Teen
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
80
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.9
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

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" -- Chinese title (traditional)
  • "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


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User Reviews

Funny, yet disappointing... Quackbal (46) 3.17 Stars3.17 Stars3.17 Stars3.17 Stars3.17 Stars
Somewhat fun, but too uncertain of itself. Ola Sverre Bauge (236) 1.67 Stars1.67 Stars1.67 Stars1.67 Stars1.67 Stars
A brilliant game that died under the weight of the series Unicorn Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (72406) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars
Aye, ‘tis a black day for adventures: the last great series is dying. -Chris (7375) unrated
Can Monkey Island escape from Escape from Monkey Island? jossiejojo (45) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars
No. Not very good. Don't you dare make another one Lucasarts! Shazbut (155) unrated
A wonderful game, and yet a terrible disappointment El-ad Amir (111) 3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars
What happened? NatsFan (122) 2.67 Stars2.67 Stars2.67 Stars2.67 Stars2.67 Stars
Christ! Not another Monkey Island 4 review... Black Wolf (37247) unrated
One of the worst games ever made. Pavan Shamdasani (6) unrated

The Press Says

JeuxVideoPC.com Mar 31, 2003 18 out of 20 90
All Game Guide 1998 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
GameZone Nov 16, 2000 8.5 out of 10 85
CyberJoy Jan 28, 2001 4.2 out of 5 84
Game Revolution Nov 01, 2000 B+ 83
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Dec, 2000 81 out of 100 81
Adventure Zone Aug 19, 2008 8 out of 10 80
Gamezilla Nov 29, 2000 80 out of 100 80
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands) Feb 05, 2001 78 out of 100 78
Gamekult Dec 04, 2000 7 out of 10 70

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
*Alarm bells ringing, sirens wailing...* 8 DJP Mom (10808)
Jun 21, 2007

Trivia

The SCUMM Bar and LUA Bars appearing in the game are named after two programming languages. SCUMM is the language developed by LucasArts for creating Maniac Mansion (and then many other games), and LUA is a language developed in a Brazilian university.


This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (66156), Ryan Prendiville (704) and Grant McLellan (554)
 

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