The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

The Secret of Monkey Island. I remembered when I got this game back in the late 90's or early 2000's at a sale for the Monkey Island Bounty pack containing at the time the whole trilogy. And how I played it. This time I played the Special edition version I got for my playstation 3 since it got the voice acting and really nice graphics if I must say so. It looks almost enchanting and the voice acting is superb with most of the cast returning from the third game which introduced voices to the series. Same Guybrush, same LeChuck and Voodoo Lady and even the return of the original Elaine Marley. And if you dislike the graphics you can with a push of a button return it to its original looks. Only unnerving thing is that it is really made for a computer since the controls aren't as optimal as a mouse. Especially when its demanded fast finger action that really could have used quick commands. At least I was able to still play the games, compared to getting it for my computer which hardly work anymore.

The story then is that you are Guybrush Threepwood who wants to be a pirate so he set out on the three trials, sword fighting, thieving and treasure hunting. His quest will take him all over the Caribbean facing of against the Ghost Pirate LeChuck and his undead crew while finding the love of his life, Governor Elaine Marley. I used to play the original all the time as a kid. Especially the Melee Island part since that was the Insult Sword fight. Playing through I also realise that I for the most part skipped the Voodoo Lady since I never realised you could go another frame in her house. This of course made it a bit hard to follow her character in the other games when she referred back to this game. All in all I remember that it was fairly easy to get to the sea and set sail for Monkey Island, but I got caught on the ship since I didn't get how to leave it. So I looked up a walkthrough for that. Today I can see the ingenious game design in letting the cannon be a necessity to get money at the circus and then reuse it to get to Monkey Island. This series were fairly good at introducing a concept early and then reuse it for a puzzle later. Sad thing is that if you like me took your sweet time you mostly had forgotten how this things worked. Rather different today when I was able to play through the whole game from memory.