Return to Monkey Island review – can this 90s pirate adventure be brought into the 21st century?

Return to Monkey Island review – can this 90s pirate adventure be brought into the 21st century?

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https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/sep/19/return-to-monkey-island-review-can-this-90s-pirate-adventure-be-brought-into-the-21st-century

PC, Nintendo Switch; Terrible Toybox/Devolver DigitalAgeing fans will be relieved to learn that this comeback game from Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman is not just a greatest hits rehash

Far out on the high seas, under the scorching Caribbean sun, a soft-hearted and lovably useless pirate named Guybrush Threepwood has to face a difficult question. Now middle-aged and with a grey-stubbled face, does this non-hero still have an adventure in him, or is his story said and done? It’s a question his creators Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman, doyens of 90s comedy puzzle games who have also aged by a few decades, also have to face.

Return to Monkey Island review – can this 90s pirate adventure be brought into the 21st century?

Sep 19, 2022, 5:19pm UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/sep/19/return-to-monkey-island-review-can-this-90s-pirate-adventure-be-brought-into-the-21st-century > PC, Nintendo Switch; Terrible Toybox/Devolver DigitalAgeing fans will be relieved to learn that this comeback game from Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman is not just a greatest hits rehash > Far out on the high seas, under the scorching Caribbean sun, a soft-hearted and lovably useless pirate named Guybrush Threepwood has to face a difficult question. Now middle-aged and with a grey-stubbled face, does this non-hero still have an adventure in him, or is his story said and done? It’s a question his creators Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman, doyens of 90s comedy puzzle games who have also aged by a few decades, also have to face.