Wow, I feel bad that I really don't remember much from this game. I love the Monkey Island games and bought Return day one, but all I did while watching your video was, "I don't remember that." I'll have to play it again. Though of all the MI games, Tales is the least I remember... except the goatee. Great video.
I was a bit wary of this project because of Ron Gilbert's past comments about the Guybrush/Elaine relationship and his tendency to screw up endings (at least in my opinion, it took me years to get into Monkey Island 3 because I hated the ending of MI2 so much), but luckily the game was just solid fun. Lucas and Sierra games (and Monkey Island 1 in particular) meant so much to me when I was young that playing through this ended up being a pretty emotional experience.
Great review 👍 All I needed for this game, was my childhood friends from the early 90's, solving the puzzles together of the originals. The game ending especially took me back, and how true it was
@@jarlwhiterun7478 It took me 8.5h, but with the hint book to nudge me on every now and then. But only just realized today, the game have several endings
Wow I didn't even know that was getting a remake let alone that it had been released. The music from Monkey Island has been in my heart most of my life, can't wait to check out the Theme and SCUMM bar remix.
I totally agree with you! At first I thought that the artstyle was a bit abstract for my taste, but I trust Ron and Dave to make a great game because I know their works over the years and I loved every game they worked on that I have played, including Thimbleweed Park™, which for me was the proof Ron still has it after all those years. However, I grew to really like the artstyle. It looks charming, especially when you walk around and talk to the characters and I am happy to see the game has it's own identity and 10 or 20 years from now I wouldn't play it only with nostalgia for the previous Monkey Island games it reminds me about but of this game itself, for how it looks and play and the refreshing new story it gave me. I was worried for how could they manage to finally show us the secret, after all those years of speculations, but they handled it perfectly. This game is a must for any fun of the series and even to people that never played a Monkey Island game!
In the process of playing through it now. I was expecting to dislike the art style, I wasn't however, expecting to find the tasks unrewarding and samey...Many of the puzzles feel overly simplified (even on hard mode) or just downright boring. The game is so incredibly self-aware that it's hard to swallow at times. I love the voice acting it's spot on but everything else just feels off. EDIT: that being said I am glad people are able to enjoy Monkey Island games again after such a long time
The visuals are nice. I like that most of the games went for different styles. Most people seem to want MI3's to come back, at least that's been the claim since the MI4 days. But people didn't express it as strangely as they did back then. If anything, my complaint with the new game is just that some of the characters seem lobotomized, but I think overall there's more pluses than minuses.
I wasn't intending to both with this game, but your video has changed my mind. I played and loved the first Monkey Island but never played any of the others, and I just didn't think another entry in the series would appeal to me, Gilbert or not. But based on your video, the returning locations and characters, looking just how I remember them (aside from the art stye), might make this feel more familiar to me than I expected. Interest increased.
I'm so excited people are liking this game! Can't wait to play it. Also, I was disappointed in the ending of 2, so I am ok with the retcon and also incorporating moments from the later games that weren't made by the original creators.
I dont get the Buzz arround the New Animation. it's not my type but who care about graphics in a adventure game that much? Doese anybody of the Critics forget about Escape from monkey Island?
Thank you for a well-thought-out and warm review, Pam. I can see how good the game made you feel. How much do you want me to play this game? If I am a long time fan who didn't like the changes, was I too quick to dismiss the good things the changes allowed? You touched on it but dismissed more than advocated. If I am not familiar with Monkey Island, what kind of humor could I look forward to? Even if your other Monkey Island videos talk about it, wet my appetite a little. These are just little things I hope will help you find more joy in writing your reviews. Share your "Hey! That's neat!" and "Haha!" moments with us. Ultimately, though, I think you have done what you could and done well. You can't single handedly make this game more popular. Gaming Bolt, which has 1.19M subscribers, has 12K views on its review. GameSpot, with 5.12M subscribers, has 25K views on its review. This was a numbers game few could win. Don't let it get you down.
i agree...the puzzles in the game make WAY more sense than the other games. Also, i wasn't a huge fan of the art style but it grew on me over time...and the game really does feel like an oldschool throw-back monkey island game...so good. I heard a rumor that there might be another one. Did you know that Ron Gilbert named LaGrande after the city he's from?
