#lechucks revenge

[lukewholey-blog]

Lechuck throughout the Ages, Voiced by late Earl Boen, Adam Harrington and Jess Harnell 

I have also done a Guybrush Threepwood compilation which can be found here.https://at.tumblr.com/lukewholey-blog/been-working-on-this-for-a-while-after-playing/iy05lfp89n28 The Ghost Pirate-The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2009) Escape from Monkey Island (2000) The Zombie Pirate (V1)-Monkey Island 2:Lechuck's Revenge (1991) Monkey Island 2:Lechuck's Revenge Special Edition (2010) The Zombie Pirate (V2)/The Demon Pirate -The Curse of Monkey Island (1997) The Zombie Pirate (V3)/The Statue Pirate -Escape From Monkey Island (2000) The Voodoo Pirate/The Human Pirate/The Demon God Pirate -Tales of Monkey Island (2009) The Zombie Pirate (V4) -Return to Monkey Island (2022)

[twelvepackofsaltybones]

never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game

[videogamepolls]

Requested by anon

[artsyebonyrose]

inktober day 5: map

(guybrush and elaine from monkey island 2)

one of my favourite games :))

[retrocgads]

USA 1997

[twerlint]

my nostalgia for the monkey island games always has me going back to play them. all of them. I finally got to MI2 and

Look at this

GOOBER

[wellabridgemeprincess]

80s Cartoon Vtuber Link is streaming the second Monkey Island game!

Live at 8pm EST at Twitch.tv/WellXcuseMe

[oldgamedebris]

Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate.

[never-obsolete]

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)

[unseenhand1997]

Since I love Return to Monkey Island so much (and I missed @captmickey and @nexttrickanvils's stream earlier today) here are 5 reasons why I adore part 2 of the game (with some notes about part 3 as well).

1. I love how LeCrew highlight how far LeChuck has fallen and the main difference between him and Guybrush. In any other Monkey Island game, these guys would have worshiped LeChuck. Iron Rose's whole puzzle chain is about how much she used to admire him. And yet, LeChuck's obsession with getting revenge on Guybrush has completely destroyed their faith in him, and he treats them like garbage. There are hints that he does care about them to SOME degree (he talked with Rose by a fire on Terror, they threw a birthday party for him, and he even praises them when he talks to Madison) but he refuses refuses to treat them as anything other than objects. Meanwhile, Guybrush spends the entire chapter talking to LeCrew and interacting to them like actual people (which is even more interesting when you consider the ending). Guybrush views people as people; LeChuck views people as objects.

2. Putra and Flambe are amazing characters, and I would be so happy if they came back. I particularly love how genuinely passionate Putra is about her craft (as a fellow artist, I can relate). You can joke all you want, but the fact that she made Scorched Alaska (Baked Alaska irl) with the materials she had shows real skill. I could totally buy that Guybrush could be friends with someone like her. Also, Bob is awesome.

3. I love that LeChuck's pamphlet was adapted from "The LeChuck Way" which was one of the audiobooks mentioned in Curse! It's a cool easter egg that shows the progression of how LeChuck manages his crew.

4. I love how bureaucratic LeChuck is in this game. In a game all about childhood and aging, it's interesting that the main villain embodies the most lifeless (heh) idea of what adulthood is. He's the kind of bitter old man that Guybrush might become if it wasn't for the presence of Elaine (and later Boybrush).

5. It's a shame that so many of my favorite scenes with Madison and her crew are kinda hidden. I love all the dialogue those 3 and Murray have with eachother if you go to the Monkey Head before you spring the trap.

[arcanetrivia]

LeChucks Revenge by Blamberino on DeviantArt

[g-a-l-a-c-t-i-c-o-r-e]

Monkey Island 2 – LeChuck's Revenge

[captmickey]

I asked, ya'll voted: And it looks to be another year of Game Stream for Monkey Island Appreciation week!

