Escape from Monkey Island (PC)

The 4th and currently final in the Monkey Island series, you play as Guybrush Threepwood, a pirate that has managed to defeat the evil pirate LeChuck 3 times. Now married to the governor of Melee Island, they come back from their honeymoon to find that a mysterious land developer is trying to rid the world of piracy. With Elaine declared dead, the story follows Guybrush Threepwood trying to defeat LeChuck, as Elaine tries to run for governor again. It's an adventure game, meaning it's not an action game and mostly relies on puzzles. This time round the series has become 3D, with an enhanced version of the Grim Fandango engine. Of course this changes the controls ...  Read the complete review

Escape from Monkey Island is a slight departure from the first three games Monkey Island games. It features the same sort of gameplay, that is your piratey adventure lark, but this time Guybrush has gone 3D. A brief summary of the plot so far… Guybrish Threepwood (the player’s character) was once a wannabe pirate. In the first game he has to pass three tests to prove his worth, after which he ends up on the mysterious Monkey Island, home of the evil Zombie pirate LeChuck. On the way he falls in love with Governor Elaine Marley, who unfortunately happens to be LeChuck’s love interest as well. (He doesn’t let the small fact that he’s dead get in the way ...  Read the complete review

Hoist the sails! It's time to embark on yet another journey with the mighty Guybrush Threepwood! How many monkeys is too many monkeys? A question for the ages. Indeed, for centuries now it has remained unanswered. The great game designers of ancient Greece, dressed in their No Fear togas, spent countless hours debating this cruel riddle, but to no avail. Recently, the Monkey Island franchise walked a thin line, offering a decent number of simians, but without truly testing our fragile psyches. The fourth installment changes all that. Some brave, mildly disturbed game developer had the guts to stand up and shout, "We must have more monkeys!" In ...  Read the complete review

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana and in Escape from monkey island, a game that features few arrows and a lot of bananas, you wonder just where that time has gone. When you compare the number of Monkey Island games made in the past 11 years with the number of Tomb Raider games made in the past 5 years, you just have to wonder. The Monkey Island series of games has been a bit of a strange saga, like the James Bond movies, they never have quite the same team of people working on it, yet there is a formula that will always ensure that it entertains as much as the previous instalment. The future of the Monkey Island series looked uncertain when the original ...  Read the complete review

I brought this game 2 weeks ago and so far, I have been amazed at the stunning graphics and great game play it has. I should also say I’ve nearly completed it (not because its to short) because I am always playing on it none stop. I used to have an Atari and on it I had the 2nd monkey island game (LeChucks revenge which I really enjoyed. So you can imagine my excitement when I heard that this new game was coming out for pc. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get it when it came out straight away and had to wait even longer but it was well worth the wait. So now with this game being the 4th in the long running series being on the graphics are now in ...  Read the complete review