Escape from Monkey Island (Jewel Case)
by LucasArts Entertainment
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Product Summary
Brand: Lucas ArtsFormat: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2002-04-15
Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me
Publisher: LucasArts Entertainment
Product features:
- Play as Guybrush Threepwood, newly returned from his honeymoon with Governor Elaine Marley-Threepwood
- Features the artistic style of Curse of Monkey Island
- Uses the 3-D engine from Grim Fandango
- Explore the Tri-Island area of LucasArts' anachronistic Caribbean to stop the villainous Charles L. Charles and his Ultimate Insult
Video Game Reviews of Escape from Monkey Island (Jewel Case)
Customer Review: A great Monkey Island game, but not the best
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a huge fan of the Monkey Island (MI) series. While Escape from Monkey Island does have the great signature qualities of a Monkey Island game (challenging puzzles, great acting, hillarious dialogue), this was not my favorite in the series.
I don't like that you cannot control the game using the mouse. The keyboard makes for clumsy controls.
Also, other people might disagree, but I don't like the game in 3D. To me, the MI series looks best as a cartoon. Seeing the characters in 3D just makes the game look awkward.
Also, this game is missing the signature insult swordfighting, one of the best features of the previous games.
I'd still reccommend this game, but it's not the best of the MI series. The Curse of Monkey Island is.
Description of Escape from Monkey Island (Jewel Case)
The Monkey Island tales jumped onto our screens a long time ago and charmed us with intriguing storylines and chirpy dialogue. Now after a wait that seems like an eternity, Guybrush Threepwood and his trusty band of friends are back in the fourth instalment, Escape from Monkey Island. Carrying on where Curse of Monkey Island left off, Escape from Monkey Island starts with Guybrush and his now-wife Elaine Marley-Threepwood, The Governor of the Tri-islands, returning back to the peaceful island of M?l?e, only to find that not all is what it seems, and while they have been battling the high seas, the evil villain Charles L Charles has plotted to take over the islands. All sounds hectic stuff, and you would be right in thinking so, but Escape from Monkey Island is not about being hectic, so sit back, take a sip of that tea you've got next to the computer and let's take it easy. For those not aware of the series, Monkey Island is your average point-and-click game: search around, ask some questions, pick up some stuff, ask some more questions and so on and so on, but where Escape from Monkey Island differs is in the execution. With its superb 3-D graphics--the others didn't feature in 3-D--that lusciously depict the Tri-island area, the graphics are the first thing that will catch you eye. Couple this with a witty, clever and at times wonderful script and you've got a game that will have you chuckling out loud as Guybrush spins puns, jokes and insults aplenty. If you are a fan of the point-and-click genre, or the Monkey Island series for that matter, then this is definitely going to be your cup of tea with intriguing challenges and humour you have come to appreciate from a game like this. If, however, like a lot of people, you are wary of point-and-click games, this is the perfect starting point, with the game slowly easing you into the wonderful world that is Monkey Island. --Stuart Miles . . Windows ME / 98 / 95 PC: 200MHz , 32MB RAM, 4MB graphics cardLucasArts' Monkey Island adventure game series has been missed of late. It has been too long since we've visited the anachronistic Tri-Island area in a Monkey game stuffed with vivid characters, zany plot twists, and liberal use of awful and awfully funny puns. Thank goodness that the clumsy, bumbling, and utterly charming pirate hero Guybrush Threepwood returns in Escape from Monkey Island. Luckily for him so does his bride, Elaine Marley Threepwood; unluckily, it looks like the stubborn ghost pirate LeChuck may be back as well. Or is he? We'd tell you but that would give away too much of the vibrant and hilarious story line.
This is adventure gaming at its very best: sharp graphics, excellent voice acting and writing, and solid puzzles throughout. LucasArts even included a walk-through that'll get any new players into the right mindset to solve the bizarre, convoluted, and convulsively funny pun-ridden puzzles in the game. But players who rely on it are missing out. Sometimes it's much funnier to do things the wrong way, because the sharp-minded developers probably already thought of it and are ready to reward you with a humorous comment or action. Completely hilarious, drop-dead gorgeous, and always innovative LucasArts proves once and for all there is ample life left in the adventure genre. --Andrew S. Bub
Pros:
- Excellent voice acting and writing
- Very funny
- Challenging for players of all skill levels
- The controls could be a little more streamlined
Escape from Monkey Island continues in the hilarious tradition of its critically hailed and award-winning predecessors, The Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck's Revenge, and The Curse of Monkey Island. Developed by the team who created LucasArts's irreverent classic Sam and Max Hit the Road, Escape features an original cinematic story full of drama, intrigue, and of course, sidesplitting humor. The game is highlighted by hundreds of challenging puzzles, set amidst dozens of rich and brilliantly rendered backgrounds.
The day fast approaches when Guybrush Threepwood, Elaine Marley-Threepwood, Stan of Stan's Previously Owned Vessels, and the other bizarre characters from the beloved, anachronistic Monkey series come back to PC shores.
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