Once again, no, I will not play Escape. Maybe next year when I'm feeling a bit more brave (and have more patience with its RNG nonsense). And Curse isn't on the list because I streamed that last year for appreciation week and I don't think ya'll want to see Curse. Again.

*=Because it’s Episodic, means I’ll play one or two of the chapters. Not the whole thing. If this gets voted, I’ll make a poll for which episode.

So pick your pirate!

[fuckaspunk]

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck

If a woodchuck could chuck wood?

a crazy amount bro. play Monkey Island 2 LeChucks Revenge for more details

[kyndaris]

Filling Plot Holes

Back in the olden days, games were simpler affairs. Instead of realistic high definition graphics, developers relied on pixel art styles to portray the setting and characters. It wasn't the most amazing thing to look at but it was astonishing for their time. Nor were games incredibly complex in terms of gameplay. In those days, it was hard for developers in 3D and have competing objectives for the player to keep in mind.

Instead, many early games were in the vein of point-and-click adventure games. And none were as renowned as The Secret of Monkey Island by Lucasfilm Games.

This was the game which introduced us to beloved character Guybrush Threepwood as he journeyed across the islands of the Caribbean in order to make a name for himself as a pirate. Along the way, he made both friends and enemies, as well as fell in love with Governor Elaine Marley.

Over the years, several sequels came out. Often, Guybrush would do battle with his arch nemesis, LeChuck, before saving the day. And in 2009, it all came to an end with Tales of Monkey Island.

That is, of course, until 2022 where Return to Monkey Island, came roaring onto all available consoles as well as the PC. What made it special, though, was that it was the first Monkey Island game by series creator, Ron Gilbert, since Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. So, of course I booted it up after two years of having it sit in my Steam library.

I'm anything if not consistent when it comes to the backlog of games I have waiting to be played!

Return to Monkey Island starts off with Boybrush Threepwood and his friend, Chuckie, playing at an amusement park and re-enacting Guybrush's previous adventures. For a while, they amuse themselves with scurvy dogs and by pretending an elderly couple also at the park are their parents. It isn't long before Boybrush finds his father and prompts Guybrush to recount the tale of when he found the secret of Monkey Island - a sticking point of the first game.

The game then pivots to Guybrush in the past. Wishing to be the first person to discover the secret, Guybrush has travelled back to Melee Island in order to gather a crew and ship. With his usual suave, he approaches the Pirate Leaders - only to discover they are no longer the three men he knew in the first two games. Instead, they've been replaced with a new trio of dark magic users: Madison, Lila and Trent.

These new Pirate Leaders refuse to help. Undeterred, Guybrush finds another way to find a crew and ship to get to Monkey Island before LeChuck. To do so, he disguises himself as a zombie and is hired onto LeChuck's ship as a swabbie.

Yet though Guybrush manages to steal the map to the secret, he is soon discovered to be an impostor when he accidentally removes the magical eyepatch he was wearing to serve as his disguise. Infuriated by the deception, LeChuck duels Guybrush on the bow of the ship. A duel which Guybrush loses and he plummets down into the sea.

Of course, given how close the ship was to Monkey Island and Guybrush's ability to hold his breath for ten eight minutes, he is able to walk the rest of the way to shore. Following the map he stole from LeChuck, Guybrush falls into a trap set by the Pirate Leaders who reveal they had the real map. Unfortunately, the map is magically encrypted and they need LeChuck's catchphrase, his theme song and his favourite food to unlock it. All, of which, fall onto Guybrush's shoulder to obtain.

But obtain them he does - unlocking the map and revealing to all present that the secret of Monkey Island is at the International House of Mojo back on Melee Island.

It isn't long before Guybrush is betrayed and is left at the bottom of a cliff. Elaine, however, comes to his rescue and they escape the island by rebuilding Guybrush's old ship: the Sea Monkey.

