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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.1
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Description

Having barely escaped LeChuck's dreadful amusement park, Guybrush Threepwood finds himself stuck in the middle of the sea, with nothing in his boat but a sausage and a diary. Musing over the events that have led him into this predicament, Guybrush suddenly discovers a ship navigated by none other than his archenemy. Once again, Guybrush saves his beloved Elaine from the claws of his undead rival. In the midst of the treasure that belonged to the defeated foe Guybrush finds a ring. Overwhelmed by his love to Elaine, he proposes marriage to her and gives her the ring. What he doesn't know is that the ring is cursed; before he is able to realize what is happening, Elaine is turned into a gold statue. Will Guybrush be able to lift the curse and to save his one and only love?

This third installment of the Monkey Island is, like its predecessors, a humorous puzzle-solving adventure game. The game features cartoon-style SVGA graphics and (for the first time in the series) voice-overs for all the conversations. The interface no longer involves a list of verbs that occupies a part of the screen; instead, it follows the same principle as in Full Throttle: the player chooses first the object to interact with, then the action from a menu that appears. Like the second game, The Curse of Monkey Island has two difficulty levels.

Alternate Titles

  • "猴島小英雄III:猴島的詛咒" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
  • "猴岛小英雄3:猴岛的诅咒" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
  • "Проклятье Острова Обезьян" -- Russian spelling (unofficial)
  • "Prokljatje Ostrova Obez'jan" -- Russian title (unofficial)
  • "Monkey Island 3" -- Informal name
  • "MI3" -- Common abbreviation
  • "La maledizione di Monkey Island" -- Italian title
  • "La Malédiction De l'Ile aux Singes" -- French title
  • "La Maldicion de Monkey Island" -- Spanish title
  • "CMI" -- Common abbreviation
  • "A Maldição da Ilha dos Macacos" -- Brazilian title
  • "원숭이섬의 저주 " -- Korean spelling

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User Reviews

All's well that ends well Unicorn Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (132758) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
Yet another gem in a lovable series. Rensch (193) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
As LucasArts is to LucasFilm, Curse is to Return of the Jedi Lain Crowley (5343) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars
Am I the only dissenting voice here? Shazbut (155) unrated
An elephant in Ron Gilbert's porcelain shop András Gregorik (51) 3.17 Stars3.17 Stars3.17 Stars3.17 Stars3.17 Stars
No Gilbert, but still rather good considering what it had to live up to. Zovni (9425) 4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars
LucasArts' Heyday swaaye (30) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Nice for Monkey Island fans quark schiz (38) 3.33 Stars3.33 Stars3.33 Stars3.33 Stars3.33 Stars
Lovable, beautiful; a masterpiece. Quackbal (46) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Another day, another Monkey Island 3 review B14ck W01f (37398) unrated

The Press Says

Adventure Classic Gaming Jan 10, 1998 5 out of 5 100
Adventure Corner Oct 03, 2008 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
MikroBitti Jan, 1998 92 out of 100 92
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Jan, 1998 91 out of 100 91
GameSpot Nov 25, 1997 9 out of 10 90
PC Player (Germany) Dec, 1997 88 out of 100 88
PC Games (Germany) Dec 03, 1997 88 out of 100 88
Just Adventure 2000 B+ 83
World Village (Gamer's Zone) 1997 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Jeuxvideo.com Jul 01, 2010 16 out of 20 80

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Trivia

If you use the seawater on Blood Island at the beach ( with the hand) about 30 times, you will see the scene in Monkey Island 1 and the Monkey Island 1 Guybrush is there!!!


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by robotriot Bronze Star Contributing Member (8391) on Dec 07, 1999.
 

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