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  • I still cant believe I managed to get this game free on mac in an edition of  Mac world, or Mac user back when it was new.

  • @abeforever

    Oh sorry for my last comment, I didn't see you were replying to the other guy.

  • @abeforever

    When did you see him being brave in this game?

  • gahh i miss this game!!!

  • I remember playing this!!! I was only 9 years old!!! So nostalgic! Thanks a lot!!!

  • I hope they release Curse of Monkey Island:Special Edition this year.I've had so much fun with the first two games on my PS3.I had not played them since I was a kid,and I wouldn't want to stop at LeChuck's revenge.

  • @sugreev2001 Curse of Monkey Island? It already has amazing voice acting, animation and music? I hope they don't change it :(

  • unfortunately because i played this game first, it led me to believe that monkey island was naff. until i discovered...MONKEY ISLAND 1

  • @MrWlosy sir you replyed to a 4 month commen sir? pretty pointless dont you think sir? sir i can spell perfectly sir, i was just quick commenting sir, i played it and to be honest it was pretty good, as usual so called fans fear change as usual, less funny? i dont think so but we have different likings of funny i guess.

  • this is awful, truly awful. it looks like a cheap kids cartoon. if the wanted to go 3d, they should have gone realistic 3d, this has put me right off it which is a shame. i love the curse of monkey islands rich detail, its hilarious animations and vivid colour, so the hell what if it was in 2D?? it was great like that, thats what all the fans started on, why change a winning formula? this look cheap, its characters are non expressive slow moving. these graphics are circa 1994?! i will not buy

  • @TCEhorsham Realistic Monkey Island? Dude, noooooo.

  • @TCEhorsham

    It only looks cartoonish now. Back then it was jawbreaking.

  • This is 7 bucks at Gamestop

  • Justin bieber created 11 accounts and disliked

  • @karlo7788 What the fuck relevance does Justin Bieber have to do with this? You're a moron

  • all of yous basically are saying tht this sucked cause it wasnt 2d? yous all call yourself MI fans yh right!!!

  • @DaHnny94DMaHn Learn to type english and THEN go to youtube, sir. And we (at least me) don't say that Escape is bad because of 3D graphics, but because it is easier, less funny, and boring.

  • Secret of monkey island is better of in 2D.

  • @kawon93

    well....good for you... i guess?... but this video has absolutely nothing to do mit somi, its from mi4.

  • @Cyphox I meant monkey island :p but how is that good for me ?

  • Just bought it for PS2, playing it on PCSX2 and i have to say it's very playable with a gamepad. Not to mention the high resolution (playing in 1920x1080) and antialiasing you can use with pcsx2. The FMVs are played in Fullscreen too, not in native resolution in the left corner of your screen as when you're using this crappy resolution patch available for pc. God, i hate the PC-version now.

  • I never bought this game, even if I LOVE "The Curse of...". I didn't think that it would be good in 3D and the pictures on the back of the cover looked... boring. I saved my money for the upcoming Nintendo GameCube instead.

    Oh dear how I regret that decision...

  • @ThrowntoReality You don't have to regret it. You could always watch the playthroughs here on youtube. It'd certainly be better than wasting your money on this not so good sequel =)

  • @ThrowntoReality Why regret? That was actually a great decision.

  • hard to believe it was for ps1

  • @25claws no, PC, and ps2

  • @sonikku956 there is in ps2, and i have the cd.. and so does d PC, i just download it..

  • @dikajenny I meant that this WASNT for the ps1.

  • Compared to MI1, 2, 3 and now Tales, this is just like a sort of steaming turd in a field full of genius.

  • I don't you guys are giving this game enough credit. I used to play it when I was way younger and I loved it. I've recently purchased it again so I can play :D and I might not enjoy it as much.. But I probably will because of it's mixture of engaging genres :)

    Sure, we all have the tendency to compare games to there previous ones.. But we should just believe it to be individual etc. It's not like they didn't try with this game, it's pretty impressive overall.

  • dammit.. I don't think * xD

  • inappropriately timed exposition :P

    my biggest problem with this game is that guybrush was turned into a pathetic joke that everyone sneered at. he deserves better than that. i haven't played Tales yet, but i hope they didn't repeat that mistake.

  • seven sins linked me here

  • I don't like the way they did LeChuck and Guybrush in this game.

