{"id":7079,"date":"2022-09-19T17:37:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/19\/return-to-monkey-island-review-can-this-90s-pirate-adventure-be-brought-into-the-21st-century\/"},"modified":"2022-09-19T17:37:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:37:29","slug":"return-to-monkey-island-review-can-this-90s-pirate-adventure-be-brought-into-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/19\/return-to-monkey-island-review-can-this-90s-pirate-adventure-be-brought-into-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Monkey Island review \u2013 can this 90s pirate adventure be brought into the 21st century?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PC, Nintendo Switch; Terrible Toybox\/Devolver Digital<br \/><\/strong>Ageing fans will be relieved to learn that this comeback game from Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman is not just a greatest hits rehash<\/p>\n<p>Far out on the high seas, under the scorching Caribbean sun, a soft-hearted and lovably useless pirate named Guybrush Threepwood has to face a difficult question. Now middle-aged and with a grey-stubbled face, does this non-hero still have an adventure in him, or is his story said and done? It\u2019s a question his creators Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman, doyens of 90s comedy puzzle games who have also aged by a few decades, also have to face.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for us and them, the answer is a grog-croaked but resounding, \u201cAye Aye!\u201d Return to Monkey Island is a deep belly-laugh of nostalgia that works its voodoo charm to bring point and click adventures into the 21st century. It ingeniously brings an old made-for-desktop-computers point-and-click system to the modern-day Nintendo Switch with nifty, easy-to-use controls.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/sep\/19\/return-to-monkey-island-review-can-this-90s-pirate-adventure-be-brought-into-the-21st-century\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/bd989f1025e559eec8d6993666323c9d06181a04\/452_293_1279_767\/master\/1279.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e04cb9c28ad7de4fd2723da7062a56e6\" title=\"Return to Monkey Island review \u2013 can this 90s pirate adventure be brought into the 21st century?\" \/>PC, Nintendo Switch; Terrible Toybox\/Devolver DigitalAgeing fans will be relieved to learn that this comeback game from Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman is not just a greatest hits rehash<br \/>\nFar out on the high seas, under the scorching Caribbean sun, a soft-hearted and lovably useless pirate named Guybrush Threepwood has to face a difficult question. Now middle-aged and with a grey-stubbled face, does this non-hero still have an adventure in him, or is his story said and done? It\u2019s a question his creators Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman, doyens of 90s comedy puzzle games who have also aged by a few decades, also have to face.<br \/>\nLuckily for us and them, the answer is a grog-croaked but resounding, \u201cAye Aye!\u201d Return to Monkey Island is a deep belly-laugh of nostalgia that works its voodoo charm to bring point and click adventures into the 21st century. It ingeniously brings an old made-for-desktop-computers point-and-click system to the modern-day Nintendo Switch with nifty, easy-to-use controls. 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