Escape from Monkey Island (PC) Reviews

Monkey Island. The creme de la creme of adventure gaming. Nothing can possibly beat it. Ever. Thats my opinion anyway and with the ever dwindling Adventure game population, it looks as if nothing will ever beat it. Now back and prettier than ever (If thats the right description), Guybrush Threepwood is ready for more swashbuckling (how ...  Read the complete review

I have to say, when I heard they were creating another Monkey Island game I became so excited. Having played and completed all of the Monkey Island games (3 in total, not including this one) I can safely say it is my favourite series of all time. I guess I find it so addictive because of its originality. The series first started on the lovely ...  Read the complete review

This is the fourth in the series of Monkey Island adventure games, written by the LucasArts stable. They have, over time, been the most consistently funny and playable games the PC has produced, so is this the fourth one as good? Yes, it’s even better. Here’s a brief plot: Guybrush, our hero, has arrived back on Melee Island ...  Read the complete review

Escape from Monkey Island sees the return of the particularly unferocious pirate Guybrush Threepod in his fourth adventure. In this adventure Guybrush returns from his honeymoon with his newlywed wife Elane govenor of Mele Island to find the island deserted and Elane declared dead. The game is the first of the Monkey Island games to be in 3D. ...  Read the complete review

As a veteran of the Monkey Island games, I eagerly awaited number 4, Escape from Monkey Island. Fortunately, my wife bought it for me for Christmas and I am now half way through it. I am very impressed with the graphics and the control system (although this takes a little getting used to). Having played the other M.I. games it is great ...  Read the complete review

I bought this product shortly after a moment of nostalgia, remembering those days in the late 80's when I was happy to sit at my computer for hours (I think it was an Amiga) playing "The secret of monkey island". I have not played the third instalment as I thought that the point an click adventure had probably gone as far ...  Read the complete review

Lets get things straight, The Curse of Monkey Island was good but it wasn't excellent and it shows even more with the fourth title of the Monkey Island series because this is a brilliant game. The game takes the 3D Grim Fandango engine to new heights, with every location bustling with colours and objects in a zany Sam & Max kind of ...  Read the complete review

Guybrush, Elaine and the rest of the gang are back for the next stupidly funny and challenging istsallment of the Monkey Island saga. I love these games and this one comes in far above the others in a hard mad slog to stop a billonaire from Austraila from buying up all the land in the Tri-Island area, Ensuring that Elaine is voted back to ...  Read the complete review

If youve played any of the other monkey games (which you should have done, as theyre all great) you'll find yourself in familiar waters as soon as the game starts. Ever since finishing monkey2 ive been wanting a game that would let me re-visit guybrush's old caribbean haunts around melee and monkey islands, and now finally ive got the ...  Read the complete review

Escape From Monkey Island is graphically the best of the already legendary series and should be bought by anyone who is a fan of Lucasarts games. The user interface has now changed and has become much more 3D based -very much in the same style of Grim Fandango. This new style has its pros and cons: Most fans will feel awkward at first using it, ...  Read the complete review

The first thing I noticed about the fourth instalment in the Monkey Island series was that my mouse was not working! After swearing at it a few times I took up the last resort of reading the manual. The control method for Escape From Monkey Island is entirely keyboard based. While I can see what the programmers were trying to achieve it just ...  Read the complete review

Women. Freedom. Treasure. Mmm…. I wish I was a pirate. Having life all your own way, terrorising the seas, and lounging on tropical islands – at least until you get caught and executed that is. Guybrush Threepwood, the main character in the Monkey Island series shares the same dreams, and yet he IS a pirate. Or at least he tries to be. ...  Read the complete review

Some series never get boring, and Monkey Island is such a case. This is the fourth adventure of Guybrush Threepwood, this time in glorius 3-D. If you have ever played one of the Monkey Island adventures then you will know they boast great jokes and hillarious situations, Escape from Monkey Island is no different to it's predecessors. The main ...  Read the complete review

After both Monkey Island and Monkey Island Two had been released in a very short period of time, there was a very long gap before this game came out. But was the wait worth it. I don't think so. If they had released this game about 6 months earlier I probably would have liked it, but I don't really like this kind of game anymore. The main ...  Read the complete review

Finally LucasArts have decided to bring out yet another sequal to their epic Monkey Island series. Everyone remembers the last Monkey Island game 'The Curse of Monkey Island' and what fun it was to play, with those beautiful 2D, Walt Disney like, graphics. But what does eveyone think about the graphics being in 3D? Well, I held a ...  Read the complete review

Woo hoo! Monkey Island is back - and in 3D!!! The Monkey Island series of games are some of the funniest games ever. The first 3 were typical LucasArts point and click adventures, but with some great puzzles and even better humour. One highlight is the legendary spitting contest from number 2. Anyway, the hero of the games Guybrush ...  Read the complete review