Monkey Island. Anyway, there were some secrets like the underground of Dinky Island was linked to the backstreet of Melee Island in Le Chuck's revenge, and it's related to everything happened in amusement park and Guybrush's imagination. Return to Monkey Island is nothing more than re-confirmation of it. So the stupid t-shirt symbolises not only the stupid t-shirt but also the whole story is Guybrush's imagination in the amusement park. Well, OK. Every game player is playing in the amusement park created by game developers. It's true, but I think most players, because the game is entertainment in which the player directly participates, tend to believe or deceive themselves that everything that happens in the game is somewhat real in the hearts of players. Ron Gilbert doesn't like it. In Thimbleweed Park, there is a book "The true secret of Monkey Island" and it says "We both know, don't blind yourselves" kind of comment. Anyway I didn't like these elements when I played Le Chuck's revenge, Thimbleweed park and I don't like even in Return to Monkey Island. These kind of all of thing was imagination (with some truth because he is married with Elaine) makes everything not real. I would say that no Star War's fans like to hear the Star Wars happened in imagination of Luke Skywalker when he was playing in some amusement park called galaxy far far away. The worst part is that at least in Le chucks's revenge they created a complete story, but in Return to Monkey Island, they just cut the story before final.

[@c.kiousis3663]

I love the amusement park ending. I love how the story emphasises that it is all about the fun you have during the journey and not what happens when it ends. It's hinted (and originally confirmed before retconned) in previous games too. But that's the beauty of it. It doesn't have to be discussed, it is what it is.

[@Sovreign071]

I fully expected the secret to be something that turned LeChuck into a baby, and have him restart his life with a fresh slate. Unfortunately, I guess it's not quite silly enough for Monkey Island, or we'll written to be pulled off straight.

[@Kakashi747]

just finished the game. It was excellent except the last part. Don't like that. Had seen some aftercredits afters saving, but there ist so much what makes no sence. Anybody who knows what are the unused places on terror island for? Anybody finished all quizcards and the le chuck brochure checklist?

[@sophiekennish8806]

Trying to complete the LeChuck checklist but stuck on 'murder someone who gets in your way', any ideas? Getting all the trivia cards might be a bigger challenge, only got a few...

[@cerebrotostador]

I don’t remember LeChuck's brochure checklist, where do you get it?

[@Kakashi747]

​@@cerebrotostador Its the one you get while hiring le chucks crew and you have to show iron rose. It's still in the inventory after that.

[@Kakashi747]

​@@sophiekennish8806​i didn't test yet to attack flambe at the lavafall

[@elfo7]

I was expecting a bad ending and I still got dissappointed.

[@deziom]

Same xD

[@Soynereh]

I think people are missing the point. There is not a secret, not really. These are stories we tell, that gets us trough life. And besides, it was closing time anyway.

[@dragonlord83]

Not only was I disappointed about the lack of a final confrontation with LeChuck but it also annoys me that certain plot points from older games are totally ignored here. For instance in Escape Herman was shown to actually be Grandpa Marley (even though many hated this revelation) yet he goes back to just being Herman here Or the ending to Tales where the Voodoo Lady is shown to be the mastermind behind the events of the games and captures LeChuck's voodoo essence yet here she is just back to being a helpful side character again! It's like Ron ignored major events of the MI games set after MI2 but keeps the actual games as cannon which is an odd choice... Kinda keeps in with it all being a story theme but still seems kinda sloppy.

[@falconeshield]

He fracked up when he introduced Murray and Guybrush was familiar with him. Either Curse to Tales is non canon or it isn't.

[@radnanaroid7378]

16:30 Wise words from Elaine..

[@BSideWasTaken]

Yeahhhhhhhh it deserved the hate. Thanks for saving me the time and money!

[@brianvaira486]

I don't like how Wally was treated in this game, hasn't the poor guy suffered enough?

