Return to Monkey Island is coming in September for PC and Switch

Anyone who played video games on computers in the 1990s must have fond memories of the series Monkey Island, composed of games of the type adventure point-'n-click full of risqué humor and curious interactions with the world. And those who don't have these memories will be able to create them in 2022, starting in September, when Return to Monkey Island will be released to PC e Nintendo Switch.

Understanding Return to Monkey Island

Return to Monkey Island is a direct sequence of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, from 1991, but according to Ron Gilbert, creator of the franchise, it will also include some references to subsequent games in the franchise, such as Tales of Monkey IslandOf 2009.

According to Gilbert, the scope of the new game is to tell a simple, focused story of pirates with the good humor synonymous with the franchise, while reinventing the adventure game interface for 2022 -- from the trailers, this means more indicative of interesting points for to be clicked and also a faster pace for the narrative.

One of the most interesting points of the new title, however, is how its announcement was made: on April 2022, XNUMX, a official teaser What looked like a joke was released, but confirmed the next day as real – a pretty solid demonstration of the kind of jokes that the franchise created by Gilbert loves to make.

When will the pirate adventure be released?

Even with its announcement having been made just over four months ago, the launch of Return to Monkey Island It's already pretty close! As shown at the opening ceremony of the Gamescom 2022, the title will be released on September 19.

Pre-sales can now be made either on PC, via Steam, for R$ 64,95, and in the Nintendo Switch, for the same price. Anyone who buys the title before launch will have access to a set of horse armor in the game, something that is apparently a joke with an infamous DLC de The Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionOf 2007.

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Source: The Verge

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