Return to Monkey Island features a Writer’s Cut option that players can activate to see more content. However, its description – more blather, worse pacing – doesn’t do a great job telling you what the option changes in the game. Fortunately, we’ve got a decent grasp on some of the general differences between the regular game and Writer’s Cut.
What changes in the Return to Monkey Island Writer’s Cut?
From what we’ve seen of the Return to Monkey Island Writer’s Cut, it adds quite a few multiple-choice dialogs that were omitted for pacing reasons. Fans of the series won’t want to miss out on this since it contains a lot of in-jokes and references about previous games.
There are some bigger changes with the Writer’s Cut, however. Some characters are completely omitted in the final version. For example, in the Mêlée Island Low Streets, the trio of ousted pirate leaders appear next to the map shop in the Writer’s Cut but are missing with the option disabled.
It would take quite an effort to document all the additional content that’s added with the Writer’s Cut, as it really does touch all aspects of the game. It’s puzzling that it’s not given more emphasis, given just how much is locked behind it.
