Return to Monkey Island’s graphic style divides fans, and its author responds aggressively

Although not many details are available about this adventure, some of the first images have sparked controversy on the net.

The community exploded with unexpected news: The return of the monkey island With a new game developed by its original creator, Ron Gilbert. Although the famous author has developed this novelty During April Fools’ Day in the United StatesPlayers didn’t know about it until several days later. The fact that Gilbert’s distinctive sense of humor is repeated in video games, despite being creative Not always for jokes.

I wanted to keep going on Monkey Island because it’s fun, fun and exciting.Ron GilbertNow, Gilbert has written an article in his famous book blog or memo Where he reflects on one of the most criticized aspects of his future batch: artistic style. After posting some first pictures from Back to Monkey Islandmany players have accused of making a decision to move away from the classic pixels to give us a more modern perspective on the original game, which was released in 1990.

It won’t have the art style you want or expect, but it’s the art style you wantedRon Gilbert“When Dave [Grossman] And I started brainstorming about Return to Monkey Island, and we talked about pixel art, but I didn’t feel good. We didn’t want to make a retro game. You will not find an article about thimbleoid park Gilbert explains in his post without calling it a “throwback game.” “I didn’t want Return to Monkey Island to be just a throwback game, I wanted to keep moving forward on Monkey Island because it’s fun, fun and exciting. That’s what Monkey Island games always do“.

“I wanted the art in Return to Monkey Island to be provocative, shocking, and Not what everyone expected“, expresses the creator after reading all the criticisms related to this aspect.” Returning to Monkey Island won’t have the artistic style you want or expect, but It’s the art style I wanted“.

“It’s ironic that the people who don’t want me to make the game I want are too Some of Monkey Island’s most loyal fans. And that’s what makes me sad about all the comments,” Gilbert continues. Back to Monkey Island is a great roller coaster game. Go ahead and have fun or leave the amusement park in the hustle and bustle Because it’s not exactly the roller coaster you want.

With this, we already know that Ron Gilbert It won’t change the style of art From Return to Monkey Island, although he has also taken advantage of his blog to respond to Some of the most commented doubts by players. On the other hand, it was clear that The new installment will vary Of the famous Gilbert games, and part of this goal is illustrated using A fundamental change in the accuracy of your puzzles.

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