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To understand where the plot picks up, you should (re)play MI1 and MI2. A few things I understand were borrowed from Curse of MI, but you don't need to know th
by RajT88 4y ago
To understand where the plot picks up, you should (re)play MI1 and MI2.
A few things I understand were borrowed from Curse of MI, but you don't need to know them beforehand. They were borrowed because they are charming and funny, not because they add something to the canon (cannon?).
- nottorp 4y ago> To understand where the plot picks up, you should (re)play MI1 and MI2. Actually you should just play them because they're bloody brilliant, as jonplackett said. There are remakes for modern ish systems available: https://store.steampowered.com/app/32360/The_Secret_of_Monkey_Island_Special_Edition/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/32360/The_Secret_of_Monke... https://store.steampowered.com/app/32460/Monkey_Island_2_Special_Edition_LeChucks_Revenge/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/32460/Monkey_Island_2_Spe... 3 4 and the Telltalle series... you won't miss much. But 1 and 2 are why this game launch made it even to HN.
- udp 4y ago> 3 4 and the Telltalle series... you won't miss much. Fair enough about the others, but that’s a controversial opinion about 3, which is critically acclaimed and a classic for anyone played it as a kid in the late 90s. It only gets criticised because Ron Gilbert wasn’t involved. The voice acting cast from it are nearly all in Return, along with lots of references, so it’s canon for Gilbert purists now too!
- nottorp 4y agoI'm not criticizing it, I just don't remember the plot which says something. Was it the one with monkey combat? And time travel? Or time travel was in 4...
- seba_dos1 4y agoMonkey combat and time travel were both in 4 (Escape, the clumsy 3D one). Curse was the 2D-cartoon one with demon LeChuck, Elaine turned into gold statue, chickens and rollercoaster of death.
- nottorp 4y agoSeriously. I just skimmed through a youtube playthrough. I've definitely played it (3 i mean). Still don't remember what it was about.
- CrLf 4y agoMI3 may not have had Ron Gilbert’s involvement, but fits perfectly with 1 and 2. It’s an awesome game. MI4 was OK, but not memorable, and the 3D wasn’t a good fit for it.
- seba_dos1 4y agoIMO the only game where you won't miss much is the fourth one - Escape from Monkey Island. All the rest were pretty charming.
- seba_dos1 4y agoAll the previous MI games are canon to the new one, although the whole MI canon isn't exactly very strict in the first place anyway.
- RajT88 4y agoIt is a little loosey-goosey, but I understand* there's now 2 timelines, which I'm going to come up with some arbitrary labels for: - 1, 2, Return <- "Gilbert Canon" or, "OVA" - 1, 2, Curse, Escape, Tales <- "Extended Canon", "Guybrush Universe", "Guybrush Muyou" A little bit of Curse is going into Return, which is the loosey goosey part**. Memorable characters/gags, and less the events of Curse. * Full disclosure, I haven't played Tales, or Return yet. * *Well, also PC gaming is a thing in the MI universe, and pirates are shilling LOOM in the SCUMM bar.
- seba_dos1 4y ago> * Full disclosure, I haven't played Tales, or Return yet. Yes, I can tell. Return to Monkey Island explicitly references events from all the previous Monkey Island games. When it comes to the timeline, I won't comment on it, as that's kind of a spoiler. It becomes obvious early in the game though.
- RajT88 4y ago> Yes, I can tell. Return to Monkey Island explicitly references events from all the previous Monkey Island games. I mean. I have a day job. I won't have time until the weekend to play it. It's only been out like 9 hours!