[@hunterhowey5393]

Let’s face it we’re never gonna know what the real secret of monkey Island is.

[@dawidvanstraaten]

There never was a Secret.

[@bluespaceman7937]

I mean, it's staring at you in the face in this video.

[@BenjaMan64]

Well, if we did... it wouldn't be The Secret of Monkey Island anymore, would it?

[@juanmaltes6621]

it was never about the secret, have you not played them all?

[@dawidvanstraaten]

@@juanmaltes6621 yeah I played them all, except Tales which I found clunky. I started as a 4 year old playing Secret of Monkey Island. Yes Monkey Island 2 suggested that, but it was so wacky full of LucasFilm lore that you could interpret it how you wanted. I guess I hoped Ron would’ve grown to the point where he realised your original vision isn’t necessarily the best one. I also don’t buy a lot of what he said regarding Guybrush and Elaine. If you played 1 and 2 it is obvious there is a love story + something happened and Guybrush fucked up. Same thing happened with How I met your mother, the creators were committed to a vision of the mother dying which made viewers feel robbed. Remember nobody wants to play a game and it feels hollow and meaningless. It’s not clever, it’s stupid. Ron creates a compelling world full of jokes and wonder then basically with that and Thimbleweed park says it doesn’t really exist

[@kamranshah8804]

i agree with you people, they should have at least given guybrush a climatic final battle with lechuck. oh well.

[@FelixS.]

A fitting ending: The artstyle is horsedung, the game is and so is its ending. Well played, Ron. Well played.

[@MrConredsX]

I believe this game was made by an AI. Everything about it feels artificial, unfunny and soulless. Even the Tell Tale 3D game felt like it has more of that spirit from the games

[@falconeshield]

That easily impressed huh

[@nicklancial7103]

I WAS hoping we'd finally find out what the Secret was but considering Monkey Island's past we should of seen this coming I liked how it kind started off from the end of MI 2 would've liked to see the parents of the other 2 kids my guess is this was their way of ending the series which is sad because it was wonderful to find another game after almost 10 years since Tales came out but as they said in the letter they're all older now and eventually even guybrush won't sound like guybrush either way this was a very fun game to play and to get back in the original spirit of the game the ending was sweet but also kinda sad reminded me of a show I once saw where at the end of the series the MC stood at the door of the office for the last time and looked back fondly before shutting the door for the last time .......just because guybrush didn't say anything didn't mean that last scene had no meaning his face said it all "it had been a good run but I have a new adventure to go on"......I will miss you Monkey Island

[@TheJadedJames]

If there was an actual answer to the secret of Monkey Island, the creators would have revealed that in the first two games. Making it the goal a new entry 30 years on is basically telegraphing a meta ending

[@nicklancial7103]

@@TheJadedJames I was hoping to see whats her name the pirate hunter again even if she was a ghost because I mean.....come on you showed that she became a GHOST pirate hunter and you didn't use it in the new game

[@sterus2283]

So at the end...LeChuck doesn't really exist?

[@ashanderson1971]

You know in real life lechuck never existed either

[@MrConredsX]

Looks like it was all genrated by AI, the art, VA and jokes

[@walmaker8372]

Really? The voice acting?

[@mrfivegold]

Honestly Ron's canon ending doesn't make coincide with LeChuck's Revenge considering Elaine is clearly still waiting for Guybrush on Dinky Island. Meaning both realities are either real or Ron just wanted to retcon it all to explain away a weak ending. I mean the ending where Guybrush faces off LeChuck. You have to give Pathos, if its in one narrative you can't just drop it and say, "well it ain't real anyway."

[@IHaveBingChilling]

I think RtMI implies that MI2 ending was all made up by Boybrush, so the ending isn't canon after Guybrush took off LeChuck's leg, we may never find out what really happened afterward

[@mrfivegold]

@@IHaveBingChilling they still retconned it. Honestly if you take the game in consideration its most likely Guybrush adventures were real, he was a fictional character who became real, and realizes he can't go back to fantasy he has to continue as a "real person" reliving his glory days through his children.

