Return to Monkey Island going quiet after fan abuse over art style

Ron Gilbert, the creator of point-and-click Monkey Island, won’t be talking or showing his game. Monkey Island:.

Since showing off the game via a trailer in Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct, Gilbert has gotten a host of abusive comments from fans about the game’s new art style. So, starting with Gilbert’s blog (Grumpy Gamer), he’s shutting down comments completely. But that’s not all. Gilbert also says he’s done posting about Monkey Island: ReturnNeither. After defending the game and the team on his blog, he ended with: “The joy of sharing has been driven from me.”

The art style for Return to Monkey Island is a big departure from the series’ pixel-to-Disney visuals. The game’s art style is more abstract and more similar to recent games such as Return to Monkey Island. GuacameleeUnlike the Monkey Island previous games.

Fans don’t seem to care much for the change, but in a previous blog post (captured by Eurogamer), but it’s taken on a new look because that’s what the creator wanted. “Return to Monkey Island may not be the art style you wanted or were expecting, but it’s the art style I wanted,” said Gilbert.

Gilbert has now ceased to talk about it. Monkey Island: Return, the voice actor for series protagonist Guybrush Threepwood — Dominic Armato — took to TwitterBoth Gilbert’s defense and that of the game.

Seit Dienstag Armato has been sharing his thoughts with fans about the game — specifically the graphic style change that players are reacting poorly to. Armato (who says he did a playthrough of the game this spring) gushed about the art and shared his general surprise at the venom some fans were spitting Gilbert and the team’s way — Gilbert himself retweeted the threadFor more information.

Armato closed his twitter discussion regarding Return to Monkey Island by a simple but powerful statement in defense of the development team: “Whatever you want Monkey Island to be, I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that making this a chore rather than a joy for the devs is the quickest way to ensure it won’t be anything for anybody.”

As of this writing, Gilbert’s blog is down, and it’s unclear how long it will stay that way. It seems fans are done with Gilbert’s blog. Monkey Island Return It will be released later in the year.