![]() To my relief none of the story or dialogue had been altered.Īnd while that remains the same the graphics have been altered. It is also a nice surprise to see how well the humour and story hold up today. It is obvious that legends Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman truly excelled when they wrote the dialogue and came up with the puzzles. I urge you to save the most likely answer for last during the conversations in order to enjoy all the little extras. The story is well written and the dialogue is of the highest calibre. During these escapades he stumbles across the beautiful Elaine Marley and ghost pirate LeChuck, and he is cast into an adventure on the mysterious Monkey Island. Guybrush Threepwood wants to be a pirate more than anything and to accomplish this he has to steal, go treasure hunting and not least win duels where the best insults determines who triumphs. It is with one funny exception not possible to die or get stuck. There are only four occasions during the entire game where you are under any kind of time pressure, the rest of the adventure can be enjoyed at your own pace. It's a classic point and click game where you pick up objects in your surroundings and use them to solve puzzles and advance the plot. Lucasarts have now re-issued the game of the series with improved graphics, a new control scheme to fit the Xbox 360 controller, re-recorded music and sound effects, and voices have been added to all the characters.īut first a small introduction for those who are not familiar with The Secret Monkey Island. The optional in-game commentary by Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman can be activated during certain scenes of the game and gives background information about the development of the original game.Once upon a time it was The Monkey Island series that set the standard for the adventure genres and its hay days in the early 90's. On the other hand the "easy" mode from the original game is not included. ![]() New players who are not familiar with the original game can use two features to make their life easier: a hint system and the possibility to lighten up all interactive elements on the screen. To start an action the player has to choose one of these verbs and then click on an item in the game world or the inventory. Of course he can always switch to the original version where he has the original SCUMM-Interface available with nine verbs at the bottom of the screen. ![]() Optionally the player can circle through the verbs to change the default command for the left mouse button. The three main new features of this Special Edition are the all-new graphics, full voice acting (this time also available while playing with the original graphics) and new controls similar to the coin control of The Curse of Monkey Island: when right clicking on an object all valid verbs pop up. The biggest part of the game is the search for a treasure map during which the player has to solve interconnected puzzles on three islands. Regarding gameplay the game doesn't change much in comparison to its predecessor: the player explores the environment, solves item-based puzzles and talks to a lot of people through multiple choice dialogues. His first goal is to leave Scabb Island and later his search for Big Whoop gets more personal because an old enemy comes back to life. Unfortunately he is stuck on Scabb Island where Largo LaGrande, a former henchman of LeChuck, is in charge and steals all of Guybrush's riches. ![]() Now he is on the search for the famous treasure of Big Whoop. After the events of The Secret of Monkey Island Guybrush came to fame but it is fading away. Description Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition is a remake of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.
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