One of my favourite moments in Sea of Thieves' new Monkey Island collaboration comes right near the start of the first …
One of my favourite moments in Sea of Thieves' new Monkey Island collaboration comes right near the start of the first episode; as you sail through the familiar pea green soup of the Sea of the Damned, approaching a distant, dimly lit island, aoccurs.
Chapman tells me work on The Legend of Monkey Island, as Sea of Thieves' latest collaboration is officially known, began in earnest after approval from Lucasfilm Games in the latter half of last year.
And that obvious love for Monkey Island is evident throughout the collaboration's first episode; Rare's Mêlée Island is infused with countless fan-pleasing nods, from familiar landmarks and returning characters, right through to its voice cast, which includes the inimitable Dominic Armato as Guybrush Threepwood, alongside other actors reprising their roles, in some cases for the first time since the Monkey Island Special Editions over a decade ago.
There was a simple pleasure in nosing around the island, but still with that same impish sense of naughtiness that Monkey Island conveyed so well. Meanwhile, there are little nods to the series' earlier games scattered here and there, both obvious and not so obvious. The memorably witty dialogue has also been recaptured for this new Sea of Thieves adventure, and while, yes, many of these locals are a touch debauched, they are also endearing with their penchant for grog and pieces of eight.
As the story begins, newlyweds Guybrush Threepwood and Elaine Marley accept an invitation to the Sea of Thieves, only to become lost - with a certain cackling undead foe in tow - in the Sea of the Damned, where the memories, dreams, and nightmares of stranded souls have a tendency to manifest as real. The ensuing adventure - or, at least, the one episode I've played so far - is quite a departure for Sea of Thieves, even by the standards of its formula-tweaking Tall Tales.
Initially, such a classically solo style of play feels like an odd fit in a scenario designed for multiple crewmates, and, after playing a bit on my own, I was dubious that a party of players conga-ing between puzzles and waiting out the adventure's considerable dialogue would be anything like fun. After starting from scratch with Eurogamer's resident Monkey Island fanatic Victoria Kennedy in tow, though, it all makes a lot more sense.
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