Although Return to Monkey Island largely sticks to the formula established by. There's talk of a sequel and I imagine we'll be right back in the pirate setting without much attempt at a real explanation, because so much of this just runs on cartoon logic and the sitcom status quo (and the gooey nature of truth) anyway. Serving as a direct sequel to 1991's Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Return to Monkey Island follows the series' evergreen protagonist Guybrush Threepwood as he sets out to find the elusive 'secret' of Monkey Island before his archenemy, the ghost pirate LeChuck. The "I hope he's not under some kind of horrible CURSE"/Carnival of the Damned out is still available. I personally feel like the anachronistic quirkiness and fourth-wall-breaking of the setting is maybe more interesting taken at face value than another "It was all just a dream/amusement park/video game" twist which we've had many times before, including in MI2 and Thimbleweed Park, but that's just one person's take on it. The ending (specifically the post-credits scene) also changes slightly based on what you tell Boybrush the Secret is, whether you take the key or not, whether you open the chest or not, and also whether you leave and 'go home' with Elaine or go back down the alley, up through the monkeys, and 'deny everything and return to the world you know.' An ending that will give closure to some and infuriate others. That is what this ending is: the final revelation to the players of the ORIGINAL Secret of Monkey Island. Not sure I agree that any ending would be disappointing, a little more climax and denouement would still have been good here, I think, but I suppose the idea that we don't always get the chance to wrap up everything as neatly as we'd like makes sense for Ron Gilbert after not getting to close out the trilogy he started, 30 years back. An ending that we finally have an explanation for: the ending of Monkey Island 2 was actually Guybrush's children reliving one of Guybrush's adventures. The meta moral seems to be that the Secret is up to interpretation, means something different to everyone, would be disappointing no matter what if you knew the truth, and is kind of ambiguous no matter how you spin it.
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