    It's just not the same style as the close ups from the first game or what they looked like originally

  • this game is awesome, the visuals are great, the art deparment really did a great job in it and it is extremely fun

  • The graphics may look bad but the story and plot kinda backs it up. Their dialogue is hilarious XD

  • amazing game

  • I remember that was a game released around the same time but had to do with a Serial Killer that you ended up tracking through sewer's and street's...anyone remember it? I'd love to know..I miss that game and games like it.

  • That game is called "Circle of Blood". I remember playing the demo. It was pretty sweet.

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  • Broken Sword. One of my very favourite games of all times.

  • It is the worst of the series by a large margin. Present and past.

  • I remember playing this as a kid, I failed so hard at it. :)

  • I couldn't pass the second island. Then I found out about YouTube and lost the game.

  • Lol I don't think I even made it off the first.

  • Well, the back of the game case actually told you how to beat the first island. No idea why, but yeah.

  • this game kicks so much ass

  • yep, graphics sucks

  • This looks terrible compared to Curse of Monkey Island.

  • @LazerLuger Curse of Monkey Island was terrible looking int he first place! :D

  • @LazerLuger COMI was, and always will be, the best MI game :)

  • @LazerLuger This IS terrible compared to the Curse of Monkey Island.

  • Monkey island 4 es la aberración más grande que jamás ha pisado un pc/ps2, y la mancha en una saga de juegos geniales.

  • CMI had so much character, the visual style was timeless and unique. the 3d just isnt so fun

  • new MI is 3D =(

    i wanted CMI type graphics, but you can't have it all

  • i like the new look =)

  • then get the remastered monkey island 1 then, redone by all the people at lucas arts and yeah its 2d digital graphics

  • i know that game inside out and upside-down, though...

    i be wantin' something... something chewy (i know it's CMI but hey)

    i only might buy it because it's on the 360

  • hehe "chewie" nice lucasarts refferance, hmmm well have you tried sam and max? or the wallace and gromit game? if you still want CMI i think you'll need some old stuff instead of all the new stuff

  • menudo trozo de mierda empezando por el niñato guybrush que pusieron que NO era el personaje del primero, ni el segundo...

  • how sad. mi4 sucks balls

  • Yo me aguante hasta el monkey 3, ya de por si, le habian cambiado la forma, le habien puesto vos, era un grafico diferente (en si no me gusto) pero tenia la simplicidad clasica de siempre del 2-d. El 4 directamente ni me lo di vuelta, ya es mas un juego de accion-aventura que un juego de aventura grafica como lo solia ser... El monkey island 2, es el MEJOR. simplemente, el MEJOR.

  • Monkey island was a bit too rough along the edges to be a good game (although the plot and humor as usual is good). I trust that TellTale will be able to get everything right, from what i've heard they've done wonders for Sam and Max.

  • D'oh, forgot the 'Escape from'. EMI was a bit too rough.

  • thank god there are making another monkey island.

  • they are???

  • it was anounced at e3 called tales of monkey island, it will be realesed on pc and wii ware. it will have 5 episodes released monthly, like the sam and max games

  • oh man, this was the first game I got for my PS2. Fantastic game, Ill give it a play later, so funny!

  • I remember playing this game when I was 8 years old can't wait to download it and play it

  • This was OK, i liked the music and the atmosphere. I got this 2001 christmas... so many memories.

    But older monkeys are still better.

  • I hope they make monkey island 5 in 2-D but really incredible animation and in HD

  • it has been so long seriously wtf they need to do it!!!

  • my dream would be xbox live/psn download maybe $15-$20 with revamped 2-D animation like in street fighter turbo remix or braid, seriously it would sell like crazy

  • you all say they ruined the series by getting rid of 2d, but you're forgetting that the graphics on the first two monkey island games was poor, it was only the 3rd that was in 2d, and Monkey Island 4 was created at a time when the adventure game genre was dying, so churning out another 2d point + click game wouldn't have helped the series at all. If you didnt like the game because of the graphics, then you're completely forgetting what monkey island is about, and that is great comical writing.

  • Actually, the 1st and 2nd games are in 2D. The 3rd is a mix of the two.

  • i agree, about the industry losing intrest, but i also agree with whoever your arguing with. the game has lost some of the monkey island traits, but if it were made in 2d there may not have been a monkey island 4. in my opinion, 'the curse of monkey island' was the best in the series so far, combining the classic 2d interface with non-dos graphics, but in number 4 the voodoo lady talks about a 5 part contract she has signed with lucas arts.

    so we will just have to wait and see?

