Return to Monkey Island 4:3 shows more detail than widescreen

[DefinitelyReagan]

Well blow me down, this really came as a surprise.

Turns out Return to Monkey Island is actually rendered in 4:3 aspect ratio - the widescreen just zooms the image in!

What a wild little easter egg for those wanting to play in a more classic resolution.

All you have to do is set your desktop resolution to 4:3 (1600x1200, etc.) - amazing!

Edited yesterday at 05:56 AM by DefinitelyReagan

[DefinitelyReagan]

It's really, really noticeable in most shots, but in some it's downright amazing.

Edited yesterday at 04:32 AM by DefinitelyReagan

[neoncolor8]

What I was hoping for when Return got announced, was to get another immersive world to explore. A world that I could revisit from time to time, like I do with the old games. The 16:9 ratio was actually working against that, because it focuses more on the characters, and gives less room to breath-in the atmosphere of the locations. I would really like to replay it on a tablet someday, just to get that open feeling.

[DefinitelyReagan]

54 minutes ago, neoncolor8 said:

What I was hoping for when Return got announced, was to get another immersive world to explore. A world that I could revisit from time to time, like I do with the old games. The 16:9 ratio was actually working against that, because it focuses more on the characters, and gives less room to breath-in the atmosphere of the locations. I would really like to replay it on a tablet someday, just to get that open feeling.

Well fortunately you can do this at home! Just set your screen resolution to 4:3 and this is the result! Incredible how much more it breathes, I totally understand what you mean. The game feels insanely better this way.

[neoncolor8]

Oh, really? Thanks, I'll give it a try! 

[Remi]

Yeah, I first played it on a 3:2-ratio laptop and was surprised how well it worked -- most games just default to widescreen. It's an impressive feature, the dynamic ratio adjustments.

 

With that said, playing it on a 65" TV is pretty immersive in its own right.

[Scummbuddy]

Having two kids since release has kept me back from yet starting this game. Now I have an ideal way to first play it. Very cool find.

[Jake]

My guess is this was done for iPad support? The game seems to be able to adapt from 4:3 to something like 19:9. Basically from an iPad which is 4:3, to the very tall-but-not-quite-”ultrawide” modern iPhones.