I briefly watched this review because I am trying to avoid spoilers I plan on playing this in December and want to know basically nothing. I did however give this video a thumbs up and share it on Twitter
Cool review. Watched the old Monkey Island review afterwards and remembered I got halfway with 360 version. Tempted to play the series now! I'm guessing 1, 2 then this game at a minimum. Unsure on the others. Looks good fun!
Hey Pam, i'm relatively new here and i notice you didn't have any videos about grim fandango! I wold love to see something about that game here some day! Great vídeo i love Monkey Island and happy to see this game is doing preety well! Prety good content!
Got the Switch version on release day. Haven't finished yet, but I'm really diggin' it so far. The first 2 MI games are some of my fondest gaming memories.
I'm a fan of Ron Gilbert. Thimbleweed Park was and is the only game thats ending made me stop and ponder my life purpose and existence itself. Fantastic game. Edited in- I like the art style. I think that Ron chose correctly to try something different. Better than just the "same game". To me...the style reminds me of a pop up book.
The music and sound is the best ever, the artwork: scenery = perfect, some of the old characters e.g. Stan, Otis = perfect, Guybrush = does not look and feel like Guybrush - same for Carla, voice and character of Elaine = it's not her anymore - she is way too nice and cute. For me that's the only downside but I get over it and still love the game!
Hey Pam! Do you have any plans to make more videos like your "The Dig" one (where you do a bit of a doc about the game but also give a full summary of the story/playthrough)? They're super informative for people like me who always ogled those games from afar via reviews in PC magazines but either couldn't run them or didn't quite have access to them or just plain didn't know how to play them because I was too young and as such they were so mysterious and esoteric, being so different from the console games I was used to. Graphic adventures are like my biggest gaming blindspot because of that and those sort of videos are super valuable to me. I know it's a lot of work and everything but hopefully we get more of those soon. Thanks and have a nice day!
I'd like to. Those videos usually come about when I find out an interesting story about the development that I want to dig further into. That hasn't happened lately.
For how mixed the reaction was to the art style, I was pleasantly surprised by it. I think it looks great. Although I feel like anyone who was upset at the style, and made it a sticking point to playing the game was kind of missing the point and strength of the series anyway. It's always been in the characters and puzzles, in my opinion. Great review, Pam.
They should play the Scumm bar rock theme in the pub :P 8 hrs playtime is pretty fast, at least by my standards! Took me about twice that but I was going around finding trivia cards and doing subquests.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Yeah I couldn't figure out how and why they appeared in certain places, only got half of them so would have to play again to get them all which I would gladly do 😆
This was pretty good, as were the others (although Escape had its irritating downsides). The Secret of Monkey Island was the first adventure game I ever played, and as absurd as it is I still remember the unique atmosphere the game had.
I've been looking forward to your review. I just picked this up earlier today so I'm excited to give it a try. I personally really do like the art style.
I really did enjoy the first part of the game on Melee island and Lechucks ship, but i felt it was lacking from then on. Soundtrack was 10/10. My biggest issue with the game is how boring the other islands are to discover apart from Melee island. In Curse of Monkey island and Lechucks Revenge you would go to these different islands with all these interesting towns and stores to walk into and interact with characters, yet in this game the locations on the other islands felt so empty! Some locations had only 1 or 2 things to click on and had no use other than to solve 1 puzzle. Although i think the art style was the strongest part of the game, i mean it dominated the whole game , for example the map of Terror Island, crazy cool art, i did find the box-y art combined with the stripped back interaction and more simple gameplay made it feel like a childs game. I was almost expecting to click on an object and have it say ''A is for apple, B is for banana'' I'm not sure what to make of the game, im sure it will give some young kid major nostalgia 20 years from now, but for me it doesn't quite have the glory that the original 3 had.
Good to hear that it's definitely worthy of playing. This channel is my go to opinion on p&c adventure games. I think I've got to play the old ones first though.
For some reason I haven’t played any of the monkey island games yet. I’ll have to check them out. I did play maniac mansion as a kid, and this seems similar. I believe it is the same creator.
I recommend playing at least the first 3 games before Return. I include the 3rd one despite it not being made by Ron Gilbert because it has a couple of connections to Return which 4 & 5 doesn't (though they're not bad) and it makes the transition between 2 and Return make more sense actually. Plus it's really funny!
