![]() At the end of Return, Elaine says she has found the lost map to the treasure of Mire Island. If we take what Gilbert says at face value, if the secret really is just a theme park, there are still things that make no sense in the game. Perhaps the popularity of the series derailed that plan when fans demanded more, maybe all the post-Gilbert games are what changed Guybrush’s fate? I understand this was the original plan back in 1988, and despite Gilbert saying, “this is the secret,” he also notes that the idea was abandoned early in development. ![]() M: Some daft part of me still holds onto the hope that this is not the true secret. To then be told that, ‘actually, the secret is that the whole thing is a fake story and none of it really happened,’ doesn’t sit right with me. Monkey Island is a special series to so many people for so many different reasons, so underlining that fact with a ‘the secret is what you make of it’ ending felt right - it’s more personal to the player that way. R: I agree - while I personally dislike ambiguous endings, I can understand why Return had one. ![]() This open interpretation was part of the fun, but with Gilbert giving a definitive answer, it feels like we’ve lost part of what made the secret special. And this also led to us debating what we thought really happened at the end. Part of the enjoyment of Return for me was chatting with Ryan - the two of us discovered that we’d solved puzzles differently or noticed little things that the other hadn’t. Weirdly enough, it was also about the IRL friends I made along the way. ![]() It meant returning to a series I had adored since my childhood, offering a touching return trip to beloved memories of playing the original two games with my siblings. For me, the secret meant different things. ![]()
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