  • LeChuck was nasty in 3D.

    I don't think I laughed as much in this game. MI3 was the greatest ever.

    The 3D really threw me off, I didn't get the same feel of everyone as I did in MI3. The controls were very annoying and countless times, timed puzzles had to be done more than once because of those controls. I did like the "run" option; it was faster and because of that I rarely used the "walk" option.

    If they make a MI5 I sure hope it goes back to 2D and is funnier, better puzzles, etc.

  • no, stupid people, 2D was nice, BUT see how great Grim fandago looked and it was 3D, they just screwed up this game big time, art isn't so great.

  • While the series should have stuck to 2D, I think this is a fairly good game.

  • yyyyyyyyyyyy go 3d, what a shame

  • Never completed this. Due to having to restart the game twice due to an inventory glitch (the inventory items stuck on the screen couldn't get rid of them, also I still had the 'pistol' in my inventory for no reason). Also it isn't fun and not nearly as good as Monkey Island 3.

  • I can't even watch the intro to this game without cringing. They should have stuck with the 2D graphics and character of CMI.

  • LeChuck in 3D.. Looks sooo ugly!

    2D ftw! =_=

  • I'm sure he's not supposed to look pretty

  • monkey island 4 sucked so hard.

    worst game ever, especially if you consider the other 3 games which were brillant.

  • The 3D is just lame, it looks even worse now than it did when it was unveiled. The 2D stuff has aged far better.

  • Monkey Island was only ever great when it used hand drawn 2D Pixel Art and no rendered 3D shit! And the chip generated music made it even nicer :) Also the voice of Guybrush just sounds far too scripted and pretty boy B grade.. I would much rather no voice over at all and just imagine how i would want him to sound and that includes all the characters in the game. There are just SOME games that should be 3D and some that should NOT, and that stands for Monkey Island.

  • It was a good game but the control scheme and graphics were wrong for a Monkey Island game. They should have kept them more like in The Curse of Monkey Island.

  • Graphics wise,a 2D version of Escape of monkey island would have been best, keeping the voices from Curse and Escape,and the "buttons" of 1 and 2.

  • I loved this game! but im surprised to see the negative comments :o maybe it has to do with an age difference? wasn't born yet when 2d was mostly used..

  • I'm 14, and I still think that while Escape from Monkey Island sucks, the rest of the games rocked. I don't why some people do assume it is to with age (as many other people have said this, apart from you).

  • i dissagree kid...all of them rock...why do you hate it?

  • I hated the visual style, it was not nearly as funny as the other games, it is still had the annoying control and interface issues Grim Fandango had (come on, GF was made 2 years before this. Surely they had time to iron out the engine). The stories and puzzles were also pretty lame.

  • Yeah? I'm 14 and I've only played MI4, Guybrush at least looks better here than in SMI, where his close up looked like a 10 year old CHILD.

  • I think the art style looks really plastic. It's as if the entire world and characters are toys. I think Curse of Monkey Island is definately the best looking the series.

  • Yeah, that is pretty true, he looked best in CMI, but he's cute in 3D, eh- I think...

  • omg you must be trolling us all.

  • wtf?

    I comment on stuff that I like and stuff that I don't like. If you don't like it then stfu.

  • yeah,whatever.

    mi fans should not argue

  • this game was shit

  • Curse of Monkey Island looked so much better.

  • I would like to play every game in 3D...

    ...except Monkey Island.

    The 2D graphics is the heart of MI.

    The creators has got to understand that just because 3D is the "newest" gamegraphic, it doesn't have to be the perfect for every game.

    And you cannot move Guybrush with your keyboard, you've got to make him do things by clicking the good ol'

    "Pick up" "Push" "Look at" "Give" "Use" etc.

    I'm sure Monkey Island 4 is a great game, but it will never be the old Monkey Island I played.

  • The 3D graphics ruined the charm of this game.

  • well is this game on the psp?? umd i mean

  • at somepoint in the future, some badass monkey island true fan with lots of hard cash on his hand will buy the rights to the game, and then just give them to ron gilbert. Then we will have the true Monkey Island 3 and 4 and maby 5, in good old 2D.

