8 Remasters That Made Video Games WORSE

8. The Secret Of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Before bashing the Monkey Island Special editions for their inferior quality to the originals, they do deserve a great deal of praise for having introduced a new generation of players to the wonderful Lucasarts adventure classics. Followed by remasters of Grim Fandango, Day Of The Tentacle and Full Throttle, a series of oft-forgotten gems have had life breathed into them anew.

However, while The Secret Of Monkey Island: SE (and its remastered sequel LeChuck's Revenge) has brought classic Monkey Island titles back to the public eye, its overall quality is less than ideal.

The controls, retooled to accommodate Xbox controllers, are terribly finicky and don't suit an adventure game in the slightest. The all-new voice acting - save for Dominic Armato's Guybrush and Earl Boen's LeChuck - is frequently poor, with many beloved characters'... characterisation missing the mark.

The more detailed, cartoon art style doesn't feel right either - despite the games' original sprites simply being tiny collections of pixels, they managed to convey significantly more personality than fully-fledged drawings do here. On the other hand, the hand-drawn backgrounds are beautiful and add some much-needed detail, with the re-orchestrated music being a joy to listen to.

There's a lot to recommend, but you're still better off firing up SCUMMVM and trying out the originals.