Return to Monkey Island suffers heavy criticism for its art

The announcement of Back to Monkey Isl and

It was a great joy for thousands of fans of the most famous budding pirate saga of all time. What is perhaps the most well-known and admired graphic adventure of the last century, comes from one of its original authors: Ron Gilbert.

The game it is currently only confirmed for Switch and Steam, as listed on its website. However, it is more than likely that we will see its protagonist again: Guybrush

on Xbox and Playstation.

And those graphics?

Everything so far pointed to a stellar, saga-style return, but the tables have turned. Yes OK Gilbert gradually showed things about the game and gave information about it, the game’s art design sparked mixed opinions. The saga which had obviously started with the pixel as the only graphic mode at the time, has evolved little by little, but always retaining a certain cartoon spirit. The new character and scenario designs adopt a more angular design and move away from anything seen previously in the saga, which has committed to a certain continuity, always updating the graphics with the technology of the moment .

In this case, the art of the game was little or not appreciated by a significant part of the fans to such an extent that strong criticism was expressed on social networks.. These were of such caliber, that Own Gilbert unilaterally decided to stop new information about the game until its release

One thing is certain, we all wanted to see something new in this long saga. But no one expected such aggressive reviews with the game’s graphical aspect.

And this is where a great debate opens up, should the art of the rest of the saga have been respected or was a touch of novelty and redesigns missing in this 2022? It is here, in the Xbox area, that we open a space to read your comments.