A remake/remaster of Fate of Atlantis or original game in the throwback point-and-click style... I don't care, I just want another Indiana Jones game. As well as sequels to Full Throttle and The Dig, as long as I'm dreaming....
I'll probably pick this up since I love point and click adventures. I do gotta say that I'm not in love with those character models, though I think that the backgrounds look amazing. However, if the story and characters are good enough, it won't matter too much, though. I mean, I just played Quest for Glory II... with EGA graphics. I can deal with this.
Have very fond memories of the original Monkey Island, so I'm glad this is getting good reviews. I think the game's art style looks great. Don't know why people were mad. Then again, I have no idea why people in general are crazy these days.
not gonna lie, the art is kinda of a turn off, but the story is plenty satisfying with mostly great callbacks and real connections to what was established before. the feeling of finally getting a "full circle" for most of the stuff is great. and the humor is still there, with great deliveries all around
The fandom (on Reddit at least) HATE this game. The art style, the puzzles, and ESPECIALLY the ending. They hated it. Personally, I really love this game.
what did they say? maybe we're over reacting at the outrage? Pam says they were PP heads about it but maybe there is something happening with communication? can't we find a solution?
I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THIS REVIEW! The best part of subscribing to an honest reviewer is that you can trust them (granted tastes can differ, but still). I got this for my wife for her birthday, she's loved the Monkey Island series since she was a kid and doesn't even know that a new one was released! Saturday can't come soon enough!
I wish I could get past the new art style. It's mostly the character design; the backgrounds seem OK. I just don't like it...And everything else seems so great, but I cannot punish my eyes. Glad to see "ask me about Loom" guy, too. FWIW, I would have liked to see it do something visually that utilizes both modern 3D rendering, and pixel/sprite based imagery. Analogous to what Octopath Traveller did with the SNES JRPG style....But obviously not the same; Monkey Island wouldn't benefit from that exact stylistic direction, IMO. Taking some inspiration from Grim Fandango wouldn't hurt, either.
I think their goal here was extreme low budget, and hopefully cash in on nostalgia. The voice acting is what cost them the most, the game itself is no different than a free flash game. Pixel art requires more work from artists, where as misshapen, abstract vectors is easier to animate, and well, much easier to just breeze through slapping together the entire game. If this had more of the look and quality of Thimbleweed Park's graphics, and world design, it would have been a definite buy for me.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Not 'easy' to draw but easy to impliment. Just like they did on games such as Wonder Boy etc. - I feel the issue is they went for the cheap option. Cash in on the francise and skimp on the art style. Good story, just poor choice on graphic style.
@@mangaas I kind of agree mate. It was defo the cheap option they were going for. Pixel art would had taken time and talent. - Maybe they will make a pixel version of this game in teh future. OR a fan made game ripping the voice actors from this one would be cool to see.
Serious. I'm scared to even mention anything positive to people with the result of some attack out of some misplaced trauma I am sure I didn't take part in. Anyways, you have a good one stranger! I hope you don't attack me with ill intentions or words. And if you do I guess I was right about the world and at least death is a universal thing and I'm not the only one to share in that dreaded moment.
The "entitled fans", (AKA long time customers), weren't demanding pixel art for the game. They were pointing out that the steep change in artstyle, was not to their liking. It does look like some cheap, very basic, cartoon-network 101 thing.
@@SebbyZero nope I just never feel the necessity to relieve the past, because the past is the past. (I still replay good games like Spyro PS1 and Final Fantasy 3 NDS)
@@rafresendenrafresenden.1644 Are you hating people if they do reminisce warmly on a memory? It's okay if you don't agree on remembering the past but should you attack someone different in the brain than you? Not attacking you or being sarcastic. Just would like to understand because you're coming off a bit threatening.
@@rafresendenrafresenden.1644 Uh...yeah. Are you angry that I gave you a voice in my head? I mean you can stay as long as you like. You'll have plenty of company.
I don't think it's fair to call fans of the look and feel of old games to be entitled. Name calling never wins any argument, just creates more separation and hate. That said, I do think that new art direction is charming and it looks much better when seen in motion. Regardless of anyone's opinion, I'm glad we got another Monkey Island game.
