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Great Game- a true classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I cannot even begin to tell you how much fun this game is to play. The gameplay is smooth, and the graphics are great. I Enjoyed every moment of this game, and i would reccomend it to anyone who likes a well-made game with comedy in it too. THe only slight problem was that my friends older computer had trouble running it. Other than that, this game is one of my favorites. (The old monkey islands are great too!)

its the best game since monkey island 3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game has to be the best of all monkey island games and my advice is to buy it now, fast go now, im not kidding go buy it now! i hope they make a monkey island 5:LeChucks revenge.....Again and more cameos of Murray the evil talking skull and timmy the monkey.
go buy it now.

Goofy Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I loved the Monkey Island games. When I bought Escape from Monkey Island years ago, I loved it so much I tracked down the older games and tried to force my new computer to play them. It did not play the first one, because it was just not compatible. Too bad. This is one of the silliest games I've ever played and I mean that in the best possible way. The goofy humor, the silly characters, and the fun puzzle type action make this one of my favorite video games ever. Now if they'd just make another one...

A great Monkey Island game, but not the best

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of the Monkey Island (MI) series. While Escape from Monkey Island does have the great signature qualities of a Monkey Island game (challenging puzzles, great acting, hillarious dialogue), this was not my favorite in the series.

I don't like that you cannot control the game using the mouse. The keyboard makes for clumsy controls.

Also, other people might disagree, but I don't like the game in 3D. To me, the MI series looks best as a cartoon. Seeing the characters in 3D just makes the game look awkward.

Also, this game is missing the signature insult swordfighting, one of the best features of the previous games.

I'd still reccommend this game, but it's not the best of the MI series. The Curse of Monkey Island is.

Play the demo and you will believe.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Escape form Monkey Island is very impressive. Not in graphics, but in the quality of writing(although the graphics are amazing). If yo have any doubts to the game, download the demo. It is almost 120MB, but it is worth the wait considering the game isn't coming out for another three weeks. The transition is seamless and the dialogue is funny. You probably hear whining about how it is keyboard only. I played with a joystick and it was really easy. Sure to be a classic like the other three before it.

ESCAPE from locks up, freezes, and crashes!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you or your kids want to play a fun computer game, DON'T buy this latest game from LucasArts because clearly it was rushed into production for the holiday buying season. The software is very, very buggy and prone to freezing and locking up your system. You'll spend many, many hours of your time in futile efforts to make the game work. And, believe me, those efforts will be futile. Shame on LucasArts for putting such a shoddy piece of programming out in the market place. Maybe that's why there is NO moneyback guarantee with the product.

has it's flaws but it continues the Monkey island legacy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I loved the original monkey island games when they were 2-d and voiceless, the recent updates including the curse of monkey island, which was amazing, now comes the 4th escape from monkey island. Its enjoyable from every aspect, now with a dandy new, 3D format, Monkey island 4 is a wonderful gaming expierience. The basic story brings the loveable yet goofy Guybrush Threepwood and his newly wed wife Elaine, they return from their honeymoon to find a new governer set to run against Elaine in the upcoming election, and this puts elaine to work on her new campaign (...), yet bluntly, this opposing governer turns out to be the dreaded ghost pirate Le'chuck, who is planning to take over the seven seas with the ultimate insult. So in light of the return of Le'chuck, Guybrush sets out on another journey to find the ultimate insult and finally put le'chuck to his demise. The only drawback of this game, is the monkey combat, it gets really annoying after a while and i admit I took a break from the game for almost a month because of it, yet I returned to it and realized the simplicity of it. You have to remember that ,this game takes a bit of time to conquer if you do not have the strategy guide, but other than the monkey combat aspect, this game kicks major ass! its an essential for any Monkey island fan.

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November 3, 2003

best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Excellent Game. Very funny and as exciting as the other three Monkey Island games.

Could have been better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Overall a good game. Great graphics (just right for The Monkey Island), decent controls you can get used to (point'n'click would definitely be better though), puzzles and humour in line with those in the previous installments of the seriers.

Some aspects of gameplay the storyline are disappointing though. For example, "insult fencing" is limited and usless, and "functional" replacement for it is downright boring.

The ending, and, most importantly, the epilogue sequneces were really disappointing.

Despite its shortcoming, it's still a good game, and I recommend it to everyone who enjoyed other LucasArt's quests.

I love Monkey Island! No matter what!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I loved MI4 just as much as the other ones. I didn't notice Elaines voice change(I know there was one), it didn't matter to me... I was always used to reading through everything in MI1 and MI2. But I would have to agree with everyone else on one thing, please change the graphics back to 2d, just like MI3! I LOVED THOSE GRAPHICS! People don't want reality MI, they want the good ole fashion cartoon MI! Lucas Arts needs to make a MI5, I would buy it the second it came to stores. I just hope they make it in 2d graphics, I think everyone will agree with me on that. The scenery is beautiful and the colors almost jump out of the monitor at you! But I still loved MI4! I am a loyal fan!

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