Sadly, years have passed since Threepwood’s last adventure. Sure, the original releases feature an unwieldy and confusing gameplay structure by today’s standards, but if you can overlook that – or just play the remasters – you’ll still find a worthwhile story to uncover.
The Secret of Monkey Island and LeChuck’s Revenge were masterworks and hold up well today. Everything melded together so well: the laugh out loud sword fights which relied more on sarcasm than any sort of sword skills the fantastic enemy in the form of the grotesque undead pirate zombie LeChuck, hell-bent on marrying Elaine and destroying Guybrush Threepwood and of course, our bumbling hero with the heart of gold, who just happened to have a bad habit of ruining everything he encountered. It was goofy, it was laugh-out-loud funny, it had great characters, and it was exciting – to put it simply, it just felt special.
What struck me even then was how unafraid The Secret of Monkey Island was to be exactly what the creators intended, despite the established norms most games followed. I fondly remember exploring Mêlée Island as a child, not quite sure what I was doing, but enthralled with the witty point-and-click adventure nonetheless. The Monkey Island series holds a special place in my heart.
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