  • It seams dissipointing in the begining, when i played it i fought it was quiet good and funny

  • And here is where the saga finishes...

    The genius who had the idea of the keyboard control and the 3D graphics at Monkey Island IV, has killed Guybrush...

    What a crime...

    (sorry if my english is not very good, I'm spanish...)

  • I love how he mentioned that he had a goofy name, ha!

  • suckish graphics...freakin funny game

  • is this on the ps2?

  • no shit

  • Yes, it's for the PS2. Remember: Everytime you see a Graphical Adventure, you must ask that.

  • the first,second and third game was better but i loved the fourth also^^

  • ]i know hes blue

  • THis game is kinda a disappointment. But it could have been worse, just look at Simon the sorcerer 3D!

    All games that went 3D at this time was kinda disappointing, but at least they made a fourth! Not as good as the previous, but I prefer to have this to not having continioued the series at all.

  • That is not what zombie LeChuck looks like at all. :(

  • yea.. almost every game that has went from 2d to 3d turned out dissapointing the fans..

    i wish they would have made it 2D and refreshed but that would make the game look unatractive to the public thease days..

  • This is not a bad game, but compared to the others it's an insult. The quality of graphics is irrelevant but the storyline, characters, constantly self-referential writing, hackneyed jokes, and incredibly juvenile feeling of the whole game, aren't.

  • Escape is the fourth actually.

  • number 3 is the best this one...i duno if it was the graphics but it was definetley the storyline! i mean ok, whats the big secret of monkey island? the monkey head is a giant robot? yeah great....i prefer the "it was all a dream" thing in monkey 2

  • guys, its not about the graphics.Guybrush Threepwood is the greatest pirate that ever lived and all monkey island games are amazing

  • love this game.i have completed it over 5 times!!!

  • love this game.i have completed it over 5 times!!!

  • hahaha im still stuck at the log floon

    i dont know how to pass that part

  • blaha,,., this game looks like a bad joke. did they even try to make some decent gfx??

  • You suffer from a serious case of the "Stupids"

  • Oh, an unintelligent reply deserves an unintelligent answer: bwahahahaa... game looks like utter shit and you know it! Moahahaaaaa!!!

  • who gives a fuck about the graphics

  • I wanted to buy this game, but when i have seen that fucking unsharp 3D graphic here,i will not buy this game now.

    I can`t believe how really really bad this graphic is!! Even first part was much better!

  • Then don't buy it. This game is not for people like you anyway.

  • If you were a real monkey island fan, then you would hate the 4th part! SO as everyone who is a expert and addicted to monkey island part 1-3 , does!! I have played the first part of this game as soon as it was released in 1990! At this time you played with your barbie puppets, and i think you still playing with them today, you fucking moron!!

    2D graphic rules!!!!!!!!!

  • You're stupid, so I cannot take you seriously.

    You also have no sense of humour.

    As I've said: this game is not for you.

  • nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo­ iiiiiiiitttttttttssssssssssss nnnooooooottttt!!!!!!

  • Thats what I thought when I first got it, and it sat on my shelve for a week until i decided to play it. However I used a walkthrough guide becuase it does get difficult especially witht eh puzzles... Long live ESCAPE FROM MONY ISLAND

  • Standards, yeah suuure...

    You people want 2D back for cripes sakes!

  • This is a great game! Great story, puzzles, music and humor. Also don't you think the characters looked great? And the settings?

    Whats not to love? It's Monkey freakin' Island! Blast ye all and yer negative comments! Aaargh!

  • Excuse us for having standards.

  • Yes perhaps but I do thing that they could try to improve graphics, maybe that of The Longest Journey.

  • I love them all. ^.^ Though the graphics change, the wit remains the same.

  • I liked nr. 3 the best xP

  • I did like the 1st 2 better.altho true now graphic-wise it's obsolete.The only thing i didnt like about all the others after the 2nd one is that they make everything look so funny. I liked the first two cos they looked kool...funny was just the way characters acted etc. Now Guybrush looks like an idiot...hate that.

  • Ok. Do it for me.

  • i love this game, im making videos for it now

  • Electronic Arts?LOL

  • 3D graphics sucks. Please ElectronicArts don't do this again, the script makes a game funny and entertaining, not graphics. Retrieve Monkey Island 2 graphics. Do it for us.

