Just started this today. I’m still in Part 1 but pleasantly surprised thus far.
I was disappointed to learn that this game changed from more traditional 9 verb or verb coin interfaces to something more simplified - and I’m still not loving that decision - but it’s turned out decent regardless.
It’s nice to hear familiar voices, but some recastings (LeChuck, Stan) really leave me missing the original cast. Although I was worried the game would err more on the side of trying to appeal to new players versus winning over old fans of the series, I think it might actually be the other way around. So far I wouldn’t recommend this to someone new to the franchise and would instead suggest someone at least play Monkey 1 and 2 first. I feel like you have to have some familiarity with the series to really enjoy Return.