Overview:
Achievement Difficulty: 2/10
Offline: 12 (200)
Online: 0 (0)
Estimated Time for 200: Approx 7 Hours
Minimum Number of Playthroughs required: 1 (2 is recommended)
Number of Missable Achievements: 5 (Sharp Tongue, Ten Minutes Later…, Escape Artist, Record Keeper and Human Cannonball)
Glitched Achievements: 0
Cheats: 0
Introduction
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is an enhanced remake of a classic point and click adventure game from 1990. You play as Guybrush Threepwood who wishes to become a pirate. After seeking out the Pirate leaders he has three quests to complete before he is to be granted this status.
Walkthrough
It is very possible to get the complete 200 on the first playthrough of Monkey Island as none of the achievements are very challenging. Assuming that you have just bought the game however you will want to experience all the fun this game has to offer so its best to break this down into two playthrough, one for a normal run and then a speed run for Human Cannonball.
1st Playthrough
Part One:
For this part of the game use the guide to get these achievements roughly in this order
- Old School (can be gained as soon as the first cut scene starts)
- Sharp Tongue (the chance to get this is gone if you complete the three trials)
- Ten Minutes Later… (check achievement guide to not miss this one)
- The Three Trials
Part Two:
This part has no missable achievements
- The Journey
Part Three:
There are two missables here that you should get
- Record Keeper (list of records in the achievement guide)
- Escape Artist (once again, check the guide)
- Under Monkey Island
In addition to these achievements I would also suggest going for the first ending (see Marooned Everyone) as it makes the second playthrough easier.
Part Four:
Depending on how you’ve played first time through you could get these achievements at the end of the game.
- Guybrush Kicks Butt
- Determined (providing that you didn’t use a hint)
2nd Playthrough
Now that you have played through the game once, you should know the puzzles pretty well and be able to complete this in less than three hours. Here are some useful tips to make this the easiest experience.
- Skip all cut scenes and conversations. You should know what is required of you by this time through.
- During part one do not gain all the insultscomebacks, get about ten, that’s how many I got, it should be enough.
- I had trouble using the look function when in “enhanced mode”. If you have the same issue, quickly go to “classic mode” for these actions as all the commands are listed in the bottom left of the screen in this mode.
- Got for the ending where you don’t sink the ship during part three, it’s the shortest option.
If you follow these you should get the remaining two or three achievements you don’t have. (If you didn’t get Determined first time you should this time as you won’t need to use the hints).
Conclusion
Basically, first time have fun and gain most of the achievements (sink the ship!), second time do it as fast as you can (don’t sink the ship!) to get the remaining achievements. A very easy 200 awaits you.
[x360a would like to thank Jabbawocky for this roadmap]