[detritus]

As someone who's had both a Secret of Monkey Island-themed mobile wallpaper and ringtone at various points in recent years and still plays the first two games every five years or so - where the graphics are concerned I'm in the "Well, they're nothing like the original, but I quite like them"-camp. I think they're probably much more suited to a modern form of game versus a 'find the exact random pixel to solve the puzzle' mechanic. Obvs I'd want more of the same from the first outing, but I'm not Ron Gilbert, so I don't get that say.

But, if I do have a complaint based on the video.. it's Guybrush's voice. I know Threepwood's supposed to be a slightly limp, out of place character, but that voice to me sounds like some average contemporary Joe from downtown Boise, Idaho* with absolutely no historical, Caribbean/Pirate bent or jolly character to it.

That said, unless it's an absolute stinker (like some of the later episodes were), I'll be buying it.

The soundtrack sounds amazing, and I'm going to have the Main Theme stuck in my head as an ohrwurm for the next few days. Again.

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* As a Brit, I have no actual idea what a Boisean accent is.

[andyexeter]

Are you aware that the voice actor for Guybrush is Dominic Armato - the same voice actor from every other MI game?

[detritus]

I was not. Perhaps I'm showing my age, then. The first two games I played - utterly beloved to me - didn't have voiced audio.

Everything thereafter is a blur that just got worse and worse.

Perhaps I should give this one a miss, then? (I won't)

[andyexeter]

I would definitely recommend giving MI3 a go if you haven’t played that.

I played the first two games on my Amiga 500 many moons ago and they’ll always be special to me for igniting my love of the genre, but hearing the characters talking for the first time in 3 blew me away :)

[LeoPanthera]

He voiced MI3 which is worth playing, and also re-voiced MI 1 and 2 for the re-releases, and did a great job.

[GauntletWizard]

Yeah, I could tell it was him, but I hope they haven't really started dialogue recording and this was a one-off.

His performances are usually more... Lively? Swashbuckle-y? Guybrush is out of water but enthusiastic and trying for the pirates drawl, and I just didn't feel that with this trailer. I hope it's just because he wasn't warmed up for the role again.

[avnigo]

> I know Threepwood's supposed to be a slightly limp, out of place character

That's precisely what I like about Guybrush's voice, it adds to the comic effect!