Return To Monkey Island: Prelude Walkthrough - An Unexpected Story Begins
Welcome to Return to Monkey Island! Whether you're a veteran of the series or a total newbie to adventure games, this game has something for everyone - swashbuckling humor, great puzzles, and a gripping story.
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What's more, there's a fantastic introduction to the game that eases you into the kind of puzzles, controls, and leaps of logic you'll need to master to make your way through. Here's our complete guide to the prelude to make it even smoother sailing.
When the game begins, you'll be in control of a very young Guybrush, with Chuckie following his every move. Take a moment to get to know the control scheme of the game:
In your inventory, you'll find your To-Do List, which currently has only one item on it for now: Buy Scurvydogs. Clicking on the outhouse door will add another objective: finding the outhouse key.
Click on the open doorway next to the Scurvydogs sign to enter the shop. Examine the objects inside the shop - you won't be able to get any of the grog on the right, but you can get the outhouse key by examining the peg leg on the left and then snagging the key.
Talking to the shopkeeper with eyesight problems inside the Scurvydog shack will reveal that you need to find some money to buy some Scurvydogs, and you're but a pair of penniless wannabe pirates. Interact with the Scurvydogs near the ceiling to ask how much they cost, and you'll find out that they cost half a piece-of-eight each.
With the outhouse key in hand, leave the shop. Open your inventory and grab the outhouse key, and then click on the outhouse door to unlock it. Inside the outhouse, you can examine everything to hear some funny lines, but what you're looking for is the small metal
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