Return to Monkey Island

[Dem2k]

A beloved classic for many, and a source of comedic material for the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Monkey Island is getting a new game from the original creator.

This will probably be my one of my most anticipated title this year. A nice surprise for sure.

Edit - Interesting read into what we might expect.
https://grumpygamer.com/if_i_made_another_monkeyisland

 

[Amatsubu]

Colour me interested.

 

[sgavan]

Very interested in this, one of the best game series

 

[robfosters]

Be good to play a point and click again. They seem to be a thing of the past now.

 

[danoliver1]

Awesome can't wait for this, I still get goose bumps every time I hear the theme tune.

 

[glenimp617]

Fantastic!

 

[Rroff]

This is either going to be the greatest thing ever or a complete car crash - there isn't really much room for anything else.

 

[Worthy]

Oh nice one! I just finished playing through CoMI again yesterday. Totally agree with @Rroff on this one - please don’t mess it up!

 

[Dup]

Despite being 37 this year I have never played a Monkey Island game. I was never really a fan of point-and-click games (although loved Full Throttle, fond memories with my late father, which was also my first experience of a trackball mouse ).

For those worried, they're only just promoting it the same year it releases. This is generally a good thing, less hype more and faith in the product.

 

[Dem2k]

Oh nice one! I just finished playing through CoMI again yesterday. Totally agree with @Rroff on this one - please don’t mess it up!

Apparently Ron Gilbert already had his own vision for a trilogy never envisioned because he wasn't involved in curse. He was chiefly behind Monkey Island 1 + 2 well now he's getting his chance to make the third game and I guess he will have it aligned to the ending of LeChuck's Revenge.

 

[Tek81]

Absolutely love Monkey Island. This is a definite buy for me. I'm assuming Disney must have been uncharacteristically lenient with the rights?

 

[gettothechopper]

aaaaahhhh

i am so excited

aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh

 

[garjac]

i loved that game. The first time around

 

[Vinno]

A re-play of the other ones might be in order!

 

[RBImGuy]

Good news in this time

 

[Ice Rich]

Thanks for posting this Excited

 

[throwaway4372]

got one of the previous games on steam but got stuck very early on, never completed it

 

[ZG002]

Grew up on the first two on my Amiga 500, even made friends at school who were further behind than me so I was able to help them.

Took me years to complete both, but that was without access to the Internet back then and only small hints in gaming mags .

Looking forward to this one! I just hope Ron has a lot of freedom and we all get to play it together without hints or an online guide for the first few days at least.

 

[Participant]

Awesome can't wait for this, I still get goose bumps every time I hear the theme tune.

There are some good covers of the (fantastic) Monkey Island main theme tune on YouTube, including a brilliant one with a full orchestra.

 

[Witcher1980]

Remember the original on the Amiga, so many disks. I tried to very quietly swap disks late at night on a school night, trying not to wake my parents. Eventually I did wake them and my Amiga power-pack was removed at bed time.