Escape from Monkey Island

Description

Guybrush Threepwood has finally defeated the zombie pirate LeChuck, and married his sweetheart Elaine Marley. The happy couple is returning home from an exciting honeymoon. But as they arrive on Melee Island, they notice some very strange changes. A mysterious stranger who calls himself Charles L. Charles is organizing a campaign to become the next governor. The Australian businessman Ozzie Mandrill is turning the Caribbean into an attraction for tourists. And on top of that, Elaine's mansion is being demolished! Naturally, it's up to our hero to revert the things back to normal, even if that means traveling to exotic islands and solving puzzles on the way.

Escape From Monkey Island is a direct sequel to The Curse of Monkey island, and is the fourth game in the Monkey Island series. The gameplay relies mainly on inventory-based puzzles and branching dialogues, just like in the previous installments. The interface is similar to that of Grim Fandango: mouse is not used, and the interaction is done via context-sensitive commands that appear on the screen whenever you navigate Guybrush close to an object. The game utilizes pre-rendered backgrounds and 3D character models.

Alternate Titles

• "猴島小英雄4：逃離猴島" -- Traditional Chinese
• "猴岛大逃亡" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
• "Monkey Island 4" -- Working Title
• "MI4" -- Common abbreviation
• "La Fuga de Monkey Island" -- Spanish Title
• "Houdao Da Taowang" -- Chinese Title
• "Fuga da Monkey Island" -- Italian title
• "Fuga da Ilha dos Macacos" -- Brazilian Title
• "Flucht von Monkey Island" -- German Title
• "EFMI" -- Common Abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: GrimE
• Monkey Island series
• Monkey-themed games
• Scripting language: LUA
• Sea Pirates

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User Reviews

Funny, yet disappointing...	Windows	Quackbal (46)
Somewhat fun, but too uncertain of itself.	Windows	Ola Sverre Bauge (236)
A brilliant game that died under the weight of the series	Windows	Unicorn B. Lynx (53164)
Aye, ‘tis a black day for adventures: the last great series is dying.	Windows	-Chris (7378)
Can Monkey Island escape from Escape from Monkey Island?	Windows	jossiejojo (45)
No. Not very good. Don't you dare make another one Lucasarts!	Windows	Shazbut (130)
A wonderful game, and yet a terrible disappointment	Windows	El-ad Amir (111)
What happened?	Windows	NatsFan (109)
Christ! Not another Monkey Island 4 review...	Windows	Black Wolf (37274)
One of the worst games ever made.	Windows	Pavan Shamdasani (6)

The Press Says

JeuxVideoPC.com	Windows	Mar 31, 2003	18 out of 20	90
IGN	Windows	Nov 08, 2000	8.7 out of 10	87
Gamezilla	PlayStation 2	Jul 05, 2001	86 out of 100	86
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Nov 10, 2000	17 out of 20	85
Game Revolution	PlayStation 2	Jun 01, 2001	B+	83
PC Zone	Windows	Aug 13, 2001	8.2 out of 10	82
GameSpot	PlayStation 2	Jun 21, 2001	8.1 out of 10	81
AppleLinks.Com	Macintosh	May 23, 2001		80
Super Play	PlayStation 2	Aug, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Game Informer Magazine	Windows	Jan, 2001	7.5 out of 10	75

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
*Alarm bells ringing, sirens wailing...*	8	DJP Mom (10773) Jun 21, 2007

Trivia

The walkthrough that came with the PC version was written entirely in bright blue ink, screenshots and all. This was probably to deter "helpomaniacs", people who look up what to do next, and then regret they did.