LucasArts Archive Series: Escape From Monkey Island

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Product Details

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• ASIN: B00005OQMR
• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 9, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,286 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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:

• Excellent voice acting and writing
• Very funny
• Challenging for players of all skill levels

Cons:

• The controls could be a little more streamlined

Product Description

Aye 'Tis an Offbeat Adventure of PirateyProportionsProduct InformationEscape from Monkey Island finds series hero perennial pirate-wannabe GuybrushThreepwood returning to face sociopathic parrots freakishly deformedbuccaneers and an insult flinging original villain with a sinister agenda.Escape from Monkey Island continues in the hilarious tradition of its criticallyhailed and award-winning predecessors.Shiver me timbers and poke me other eye out. If it ain’t the fourth in thecelebrated Monkey Island series! Aye there be intrigue and monkeys aplenty!When perennial pirate-wannabe Guybrush Threepwood and his new bride GovernorElaine Marley-Threepwood return to M?lee Island they find out Elaine hasbeen declared dead the Governor’s mansion is to be torn down and aslick-yet-hauntingly-familiar politician is about to take Elaine’s job. Sobegins the next hilarious chapter in the award-winning Monkey Island series ofadventures.Product Features Fourth in the legendary Monkey Island series of graphic adventures. An original cinematic story full of drama sociopathic parrots and a villain with a sinister agenda. Dozens of lusciously rendered backgrounds. Hundreds of puzzles to challenge both novice and veteran pirates...er adventures. New jokes!  New puns!  New insults!  And more monkeys than the three previous Monkey games combines.  Windows Requirements Windows 95 98 Me 2000 Pentium 200 MHz or faster processor (Pentium II 300 MHz recommended) 100% DirectX compatible computer required 64 MB or higher RAM required 4 MB PCI or AGP 3D graphics accelerator card required (8 MB AGP graphics accelerator card recommended) 4X CD-ROM drive 16-bit Sound Card required PCI 3D sound cards supported Keyboard required Mouse required Joystick or game pad recommended DirectX 6.1 is included on this CD and must be installed to play

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a game!, February 1, 2002

By A Customer

The series of "Monkey Island" is a funny, interesting, creative game that keeps you playing for hours! I highly suggest buying the "Monkey Island" series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Retro Graphics in this game, March 2, 2002

By	"zinnias9" (Ohio, United States) - See all my reviews

I was surprised that this game, the fourth in a series, had returned to graphics that looked like a PlayStation game. The previous game had much more detail, the people looked like people, and the background actually had some depth in it. This time around, LucasArts went for a flat look that sometimes drove me crazy because Threepwood would disappear behind something and I couldn't get him out! This is not to mention the top-view parts of the game where Threepwood was transformed into a tiny 8-bit character. He was hard to see and hard to control when he was that small. I recommend playing this with a joystick, if you have one because the standard mouse cannot give you the fine control that you need sometimes. The puzzles varied from easy to figure out to the brainpuzzling monkey insult war and swamp trek. The sounds in this game were Above Average. All the characters had a different voice, a different accent, a different way of speaking. (reoccuring chracters had the same voices as in previous games) The music was excellently chosen from the creepy music in the swamp, to the kooky music for Stan the Salesman. A cute tip: if you type the word "skull" at any time of the game, Murray comes out to laugh at you. The game lets you go at your own pace, nothing is timed. Great for those who like puzzles!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Its Pink, January 22, 2002

By A Customer

Okay, so maybe it isn't pink, but it is a great game. I love the Lucas Arts Adventure games with their blends of humor and puzzles. Sure, Myst series may have better puzzles, but the monkey Island series has more humor. Escape keeps in line with all the previous of the series. It features a good plot, tons of fun one liners, and insult sword fighting (plus now monkey judo). It is a hilarous game and well worth the money. Play it, you won't be dissappointed as long as you like to laugh. Oh, and Lucas Arts.....WE WANT MORE ADVENTURE GAMES!