[@KotoCrash]

Yikes this is ugly

[@jeroen_vz]

A bit of mixed feelings towards the ending. I liked it and it's not that I'm against the meta message, heck I even cried reading Ron Gilbert's letter... ...but the game as a whole didn't fully deserve the ending YET. It was too fast, too short, of an adventure. I needed a bit more of an in-world "finale" before they pulled the rug from under our feet. The game felt very small to me. I took my time, enjoyed all the sights and went through all dialogue trees yet I still finished the game in a day on hard mode. So when the meta ending played out, I was still hopeful for another less obvious twist so I could keep playing a bit more.

[@sophiekennish8806]

I'm convinced there is another ending. Did anyone notice the lechuck flyer has a 'tick list' with the things that Guybrush has done. I didn't get round to completing them all but perhaps if you do, you get a different ending? Maybe I'm clutching at straws?

[@DrachenKaiser]

There is already one, you can go back with stans keys.

[@coolvideos8864]

Guys, i LOVE monkey island, i played the original games in the 90's and im satisfied with the ending. If you read what people have to say to you and what Ron's letter says about waiting or wondering what the sercret was it makes more sense. At the end of the day MI is just a game, an amazing game. Return made me laugh, smile, and even shed a tear. Absolutely loved it.

[@Bugleberry]

So they were just contemporaries working in a theme park all along? The final line about finding a lost map seems to contradict that. What an awful mess

[@terabitez3374]

Ok fine with the secret not being important because it isn’t most people stuck around for the characters and humor, But no real finale battle with Lechuck?

[@ModestlyAmazing]

Yeah nah fuck this ending though. I get what they were trying to say and there wouldn't have been an answer everyone would have been happy with. But at the same time, the sudden ending like this after every one of his games is a bit meh at this point. Thimbleweed Park I loved until that same shitty ending. Meta endings just seem to come across as an excuse not to complete a well crafted story. To be honest, I loved this game in all aspects until that same old bullshit. I've been a huge fan of all the games and I loved how the beginning of this game sort of fixed the ending of MI2, by making the kids actual kids, playing through Guybrush's adventures. Who knows, it's one of those, the ending is whatever you want it to be endings that's utter bullshit after 30 years. Murray wasn't as evil either, which was the worst part about this game.

[@Student____2025__1]

Well that stunk

[@ashanderson1971]

I love this ending, I replayed episodes 1 and 2 before doing this one. The ending just makes sense with a lot of the elements we are shown in "Secret" and "LeChuck's Revenge". The rewards for the pirate trials. the grog machine at Stan's Shipyard When you're imprisoned on Phatt Island, it's inspired by the pirate caraibbean ride. The corridors you end up in at Dinky Island are actually part of the 'crew/staff/maintenance E-Ticket Broken vending machine taken down to maintenance hall. Similarities between Booty Island and Big Whoop Amusement Park ..... Many elements in MK 1&2 suggest that we are in a theme park. The games are inspired by Disney Land: Pirate of the Caribbean. I don't understand why many are disappointed with this ending. Many would have hoped that "Guybrush" would actually be locked in a voodoo spell. This has already been done in "Curse". You will have cried that it is not original. No matter how it ends, you'll think it sucks. Ron Gilbert wanted to make his ending, and he did, and it's great, especially since it takes into account the other episodes after MK2. Would you have preferred the secret of Monkey Island to be a giant robot?

[@LWT1331]

No it's not great. Also this assumption is just ridicilous: "You will have cried that it is not original. No matter how it ends, you'll think it sucks." Don't presume to know what I and anybody else think. I've played many games with good, decent and bad endings. I've always tolerated even the bad endings because they at least tried to not take the lazy way out the way Gilbert does here. This ending is an abomination, plain and simple. And it does the rest of the game, which I actually enjoyed, a great disservice.

