This is the Best Video Game I've Played In A Long Time 

Ooh! That is a clever take, I love it

That actually makes sense. I had not considered that ...

Ok that is clever. I still think she TOO nice in this one but yeah makes sense if this is how guybrush sees her.

That’s very sweet.

I took it more as Elaine mellowing out ever since loosing her job in Escape.

They are so adorable together in Return too. Hashtag goals.

I recall reading somewhere that Ron Gilbert never intended for them to get married and wanted their relationship to evolve into a snarky brother/sister kind of dynamic. I believe he was disappointed that the writers of Curse wed them. He's clearly past that now.

“Remind me how long we’ve been married?” Lol

@@BehindTheAddiction please don't "hashtag goals." 🤢

@@BehindTheAddiction Do you say 'hashtag' in normal speech? Are you on medication?

I feel the same say. I was pretty worried about this because years ago Gilbert had written a list of things he would do if he ever got Monkey Island back and one of the thing was that he would make "Monkey Island 3a" that would effectively pick up immediately after Monkey Island 2 and strike Curse and Escape and Tales from the canon. I got more upset because I saw plenty of youtube comments clamoring for that to happen, asking for the "real" Monkey Island 3, treating the other games as worthless just because Ron Gilbert didn't make them. Initially when this game was announced the expectation was that this game would be "3a" that Ron had talked about, but he soon said that Curse was not going to be removed from canon, which made me relax. Then the expectation was that this might be some sort of "midquel" between 2 and 3, but in the end this is Monkey Island 6. And I love it.

@@Blokewood3 Mood. In todays age where so many "wow 90s creator comes back to MAKE THING REAL AND PROPER" occurences happen... reading this and seeing the video made me actually happy and interested in checking it out

Don't forget Tales, he honored that one too. In any case, I'm certainly glad he didn't follow with his original plan. I understand (as he himself explained) he wrote the list of what he'd do with a new Monkey Island game from a place of anger and inexperience, and he's a more mature person now.

The thing is, those ignored the ending of 2, which had tons of interesting implications. I was hoping that we'd explore those implications. I guess it would be possible while referencing the other games, but now I'm worried that aspect was lost.

@@ZipplyZane Have you not played Return? That's all addressed there.

She's too supportive, I find. Doesn't really seem as fiery as before, comes across as being boring.

@@Uthic It may be because Guybrush is telling the story, so she is shown the way he sees her. That's how it came across to me anyways.

​@@Garrett42 Maybe, but that changes nothing. I have to react to the story Gilbert is telling me.

@@Uthic I tought the twist will be that she's Guybrush's mom, the way she acts.

@@davidpapai4018 There is a little of fire from Elaine when she faced one of Captain M's henchwoman's and protected her plunderbunny as he went inside the Monkey Island's entrance. I missed her Tales 'ass to the world, sweet to her man' attitude. Aside from that moment, Elaine was too sweet, even as Guybrush's wife.

yea, that line got me too. the way they reintroduce characters like Elaine and Carla is spot on. great writing.

To think he was originally supposed to have only one scene in Curse. Thank God people reacted so well to him in the demo that they gave him more to do.

Hahaaa “is it a really evil looking doorstop?” 😂😂

Me too. Wanna "get bent" together?

I thought so at first too, but it turned out to be much more expressive than I originally thought and I learned to appreciate it very quickly.

yeah I wasn't feeling it from the trailers but when I actually played I genuinely fell in love with it!

Thing is once you start playing you're used to it after 5 minutes.

I don't know if you have played it yet, because it is so charming in motion imo.

Ah yes, from the Curse of Monkey Island. You should do your mom a favor and ask her to play these games with you. That's what I did back in the day, as a kid, and it was a blast.

This is precious and made me smile. Thanks for sharing!

I sometimes play the games on my phone using scummvm

It feels like there was a lot of love and care put into it. Always a good thing

The graphics don't look good, but I am looking forward to it!

@@rpcruz True, the graphics always were the main selling point of Monkey Island

Oh yes please! Seconded!

Thirded! Pleaaaaaase? 🥺

Yes, please! ❤️

I can higly recommend a show called Mostly Walking. Three people involved in game design who play through both old and new adventure games and talk about them in a light-hearted way. One of the cast members is actually a programmer on this game (Leigh Graner).

@@Rachenviel yeah I love them! Their Return to Zork playthrough is a classic

we really need more games with that mechanic expecially with the point&click adventure type

It's absolutely nostalgia done right. Something entirely new that builds on what came before instead of just retconning it. I really appreciate that Gilbert didn't dunk on the games he didn't work on either, that they absolutely were still part of the foundation for the story he'd tell. This is what you get when someone is a creator who actually cares about their work.

Nice! I’m a massive Monkey fan but Gotta say, immediately the art-style is putting me right off...how’s your progress and feelings at this point?

@@ljclark2177 I like the art style but to be fair that's entirely subjective. For my part, I binged the game pretty hard so I've finished it, heh. Though I suspect there are completion-type things to go back and so.

Im SHOCK how afraid is everyone to say anything bad about this game. Is a good game, don’t get me wrong, but is not perfect and has lots of sour spots that game reviewers seems to be blind to or are overly positive about everything.

@@lomaurodg Fair, I guess? I loved it top to bottom but I understand it won't hit everyone the same way, even longtime devoted fans. I think possibly collectively we're all so desperate for a game licensed from a major media corporation that ISN'T a microtransactional bug-ridden cash grab, there's a lot of slack to be cut if that might mean more.

I would recommend completing 1 and 2 (in the original pixelart look!!) multiple times, you keep finding new stuff in those first 2 games! especially dialogue options or inventory discriptions that to this day have me in tears from laughing

As someone who was also skeptical it's actually really good in motion

I wasn't super into it when I first saw the trailer, but the visuals aren't a distraction at all, and I felt the animations really fit the theme of the game. I loved the style of Curse more than anything, and I'd love a return to that look and feel someday, but I'm really glad they've brought the 2D sprites back.

The art syle has a purpose, it fits with the framing of the story being told. Also, the maps look gorgeous in this style, especially Mêlee

How appropriate, you fight like a cow!

@@Jayfive276 Fitting, I want you to milk me

I wish someone would make a love letter to Broken Sword. That's a much better franchise.

Heck yeah!

That's interesting, I think I was one of those strange people that *enjoyed* getting stuck! Grim Fandango is one of my favourite games of all-time, it's mostly easy to figure out but there is ONE puzzle in the big city that is famously challenging - even now I've actually forgotten how to do it lol

They just put a Jenny LeClue art book up for sale, and I grabbed one the moment I knew about it. Pretty excited to get that in the mail.

Lets be honest we waited so long for this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mCfYi7634rU.html

It's charming

@@roxassora2706 This art style literately has zero charm.

@@shabad0009 To you.

@@shabad0009 i strongly agree

Over a year later: what did you think of the game?

I know it's late, but thank you for putting into words what I felt playing this. I wanted to quit, but it was a gift so I forced myself to finish it.

It was a small area in the Pirate's Life Tall Tale, but the theme interpretation have me chills.