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This article comes from the official account of Wechat: ID:chuappgame, author: yuan Weiteng

"I am Gabriel Tripwood, a mighty pirate!" In this article, there are many spoilers and analysis on the plot of "Monkey Island" series and "return to Monkey Island". Please read it carefully before the customs clearance game. )

The story unexpectedly begins when Gabriel Tripwood sits quietly on the park bench, the leaves and lawns smell, the occasional bugs sing, and the sun shines from the shade and warms his back.

Once affectionately known as "Little Gai", Gabriel is no longer young. Traces of time climbed up his body, and his loose skin was covered with deep wrinkles. His chin was covered with bluish gray because the stubborn residue of his beard was always hard to clean, and his blond hair was no longer bright, you know, which could have been as shiny as gold.

Guy Brash yawned, tears came out, and there was a "squeak" behind him. From the blurred line of sight, he saw several children running towards him. That's his son, Boybrush Jr., and his good friends Chucky and Dee of the same age.

"Hey, Dad." Little Guy Brash jumped into the chair and sat next to his father.

"Hello, Mr. Tripwood." Chucky greeted him in a low voice.

"Hello, children. Did you have a good time?" Guy Brash said with a smile.

For Gabriel, he has three identities-first a father, then a husband, and finally, a powerful pirate.

Little Gabriel Rush said cheerfully that they were playing a game of acting, with little Gabriel Brash playing the powerful pirate, Gabriel Tripwood, his father himself. Chucky plays the role of Guy Brash's nemesis, old Chuck, a crazy ghost pirate. In the story, he was defeated by Gabriel Rush with a voodoo doll and lost a leg.

"Chucky's performance was great, especially when he asked me to help him put his legs back, not to mention how interesting it was!" Little Gabriel raised his head and waited for his father's approval.

"Oh, I miss those days." Old Guy Brash said, "come here, son, I'll tell you another story." this is a wonderful story, the ultimate secret of Monkey Island. "

Looking at his son's eyes wide open, Gabriel was a little proud. He skillfully told the story in a cheerful, ups and downs tone that children could not resist: "you see, there are rumors that my old enemy, old Chuck, has got the exact location of the secret of Monkey Island, and I knew I had to get it ahead of old Chuck, so I went back to chaos Island to explore and strike first."

Father's story begins to return to Monkey Island! Decades ago, Guy Brash-- he is still a little guy-- came out from behind the watchtower and stood in front of him still the semi-blind lookout. As a lookout, he can't see clearly and always talks with his back to people-no one knows who hired him or what's in the employer's mind.

How many years has this old man been working here? Everything is back, and everything is just right, the bright moon, the sparkling Caribbean, Gollum's bubbling Glogg corrosive drink, and even the stubborn old man sitting in the corner of Chacha's bar peddling the video game LOOM to everyone-he even wears the "ask me gauze" sign on his collar.

These things come from the Secret of Monkey Island, the first generation of the "Monkey Island" series in 1990. Even after so many years, those things that have not changed have not changed.

In the Secret of Monkey Island, players can only get perfunctory answers except for item 3.

"ask me the gauze tool again!" But this time, Gabriel wanted to put an end to the unfinished business, or at least that's what he said, to reveal the secrets of Monkey Island. Of course, his nemesis, old Chuck, was in front of him again, and their destinies seemed to be tied together, running into each other no matter what they did. Now, old Chuck has got a secret map of Monkey Island and is hoarding supplies and recruiting crew at the dock. His notoriety had spread all over the Caribbean, and few dared to fight him except Gabriel. Gabriel followed, trying to trick old Chuck, snatching the treasure map and getting the secret first.

Xiao Gai has always had bad luck, and this time is no exception. His old acquaintance, the pirate leader, has just been driven away by the new pirate leader, and the new "management" doesn't care about the secret of Monkey Island and treats it as a joke. Gabriel couldn't get the money, crew or ship from them. He had to figure it out on his own.

The first chapter of "returning to Monkey Island" (Return to Monkey Island) begins.

The infamous old Chuck has reappeared to inherit and innovate "return to Monkey Island", the sixth and probably the last of the classic "Monkey Island" series in the golden age of adventure games. It caused waves among adventure game enthusiasts, not only because the series was coming to an end, but more importantly, the developer of the first two books in the series, Ron Gilbert, announced his return and rewrote the story. The story, inherited from the second generation of the series Monkey Island Little Heroes: old Chuck Vengeance, seems to be a trilogy with the first two generations of the series 30 years ago, and has little to do with generations 3 to 5 of the series.

In "returning to Monkey Island", players need to operate Gabriel and get ready to go to Monkey Island as usual. The game is still played with traditional click-and-click adventures. In the PC version, players move the mouse to control the character's walk and use the left and right mouse buttons to control interactive movements.

