Having them together is also disastrous on a narrative/puzzle level, since part of what makes Elaine a good character is that she's far more competent than Guybrush. Not to mention Elaine knowing that she should know better. Their relationship needs that edge to work - they're a mismatched couple, not soulmates, and while there is obviously romance involved, their general relationship works better as big sister and little brother than husband and wife. By the second, they'd not only broken up, Elaine had written a book about the relationship called 'Next To Nothing', and Guybrush absolutely torpedoed an attempted reconciliation when he crashed her costume party on Booty Island. They hooked up at the end of the first game, yes. Without wanting to get One More Day about this, having these two get married was a dreadful idea for both their sakes, and it's been a pox on the series ever since Elaine declared her love at the start of Curse. Problem A: The Marriage of Elaine and GuybrushĪ glint like that makes me worry that the genie from King's Quest VI is cross-dressing again. It's simply that over the years, Monkey Island has become weighed down by a couple of problematic plot tumours and general problems, and the best way to fix them at this point is to just grit our teeth, grab a scalpel, and slice them off while we have a chance. I mean no disrespect to the series' actual handlers when I say that the first thing we need to do is hit reset. The Curse of Monkey Island is an excellent adventure, and Tales was a great continuation of the series. With the exception of Escape From Monkey Island, obviously, this has nothing to do with the games themselves. Well, for starters, we're going to get rid of most of it. How do we make a modern comedy game? How do the characters best support that goal? How do we make both Guybrush and the player want to be a not-so-mighty pirate once again, while still respecting the series' heritage? It's not puzzles that made Monkey Island special, but comedy, character, setting and premise. We're not talking about pulling a Syndicate - god forbid - but coming at the series from a different angle.

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