Guybrush Threepwood, a mighty pirate! Don't make me laugh...or do you?
Oh well, as always, you control Guybrush Threepwood, the ever-wannabe pirate that loves the Governor Elaine. Period. Well, there's also a nifty plot which I'm about to reveal a bit. You see, Guybrush is sailing the sea in a crash car. You read it right. Those crash cars that are in amusement parks and such. While writing his diary, he floats into the middle of a battle between Elaine's forces and the evil Zombie-Pirate LeChuck. He's the arch-enemy of Guybrush, as most of you surely know.
Oh well, LeChuck picks you out of the water and throws you into jail. What a nice day isn't it? Well, the main thing in the game is that Elaine gets a curse of LeChuck, which Guybrush has to break. And so begins our jolly adventure in Plunder Island.
Enough of spoilers. You see, the humour is great in this game, and there are so many good laughable jokes in the game that I'm not going to list them. I've had some of my best laughs from this game, since they're really that funny.
Monkey Island has always had the most memorable characters in adventure games. So does this game.Haggis McMutton, Eddie Van Helgen (he can play BANJO pretty well, haha), Cutthroat Bill...they all are their own personalities. How LucasArts did this every time?
Since they all are personalities, they must have good voice acting, and thank goodness they have. I couldn't find a single flaw in the voices of the game, and I'm very pleased of what I heard. Especially Dinghy Dog™ made me laugh like a horse. Oh well...Also, the expressions and gestures are very well made, so it's something like perfect. Really, it is.
Curse of The Monkey Island wears a graphical layout that is the best possible for a point 'n click -adventure. A well-drawn SVGA. Ahh, everything is so clear and can be recognized, also it's extremely beautiful. Animation is simply flawless, and you can do nothing but enjoy. When it comes to cutscenes, they are even better than the game's graphics. It's like you're watching a full-sized cartoon!
Talking about the interface, it's the usual one that was in the games like this back to the old days. You point and click where ever you want to go, and hold your button to open the action menu, which enables you to use your mouth, hands, eyes or nose on things. Also there is the compulsory inventory to make your puzzles even more challenging. Yup.
You can play the game in two modes: The normal and the Mega-Monkey -mode. There's no real difference except the puzzles are a bit larger in the Mega Monkey -mode. I've played the game through with both modes so it adds some replay -value to the game. Excellent.
Also, the thing I loved in the first Monkey Island is back and it has a set of new clothes! Umm, I mean that they have changed the Insult Fighting a bit and added it to the game. This time it's Rhyming Sword Fighting which is even more intriguing! You see, here's an example: "Every enemy I've met, I've annihilated" and the answer is "With your breath, I'm sure they all suffocated!". Haha, you see them rhyme? And the humor! I just love it!
Well, what can I say? This game is truly a classic, and deserves a golden medal for having such good jokes. I can't praise this game enough, and you've gotta see this by yourself. Get it!
En garde, Touche! Oh, that's so cliche...