You forgot one neat bonus when it comes to the Insult Swordfighting. Normally when you start out the Insult Swordfighting, you only start with two insults, fighting like a dairy farmer and the shish kebab one. But if you tell the troll that you're a Mighty pirate and then you tell him that you can outinsult anybody, he'll tell you "I once had a dog that was smarter than you" and to stick that to your repotoir, and when you start the Insult Swordfight out, you'll have this one as well.

@Scarfulhu

4 жыл бұрын

I actually didn't know about that one! That's neat.

@Aileil

2 жыл бұрын

Ooh! I did not know that!

@TheBrazilRules

2 жыл бұрын

Did he teach you all you know?

@Saxdude26

2 жыл бұрын

I will have to remember this one. :3

Well, that was brilliant and something that I felt was sorely lacking. Hour-long retrospective analyses for videogames are commonplace these days, but they're so rarely done for adventure games. So thank you for doing this project!

@Scarfulhu

4 жыл бұрын

Part of the reason I started doing so many adventure games on this channel is because I also felt they were underrepresented on KZread! Glad you enjoyed the video.

"It's almost as if Guybrush is just a kid at a carnival, playing pretend" YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD SNEAK THAT ONE PAST US, BUT I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

@Scarfulhu

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad someone picked up on that! ;D

@zenithquasar9623

4 жыл бұрын

Spoilers!

@colvertgarcon3538

4 жыл бұрын

I’m lost, what does this mean?

@andreayton1586

4 жыл бұрын

Glensen Estonilo Wait until the second game to find out

@tbone9474

4 жыл бұрын

@@Scarfulhu I think we all did:)

That's the second best Monkey Island review I've ever seen!

@emperorofrome692

3 жыл бұрын

Let me guess, Ahoy's review is number 1?

@cannibalisticrequiem

3 жыл бұрын

@@emperorofrome692 Personally my Number 1 is PushingUpRoses Monkey Island video.

@Tech-geeky

3 жыл бұрын

Its ironic, I wouldn't have played, or even known about Monkey 3, and 5 if I never was an Amiga fan and owned Monkey 1 and 2.

@B0risTheBlade

3 жыл бұрын

Nah this one is the best

@PCGamesNostalgia

3 жыл бұрын

The best I think...

This was great man. You're obviously having a lot of fun with this. And you're not alone. Carrot cake is the best cake.

@MastaSmack

4 жыл бұрын

I'd end up eating the file.

Monkey Island was my first computer game I owned on an amiga 500....and it was fanntastic.

@Scarfulhu

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I know lots of people are fond of the Amiga version, especially the music.

@grissycrops3863

4 жыл бұрын

I'm born in 81. We were dancing to the opening credit. When I've been asked to write my first poetry at school it was all about that game. And that's maybe where my interest for the vaudoo comes from... Amazing. Never tried the new version thou. Ho and i just realised that the name Gilbert took a important part in my life too. Wow

@Stalopicus

4 жыл бұрын

@@Scarfulhu They hired the Almighty Chris Hülsbeck to ensure Amiga sound chip was used at its finest. I grew up playing Amiga version and can't get accustomed to any other version of this glorious soundtrack.

@JamesSmith-fl2ky

3 жыл бұрын

@@Stalopicus I never even knew the Amiga and even Atari ST versions existed until just recently. I really want to play the Amiga version due to the different music and graphics.

You spoil us with this video, Scarf. I can't wait to see what else you've got in store for us this year!

As a person that hasn't English as my main language, yeah it can be hard and nonsensical, just now I got why the troll wanted the fish all this time I thought I was bribing him with it, but it still was super charming and the fact had so little inventory most of the times you just shove everything and hope it works and I think the game gives great tips too what each item is and where to use it, I remember loving the way they did the recipe on this game because was a lot of "Ohhh..." moments, but the sword fighting was a bit of pain because I didn't get many of the jokes. And carrot cake is great!

@Quotenwagnerianer

4 жыл бұрын

So the game wasn't translated to your language?

@NasuRat

4 жыл бұрын

Quotenwagnerianer The red herring thing is hard to translate into a different language well. It kinda loses its wordplay and meaning. I think that’s what the previous commenter meant.

