Return to Monkey Island: Visual style should be shocking and not retro says Gilbert

Many fans were happy about the announcement of a new game for the Monkey Island series. They were even more happy that Creator Ron Gilbert will be responsible for Return to Monkey Island.

However, not everyone seems to be able to make friends with the new visual style of the game. Gilbert now went into a blog article and said that the series has always developed and that he did not just want to develop a retro game. In addition, the first two parts were not pixel art games, but the latest technology used.

"Monkey Island 1 and 2 were not pixel art games. They were games with the latest technology and art... if I had stayed and Monkey Island 3 had made it, it would not have looked like Monkey Island 2. "

He nevertheless talked to the Art Director Rex Crowle about a possible pixel style for the new game. However, it didn't feel right. The game should develop further and also be provocative and shocking.

"It didn't feel right. We didn't want to play a retro game... I wanted to develop Monkey Island because it is interesting, funny and exciting. The Monkey Island games have always done that. I wanted art in Return to Monkey Island are provocative and shocking and not what everyone can expect. ”

"Return to Monkey Island is perhaps not the art style that they wanted or expected, but it is the art style that I wanted."

Here you can take a look at the announcement and trailer.