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frontpage Posted by Eragorn | Staff • Apr 18, 2025
Apr 18, 2025 10:56 PM
Return to Monkey Island (PC Digital Download)
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its worth a run through at about $5, but after going through it man do i wish telltale could have kept going with it instead.
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Imagine you launched a new Pokemon game and the first line was, "Welcome to the world of Pokemon. Did you know your parents will die someday? Here's your stupid Pikachu I guess."
We didn't enter that game to be reminded that life sucks actually and nothing is real or matters. We entered it for piratey nonsense.
Ron Gilbert specifically uses the cop-out "meta" ending way too much, to the point that I really don't feel it's worth engaging with his works genuinely at all anymore. maybe that works well for you? But not for me, for sure, and I think it's a controversial ending for very justifiable reasons.
Imagine you launched a new Pokemon game and the first line was, "Welcome to the world of Pokemon. Did you know your parents will die someday? Here's your stupid Pikachu I guess."
We didn't enter that game to be reminded that life sucks actually and nothing is real or matters. We entered it for piratey nonsense.
Ron Gilbert specifically uses the cop-out "meta" ending way too much, to the point that I really don't feel it's worth engaging with his works genuinely at all anymore. maybe that works well for you? But not for me, for sure, and I think it's a controversial ending for very justifiable reasons.
Like most people who played it, I was 11-12 when I first played it and I'm 30 years older now. I really felt the passage of time and the game is kind of about that. The puzzle with the code wheels felt inevitable and beautiful and once were there the ending felt necessary, and I loved the little moment of quiet at the end.
I actually disliked the ending of MI2 way more than Return. It felt harsh (not to mention the difficulty spike) in a way Return didn't. But all opinions are valid here - I can simply say that the ending of Return worked for me.