@JaniHorvat1

4 жыл бұрын

@@NasuRat True. I know what red herring means, but I don't think we have a equivalent in my language (Croatian). If we do, it probably doesn't relate to the red fish :)

Also they say that the grog melts the Pewter mugs on at least two occasions, so you know that the grog will melt metal (like a lock). Also fun fact: the dialogue for examining the rubber chicken changes after visiting Hook island.

@Scarfulhu

3 жыл бұрын

Good points!

@CyberLink70

3 жыл бұрын

What does it change to?

@justanotheryoutubechannel

3 жыл бұрын

James CyberLink It just removes the “What possible use could this have!?” Since you’ve found a use for it.

27:46 Actually, Ron Gilbert criticise the use-talk-pick up UI as he said it reduce the puzzles to just using the right item on the right thing and just clicking on things if not using an item. In his new game he changed the UI from the verb inventory to a verb menu that appear when you click on an object and gives you options specifically for that object, personally I think it is a neat idea since it both save you space on the screen and get rid of the need of the use option.

With how finding substitutions seemed to be a theme, its appropriate that you substitute the anti-rootbeer with regular rootbeer to defeat LeChuck

12:03 Oh hey, it's Rob Paulsen!

"I like carrot cake! Am I alone in this?" No, you're not Connor, I love carrot cake! Awesome video, now I have another one to add to my collection of "videos to watch when drawing or I want to get distracted" Also that carameldansen joke was really funny

If only the voice actor for the troll tried to sound like George Lucas it would be obvious, cause he has a very distinctive voice

'Three Short Arguments on The Secret of Monkey Island' by Innuendo Studios is also a very good video on the game.

Re: Deaths in Monkey Island Secret) You can die if you stay under water for more than ten minutes LeChucks Revenge) If you die, Elaine will call you out on it, as most of that game is a flash back. You then restart the handful of puzzles that you can die in. Curse) Death as part of Insurance Fraud... and mixing medications with alcohol. Tales) You are found guilty of everything and executed. Yes... all that terrible stuff you do--it comes back, and you pay the piper for it.

This game has such a great atmosphere, it's been a pleasure playing it in 1993, when I had no idea how to play it, and still today after playing it from start to finish a few times, it's just timeless, it's a great and fun story! Great video!

54:27 That wasted opportunity to play Titanic on Kazoo

One of the reasons I love Insult Sword Fighting is because of the one in COMI. The line “you’re as repulsive as a monkey in a negligee” still makes me laugh and I’m glad it all stemmed from this game

A great review. Thanks. It brings back fond memories of hurrying back from work on my bicycle to play Monkey Island. I love the part where Guybrush is under water and the two men are debating what to do with the sharp knife. Ron Gilbert has one twisted sense of humour, but I love it. Cheers from Canada :-)

ALWAYS happy to see more of your content!! This was a fantastic first video for the retrospective, I'm really looking forward to the next one!

How much I waited for this episode!!! It was better than expected!

Still my absolute favorite adventure game! Thank you for making this video.

What a treat, watched to the end. Good to see you're "back"

This was fantastic, a wonderful review of one of my favourite games of all time. The KZread algorithm suggested this to me after I saw a different video about the Monkey Island games, and long before the end of this one I had decided you had earned my subscription, as I now want to see what else you publish. Great work!

