Lucasfilm didn’t publicly confirm the Monkey Island film’s existence until 2011. But that hasn’t stopped people from speculating over the decades on what happened to it - one persistent rumor being that the project eventually morphed into the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, 2003’s The Curse of the Black Pearl. Lucasfilm has not shared many details publicly about the film since its cancellation in 2001, when the company shut down ILM’s digital story department, the division working on the project. In addition, there were some high-profile names in the world of film attached, with Steven Spielberg even linked to the project as a producer. Not only was this an attempt to bring the Monkey Island games to the screen, but it signaled one of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic’s first attempts to enter the world of digital features (a feat ILM wouldn’t manage until a decade later with Rango). In this graveyard of scrapped and forgotten projects, you’ll find the story of The Curse of Monkey Island, an undeveloped animated film named after the third game in the popular video game series. So for those reasons I wouldn't recommend it to everyone but if you like to put your brain at work (and laugh every now and then) then The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition is a great option for you.Over the almost 50 years that Lucasfilm has been a company, some notable projects have fallen by the wayside - from games such as Star Wars 1313, Project Ragtag, and Star Wars: First Assault to films including George Lucas’ original sequel trilogy. It's a good remake of a good game at an affordable price, but carrying the same flaws as the original, no new content and (like every puzzle based game) without replay value. Depending on your logic/luck the game will last between 5 and 15 hours, sometimes it may be frustrating but thanks to the joke all around it will never be boring. Some of them are too unrealistic in my opinion (aka I found the solution trying everything that I could instead of logic items). Monkey Island is a classic point and click adventure game, a genre that has almost completely disappeared in the last years (apart from a few Monkey Island is a classic point and click adventure game, a genre that has almost completely disappeared in the last years (apart from a few indies), therefore if you like the genre you don't have a lot of options and Monkey Island is one of them, and lucky you, it's a good one with very nice hand painted graphics instead of the old version the rest of the game is more or less identical and that's a good thing as the humour is still pretty funny and the puzzles are what you were looking for when buying this kind of game. Hint system: Not sure what to do next? The in-game puzzle hint system keeps the puzzles fresh and fun. The all-new intuitive game interface and controls provide a more interactive gameplay experience. Scene-for-scene hot swap lets you seamlessly transition between Special Edition and Classic modes at anytime during gameplay. Enjoy the re-mastered and re-recorded musical score using live instruments. Complete voice over using original Monkey Island franchise cast members brings the story and characters to life like never before. Embark on a bumbling misadventure in an attempt to become the most infamous pirate in the Caribbean, win the heart of the beautiful governor, Elaine Marley, and confront the evil ghost pirate, LeChuck! The game is all-new and re-imagined with a contemporary art style, hand-drawn and presented in 1080p. Featuring an all new re-imagined contemporary art style, hand-drawn and presented in 1080p, complete voice over by members of the original Monkey Island - franchise cast, a re-mastered musical score using live instruments, plus scene-for scene-hot swap to seamlessly transition between Special Edition and Classic modes at anytime.
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