Although "returning to Monkey Island" is inherited from the second generation, it is easier to play because "returning to Monkey Island" does not continue the "SCUMM" system used in the previous two generations of the series (the word "check bar" is also the word in the game), but is more similar to the system that began with the third generation of the "Monkey Island" series-- if you are familiar with the old-school click-and-adventure game. You must be impressed by the 9-key (sometimes more) verb interaction system placed in the lower left-hand corner of the picture. Optional verbs include "dialogue", "observe", "pick up", "use", "give" and so on. Players click on verbs, and then click on the appropriate objects in the scene to form verb-object phrases to complete the interaction.

This design, apparently from the older era of word adventure games, was common in adventure games before and after 1990, such as Crazy Building and Raiders. It was later replaced by the more concise interaction that is common in adventure games today.

Players have to try a variety of verb combinations SCUMM to split the interactive action into several brief action buttons to facilitate players to interact intuitively, which was a great innovation at that time. For now, however, such operations are too cumbersome, especially when performing complex operations, such as combining the contents of a backpack. If you know how to solve the puzzle, a few steps may not be troublesome, but in many cases, the tips of the puzzle will not be particularly obvious, players need to try again and again, a large number of repeated operations are easy to make players feel bored and impatient. Therefore, the new point-and-click adventure games, including "returning to Monkey Island", basically simplify or abandon SCUMM, and the system automatically provides interactive action options. Players almost only need to choose interactive items, which greatly reduces the cost of trial and error.

I actually prefer SCUMM, because the process of combining verb-object phrases is very interesting, and the cost of clicking on modern point-and-click adventure games is too low. I often click in the scene and then rely on luck to trigger the plot, which kind of loses the fun of "playing the game". However, it is precisely because of the simplified operation that there are several times more interchangeable items in "return to Monkey Island" than in the previous works using the old system, which makes most scenes full of plot details and small colored eggs.

For example, in the early days of the game, Huali's map store was full of objects of all sizes. When clicking on them, Gabriel would comment one by one in the usual sarcastic tone, and Wally would respond, and it was fun for the two to sing together. It may be a matter of opinion as to which of the old and new systems is better.

In return to Monkey Island, players can press the Tab button to highlight all the interactive items. Anyway, the Secret of Monkey Island, the first film in the Monkey Island series, was released in 1990. As the latest work in the series 32 years later, return to Monkey Island still retains the classic point-and-click adventure, which is rare enough. It is precisely because of the fame of "Monkey Island" and its large number of fans that "returning to Monkey Island" is not only an unexpected closing chapter, but also a work to pay tribute to fans.

The mystery of Monkey Island (the following includes a strong spoiler of Monkey Island Little Hero 2: old Chuck's Vengeance. )

The plot of "returning to Monkey Island" follows "Monkey Island Little Hero 2: old Chuck Vengeance". In the last work, the story came to an abrupt end in the final battle between Guy Brash and Chuck Sr. After defeating Chuck Sr., Gai was surprised to find that Chuck Sr. was his "scary brother" (Creepy Brother). Chuck Sr. was obsessed with Gabriel because their mother asked Chuck Sr. to "find and catch" his brother.

In the memory of veteran players, the second generation is supposed to look like this, and then the camera changes, and Guy Brash and old Chuck change into two children of about 7 years old, young Guy Brash and Chucky, in a happy playground. The security guard of the playground kicked them out of the staff lounge, and the two children ran to their parents happily, only to be accused of not being separated from their parents. His mother especially criticized Chucky because she had told him to go to little Gabriel instead of running with him. Players can see that the sign of the amusement park says "Big Whoop", which is the name of the pirate treasure they are looking for in the story.

Because the ending of Monkey Island Little Hero: old Chuck's Vengeance is too abrupt and lacks more explanation, the "real story" of Monkey Island has always been a mystery. The subsequent third and fourth generations of "Curse of Monkey Island" and "Escape from Monkey Island" are no longer the responsibility of Ron Gilbert, the creator of the first two films, so the plot of "Monkey Island" continues to focus on pirate adventure. although the cheerful, nonsensical style continues, Ron Gilbert says the story actually deviates from his original vision.

In fact, including the fifth generation of "Monkey Island Legend" produced by the closed Telltale Games series, there is no mention of "the Secret of Monkey Island" in the first five generations of stories. It has been buried and disappeared from the history of video games. It has become a forgotten treasure.

The sudden reversal has caused a lot of controversy, so the return of Ron Gilbert to the development of Monkey Island in 2019 and the launch of Monkey Island will become a matter of concern to many people. I think the best thing is that he solved a mystery that spanned 30 years-both in the game and in the real life of many loyal players for a long time.

Looking for the secret of Monkey Island, so what story does the "Monkey Island" series tell?

