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Escape From Monkey Island

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8.5 User Score:

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Based on 32 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: LucasArts

Developer: LucasArts

Genre(s): Adventure

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: November 7, 2000

Summary

A scurvy-inducing new chapter in the legendary Monkey Island adventure series unfolds in rollicking 3-D. Developed by the team who created LucasArts' irreverent classic "Sam & Max Hit The Road," Escape features an original cinematic story full of drama, intrigue, and, of course, side-splitting humor. [LucasArts]

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What The Critics Said

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100

GamePro

Hilarious, perfectly paced, and just the right amount of difficulty. Very few puzzles are total stumpers.

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100

Daily Radar

In short, Monkey Island has amazing production value, great graphics, good comedy, and a compelling story.

100

CNET Gamecenter

The best adventure game we've played in recent years, and an instant classic.

100

Yahoo! Games

This comic farce will leave you rolling on the floor with laughter and provide hours of enjoyment, a healthy dose of good-natured, unadulterated fun, and more monkeys than every other game combined.

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Armchair Empire

This is what an adventure game should be: easy to look at, great puzzles and sound, simple interaction, humour, solid writing and the power to transport the player somewhere else for some fun.

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Gamer's Pulse

Monkey Island is still the best place to play.

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Voodoo Extreme

I haven’t laughed so much, nor have I had so much fun playing a game in ages.

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Gaming Age

Despite the sometimes-baffling challenges (which, in all honesty, are pretty typical to the genre), EMI delivers exactly what the Monkey Island name promises-a lighthearted, entertaining, and well-written swashbuckling adventure game.

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All Game Guide

Some ill-chosen puzzles, a fatigued conclusion -- no matter, really. You'll be smiling too much to give it much notice. This is nothing less than perfectly perfected perfection. If you like monkeys, anyway.

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Total Video Games

Simply the greatest point-and-click adventure game to date, whilst it may seam a little strange at time hang on there you will be rewarded in the end.

Eurogamer

As with most adventure games, it's startlingly linear, but don't you dare let that rob you of the experience; this is a game that should be bought, played and cherished.

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FiringSquad

EMI's combination of great graphics, hilarious story and solid gameplay is a tough one to beat. If you like adventure games this one's a no-brainer.

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GamerWeb PC

An incredibly amusing experience from start to finish, die-hard fans of Monkey Island shouldn't let the game's new look scare them away; when it comes to heart, this is the same old Guybrush.

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ActionTrip

The colors are much lighter and cheerful than in "Grim Fandango."

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Antagonist

Get past the dead genre and you'll laugh until your brain bleeds.

Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)

It is the best adventure game for years, it has a sly, well-plotted purpose and it points the way to the 3D adventures of the future. Don't fear the monkeys: embrace them.

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IGN

While the glitches are definitely frustrating, and the polish is lacking at times, overall this is a welcome return to the eeps and oops of your childhood.

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PC Gamer

Definitely not the best of the bunch, but still a welcome return to a classic series. [Feb 2001, p.85]

GameZone

The humor is droll but affecting, and the game play so well laid out that this program has to be considered a worthy sequel to its predecessor.

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GameSpy

The biggest change Escape from Monkey Island has undergone is its change to 3D. Far from ruining the game, as many fans feared, this makes EMI the best-looking Monkey Island title yet.

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Game Over Online

The gameplay is fun but can get a little tough and/or complex in certain places but hey, that's what the Internet and walkthroughs are for.

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Game Revolution

A terrifically funny, beautiful and great sounding game. A few bugs may mar the experience at points, but they don't hamper the fun.

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GameSpot

Players who're new to the Monkey Island series may get the sense while playing the game that they're watching a bunch of old friends regale each other with old in-jokes; it's easy to feel as if you're being left out of the fun if you don't catch the references.

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Adventure Gamers

A quality adventure game even though the restyling of the old locations on Mêlée Island and Monkey Island is a bit of a mixed bag. The ending is long, satisfying and almost as disturbingly weird.

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Happy Puppy

The lack of mouse support is both shocking and somewhat unforgivable... (yet) EMI will provide hours of intelligent and silly gameplay.

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Computer Games Magazine

The voice acting in this game is probably the most widely competent you'll ever come across in a recent computer game.

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Gamezilla!

Although not the high point of the Monkey Island series, EMI earns an overall score of 80 as a worthy addition to the adventure game genre.

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Electric Playground

Some of the puzzles were just a little too peculiar and, if you even manage to figure them out, may leave you thinking “How was I supposed to figure THAT out?”

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Quandary

Though many Monkey Island fans will disagree I found this to be the least humorous and immersive of the series and it falls short of the overall quality of "Grim Fandango."

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Spank!

The real problem here is the shoulder-saggingly illogical puzzles. If you're a Monkey Island fan this is a bitter disappointment and if you're not you'll wonder what on earth all the fuss is about.

Four Fat Chicks

EMI is not a bad game but it will never join its brethren in the panoply of gods of the genre. I for one would like to see LucasArts get out of the sequel to sequel to sequel business altogether and focus solely on new ideas.

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Just Adventure

EFMI brings nothing new to the table. It will not attract a new generation of gamers and was made for the hardcore adventure gamer who enjoyed the previous episodes.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 26 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Kon gave it an8:
This game has a lot of humor and color in it, the characters are very well developed and consistent (with the visual exception) throughout the series. The controls can be a bit awkward, especially with a fixed angle camera on every area. A very decent game for it's genre.

Razvy T. gave it a9:
The game's very, very good but I can't give it a 10 because I think ... eh ... I know that Monkey 3 was better. This is a amazing game with a great storyline, a great gameplay, what the heck ... everything's great. A excellent game!

Alex gave it a9:
Now, i'm not going to say this is the best game in the series. its far from it. but its still pretty kick ass. setting aside the wierd interface and controls, this is one very solid, very funny adventure game. you can't play the first 3 Monkey Island games and not play this one. its like eating a 4 course meal and... um... leaving out the 4th course.

Member 27 gave it a 6:
Its not bad, but age has certainly been harsh to this game while its predecessors are still as good as they day they first came out of the box. Many of the puzzles are baffling and Monkey Kombat just plain sucks. Please, go back to 2D animation and the CMI interface.

Mitrenga G. gave it a 10:
It is excellent! It has everything in it : Fun (lots of it) , adventure , fighting and what i like the most , mindless chatting and mindless actions. Hahaha excellent game.

Matthew J. gave it a 10:
This game is a great adventure which really gets you involved. A good one even if you are not a fan of the adventure games!

Reevan F. gave it a 10:
Great game. Never played a better one before.

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