  • dude... nobodies going to buy a game that has old graphics in the year 2009 or whenever it's ganna come out. They would be setting themselves up for failure

  • agreed but I dont see why they cant keep 2d graphics, same with broken sword aswell.

  • agreed but I dont see why they cant keep 2d graphics, same with broken sword aswell.

  • I think the game could've used a bit of polish but overall it's very enjoyable game. Much easier than the earlier games though.

    I think the earlier games could've been bit easier but not THIS easy. Yet it was enjoyable and good game. Graphics were sometimes bit low quality but overall pleasant.

    It doesn't beat the other Monkey Islands but it's still brilliant and has lots of good humor.

    Good game overall and come on the 3d graphics weren't THAT bad.

  • Despite the ugly 3d graphics it is a pretty decent adventure game.

    I don't understand what people keep bitching about...

  • Monkey Kombat killed this game for me.

  • Agreed, Monkey Kombat was the worst idea ever, who put that in and everytime you played it the movesets would change so anything you'd written wouldn't work.

    They made it easier on the PS2 version apparently with a menu that shows you how each move is performed.

  • Me 2 couldnt get past that part...

  • It's interesting how a comment on the 2nd page got -6 for saying "This is the WORST Monkey Island EVER, newbies" however unpaidintern said essentially the same thing and got +6...???

    I haven't played it yet and am still deciding if I want to get it, so I can't say much. The 3D is a put off for me though, especially when it is an earlier 3D if you know what I mean.

  • hahaha i remember this game

  • ithink the curse of monkey island is better then escape from monkey island but escape is still good

  • I wish people would stop being nasty about this game. I thought it was great - even compared to the rest of the series

  • I completely agree. I loved it!

  • They really blew it with this one.

    Giant robot battle?

    Blue eyes?

    3D?

    I don't think so...

  • Dude.. Graphics !!!! You think they are going to keep the weak graphics of MI 1 ?! That would be pretty much suicide.

  • the gayest/worst part in that part was monkey kombat THAT WAS NEARLY IMPOSIBLE ! ! !

  • Sad how overall public demand for 3D games far outweighs demand for 2D games.

    2D games are so underrated.

  • THE WORST ONE OF THE SERIES!

  • What!? I like it in 3d! Although the Curse of Monkey Island was the best.

  • I'm willing to compromise.

    It's the least shiniest member of a collection of diamonds.

    It retains the wit, story, and appeal of the series, but it's just lacking a charm in 3D.

    How I stack them

    1) The Curse of Monkey Island

    2) LeChuck's Revenge

    3) Secret of Monkey Island

    4) Escape from Monkey Island

    The fourth one is the poorest of the series, but remains a great game in its own right.

  • With some of the best rearrangement of music. :3

  • Oh, c'mon dude.

    When you play MI you're looking for adventure and hours of gaming at least... not music.

    On the other hand: Sword Master OWNS Monkey Combat.

    I insist: MI 4 is for newbies.

  • I don't know about that.

    All I'm gonna say is that the first two were pretty hard to live up to. (those are the only two that I have played and beaten, which is why 3 is not listed)

    Also, music deserves mentioning when it comes to reviewing... but you're right about it not being the point of the game.

  • altho i LOVED the curse of monkey island's graphics i hated the 3D approach...still loved the dialogue and music but the characters looked bad...

  • yeah, i liked the graphics in the third, but i cant wait for the fifth to come out (even though it will take a LONG time!)

  • AWESOME GAME!

  • 1st: Monkey Island II LeChuck's revenge.

    2nd: Monkey Island I

    3rd: Monkey Island III Curse of Monkey Island.

    -These 3 games are incredible masterpieces. MI2 especially but every single one of them is top notch. Monkey Island IV: not even worth mentioning. what an enormous deception!

  • Yeah, these kind of animation is lifeless... without any atmosphere... I adore the "old times". Monkey Island 1+2 still rule!

  • out of all the games ive played in my life and beleive me ive played a lot. from the sega and playstation and all the genrations that followed (except original xbox filthy machine) this still remains the most difficult game ive ever played,its bloody impossible without a guide. IMPOSSIBLE

  • I hated the animation on this one. I think Monkey Island 3 was best animated and I really wish the 5th (if will ever come out) will be fairly similar to that.

  • to be honest this one sucked but I did enjoy it. Its just, a giant monkey robot?? they ruined the story. They should have never attempted it without tim D=