Hey Connor! AMAZING video! Worth every wait of the wait! Also my gathered comments :) 11:53 One of the very few things I dislike in the original VGA style. LeChuck's red nose... Ugh! I switch to Special Edition in the scenes containing LeChuck. 16:40 I hope you mention the (equally great) bickering chess players in Escape From Monkey Island as a call back to the bickering of Fettuccine Brothers. 25:55 how come your spell checker has problems with 'wot' ? 28:12 My favourite is from Escape From Monkey Island; "Pick up the moon??". I love a lot of things from EFMI. Fight me! 35:08 GOLD! PURE GOLD! 36:02 I hope you mention in next games that this kind of puzzle is a recurring theme that returns in Monkey Island II, IV and... V maybe? (I don't remember) 43:45 I absolutely confirm. I was there, Gandalf, I was there 3000 years ago, and I was hit by that exact clash between the amazing high fidelity graphical scene... and the absurd right after. 44:12 Mr Threepwood, why do you sound like a sick kraken? (like I said, there's a lot I love about Escape From Monkey Island. Fight me round 2!) 46:34 SPOILER ALERT have the authors ever explained the later retconning of H. Toothrot real identity in EFMI (which I like a lot as I said :) )? If he was actually H.T.Marley who got sunstroke and amnesia from crashing on Monkey Island™ then how he can be referred to as Toothrot in the ship log? 47:50 I love these kinds of puzzles, and in Monkey Island games they often come in a recurring version later where you combine real ingredients for something and then later in the game you must recreate it with random improvised junk. It can even be said that the voodoo root recipe from later in the game is that kind of puzzle. 1:02:38 as an ESL user this was the puzzle that caused me the most problems the first time. That and the red herring. Also the head is way creepier in the original graphics style. 1:03:28 The fine leather jacket salesman option would have been perfect here 1:17:41 You can find the secret of Monkey Island™ in the Ron Gilbert Library in the Mansion Mansion in Thimbleweed Park. And it will surprise you!

Thank you so much for making this video! I absolutely love the early games in the Monkey Island series and they were an important part of my childhood. I look forward to your next videos about the series.

So glad to see you back! Great work!

I played thru this whole series over on my channel by the by. Love your review content, freaking amazing.

This is the first video I've seen on your channel. Very much enjoyed it! Subscribed!

Brilliant video. Monkey island is my alltime favourite game and your video was aboslutely amazing.

I just finished playing the Special Edition of Monkey Island for the first time and I loved it! Since your video inspired me to play it, I want to thank you.

Really enjoyed this! Laughed so hard when you had Caramelldansen playing to the sight of Guybrush passed out on the Sea Monkey; as far as I’m concerned that’s canon now.

@Saxdude26

3 жыл бұрын

Was lowkey expecting it to cut back to Connor and him just say, straightfaced, "No" (as... as if we expected him to dance)

Now that was certainly worth the wait! It's always nice to see you talk about something you're very passionate about. And I won't lie, I had a smile on my face the entire time - both your jokes and the jokes from the game worked well together! (I especially loved Stan's sale pitch.)

This? This was so worth the wait. Nicely done.

Oh my gosh this has been a long time coming! Very nice work my dude, this is super entertaining

I recently discovered your channel through the dracula series, glad you're still making content! Keep it up!

With the recent news of a new Monkey Island coming 2022, this was a nice treat. Thank you.

Hot damn, this might be the best video you've made! I can't wait for the next Monkey Island Retrospective! And now I want you to do almost all the other LucasArts point and clicks, including Full Throttle, my favorite!

God yes. Thank you for that. Now I have to marathon the whole series again

I almost finished playing through all of the Monkey Island games, so great timing!

Superb video 👏 you have done the game proud and definitely spoke from the heart. I cannot express what this game means to me but watching this truly brings back all the glorious memories. I also enjoyed the special additions but think they completely messed up with Stans voice. Before the voice overs I imagined Stan to talk very fast in keeping with his insane arm movements so to hear him speak so slowly was out in my opinion. The rest of the voice cast was perfect (almost - like you said the cannibals not so much) awesome vid though - on to the next - can’t wait to see what you say about “that” ending 👍

I really appreciate this video, not merely because your love of the Monkey Island series is apparent, but all adventure games. Your use of music from Sierra games like Gabriel Knight and King's Quest was a nice touch.

You have no idea how long I've waited for you to cover this series. Looking forward to Part 2!

Amazing video Connor! I love the in-depth analysis you went it to, really looking forward to other videos in the series. I watched you a lot couple of years earlier, but my subbox was broken I guess, glad to see you upload more videos again! Yarr!

What a loving tribute to this great game.

You sir just got yourself a new follower, great video that pays respect to one of the greats

That was fantastic, thank you! Really happy this showed up in my recommended videos tonight. /subbed and greetings from Canada!

... Okay then. That was brilliant! ^.^

@Ebakthecat

4 жыл бұрын

That bit killed me! I am so glad Scarf used your reaction.