Despite all these setbacks, Guybrush is the first to arrive back at Melee Island where he finds the secret locked inside a safe requiring five golden keys to open. He sets out across the Caribbean, visiting Brrr Muda and Terror Island along the way, before returning to the International House of Mojo to unlock the chest.

After opening the safe, Guybrush finds another locked chest inside. Before he can open it though, LeChuck steals the chest and takes it back to Monkey Island, where, in order to open it, a ritual is needed. Guybrush and Elaine follow. After descending down into the depths, following the footsteps of LeChuck, Guybrush emerges into a theme park recreation of Melee Island. After opening the chest, he is gifted with a novelty T-shirt.

Like many of point-and-click adventure games from yesteryear, there is a strong focus on humour. The story is silly and ridiculous, though the writing remains sharp as ever in its witty social commentary. One that stood out to me was Elaine's campaign to end scurvy and how sailors on a plague ship refused to believe in science - preferring instead Saleman Stan's flyer with its half-truths and blatant lies before they would consider getting the necessary Vitamin C from limes to combat the disease.

It was an apt metaphor for COVID.

Perhaps if there is another deadly illness travelling across the globe, we'll need to peddle masks and vaccine as if we're snake oil merchants. It might actually let the dunderheads in the world finally try it. Especially when all the difficult science jargon has been removed!

That aside, I feel like the story could have gone to greater lengths if it so chose. Yet, on the other hand, I can see why Ron Gilbert went the route he did. After hyping up the secret of Money Island, it was easier to pull the rug out from underneath Boybrush, as well as the players, as whatever it truly was would have never lived up to the standards we'd all made up in our heads.

So, in keeping with tradition, and with its unique style of comedy, Return to Monkey Island had to make the 'secret' less than ideal.

Methinks, though, that Guybrush hasn't truly mastered the art of good storytelling and still needs to work on how to end his fanciful tales of adventure. Yes, he joined the Chums and was able to impress the old Pirate Leaders, but he still has far to go if he wants to be a storyteller worth any salt.

From a gameplay perspective, Return to Monkey Island returns to its roots as a point-and-click adventure where solutions aren't always as simple as they seem and logic is oft thrown out the window. Other times, the item Guybrush needs to advance is tucked away in a different part of the world and the player is forced to backtrack because it wasn't evident from the first one would need it.

Return to Monkey Island does furnish players with a hint book, however. One that provides valuable hints should they get stuck.

Of course, if you aren't playing on 'Hard Mode' and you do use the hint book in any capacity, people on the internet will decry you for cheating and not playing the game as intended.

But what a stranger on the internet doesn't know won't hurt them. Nor should one feel obligated to only ever play a game the 'correct' way.

If you want to play the game on casual mode and rely on the hint book if you're unsure how to proceed, my advice is: GO FOR IT! After all, the time you have on the world is limited. Getting stuck on a puzzle in a video game needn't be the be-all and end-all when it comes to one's satisfaction in life.

Overall, I enjoyed my adventure with Return to Monkey Island. After I surprised myself with how long I spent with Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, it was nice to play a relatively short game without high stakes. Especially when so many video games are keen to take up all of one's time in a never-ending cycle of live service. Similarly, the vibrant art style and fun story provided some much needed levity from the direction of many dour and serious video games.

So, dear readers, if you're looking for something a little old-school and provides a rollicking adventure through the Caribbean island, look no further than Return to Monkey Island!

[askfanandtesttube]

Hello there! Have you two heard of the hit 2005 game “Psychonauts” by Tim Schafer; known also for making games such as Brütal Legend (2009), Costume Quest (2010), Grim Fandango (1998), Broken Age (2014), Full Throttle (1995), Stacking (2011), The Secret of Monkey Island (1990), Day of the Tentacle (1993), Psychonauts 2 (2021), Psychonauts: In the Rhombus of Ruin (2018), Costume Quest 2 (2023), and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge (1991)?

Uh, I haven't... Fan might've!

-Test Tube