Escape from Monkey Island Review

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(More customer reviews)"Escape from Monkey Island" is the fourth game in the "Monkey Island" series, which follow the adventures of wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood and the love of his life, Governor Elaine Marley, as they battle against the evil undead pirate Chuck LeChuck (who just won't stay dead after three games). In "Escape from Monkey Island" Guybrush returns from his honeymoon with Elaine to find out that they have been declared dead. Now he must investigate a slimy Australian developer who is buying up all of the Tri-Island area and "reforming" the pirates into docile citizens. In the meantime Elaine is running for governor against Charles L. Charles, a suspiciously familiar face. Once again Guybrush gets to rescue the damsel in distress, fight monkeys in Monkey Kombat (a hilarious Mortal Kombat spoof you have to see to believe), and test his wit at Insult Arm Wrestling, as well as downing Groggoccinos from Starbuccaneers and visiting his own theme restaurant Planet Threepwood (sound familiar?), all while trying to find a powerful Voodoo charm, the Ultimate Insult, before the bad guys do.
"EFMI" is the first game to feature 3D characters, and all of the familiar faces (Guybrush, Elaine, Carla, Otis, Herman) translate well to their new medium. The game's engine is basically an upgraded Grim Fandango GRIME system, but the graphics are gorgeous (and eccentric: the familiar swirly clouds, watercolour stars, nifty maps and gaudy costumes look great). The music is a mysterious blend of Caribbean and sweeping scores worthy of John Williams (steel drums, rowdy pirate music, Muzak in Starbuccaneers and Jambalaya Island (the same theme changes to a minor key once you visit Nuttin Atoll, nice touch) string-driven themes). The voice acting is superb, with Dominic Armato returning as Guybrush, Charity James as Elaine, Earl Boen as LeChuck, Tom Kane (Darwin on "The Wild Thornberries"), and Nick Tate as Ozzie. The dialogue is as sharp as any of the previous games (I loved listening to Ozzie Mandrill spouting Australian insults and throwing around Aussie slang at every opportunity), and the storyline is always a surprise. I had a few small technical problems even after installing the patch, but I found workarounds, and other than that the game ran great (it does require 3D acceleration, however). A pleasure from beginning to end, I only hope that there will be more "Monkey Islands" in the future!

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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 FeaturesFourth in the legendary Monkey Island series of graphic adventures.An original cinematic story full of drama sociopathic parrots and avillain with a sinister agenda.Dozens of lusciously rendered backgrounds.Hundreds of puzzles to challenge both novice and veteran pirates...eradventures.New jokes! New puns! New insults! And more monkeys thanthe three previous Monkey games combines.Windows RequirementsWindows 95 98 Me 2000Pentium 200 MHz or faster processor (Pentium II 300 MHz recommended)100% DirectX compatible computer required64 MB or higher RAM required4 MB PCI or AGP 3D graphics accelerator card required (8 MB AGP graphicsaccelerator card recommended)4X CD-ROM drive 16-bit Sound Card required PCI 3D sound cards supportedKeyboard requiredMouse requiredJoystick or game pad recommendedDirectX 6.1 is included on this CD and must be installed to play

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