@I_am_Ber

4 жыл бұрын

It was! 10/10 it couldn't have been funnier even had the kazoo commically dropped from your mouth :)

@Ebakthecat

4 жыл бұрын

@@I_am_Ber God I remember watching that live stream and seeing that. I was on the floor howling at that reaction.

As someone who got into adventure games in 2010, and started out with the special edition of the first game, this was quite relatable on so may levels! Can't wait for the next video!

Really love your videos. Just wanna tell you :) Love what you do and how you do it

Nice point for point mention of all the best jokes in the game, with the context behind them. And having played all the games myself, I see the seeds you're planting for future episodes.

This video is absolutely amazing.

Loved what you had to say here. Curse was my first and is my favourite, but I have a lot of love for this one too. It shaped the entire genre for years to come! Such a fantastic series. I need to play this game again... On to your Monkey Island 2 video!

Brilliant work

I'm very late to the party as this is the first video I have actually watched on what is for me a newly discovered channel but, if the quality of this is anything to go by, it certainly won't be the last. This was really well done, thank you for making it.

I’ve always loved this game. I didn’t realise what an impact it had until my driving instructor started whistling LeChuck’s theme

1:13:51 wisest words ever said, in video games or anything ever. Interesting to see have you done something of this length. Solid work on it. 👍

This took me a while to watch however I am glad I finally got around to it. This was a fantastic look at a game I've heard a lot about yet barely anything. Sure I've heard it's a good game but not a lot besides people sing it's praise. Thanks for doing this in depth look at the game. I look forward to the rest of this retrospective. Great work man :D

Deeply enjoyed this, rediscovered your channel recently from the Forgive Me Father review and I'm going back through all the old vids. Definitely gonna subscribe once I've finished my little marathon

This is such a fun game, just my type of humour. Your own style of comedy really fits too. Great review. It was also really weird hearing that party music on the ship. Since I'm a swede, caught me a bit off guard.

This was a fun, cozy walkthrough the game. Reminded me why I love it so much. Hope you do more of these for the sequels or even other LucasArts games!

Great work on the video! I played this game a lot as a kid, but never got past part 1. I finally bought the game for myself and finally beat it. It’s still good ☺️ thank you!

If you try and give the cannibals the bananas you get some unique dialogue explaining why: “You think we want that after you’ve got your grubby mitts all over it?”

It was fun to revisit this video!

I usually forget I'm suscribed to you so whenever you drop a video is such a nice suprise

Fuck yeah! Monkey island, game analysis, and one of my favorite old youtubers. This is going to be a good hour

I haven't played a single Monkey Island game (even though I would really like to) but I just love listening to people talking about stuff they are passionate about. It's always fun even if I don't know what they are talking about :D I really enjoyed this video over a nice cup of coffee ☕

It's good to have you back, man.

Great video!!! Looking forward to Monkey Island 2!!!

Fantastic video, Scarf, welcome back! I cannot wait to see you tackle Monkey Island 2! Also, very cheeky, telling everyone what the secret of Monkey Island is. He's lying, by the way, the secret actually is

My man Scarfulhu popping off

The ghost rat is already dead, so seriously I don't believe it's dead again, just drunk itself asleep.

@Scarfulhu

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah I was just joking around with that.

This was a fantastic retrospective on monkey island yo!

@Scarfulhu

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Dude, I don't even have any jokes or witty comments, this was just an amazing look at Monkey Island. You can definitely feel every bit of love for the series that went into this, and if this is a sign of what's to come with this series I really can't wait to see the rest. Keep up the great work!

SCARF The king is back, baby. The king is back

You just earned a sub mate. I grew up playing all the sierra and LucasArts games when I was 6 in the 80's.

Honestly, as someone who doesn't enjoy playing point 'n' click adventures, as the control style and other hallmarks of the genre aren't really my thing, this is a great video. It gives a wonderfully in-depth overview of the game, its story, and lets me experience it with actually engaging and entertaining commentary beyond what most let's plays of the game would provide. Thanks for the great video, Scarf!

