The early Monkey Island games had a bunch of generic characters in it. This game implemented a change of style for the entire series, which might have turned some fans away, but I loved. I realize that I might take some flak for these choices, but here we go. For the love of God, why? It's perfect already. I hear some people saying that as 1 & 2 have had their 3D special editions, it's time for Curse to have one too. So all in all I would pick Curse as my favourite. Overall I was pleased and I hope Telltale will do more some day. Didn't look very good - again, 3D is not for Monkey Island - but once I got used to the visual style it was fine. The puzzles weren't too strong, but the characters and acting were good and the story excellent, probably the best story of all the games. I loved Tales, and not just for desperate nostalgia reasons. I quite liked the stupid twists about Herman and the Real Secret, even though they couldn't possibly be canon, just because they were so well done and presented. I didn't like the atmosphere and tone at all, though, with the tourists and Starbuccaneers, etc. But it was nice to be back on Melee and revisit some old locations, and I thought some of the puzzles were smart, especially the Mysts of Time bit. Curse also gave us the best side character in the series in my opinion, Murray the Demonic Talking Skull.Įscape looked awful and is my go-to example of why not everything has to be in 3D. The Flying Welshman/Skull Island sequence is probably my favourite moment in Monkey Island. Most of all, Curse has the most incredible locations, music and overall atmosphere. The puzzles were a little easier than the first two, but better balanced I thought. I think my favourite moment in Revenge was going up the elevator and finding myself in the back alley on Melee Island - God, I wanted to get past that barrier and just go back there again!Ĭurse is still my favourite-looking game of all time, and the voice acting, although weird at first, really added humour and depth to the characters. Revenge just knocked me out because of the size of it (all those disks for the Amiga), but some of the puzzles were annoying and involved a lot of backtracking between islands just to add playing time, and the ending wasn't great and couldn't make it's mind up what it wanted to be. I think it probably has the best jokes as well. Secret has a special place in my heart because it's the first one and was also the first adventure game I ever played, and I had just never seen anything like it. I liked the game though - especially the puzzles. It wasn't really as funny and Monkey Kombat, though a funny idea, drove me mad. Another one I played over and over.Įscape From Monkey Island - I didn't think it was as bad as everyone else thought - but it did have a lot to live up to after 1,2 and 3 I guess. The insult sword fighting on the sea, rhyming, was epic. Nevertheless - funny as hell, well animated, good story (although the carnival of the damned was an odd idea, truth be told). Not quite as funny as some of the previous ones, but the story more than makes up for it.Ĭurse Of Monkey Island - I didn't like the departure from Monkey Island 2 after the awesome ending. The story is great - better than 3 and 4 I thought. Honestly, I didn't expect it to be that good - but it really is. I don't play many new games, unless they are connected to an old school franchise. Tales From Monkey Island - I played this for nostalgic reasons really. Adventure, pirating, reasonable puzzles and comedy - winning combo. It's the first game I played which I laughed out loud at (I was only about 12 when I first played it). The Secret of Monkey Island - I loved Monkey 1. I actually would have been quite happy if it ended here just because it sparked my imagination so much afterwards. Puzzles just the right difficulty to keep you going. Monkey Island 2: Lechuck's Revenge - What a game! So many happy memories as a child. So, for all you old-school adventure gamers out there, I wanted to see which you thought was the best Monkey Island game and why? Honestly, I like them all.so order them in terms of preference if you like.
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