[@zachpn]

MI1 & 2 were before any Disney attraction.

[@D.L91]

@@zachpn No they wasn't. The Pirates of the Caribbean ride came out in the 60s.

[@TheCentruroides]

We'll, this ending sucks, MI3 did way better, and without Gilbert, now I can see why.

[@jamesjenkins33]

If you read the sealed letter at the end of the scrapbook after the credits roll, that's the ending. It's really the only way to have an ending larger than the sum of its parts, and if you're into art like this, it's fantastic. Very Kaufman. But watching this play out, I knew many people would whine about it. And it's because collectively everyone just wants to play in the amusement park forever, that's what nostalgia is.

[@guidadiehl9176]

Yeah, yeah, you and Ron are brilliant and everyone else is just too stupid to appreciate this Kaufmanesque "art"🙄

[@nashhash2380]

What a bad cut in the last puzzle lmao

[@HadynsTVdoc]

The ending ruined it for me. It was a fun entertaining game, although not too keen on the storytelling thing.. The puzzles weren't hard (On hard mode), except the very last one. I kinda got over the graphics but I'm still not keen on it. Just a big shame about the ending..

[@halda920]

That ending is just spit into face of all fans. There is no character development, no pay-off, the story was about nothing. Im huge fan of the series (mostly MI games where Gilbert wasnt involved), and it pains me, because in Tales of Monkey Island, the chacrters growned up with player and this is classic Status Qo. The ending is just Gilbert trying to hide ending like from book for childrens, into some deeper meaning. Ruined for me completly the game, afte i finished it, i was just asking myself: "Was there some point for this installment?"

[@Dangelman]

19:49 Imagine if One Piece ended like that

[@Emufreak]

Well you never know it can still happen

[@dragonlord83]

I hope not!

[@darthmakaveli]

"No matter what the ending is, it won't live up to expectations." That's what every weak storyteller nowadays says who won't commit to the story (or here the whole legacy of the series) and thus makes it meta. That's a weak cop-out. Just like with Thimbleweed Park.

[@dezecr8or]

wow this ending concludes a mediocre new mi experience just too good ;/

[@benwiln5244]

Awful ending. Game was to happy go lucky when the originals were slightly dark in nature with the story. Even the voice acting seemed way off

[@HaquinusDeGothia]

Most disappointing end EVER! "Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computergame." Such true words...

[@bigduke5902]

Wisdom > trivia

[@sean5354]

They messed up the graphics, the story, the humor, the ending, even the characters were awful compared to their counterparts. Lechuck was just a joke. Didn't even sound intimidating. Felt like a kids game. Shame.

[@editname2004]

I don’t even understand how I got here

[@paulsmith9192]

Perhaps, sequel?

[@Dujfjfo]

I'd have been better off just not playing this game.

[@Immortal_Hunter]

Finished it yesterday. Another masterpiece as usual. Very fun filled adventure, I admit the ending was a bit of a let down but strange and unexpected endings is part of a charm of the monkey island series. The sealed letter in the scrapbook especially touched me. The monkey island is not just a game, its a life story of the people who made it, now at the 50s most of them. The youth filled with full of hopes and dreams now behind them, seems like a faraway dream. Although im in my late 20s I cannot help but to resonate with this. I think it's prophetic and reminds us our place in the universe. That's what I learned from this game. Thanks Mr. Ron Gilbert, The legend of Guybrush Threepwood and his adventures of monkey island will never be forgotten ...

[@paulsmith9192]

I guess the secret up to interpretation?

[@sterus2283]

@Beholder-01 Go back playing Super Megaman X2-B Zero EX.

[@oscarjimenezgarrido7591]

@@sterus2283 Or maybe they go back to their Proust essay, you know? Anyway, thank you for submitting your entry to this year's Dunning-Kruger Awards contest. I'd wish you good luck, but where there's natural talent no luck is needed at all!