Return to Monkey Island, the continuation of the story from he Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge now has a first gameplay trailer. With a return of series creator Ron Gilbert and developed in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games, it's certainly an exciting game to keep an eye on.
Today, Devolver Digital released the first trailer you can see below:
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About it:
It’s been many years since Guybrush Threepwood was last locked in a battle of wits with his nemesis, the zombie pirate LeChuck. His true love, Elaine Marley, has turned her focus away from governing and Guybrush himself is adrift and unfulfilled, having never found the Secret of Monkey Island. Hip, young pirate leaders led by Captain Madison have shuffled the old guard from power, Melee Island has taken a turn for the worse, and famed businessman Stan has been imprisoned for ‘marketing-related crimes’.
Banter with old friends and new faces on familiar islands now under dangerous new leadership. Then, take to the high seas and explore the new and unknown as you work your way out of tough predicaments. Clever puzzles, bizarre situations, and devastating ripostes are all that stand between Guybrush and glory.
We don't quite know what platforms it will be on yet as it's all "TBA" (to be announced).
You can follow it on Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
sub 1 Jul 2022
It feels like poor Ron fell into the trap of showing he takes the "criticism" personal and basically admitted to be vulnerable in that regard. This is what some people on the internet love to exploit and I think this is exactly what happened (still happens) and went far beyond a legitimate criticism.
Looking forward to the game.
Grateful, Ron was brave enough for this project at all.
I mean, that's a damn fvcking risk.
And it seems his worries were justified (even more than that).
What a sad turn of events after one the most exciting game related announcements (for *me*).
Hope Ron will be fine.
It all boils down to "That's why we can't have nice things".
ElamanOpiskelija 1 Jul 2022
It all boils down to "That's why we can't have nice things".
It really is a pity. I wonder what pleasure does anyone derive from ruining a developer's motivation like that.
Must have been really hateful comments too, I actually went [to the blog](https://grumpygamer.com/rtmi_trailer) now and noticed that many posts criticizing the art style still remain. So it wasn't those that were deleted, but other posts that contained personal attacks.
I wonder if people have become spoiled and desensitized by communicating with front-ends of soulless corporations, which seem to be able to take virtually any amount of hate and abuse in their webs and forums, only to politely reply "we are aware of the concerns and blah blah..."
... And now don't understand how to give feedback to an actual person.
Schattenspiegel 1 Jul 2022
Last edited by Schattenspiegel on 1 Jul 2022 at 11:37 pm UTC
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Chuckaluphagus 14 Jul 2022
I was just trying out Broken Age last night, since I had never played that one. I was struck by the similarities between the graphics style, and especially the animation style, and what we see in the Return to Monkey Island trailer. Characters move almost like marionettes, or shadow puppets. It works -- fits -- for Broken Age, I think. And given that the Monkey Island games resemble silly stories that you can share with your kids, that seems suitable, too.
Still looking forward to Return.
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