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| Escape From Monkey Island |
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GAMES:
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]
| PUBLISHER: |
LucasArts |
| DEVELOPER: |
LucasArts |
| GENRE(S): |
Adventure |
| PLAYERS: |
1 |
| ESRB RATING: |
T (Teen) |
| RELEASE DATE: |
November 7, 2000 |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
GamePro
Hilarious, perfectly paced, and just the right amount of difficulty. Very few puzzles are total stumpers.

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.

94
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.

92
Gamer's Pulse
Monkey Island is still the best place to play.

92
Voodoo Extreme
I havent laughed so much, nor have I had so much fun playing a game in ages.

91
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.

90
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.

90
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.
90
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.

90
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.

90
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.

89
ActionTrip
The colors are much lighter and cheerful than in "Grim Fandango."

89
Antagonist
Get past the dead genre and you'll laugh until your brain bleeds.
88
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.

87
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.

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

85
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.

85
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.

83
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.

81
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.

80
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.

80
Happy Puppy
The lack of mouse support is both shocking and somewhat unforgivable... (yet) EMI will provide hours of intelligent and silly gameplay.

80
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.

80
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.

75
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?

70
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."

60
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.
50
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.

50
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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