![]() Of course, Dominic Armato is back as Guybrush Threepwood and he easily tops his performance from last year in Secret. The new characters are all voiced to perfection (Largo LeGrande now looks and sounds very much like Robert DeNiro!) with highlights including Neil Ross returning as Wally (although he sounds slightly different than he did in Curse Of Monkey Island) and Phil LaMarr as Captain Dread (he also voiced Vamp in the Metal Gear Solid series). The voicework here is where Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge truly shines. Instead, we are now treated to sounds of sand, sea and jungle. Other scenes actually have no music at all (whereas they do when you switch to classic mode) yet I actually thought this was okay: it is usually in a screen where the old game had no sound effects anyway. However, the updated music in the Special Edition mode sounds out of this world and will have you humming along. To be fair it is a hard effect to recreate digitally and I felt that in the new Special Edition mode, it worked quite well. It still works (on the PC and PS3 version, although I’ve heard it doesn’t on Xbox 360) but it just takes a while longer. For those who don’t know, iMuse made the musical transition between any two screens seem seamless. The music in classic mode doesn’t sound quite as accurate or as great as I remember (I think the soundtrack has been converted to actual digital recordings now) and the iMuse effects just aren’t as good. The music has also had a major update, although there are some oddities. The Special Edition rectifies this problem and portrays the game world with the fine detail it deserves: this is quite frankly the most gorgeous adventure game I have seen since LucasArts quit 2D all those years ago. LeChuck’s Revenge was always a far more detailed game that its predecessor, with the downside being that some severe cases of pixel hunting were created as a result. Everything overlaps perfectly and fine detail suddenly leaps off the screen with the click of a button. And when you finally charter a ship, the magnitude of the game still hits home even in 2010.Ī simple click of F1 (much more convenient than last year’s F10) switches between the original game and the updated version: I couldn’t help but grin as I began to play and realised that, unlike The Secret Of Monkey Island: Special Edition, this time the updated backgrounds are practically 100% faithful to the original game. It is a promising start that quickly makes up for the missing introduction. Initially exploring the town of Woodtick on Scabb Island (above) is a treat for long time fans: LucasArts have truly captured the essence of what made the island so special all those years ago. It starts off great and progressively gets even better as the game continues onward. I would hazard a guess that LeChuck’s Revenge is about three times as long as The Secret Of Monkey Island, making it a fairly lengthy game. Now on the trail of the legendary hidden treasure Big Whoop, Guybrush will soon cross paths with many familiar faces including Governor Elaine Marley, the mysterious Voodoo Lady and of course, his arch nemesis LeChuck, this time returning to life in zombie form. After defeating the evil ghost pirate LeChuck with a spray of root beer, Guybrush Threepwood has finally become a bona fide pirate. In case anyone out there is playing for the first time, Monkey Island 2 takes place some time after The Secret Of Monkey Island. Sure, a line or too may have been changed for copyright reasons (and sometimes an ‘easter egg’ LucasArts character hidden in the original mode’s artwork has been swapped in the Special Edition) but overall this is a hugely faithful representation of the original game. ![]() However, everything else is present and correct (although there is no longer a ‘lite’ mode). Also, there is a slightly awkward moment later in the game when a certain musical number features out-of-sync vocals. ![]() The iconic opening credits sequence featuring the dancing monkeys is completely absent in the Special Edition… and the way the game completely misses it out hurts tremendously. So let’s get all the bad stuff out the way first. ![]()
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