Well, time to join the table of art whiners. It looks ghastly and lacks creativity. I'm not saying they should have used pixel art, as much as I love it. But any other art style would have been better than this. In any case, it's good to see another Monkey Island game make an appearance. Also, apparently you can get an alternet ending by drowning Guybrush and running out the timer.
I've just finished playing it and would rate it as just above average. I still think the art work is terrible (but you get used to it fast), and I found myself getting bored, especially with all the back tracking but there were some genuinely fantastic parts and the humour is spot on. I'd rank this below the first 3 games but above Escape and Tales.
ARGH! The design/look...(1 & 2 on the Amiga 3..erh..4 on x86...) though 😕 I'm OLD and NOT a fan of ze LOOK! BUT try it I WILL off-course or not. AAAAARGGGH..and some timbers?
it was ok but the first 3 were the best. Return was kind of basic, there wasnt any clever multi step puzzles and everything felt kind of closed off. Modern adventure games for you i guess
I have no problem with the art style, I even like it because it reminds me of samurai jack, which was one of my favorite cartoons from my childood. But I inderstand those who don't like this particular art direction, and calling them "entitled" only because they don't dig it sounds extremely arrogant, to be frank...
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Wow, I feel bad that I really don't remember much from this game. I love the Monkey Island games and bought Return day one, but all I did while watching your video was, "I don't remember that." I'll have to play it again. Though of all the MI games, Tales is the least I remember... except the goatee. Great video.
I was a bit wary of this project because of Ron Gilbert's past comments about the Guybrush/Elaine relationship and his tendency to screw up endings (at least in my opinion, it took me years to get into Monkey Island 3 because I hated the ending of MI2 so much), but luckily the game was just solid fun.
Lucas and Sierra games (and Monkey Island 1 in particular) meant so much to me when I was young that playing through this ended up being a pretty emotional experience.
Watched one of your older videos just the other day and asked about Return to Monkey Island - got my answer here =D
I actually hope that the success of this game brings back a new wave of point and click games.
I doubt it will happen but one can only hope.
There are plenty of good point and clicks coming out for the past years.
Great review 👍 All I needed for this game, was my childhood friends from the early 90's, solving the puzzles together of the originals.
The game ending especially took me back, and how true it was
@@jarlwhiterun7478 It took me 8.5h, but with the hint book to nudge me on every now and then. But only just realized today, the game have several endings
I'm almost done with it and I've been loving every minute of it. As always, your review is spot on. :)
Fantastic review Pam - I'd never played the original and this game me such a great sense of what this was about
I'm so happy to see this game getting lots of positive reviews!
Yeah, I'm glad people have been liking it as much as I did.
Wow I didn't even know that was getting a remake let alone that it had been released.
The music from Monkey Island has been in my heart most of my life, can't wait to check out the Theme and SCUMM bar remix.
It's such a great soundtrack!
I totally agree with you!
At first I thought that the artstyle was a bit abstract for my taste, but I trust Ron and Dave to make a great game because I know their works over the years and I loved every game they worked on that I have played, including Thimbleweed Park™, which for me was the proof Ron still has it after all those years.
However, I grew to really like the artstyle. It looks charming, especially when you walk around and talk to the characters and I am happy to see the game has it's own identity and 10 or 20 years from now I wouldn't play it only with nostalgia for the previous Monkey Island games it reminds me about but of this game itself, for how it looks and play and the refreshing new story it gave me.
I was worried for how could they manage to finally show us the secret, after all those years of speculations, but they handled it perfectly.
This game is a must for any fun of the series and even to people that never played a Monkey Island game!
In the process of playing through it now. I was expecting to dislike the art style, I wasn't however, expecting to find the tasks unrewarding and samey...Many of the puzzles feel overly simplified (even on hard mode) or just downright boring. The game is so incredibly self-aware that it's hard to swallow at times. I love the voice acting it's spot on but everything else just feels off. EDIT: that being said I am glad people are able to enjoy Monkey Island games again after such a long time
Great game! The original was the first PC game I heard on a sound blaster sound-card in the early 90's. The music was so great and memorable.
Great review! I saw The Excavation of Hob's Barrow on steam new releases today and couldn't help but think of you, as it seems like your jam.
That looks very cool, I've added it to my wishlist.
