Return to Monkey Island

Edit2: Three months later and still no fix for the restore option. Meanwhile it now shows up in Apple Arcade for subscribers to play while purchased owners get nothing if they need to restore it on a new device. Perfect way to do business and keep paying customers engaged. Edit: One month later, where is the fix for the restore of past purchases? Is it too late to ask for a refund? Where is the restore option for those of us that purchased the game before it became free to try? Still waiting….

Try-before-you buy! FASLE INFORMATION That is what they claim. The company is disgraceful but even worse Apple is too ignorant to stop the abuse & lies. They will promote it as Try-before-you-buy but Apple appears to be more concerned about doubling profits if you buy it again. This company has refused to offer a restore option and that is an intentional act of deceiving the customer. The product is Try it, pay to use it once! That makes it rent the app not buy it.

I only made it 10 minutes before deleting the game because I don’t have the patience to sit through that much dialogue. Even skipping the dialogue took forever and requires multiple swipes. The graphics were amazing, so if you like games with heavy dialogue, you may enjoy this. I just can’t do it.

Point-and-click adventures have always been a bit hit-or-miss on console/mobile depending on how much effort the devs put into changing up the controls, so I was a little worried about how this would play on iPad. Very pleasantly surprised as to the result, and I kind of hope that other point-and-click games in the future take note. Everything is very smooth and streamlined, and I didn't come across any of the technical issues noted in older comments, so hopefully those have been fixed. Story-wise, it's classic Monkey Island, with familiar music and top-notch voice-acting. Blasts from the past don't always live up to your memories, but this one did, at least for me.

Paid for game now telling me if I have to buy after update

I played on hard mode and it was wonderful. Everything you love about Monkey Island with some fresh twists. Familiar locations and characters along with some new ones. Lots of fun references to earlier inventory items, challenges, and storyline. It will definitely be a better experience for folks that have played the original games. People complaining about the ending don’t get the reference. It’s actually genius. The graphics and audio are great and the puzzles are the right level of challenging. I never pay this much for apps but, well, it’s Monkey Island!

The gameplay was great and all, but the ending is so abrupt and completely unsatisfying 🫤

Loved the original DOS games as a kid & this is an enjoyable adaptation. I especially enjoyed the lore behind "Jon Laney" who was known for impersonating all kinds of monsters & creatures, which is clearly a fantastic nod to the wonderful acting & makeup skills of Lon Chaney Sr.

No sound/dialogue at all

In the scenes with all the kids, it was at first worrisome for older fans that they MI they remember is a kid game now, but then you’re Guybrush again and it all satisfies. I am at the part having the map to the mop and a hint refers to place that I can’t find; I wish it were clearer whether this is the point at which you have to buy the game before proceeding or if I missed something, it would be nice of the devs to make it clearer.