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Binding: CD-ROM Brand: Lucas Arts EAN: 0023272110185 Edition: Standard ESRB Age Rating: Teen Format: CD-ROM Label: LucasArts Entertainment Manufacturer: LucasArts Entertainment Model: 11018 Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95 Publisher: LucasArts Entertainment Release Date: November 07, 2000 Studio: LucasArts Entertainment Variation Description: Escape Accessories: Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: LucasArts' 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:
Amazon.com Product 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - not as amusing as the writers thoughtThis is the fourth installment in LucasArts' "Monkey Island" series. Producers of the game have stated in on-line interviews that there would indeed be a fifth installment, but as of my writing it's apparently not under production. I bought and played this one essentially on the strength of the third item in the series, "Escape from Monkey Island," which I adjudge to be far better. They seemed to have a winning recipe in that installment: why did they completely overhaul ... Read More Rating: - Enjoyable but occasionally frustrating adventure gameI'm old enough to remember the Atari ST in the late 80s early 90s and I was vaguely aware of The Secret Of Monkey Island, but Escape is the only one of the series that I've played, so I'm not going to compare it to any other. With that qualification in mind... I enjoyed this game. At times, very much. But there were also times when I was thinking. "Euurghh I'm really starting to dislike this" I'll list the things I didn't like firstly, to get the unpleasntness over. - Control ... Read More Rating: - The Great EscapeAhoy there, monkey-island buccaneers and landlubbers alike! Lucas Arts is back with its much-adored 'Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise, and are they back with a bang! Though not quite as absorbing as its 3 predecessors, it's definitely a rollicking adventure, and best of all, far exceeds what many thought would be a final tying up episode. At the end of the Curse of Monkey Island, we had our wannabe pirate hero Guybrush Threepwood finally marrying Elaine Marley, the Governor of Melée Island. So ... Read More Rating: - Long time MI fanAs a long time player of Lucas Arts Monkey Island games, I'm not disappointed with this one. The in-jokes are excellent. My only beef with the game is the lack of click and go playability that was so easy and straight-forward with the previous three games. Playing using only the keyboard made things a little fiddly. Other than that small issue, the graphics were excellent, the puzzles kept me busy for ages, and the reintroduction of some old and familiar characters, definitely ... Read More Rating: - has it's flaws but it continues the Monkey island legacyI loved the original monkey island games when they were 2-d and voiceless, the recent updates including the curse of monkey island, which was amazing, now comes the 4th escape from monkey island. Its enjoyable from every aspect, now with a dandy new, 3D format, Monkey island 4 is a wonderful gaming expierience. The basic story brings the loveable yet goofy Guybrush Threepwood and his newly wed wife Elaine, they return from their honeymoon to find a new governer set to run against Elaine in the upcoming election, ... Read More |
