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Game Information
- Platform: Windows 98 / 95
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
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 Mêlée, 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
Manufacturer's Description
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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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I loved Monkey 1, 2, 3, but the control system they've put on this game was so annoying that I lost interest in this game. The point and click controls in the earlier chapters were so simple and easy to use that I took them for granted. Now they've replaced this with a system based on either a ps2 style controller or a mass of keys on the keyboard to remember. Even when I had taken the time to learn the functions of the buttons on my controller it's still really frustrating.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
The whole 4 in the series are great games! You can't say you are an adventurer and not play this game :) Give it a go. Some of the riddles are quite hard. It's a lively game, point and click and good fun keeping the spirit of the previous in the series. Buy it and enjoy...
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Starthing at the beginning, with the keyboard controls. My GOSH!!! It was just tooooooo HARD. I wrote them down and still couldn't get it but thankfully there is an option to change the controls so I changed them to something I could remember better.
Next up the looks of the game.........I have to say I enjoyed the 3d look just as much as the 2d I think guybrush looks very handsome......only problem is ELAINE she looks AWFUL and they changed her voice from English to American which I must say was a HUGE dissapointment I liked Elaine better in MI2 she seems somewhat ruder in this version.
ANYHOW I like the look of the game overall but it had a tendency to CRASH quite alot. I didn't like the insult arm restling very much and the game was extreemly hard at some points were I found myself hunting on the internet for cheats:-( The monkey combat was difficult to master, I had to write them down but once I got it I felt very proud of myself. Cheats couldn't get me out of that Jam because the code varied from game to game.
I enjoyed exploring the islands and I found it refreshing that guybrush actually changed clothes this time (*@%$$??) I really felt a part of this virtual world and was captivated by the beauty of it. I found some parts really funny like when the two pirates are throwing insults and one calls the other a monkey molester?!!! Anyway I took of a star coz of all the crashing and that. But a very good game which I played before monkey 2 and the secret of monkey island and my love of the series prompted me to find and move onto the much loved GRIM FANDANGO.
Overall its a good game but in comparison to MONKEY ISLAND 2 and GRIM FANDANGO it cannot hold up but still and EXCELLENT game and it you own this but notMI2 or GRIM I believe u would find it so worthwhile to own these 2. MUCH LOVE-CHYNAWITCH
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Brilliant!
This game is brilliant! The graphics are 3D and I must say it looks great! The storyline is brilliant too, and it's a challenging Monkey Island like the others. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Raiden
Great!
A must for every Monkey Island fan, fast postage, every time i play it I find something new! I have since purchased all 4 other games
Published 8 months ago by Silondon
You've gotta love it!
I remember playing the very first installment of the monkey island series on an old amiga console that someone had given to us when I was about 8 years old. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2006 by S. Hide
Jo says this is the BEST GAME EVER!!!
Monkey Island is THE BEST GAME EVER!!! Escape from monkey island is my fave of the 4 Monkey Island games out. It's really funny and the puzzles are so fun to solve! Read more
Published on 10 May 2005 by "polskimoo"
good game
I loved the monkey island games, but monkey island four was a let down, i enjoyed the game and the plot, but the new 3D graphics were dissapointing. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2004 by Enya
The fourth game out of the Monkey Island franchise
After playing all four games i can certainly say that lucas arts are geniuses, the first 3 took the very clever and simple SCUMM engine (script creating utility for Maniac... Read more
Published on 7 July 2004
Excellent Continuation Of The... Legacy?
The TM after every LucasArts trademark is brilliant and the ridiculousness that is Guybrush Threepwood (not just a silly name) could sell games in itself. Read more
Published on 10 May 2004
Great game but slow!
This 4th installment of monkey island is as brilliant as the rest but it was so slow on my pc! I advise you buy it on the ps2.
ps. monkey island rules
Published on 14 Aug 2003
Ultimately the most disappointing of the four
LucasArts have certainly pulled out all the stops in terms of graphics in this visually stunning adventure but sadly, for the first time, we have a Monkey Island game thats... Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2002 by N. D. Maidment
Guybrush Rules!
Three sequels and the series just does not seem to tire! As the box promises, there are all new jokes and insults with plenty of challenges... and quite a few monkeys. Read more
Published on 10 May 2002 by Simon Slator
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