The visuals are nice. I like that most of the games went for different styles. Most people seem to want MI3's to come back, at least that's been the claim since the MI4 days. But people didn't express it as strangely as they did back then. If anything, my complaint with the new game is just that some of the characters seem lobotomized, but I think overall there's more pluses than minuses.
I wasn't intending to both with this game, but your video has changed my mind. I played and loved the first Monkey Island but never played any of the others, and I just didn't think another entry in the series would appeal to me, Gilbert or not. But based on your video, the returning locations and characters, looking just how I remember them (aside from the art stye), might make this feel more familiar to me than I expected. Interest increased.
Awesome, I hope you like it as much as I did.
I'm so excited people are liking this game! Can't wait to play it. Also, I was disappointed in the ending of 2, so I am ok with the retcon and also incorporating moments from the later games that weren't made by the original creators.
It's great to see you back with another amazing review Pam, you are an awesome retro gamer
Thank you kindly!
@@Cannotbetamed1 yes of course Pam!
I played the first game on my AST PC when it first came out. I think the game came with it when I bought the computer in 1992.
Very neat+creative game, I find myself liking the animation too. Great review!
I dont get the Buzz arround the New Animation. it's not my type but who care about graphics in a adventure game that much? Doese anybody of the Critics forget about Escape from monkey Island?
Thanks!
Thank you for a well-thought-out and warm review, Pam. I can see how good the game made you feel.
How much do you want me to play this game? If I am a long time fan who didn't like the changes, was I too quick to dismiss the good things the changes allowed? You touched on it but dismissed more than advocated. If I am not familiar with Monkey Island, what kind of humor could I look forward to? Even if your other Monkey Island videos talk about it, wet my appetite a little. These are just little things I hope will help you find more joy in writing your reviews. Share your "Hey! That's neat!" and "Haha!" moments with us.
Ultimately, though, I think you have done what you could and done well. You can't single handedly make this game more popular. Gaming Bolt, which has 1.19M subscribers, has 12K views on its review. GameSpot, with 5.12M subscribers, has 25K views on its review. This was a numbers game few could win. Don't let it get you down.
I think ill just stick to replaying Curse of Monkey Island, but its nice that people are enjoying the new titles.
i agree...the puzzles in the game make WAY more sense than the other games. Also, i wasn't a huge fan of the art style but it grew on me over time...and the game really does feel like an oldschool throw-back monkey island game...so good. I heard a rumor that there might be another one. Did you know that Ron Gilbert named LaGrande after the city he's from?
I been waiting for your review!!
I briefly watched this review because I am trying to avoid spoilers I plan on playing this in December and want to know basically nothing. I did however give this video a thumbs up and share it on Twitter
Thanks!
Strange ... I was expecting spam bots in the comments trying to sell me fine leather jackets...
Cool review. Watched the old Monkey Island review afterwards and remembered I got halfway with 360 version. Tempted to play the series now! I'm guessing 1, 2 then this game at a minimum. Unsure on the others. Looks good fun!
Hey Pam, i'm relatively new here and i notice you didn't have any videos about grim fandango! I wold love to see something about that game here some day! Great vídeo i love Monkey Island and happy to see this game is doing preety well! Prety good content!
I didn't really care for Grim Fandango.
Got the Switch version on release day. Haven't finished yet, but I'm really diggin' it so far. The first 2 MI games are some of my fondest gaming memories.
I'm a fan of Ron Gilbert. Thimbleweed Park was and is the only game thats ending made me stop and ponder my life purpose and existence itself. Fantastic game.
Edited in- I like the art style. I think that Ron chose correctly to try something different. Better than just the "same game". To me...the style reminds me of a pop up book.
The music and sound is the best ever, the artwork: scenery = perfect, some of the old characters e.g. Stan, Otis = perfect, Guybrush = does not look and feel like Guybrush - same for Carla, voice and character of Elaine = it's not her anymore - she is way too nice and cute. For me that's the only downside but I get over it and still love the game!
Adding this to the wish list after a brief gaming hiatus. Looks like so much fun.
