This is the Best Video Game I’ve Played In A Long Time
I am filled with joy.
This review has VERY few spoilers, you can feel free to watch this before playing the game if you’d like.
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@kizzle_mi_nizzle6069
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
People complaining about the art style is wild. Did they not play 4 and 5. The 3d art style was garbage. First three had pretty cool art styles.
@prime_ai_99
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
There are only 3 Indiana jones, and 2 monkey islands
@7thSAGAH
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I don't care if this video is "old." I'm glad that I came across your page. I'm only into a handful of Point & Click games. I wouldn't say that I'm a fan of the genre, but I'm absolutely a fan of the SCUMM/LucusArts era and Double Fine's Grim Fandango / Full Throttle games. I suck at all these games but I'm completely emerged in the characters, atmosphere/worlds, and writing.
It's really a shame that for people like me who have been doing their history on the genre, and would love to play the classics, we have no LEGAL way in doing so.
I feel so lame for never buying Monkey Island 1 and 2 remaster for XBOX 360 / PS3, and even mobile. All these games are delisted, minus Double Fine's.
@GMTA-pg9xr
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Boy, you shilled this game pretty hard. Also, if this is the best game you've played in a long time, then your standards are depressingly low.
@GandalfTheGrey11
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
They totally fucked it up with that art style. What were they thinking?!
@iwantagoodnameplease
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
SEO: Yuo don't mention the name of the name in the title or the description?
@alicev5496
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I recently played this game without having played the rest (I wanted a more lighthearted game for once, and since I adored the art style and like pirates it seemed fun.) Honestly it was a very enjoyable experience, and for the most part I didn't feel hindered by not knowing older stuff. That said, without spoiling it, the ending doesn't work as well if you play the game as a standalone. But I can't blame em for that.
@alicev5496
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I recently played this without having played any of the other ones (I wanted a lighthearted game as a pallete
@dismaldog
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
About to start playing this soon,been many years since i played curse. Bought return on ebay as it wasn't released here in Australia- expensive but hey i wanted it.
@Cheezer3089
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Imagine they did that to other franchises. Luke battling Vader, then suddenly popping out on Tattoine, but it's a film set…
@jiub101
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I know you're the kind of person all for feminism, but you don't give a care if misandry happens which kind of kills the point.
@Enchurito
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Return to Monkey Island was garbage
@MitsukotheDarkAngel
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I was thinking of what new game I should buy this weekend and remembered your review of this game. It’s the first game in this series I’ve played and I enjoyed it!
@mister_milkman
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Shit artstyle, shit writing, shit "puzzles", Ron Gilbert fell off hard just like his former friend Tim Schafer.
@Kaspleen
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I used to watch my older brother play the curse of monkey island, I loved the artwork for the game and the music. He would be there with paper and pencil making sure he had the insults right for the sword fights.
@GuardianAngelEatos
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
The Curse of Monkey Island is still to this day one of the best video games I've ever played! The humor is unmatched! I miss when video games were great like this one. I haven't played the new one yet. The art style is indeed very weird and offputting.
@AnnasVideoGameReviews
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I need to put this on my To Be Played list. The first Monkey Island is still one of my all time favorites. 🥰
@markosporn8315
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
CMI and Grim Fandango,two masterpieces then graphic whores went by destroying the imagination… sad&wrong
@Ishtarru
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I loved 95% of this game, but they just wrote themselves into a corner with that ending.
@Right_Said_Brett
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Strong disagree. Terrible game.
@French_Connection
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Good review. Thank you.
@Vedurin
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
"Your get a sense of who these characters ARRRRR !!" – heheheheheheh [fiendish cackling] 😉
@JakeDogg-RIP
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Just got this game, I think I’m halfway thru act 4ish, so good! As a lover of the original monkey island games(when I was much younger) it was great to have a recap and the way the game was made is so far perfect! 👌🥰🍻
@davonc7973
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
It would be cool if Ron would make one more with updated graphics like 1 or 2 or even curse of monkey island
I didn't care for 4 escape or tales
@cgrooney9945
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I was a huge fan of the original two games. Great review. judging by the comments, maybe I'll check this out.
@Broockle
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Just played thru it, it was awesome. Love how you get to know Le Chuck's crew a little bit actually.
If I may have criticism tho, there were way too many items in my inventory by the end. That's always a gripe for me in these games.
I feel like MI 5 did a much better job annihilating useless items from your inventory between chapters.
@hansenvspredator7812
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Just like you, the moment I saw Guybrush on Mele island with the lookout still standing there I got this huge rush of excitement and nostalgia. I'm replaying the game a second time to unlock all achievements. All I have to say is, Thank you Ron and the team at TTB.
Aww. This is where I risked my neck for Elaine and she showed me she only needed me to risk my heart. Also the windows need some work.
@TheOnly3MZ
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I started playing Monkey Island series from beginning of this year and it was so much fun. Return to Monkey Island is one of fav games of 2022
@JorgeL721
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I love how that pirate still wears "ask me about loom". This joke is now close to half a century old.
@captainanthonyjankins9479
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
In 2023 sea of thieves have monkey island and it called the legend of monkey island ❤🎉
@hundredpercentjuice
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I just don't understand who the ending was _for_. It seemed designed to get back at people who hated the original ending to two (despite it being SO perfect, of course he was a child, have you SEEN what happened with Elaine).
At the same time, who played this game? People who loved the original, and the family/friends they wanted to share it with. My partner and I had so much fun playing this game, then I got the "pleasure" of having to explain the ending to them (you see, back in 1991 there was this game…..)
@thuaners
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
oh i love your review! so informative and entertaining! and i wanted to hear the opinion of someone who is as fond of monkey island as i am, and you certainly are! 🥰
@davidecolimoro5996
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Loved the game untill the End. The end, just like MI2, for me, ruined the experience.
@Cuckold_Cockles
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
she said she said she saiddd…………."get bent" WREK'T!
@MrEd8846
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
And now sea of thieves came out with a monkey island quest
@simonmatthews88
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
I mean, it works as an independent entity of the original 2 games, but the whole point of Ron Gilbert being back was to finally get a conclusion to the trilogy so swing and a miss
@EdmondDantes224
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
But does the old man still call him "Squinty?"
Am I Bobbin? Are you my mother?
@Chocobo0Scribe
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Seeing as this is apparently Guybrush telling his son about his adventures, I find the storybook art style very fitting!
@underwaterman7293
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
It's coming to the App Store in 2 weeks. Should be fun!
@nedim_guitar
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
It's a great game and the art is fantastic! The way that things in the background move… Great work!
@MiguelBaptista1981
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
no.
@Hdx64
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Oh, yeah?
@CaptainRidley
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
there's about to be a Sea of Thieves crossover with Monkey Island, but you probably already knew that…
@GameMaster-ig8oo
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
There's a audio error at 11:38
@whackman47
June 25, 2026 at 1:51 pm
Even though I enjoyed the game a lot because it lacked the ability to use every item with everything it made the game feel like a 'put-peg-in-hole' game you could essentially brute force and could be completed by a monkey clicking around items on things and conversation options at random.