A beautifully made clean up of the original with improved graphics, whilst keeping true to the game and adding voice acting in it too. Definitely worth a buy if you want to play the first monkey island game and you don't have Dosbox or Scummvm to play the original on.

Edit: The game was mostly made for those who had played it in the past, but I do love how they had changed certain things as not only were the graphics replaced with more cartoonish ones, but you can semi-seamlessly swap between the new ones and the only ones if you're feeling especially nostalgic without messing with DOSBox or Scummvm.

The story, for those who don't know, follows Guybrush Thweepwood who wants to become a pirate, however, he's often laughed off as not only is he a bit of a slender character with no real muscle and not intimidating features at all, but the name itself also doesn't exactly strike fear into the heart of those who come across it.

At the same time, the Pirate named LeChuck has returned from the dead! The reason being, the governor's daughter refused his advances and told him to drop dead and so he did to become the zombie pirate we all know and fear! He's returned with the power of voodoo magic to attempt to take her hand in marriage since he did exactly what she said to do, drop dead. He had also transformed his crew into a group of undead minions to assist him in his conquest.

Reviewed on Dec 13, 2023


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