![]() ![]() Plenty of familiar faces return for The Legend of Monkey Island. But then what locations? If you had to choose a limited set on which to base an original story, where would you go in the Monkey Island world? And I think initially, my mind went straight to Mêlée and Monkey Island." ![]() "I'd say around that time beyond just an Easter egg," Chapman explains, "beyond just a passing mention or a character here and there how could you really create a love letter for that series and do it justice in a really immersive way in Sea of Thieves? And I think it's unique to Monkey Island that it's not just nostalgia for the characters, it's nostalgia for the locations. Its story, though - in which hapless series protagonist Guybrush Threepwood finds himself stranded and suddenly revered as a legendary pirate in the Sea of the Damned, a sort of temporary purgatory for recently deceased pirates in Sea of Thieves - was actually an idea that began to formulate as far back as that first Pirates of the Caribbean Tall Tale. that that was a little hint for where we could go in the future."Ĭhapman tells me work on The Legend of Monkey Island, as Sea of Thieves' latest collaboration is officially known, began in earnest after approval from Lucasfilm Games in the latter half of last year. ![]() There's so many parallels between the world of Monkey Island and the inspiration you see in Sea of Thieves, and I always kind of hoped when people saw that little Easter egg. "I think that made it clear how much we're huge fans at the studio of that loved world and IP. "There's many ways you could have interpreted that Easter egg," Sea of Thieves creative director Mike Chapman tells me during a recent chat. Sea of Thieves' Monkey Island collaboration plays out across three monthly episodes. Rare's pulled off something similar before, of course, in 2021's beautifully observed Pirates of the Caribbean crossover, A Pirate's Life - and it was here, amid the Jack Sparrows and Davy Joneses, that the seed for Sea of Thieves' new three-episode Monkey Island Tall Tale adventure was initially sown.īack then, after completing an optional side quest in A Pirate's Life's opening episode - appropriately structured to lend it a distinct point-and-click adventure vibe - players would encounter the shipwrecked remains of the Headless Monkey and the scattered journals of Monkey Island's famed Captain Kate Capsize, all teasing a potential crossover that felt like such a perfect, immediate fit it would have been a crime if it hadn't eventually appeared. ![]() It's spine-tingling stuff, delivered with developer Rare's typical cinematic panache, and it's perhaps the perfect summation of a crossover that so elegantly transforms nostalgic reverence into an experience that feels both exciting and new. Suddenly, the familiar Monkey Island theme begins to stir in a rumbling of steel drums, the fog parts in unison with a dramatic colour palette shift, and there it is, in a sheer blast of giddying nostalgia: the unmistakable moonlit heft of Mêlée Island, sprawled beneath searing purple skies. One of my favourite moments in Sea of Thieves' new Monkey Island collaboration comes right near the start of the first episode as you sail through the familiar pea green soup of the Sea of the Damned, approaching a distant, dimly lit island, a transformation occurs. ![]()
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