Hey Pam! Do you have any plans to make more videos like your "The Dig" one (where you do a bit of a doc about the game but also give a full summary of the story/playthrough)? They're super informative for people like me who always ogled those games from afar via reviews in PC magazines but either couldn't run them or didn't quite have access to them or just plain didn't know how to play them because I was too young and as such they were so mysterious and esoteric, being so different from the console games I was used to. Graphic adventures are like my biggest gaming blindspot because of that and those sort of videos are super valuable to me.
I know it's a lot of work and everything but hopefully we get more of those soon.
Thanks and have a nice day!
I'd like to. Those videos usually come about when I find out an interesting story about the development that I want to dig further into. That hasn't happened lately.
For how mixed the reaction was to the art style, I was pleasantly surprised by it. I think it looks great. Although I feel like anyone who was upset at the style, and made it a sticking point to playing the game was kind of missing the point and strength of the series anyway. It's always been in the characters and puzzles, in my opinion.
Great review, Pam.
Thanks!
of corse the art style is a major part of the game. This is why all the games after number 2 didnt do as well... they missed a trick for sure!
I am so waiting for the physical edition of this.
They should play the Scumm bar rock theme in the pub :P 8 hrs playtime is pretty fast, at least by my standards! Took me about twice that but I was going around finding trivia cards and doing subquests.
I thought the trivia cards were a cute touch, but I stopped being able to find any later in the game.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Yeah I couldn't figure out how and why they appeared in certain places, only got half of them so would have to play again to get them all which I would gladly do 😆
This was pretty good, as were the others (although Escape had its irritating downsides). The Secret of Monkey Island was the first adventure game I ever played, and as absurd as it is I still remember the unique atmosphere the game had.
Good review Pam. I love adventure games. Maniac mansion was the first nes game I ever remember beating when I was a kid.
I've been looking forward to your review. I just picked this up earlier today so I'm excited to give it a try. I personally really do like the art style.
I hope you like it!
So glad you made a video on this game!
Thanks for the neat review Pam!
I really did enjoy the first part of the game on Melee island and Lechucks ship, but i felt it was lacking from then on. Soundtrack was 10/10. My biggest issue with the game is how boring the other islands are to discover apart from Melee island. In Curse of Monkey island and Lechucks Revenge you would go to these different islands with all these interesting towns and stores to walk into and interact with characters, yet in this game the locations on the other islands felt so empty! Some locations had only 1 or 2 things to click on and had no use other than to solve 1 puzzle. Although i think the art style was the strongest part of the game, i mean it dominated the whole game , for example the map of Terror Island, crazy cool art, i did find the box-y art combined with the stripped back interaction and more simple gameplay made it feel like a childs game. I was almost expecting to click on an object and have it say ''A is for apple, B is for banana'' I'm not sure what to make of the game, im sure it will give some young kid major nostalgia 20 years from now, but for me it doesn't quite have the glory that the original 3 had.
Good to hear that it's definitely worthy of playing. This channel is my go to opinion on p&c adventure games. I think I've got to play the old ones first though.
Love me some Monkey Island. Cant wait to play it. Thanks for the review 😊😊😊
Looks very detailed and put together ‼️Great review 👏
Thanks!
Downloaded yesterday, can't wait to dive in this weekend.
Have fun!
That game is at the top of my wishlist! I'm so happy that it turned out this good, and that people seem to like it.
I think the ending of the game explains the art style...
Im here as a long time fan of avgn and i love your review style
Thanks!
@Cannotbetamed1 absolutely young lady
I would love to hear more about how you felt about the oddball ending!
Tell me about Loom! :)
Ive loved it so far the prolog I thought was really smart hope we get the OST on vinyl the art style also really grew on me
For some reason I haven’t played any of the monkey island games yet. I’ll have to check them out. I did play maniac mansion as a kid, and this seems similar. I believe it is the same creator.
Yep, they were both made by Ron Gilbert.
I recommend playing at least the first 3 games before Return. I include the 3rd one despite it not being made by Ron Gilbert because it has a couple of connections to Return which 4 & 5 doesn't (though they're not bad) and it makes the transition between 2 and Return make more sense actually. Plus it's really funny!
Great summation of the game.
Great review as always 🙂 thank you Pam!
Any time!
I've never played the old ones and always been curious. Should I start there or here?
I'd give the first one a shot.