Since the release of "returning to Monkey Island", the answer has become much clearer. There is still some debate, but I tend to interpret the Secret of Monkey Island as an adventure story told by Gabriel Rush to his son. In other words, the whole "Monkey Island" series is a story told by Gabriel himself based on real experience, and then through artistic processing-or embellishment.

At the beginning of "returning to Monkey Island," players will hear the sound of two children fighting in the dark:

"take it, old Chuck!"

"Uh... come here, Gabriel. Gently, take off my mask."

This is the conversation between Gabriel and Chuck at the end of Monkey Island Little Hero: old Chuck's Vengeance. Gabriel defeated old Chuck, who lay on the floor and begged Gabriel to take off his mask. This means that the plot of "return to Monkey Island" follows the previous film exactly, and it is also the official recognition of "the Amusement Park ending"-it's all just a role-playing game between Little Guy Brash and Chucky.

Normal kids don't play this game either. there has been a lot of debate in the player community at the end of the second generation, partly because the ending is so abrupt, and partly because Chucky turned his head and stared at the player off the screen at the end. Old Chuck's trademark red flash. It makes it look like it's just another scam of old Chuck.

However, in "returning to Monkey Island", the development team seemed to dispel the players' doubts. Shortly after the opening, Chaki said, "Let me pretend that my superpower is lightning from my eyes!" This line shows that the foreshadowing 30 years ago was just a superpower pretended by children. Not only that, "return to Monkey Island" also overturns some of the original settings. For example, in two generations, Gabriel and Chucky's parents are a couple in the park, but they are reinterpreted as two strangers in "returning to Monkey Island." the end of the second generation is just two children "pretending they are our parents."

All the changes are made to establish a new storyline-Pirate Adventure is just a story that Gabrus tells his children. Although this may seem tortuous and not like the ending that Ron Gilbert had in mind from the beginning, we also know that 32 years can change a lot of things, perhaps in the production of the first "Monkey Island." his idea was to "make a funny pirate adventure game," and then he changed his mind while making a sequel-- or maybe during a long game development journey later-- Gradually let go of the pursuit of career, fame, honor and adventure, and began to value family, life, children, and so on, like most people. In the end, he decided to define "Monkey Island" as a "story told by the father to his children", ending a series that spanned such a long time with "returning to Monkey Island".

After "returning to Monkey Island", Gabriel Rush will update his adventure log in the scrapbook, which players can view in the game's main menu. At the end of the log, the player will find a letter sealed in wax that Ron Gilbert wrote to himself.

"historically, the Monkey Island series has been a portrayal of the life of the game's makers." the Secret of Monkey Island "tells the story of a young man who begins to pursue an exciting new career. as designers in their 20s, we were all at this stage."

"like me, Guy (Gabriel Tripwood) is old now, and he has a long and successful career. But he has more to do with what happened a long time ago, and he feels that those things are not finished yet."

The life experience of Ron Gilbert, a time capsule that broke the "fourth wall", coincided with Gabriel Rush in many places. When Gabriel told his son the story of Monkey Island, he didn't care about the real "Secret of Monkey Island". What was in that glittering box-wealth? Reputation? More treasure? Maybe no one knows but him.

In fact, players can choose the ending of the story according to their own wishes. When Guy Brash tilts his head and asks his father what the secret of Monkey Island is, the player can tell him any of the five endings, and the box can be endless treasure or friendship gained during the journey. Gabriel could also tell the child that sometimes the secret should not be revealed, so he finally buried the treasure chest back to the ground.

The treasure is not important, the ending of the story is not important, the important thing is that this is a story told to children, it should have a tortuous plot, climax paragraphs, but also requires the storyteller to master gripping narrative skills. Gabriel doesn't want to tell his son what the treasure is, because the truth can hardly meet long-standing expectations. Importantly, he told the story, with real experiences and the beautification he had done for his son, but in any case, he enjoyed spending time with his son. That's why he wrote the story-just like for Ron Gilbert, the secret of Monkey Island doesn't matter, so it makes more sense to go back to Monkey Island with Guy and complete the adventure.

The secret of Monkey Island may just be the end of a commemorative T-shirt game, and Guy Brash tells the child the end of the story-Monkey Island is still an amusement park with another "stupid T-shirt" like the previous pirate trial prize. Little Gabriel Rush made a scene, believing that his father had concealed the true end of the adventure. At this time, his wife Elaine came to the park, and the children ran to their mother happily and soon forgot the secret of Monkey Island.

Gabriel sat on the bench, the breeze blowing through his long blond hair, memories of the past surged in his mind, but soon calmed down. He enjoyed a long silence.

Is he thinking about a real adventure? Advantages

+ full voice dialogue, excellent dubbing

+ humorous text, make people smile

+ amazing classic theme music

+ exquisite and gorgeous art style

+ more excellent puzzle design

Shortcoming

− may not be friendly to new players.

The playability of − is slightly lower than that of the previous crop.

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