Thi is a good game but not as good as the last three
User Rating: 9.1 | Escape from Monkey Island MAC
Gameplay: In this chapter of Guybrush Threepwood's adventures, the self-proclaimed mighty pirate and his new bride, Governor Elaine Marley, have returned from their honeymoon only to find that Elaine has been declared dead. This incorrect declaration has ended her lifetime term as governor, so she must now run against Charles L. Charles, a foppish glad-hander with a dark secret. What adds to the political intrigue is that the pirate hangouts in the Tri-Island area are being bought up and made into tourist-friendly venues like StarBuccaneer's and Planet Threepwood, thanks to an Australian land developer named Ozzie Mandrill. To top it all off, everyone seems to be looking for a voodoo artifact called the Ultimate Insult. These events aren't as unrelated as they may seem, and Guybrush must help Elaine stop the gentrification of his stomping grounds and find the Ultimate Insult before it falls into the wrong hands. I did not quite like the new game control system that the developers put in when you would face something and a bunch of sentences would pop up and you get to choose I prefered the "pick up" or "use". It's a non point and click it's more like a more modern adventure game where you have to wonder around useing the mouse or keyboard controls. The Humor and insults are not as good as the previous games i think that Ron Gibert should of not of gone and contunied makeing the Monkey Island games.The puzzles are quite challanging and might take you a while to figger out and the sword fighting is the same old insult sword fighting though some of the insults are not as funny as the older games in this series.
Graphics: The biggest change in Escape from Monkey Island from previous installments is that it uses a modified version of the Grim Fandango engine and interface. Grim Fandango was the first LucasArts game to use fully 3D characters on 2D prerendered backgrounds. It also featured a fully integrated keyboard interface that was designed to keep you firmly rooted in the reality of the game. Sound: As always the sound is amazing, nice and chrisp and as always Love the old soundtrack.
Value: After playing it though once you may want to play this though again i personally think that this game as good replay value.
There are mixed reactions for this game some people don't like it as much as the older games but even though this game has it's flaws I think that this is still a good game. I give this game 9 out of 10.