This was a truly wonderful video of a wonderful classic Point & Click adventure game! I don't think I could do nearly enough justice to The Secret of Monkey Island at a similar level even if I tried! I'm looking forward to similar, deeper dive-in videos of LeChuck's Revenge and The Curse of Monkey Island as well as other adventure games as well. You're really inspiring me to continue making more of my own 'My Thoughts On'-videos. While not as long or in depth as this one, they're fun to make. I also discovered a whole new passion for adventure games, partly thanks to you. :)

Fantastic video! Especially loved the extra touch with the credits As a side note, Escape from Monkey Island was how I was introduced to the series. I didn't see or play the originals until years later.

what an incredible classic, the first adventure game I ever played and followed up to escape from monkey island great times

Here I am, at 1am, enjoying some really good Monkey Island content. Thank you. I think I'll watch your next video tomorrow night. I really need some sleep now. 😃

@Scarfulhu

Жыл бұрын

Glad you're enjoying this! Sleep well!

I never thought about the fact that the Fettuccine brothers' names are Alfredo and Bill. Bill! How Italian! Haha!

Great video 🤙🏾

"Remember when games had hint books? I don't. I was born in 97." I laughed way too hard at this.

5:30 I did pretty much the same transition to the title drop in my analysis :) It's hard not to! ^_^ But seriously dude, that's a mighty fine video you've crafted! Better than Ahoy's, if I do say so myself - his was more of an adventure genre retrospective (as in - of the whole genre), but yours was, like, an actual (and great!) retrospective of SoMI. The idea of integrating the voice over from the special edition doesn't sit well with me, though... In my video I go quite a bit in-depth as to why the written format of dialogue in SoMI works so well, especially with the game's style of humor (for example the dog conversation becomes completely ruined with a voice over). It's basically a dialogue format that is completely unique to that type of game, merging formats of written play and film. Having voice over merely turns the game into a cartoon with subtitles, aka, into something generic, rather than something one-of-a-kind, like the original voiceless dialogue format.

@Scarfulhu

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! As for thoughts on Talkie SoMI, yeah I could see that. I first experienced this game with the Special Edition personally, so that's just how I've always known the game. I can definitely understand what you're saying though, and it's interesting to hear other perspectives!

@stefanienorthover2317

4 жыл бұрын

I don't care for the voice over, either.

@supremeworld87

4 жыл бұрын

What a load of bollocks. The voice over is fantastic. Stop being a retro elitist.

That was fantastic, you dont post very frequently but when you do they are always a treat so thank you very much

Stan is incredible!

Wow, was that Caddicarus video really back in 2013? I’ve been following you since that video came out, and I’ve loved seeing how your style has changed and evolved. I’m just as happy to see you upload now as I was when I was ten. I’m turning eighteen in a few days, so I guess you could say I’ve kind of grown up with your videos! You’ve been a treat to watch the entire time, thank you so much for all you’ve done.

Great vid. Thanx!

This is ironically the only thing that helps my sleep at night

Well done that was a great video

I was just wondering why you hadn't posted in a while. I'm not disappointed

I discovered the ultimate talkie edition very recently... It's what I've wanted since Curse of Monkey Island was released. Absolutely fantastic.

oh hey cool you still exist, great to see another video

This is easily one of, if not the best video you've made. Love the editing and the jokes and you had genuinely great commentary. Super excited for the later parts (especially Curse of Monkey Island!). I think the only thing I'd like to see in the later videos is less "explaining the plot/puzzles in order" and more discussing the creation of the game, the impact, your thoughts and history, etc. - more personal stuff, really. There was a lot of that in this video already and those were definitely my favorite bits (though in fairness most of your best jokes came from the "explaining the plot/puzzles" parts)

@Scarfulhu

4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna work on that for the next one for sure. See if I can strike a stronger balance of the two.

Never spend more than 20 bucks on a computer game.

@JaniHorvat1

4 жыл бұрын

Words to live by.

@skuarf

4 жыл бұрын

I feel like Steam was made on that statement

the return of a god

Daamn. Just found you now on my recomended videos. Subbed, and going to see All your vids!

11:26 - Indoor Aggression from Pathologic ♥ Edit: Oh, nevermind! So many tracks from the Original Pathologic.. Nice! It's insane to recognize them all.