It was great to sail the seas with Guybrush again, didn't like the ending I first got though, but I was happy to have different endings
yeah the very concept is that you chose the one you want, really. Which, in the framing with Guybrush telling the story, is brilliant.
awww all of the warm fuzzy feelings
I’ve never played a monkey island, hope this lands on gamepass so I can give it a risk free go, looks pretty good
A remake/remaster of Fate of Atlantis or original game in the throwback point-and-click style... I don't care, I just want another Indiana Jones game. As well as sequels to Full Throttle and The Dig, as long as I'm dreaming....
Definitely on par with the other Monkey Island games. Definitely easier than 2 & 3 but about the same difficulty level as the original.
Good review Pammy. Solid makeup
Hey hey nice to see content from you. I have only played the prologue yet, can i watch this vid, without spoilers?
There are no spoilers.
I'll probably pick this up since I love point and click adventures. I do gotta say that I'm not in love with those character models, though I think that the backgrounds look amazing. However, if the story and characters are good enough, it won't matter too much, though. I mean, I just played Quest for Glory II... with EGA graphics. I can deal with this.
Great review; thank you very much! 🤗
My pleasure!
Not my jam, but i'm happy to comment here to feed the algorithm for one of my favorite reviewers...
I appreciate that
Very good video and you look Amazing.
This looks fun
Have very fond memories of the original Monkey Island, so I'm glad this is getting good reviews. I think the game's art style looks great. Don't know why people were mad. Then again, I have no idea why people in general are crazy these days.
I have not watched this because I might play it later. is there a reason you are not in the thumb nail?
not gonna lie, the art is kinda of a turn off, but the story is plenty satisfying with mostly great callbacks and real connections to what was established before. the feeling of finally getting a "full circle" for most of the stuff is great. and the humor is still there, with great deliveries all around
The fandom (on Reddit at least) HATE this game. The art style, the puzzles, and ESPECIALLY the ending. They hated it.
Personally, I really love this game.
what did they say? maybe we're over reacting at the outrage? Pam says they were PP heads about it but maybe there is something happening with communication?
can't we find a solution?
I haven't seen much hate for it on Reddit since it's released.
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It was "ok"
But was it necessary?
I think not, and i think: Leisure Suite Larry does a WAY better Job in the Nostalgic and "Times changed" Themes.
What game is 'necessary'?
@@Cannotbetamed1 Jeah, but i personally take a new Franchise like "Broken Age" over the 6th Game of a old Franchise, still a nice game
Great review. I'm super excited to play the sequel.
Thanks!
I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THIS REVIEW! The best part of subscribing to an honest reviewer is that you can trust them (granted tastes can differ, but still). I got this for my wife for her birthday, she's loved the Monkey Island series since she was a kid and doesn't even know that a new one was released! Saturday can't come soon enough!
I hope she loves it!
Ohhh fun video
I wish I could get past the new art style. It's mostly the character design; the backgrounds seem OK. I just don't like it...And everything else seems so great, but I cannot punish my eyes. Glad to see "ask me about Loom" guy, too.
FWIW, I would have liked to see it do something visually that utilizes both modern 3D rendering, and pixel/sprite based imagery. Analogous to what Octopath Traveller did with the SNES JRPG style....But obviously not the same; Monkey Island wouldn't benefit from that exact stylistic direction, IMO. Taking some inspiration from Grim Fandango wouldn't hurt, either.
Would had been great to have the option to switch between new art style and pixel art style. It would had been a really easy and nice touch!
I don't think it would have been easy to make the game in two entirely different art styles. In fact, that sounds the opposite of easy.
I think their goal here was extreme low budget, and hopefully cash in on nostalgia. The voice acting is what cost them the most, the game itself is no different than a free flash game.
Pixel art requires more work from artists, where as misshapen, abstract vectors is easier to animate, and well, much easier to just breeze through slapping together the entire game.
If this had more of the look and quality of Thimbleweed Park's graphics, and world design, it would have been a definite buy for me.
The game isn't at all comparable to a free flash game, that's a very ignorant statement.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Not 'easy' to draw but easy to impliment. Just like they did on games such as Wonder Boy etc. - I feel the issue is they went for the cheap option. Cash in on the francise and skimp on the art style. Good story, just poor choice on graphic style.
