So like someone who says it’s raining, Ron Gilbert has just announced his return to Monkey Island. About an hour has passed since the publication tweet with surprising and very exciting news and I bet there are already many of us, many of us pulling our hair to find out more. And if you are one of the people who have reacted in this way, you will be happy to know that the wait will not take too long, because its creators plan to release it this year in 2022.
And who would be behind Return to Monkey Island? Here’s the good news, and as we can see on both its website and the game’s announcement trailer, the responsibility is divided between Lucasfilm Games, Devolver Digital and Terrible Toybox, which may not tell you anything, but you should know that it is. studio of Ron Gilbert, creator of, among other things, the first two parts of Monkey Island and also the unforgettable Maniac Mansion. Together with Tim Schafer, he is one of the greatest leaders of the golden age of Lucasarts graphic adventures.
You may be surprised that Return to Monkey Island was announced today and is scheduled for release later this year. And no, it’s not that we’re talking about exceptionally rapid development. Gilbert clearly states in his tweet: “ONsomething we’ve been working on for the last 2 years in complete secrecy.«, Which is the text that appears next to a YouTube video that you can see just above these letters.
An interesting point, yes, is found in the description that accompanies the video announcing Return to Monkey Island on YouTube, and that the text states the following: «We announce Return to Monkey Island, the long-awaited sequel to the legendary Secrets of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge of Ron Gilbert’s Terrible Toybox in collaboration with Devolver Digital and Lucasfilm Games, to be released in 2022.«. So we have to understand that only the first two parts of Monkey Island form a canon What is this new title based on? We’ll have to wait for that.
Undoubtedly, the most interesting thing about this project is involvement of part of the original team. Unfortunately, we are used to seeing the name of a classic work and putting it in anyone’s hands to try to harness the power of the name and nostalgia. In this case, however, Return to Monkey Island will have the same signature as the originals, so we can imagine that it also has at least the same love in development that many of us have for the original bet. While it’s not a guarantee, it’s a great starting point.
And well, if you come to tell me that it’s better not to get excited about Return to Monkey Island, which will definitely disappoint us that games like the old ones are no longer done, all I have to say is you fight like a farmer … and I hope you answer me that I fight like a cow.
