Though Ron Gilbert got here again to the Monkey Island franchise with Return To Monkey Island in 2022, it is unclear when or if the collection will ever get one other official sequel. However that hasn’t stopped a gaggle of die-hard Monkey Island followers from making their very own unofficial sport, The Booze of Monkey Island.
The new title is descripted as a “love letter” to the basic Monkey Island video games by small studio Bean Journey Company, which created The Booze of Monkey Island. Just like the video games that got here earlier than it, gamers are put into the position of Guybrush Threepwood in a point-and-click journey. This is not a full-length sport, nevertheless it appears to recapture the flavour of its predecessors.
After surviving a shipwreck, Guybrush finds himself again on Booty Island, which was final seen in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge. Talking of LeChuck, Guybrush’s nemesis has returned to menace him and his accomplice, Elaine, so Guybrush must get off Booty Island as quickly as potential. The native bartender agrees to help Guybrush’s makes an attempt to restore his ship, however provided that Guybrush can drum up some enterprise on the bar.
The Booze of Monkey Island is at the moment in early entry, so it isn’t fully completed at this stage, nevertheless it nonetheless seems like a cultured model of the collection’ earlier video games. Bean Journey Company is giving away the game for free on its site, whereas stressing that this was a not-for-profit enterprise. Regardless, Disney–the proprietor of the Monkey Island collection by way of its 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm–may ultimately ask, or demand, that the title be eliminated. If you wish to see or play The Booze of Monkey Island for your self, there isn’t any time like the current.