Just take the fact that we hear everything that supposedly happens through Guybrush’s retelling of it, rather than just playing it, for example. Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge developed in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. Return, more than even the previous of Ron's games, sets up the idea of the unreliable narrator who may not be telling the whole truth or remembering it correctly, even exaggerating certain aspects for nostalgia's sake. Return to Monkey Island Direct Download Indie. With his latest game’s ending, Gilbert clearly decided to hammer the point home, to some player’s shock and surprise.īut looking back through the game, it feels like we were being set up for this finale all along. You’re never given gold or jewels, instead many of the treasures Guybrush wins are slogan-covered t-shirts, like something you’d win at a fairground. Then there are the rewards for your valiant pirate efforts. Once you encounter Wally in Part V (he's impossible to miss as he will be hanging next to your path shortly after you enter the giant Monkey head on Monkey Island) use the key on the handcuffs to rescue him. They seem like a throwaway joke, so out of place in a traditional piratey world, but they were a nod to the truth all along. Not only in LeChuck’s Revenge's ending but also in strange features in the world, like the grog vending machines. If you look through Secret and Revenge, the clues are there.
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