@@mangaas I kind of agree mate. It was defo the cheap option they were going for. Pixel art would had taken time and talent. - Maybe they will make a pixel version of this game in teh future. OR a fan made game ripping the voice actors from this one would be cool to see.
I dig the new art style, very cohesive. Must evolve to stay relevant.
Great review. This isn't meant to sound condescending or be backhand compliment as you always looked great but have you lost weight ? It really shows
Serious. I'm scared to even mention anything positive to people with the result of some attack out of some misplaced trauma I am sure I didn't take part in.
Anyways, you have a good one stranger! I hope you don't attack me with ill intentions or words. And if you do I guess I was right about the world and at least death is a universal thing and I'm not the only one to share in that dreaded moment.
I have lost about 10 pounds over the summer. Thanks for noticing.
The "entitled fans", (AKA long time customers), weren't demanding pixel art for the game. They were pointing out that the steep change in artstyle, was not to their liking. It does look like some cheap, very basic, cartoon-network 101 thing.
I will never understand nostalgia or why it makes people so happy.
your childhood must haved sucked lol
@@SebbyZero nope I just never feel the necessity to relieve the past, because the past is the past. (I still replay good games like Spyro PS1 and Final Fantasy 3 NDS)
@@rafresendenrafresenden.1644 Are you hating people if they do reminisce warmly on a memory?
It's okay if you don't agree on remembering the past but should you attack someone different in the brain than you?
Not attacking you or being sarcastic. Just would like to understand because you're coming off a bit threatening.
@@ivanidlehand9651 are you using a scary voice while reading my comments?
@@rafresendenrafresenden.1644 Uh...yeah. Are you angry that I gave you a voice in my head? I mean you can stay as long as you like. You'll have plenty of company.
I don't think it's fair to call fans of the look and feel of old games to be entitled. Name calling never wins any argument, just creates more separation and hate. That said, I do think that new art direction is charming and it looks much better when seen in motion. Regardless of anyone's opinion, I'm glad we got another Monkey Island game.
People can be fans of the original look (like I am) without being dicks about a new look.
Well, time to join the table of art whiners. It looks ghastly and lacks creativity. I'm not saying they should have used pixel art, as much as I love it. But any other art style would have been better than this.
In any case, it's good to see another Monkey Island game make an appearance.
Also, apparently you can get an alternet ending by drowning Guybrush and running out the timer.
I think this style is very creative, a new spin on old places and characters. I wondered about drowning him like you could do in the first game.
I've just finished playing it and would rate it as just above average. I still think the art work is terrible (but you get used to it fast), and I found myself getting bored, especially with all the back tracking but there were some genuinely fantastic parts and the humour is spot on. I'd rank this below the first 3 games but above Escape and Tales.
I found the backtracking in this less tedious than in MI2 because of how fast and easy travel was.
It looks like that dreadful corporate art.
It’s like something an Ai drew. I think I preferred even the early 3D.
ARGH! The design/look...(1 & 2 on the Amiga 3..erh..4 on x86...) though 😕
I'm OLD and NOT a fan of ze LOOK! BUT try it I WILL off-course or not. AAAAARGGGH..and some timbers?
it was ok but the first 3 were the best. Return was kind of basic, there wasnt any clever multi step puzzles and everything felt kind of closed off. Modern adventure games for you i guess
Customers are now, "entitled fans", apparently.
They're not customers if they don't buy the game because they hate the art.
They are if they purchased previous entries, irrespective of if they purchase this entry.
I'm a proud "art whiner" 😃
I have no problem with the art style, I even like it because it reminds me of samurai jack, which was one of my favorite cartoons from my childood.
But I inderstand those who don't like this particular art direction, and calling them "entitled" only because they don't dig it sounds extremely arrogant, to be frank...
I'm guessing you won't be reviewing the new Saints Row ?! Terrible game, RIP Saints Row.
Nah, I don't think I'll be playing that.
I really liked this game but the ending was awful
I despise the graphics and voices. Anti-nostalgia for me.
Aren't the voices the same as before? Puzzle me confused
@@vertigoz Ohh I'm not sure. I wasn't trying to crap on it too much but I'm old school and just enjoyed the original style.
@@vertigozthe original didn’t have voices. The remake of the original has these voice actors minus Lechuck’s who retired before they made MI Return