Stan's shirt is still all kinds of awesome, too. The cool little visual touches, like running water, heat-haze, and the smokey trail left by the ghostly LeChuck are great additions and liven up the presentation alot. Other aspects of the visuals, most noteably the environments, are all immaculately hand-painted and look spectacular. It's something that obviously cannot be helped because of the choice made to utilize the old code, and doesn't detract too much from the overall experience, but I still can't help but wonder what it'd be like if they went the whole hog and used the artstyle with the animation of more modern 2D games, or even went along the road of Curse of Monkey Island and used traditional cartoon animation techniques. The new HD artsyle looks great, but the characters really do look like they're from a time long-lost when they do anything, which can look really clunky compared to the smooth and crisp nature of the rest of the visuals. Because the game is exactly the same, the way the characters animate is based on the old 1990 code, meaning there are few frames of animation for the characters' actions and movement. You can tell this by the awesome feature of switching back and forth between old and new styles of the game by pressing Back on your controller, but even more telling are the animations of the characters. In fact, pretty much everything is intact from the original, since this is quite literally the exact same game, albeit with a 'looks and sounds awesome' layer plastered on top. The puzzle solving and narrative are what drives Monkey Island, and all of these are completely intact from the original.
It's a little less user-friendly than the more recent Telltale brand of adventure gaming, but the solutions to the puzzles are satisfying and the humourous narrative is well worth the trouble of finding the solutions. The Special Edition of the game also contains a hint feature, which will be welcomed by newcomers to the game and genre since the puzzles in Secret of Monkey Island can sometimes be pretty obscure, and there are a few pixel hunts (finding a tiny point of interest among inconspicuous backgrounds) littered about. The solutions to these puzzles are meant to be found by use of logic (although random use of items on random things can also work when you get stuck), and talking to NPC's and examining items and points of interest in the scenery can give you clues as to what you're meant to be doing. For those not familiar with Monkey Island or adventure games in general, the gameplay consists mostly of puzzle solving by using certain items with certain points of the scenery, with each other, and on or given to NPC's. On his journey to become a pirate, Guybrush meets a cast of humourous characters before love-interest Governor Elaine Marley is kidnapped by the ghost pirate LeChuck, prompting Guybrush to sail after her LeChuck's hideout on Monkey Island. The Secret of Monkey Island is a classic Lucasarts adventure game where you play as Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate™ wannabe on his quest to become a pirate and find his fortune. The news of a remake of the original classic The Secret of Monkey Island was cause for celebration, even though it turns out this remake isn't so much of a remake as it is a spit and polish. I used to ride my bike over to my mates place just to play adventure games like Monkey Island, Space Quest, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, among others. Monkey Island is one of those franchises that I remember playing way back in primary school.
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