I never played Monkey Island before, so there was no Nostalgia for me.
One reason why I never played it, was th SCUMM System, which I always though to be confusing and complicated as someone who started with games like Broken Sword 1/2.
The problem is, that they pretty much put the a new system over the SCUMM functions, which made it even more confusing and a chore to play the new version, so I ended up playing pretty much most of the game in the 90's version, which is not too nice, if you don't have any nostalgia for it.
Also i though they should have added the possibility to skip dialogues and to jump between scenes more quickly...

Regarding the game itself, I was a bit underwhelmed, considering the great reputation this game has.
I liked the humor which is probably a big part of why this game is/was so popular. Ideas like the insult sword fighting are great, but also a bit tedious, since I just ended up writing down, what is the "right answer".
The riddles are way too much based on moon logic, I know that this was pretty common in the 90's, but I ended up with a guide, because I just didn't had fun, but now I understand why people weren't able to finish this game until they had internet...

But I also understand why people think this game was great in the 90's, none the less, if I compare it to games like Broken Sword or later Daedelic games, it just lacks at some points because of missing logic, a lot of location (and sometimes no tipps were to go to) and the not too well made remaster.

I played Monkey Island 2 right after this and enjoyed it much more.

7/10

Having played the original when it first came out, I had to buy the remaster. Still the funniest game series I have ever played in my 40+ years.

One of the best features is the ability to toggle between the remaster and the original graphics

epic