Monkey Island shaped childhood or adolescence for many of us. In 1990, The Secret of Monkey Island was the first part of the popular Guybrush Threepwood adventure series. Since then, sayings like Behind you, a three-headed monkey
to the parlance of every adventure fan. Our Monkey Island quizzes were also met with great enthusiasm.
For more than ten years, however, the popular adventure series has been extremely quiet, which is why the announcement of a new Monkey Island in April 2022 came as a real surprise. You can watch the announcement trailer again here:
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Return to Monkey Island: Announcement trailer for the adventure adventure of the year
After the first friends about the announcement, a queasy feeling spread among many of you based on the trailer. Above all, the chosen style of the new Monkey Island did not please fans of the old parts so much and a debate quickly flared up on the Internet, which became so heated that chief developer Ron Gilbert took the consequences and no longer shared the game on the Internet wanted to.
Nevertheless, he answered our questions in an interview with author Dave Grossman and executive producer Craig Derrick:
Interview
The biggest threat to the new Monkey Island is the internet
What do you think of Return to Monkey Island now?
Some time has passed since the reveal and the criticism from the community and now you can finally play the much-discussed new Monkey Island part yourself. So it’s time to ask you again for your opinion on how you like the final game. We have set up a survey for you:
Feel free to write us in the comments how you came to your assessment or whether you have started playing Return to Monkey Island despite initial skepticism. How much does the lack of a Europe voice output bother you, what do you think of the final graphics?
Return to Monkey Island Guide
Walkthrough with all Hard Mode puzzles
By the way: If you are interested in our perspective, we recommend our detailed review of the new Monkey Island. There, Martin Deppe and Jonas Gössling put the nostalgia trip through its paces and looked at how the adventure works for old hands and new fans. And if you get stuck with a puzzle, our complete solution linked above will surely help you!
