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Escape from Monkey Island™

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3.6/5

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3.6

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Escape from Monkey Island™
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Spitting the sand of Monkey Island from my mouth, I wondered if the life of a mighty pirate was all it was cracked up to be. I'd ignored recent events that should have been warning shots across the bow of my soul, from my wife's brush with death to the anti-pirate ramblings of an Australian gazillio...
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3.6/5

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3.6

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2000, LucasArts, ESRB Rating: Teen...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10, 1.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c and 256 MB VRAM...
Time to beat
10 hMain
11 h Main + Sides
12 h Completionist
10.5 h All Styles
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Description
Spitting the sand of Monkey Island from my mouth, I wondered if the life of a mighty pirate was all it was cracked up to be. I'd ignored recent events that should have been warning shots across the bow of my soul, from my wife's brush with death to the anti-pirate ramblings of an Australian gazillionaire. If only I'd chosen a different path, LeChuck might still be dead and the Ultimate Insult might have remained a mystery. If I'd never picked up a sword, the grog-swilling pirates of the Tri-Island Area might be unthreatened by the forces of gentrification and demonic heckfire. If only... suddenly, the hairy finger of a familiar monkey tapped me on the shoulder. It was time. Time for the biggest battle of my swashbuckling life.

- Excerpted from "The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood: The Monkey Island Years"
  • Fourth in the legendary Monkey Island series of graphic adventures!
  • An original, cinematic story full of drama, sociopathic parrots, and a villain with a sinister agenda!
  • Dozens of lusciously rendered backgrounds!
  • Hundreds of puzzles to challenge both novice and veteran pirates... er, adventurers!
  • New jokes! New puns! New insults! And more monkeys than the three previous Monkey games combined!

LucasArts and the LucasArts logo are trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. © 1990-2018 Lucasfilm Ltd. Monkey Island, Escape from Monkey Island, and the Monkey Island characters are trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. © 1990-2018 Lucasfilm Ltd.

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DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
10 hMain
11 h Main + Sides
12 h Completionist
10.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2000-11-09T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
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Size:
1.1 GB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco, Comic Mischief)

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Posted on: June 19, 2018

jasonridesabike

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Games: 331 Reviews: 6

underrated at the time

MI4 was always the odd child out of the MI series and for good reason. They opted for low poly, low detail 3d over the bar setting 2d pixel art of the previous entries in what feels like a decision made entirely by the LucasArts marketing department much to the chagrin of fans of the series. Apart from that obvious misstep there's still much to love, if you can get past the dated visuals. Apart from all that, I mostly wanted to let people know that it works with ResidualVM, a standalone interpreter for games that used the LucasArts 3D engine (Grim Fandango and MI4, most notably). That means native Linux and Mac support! You have to workaround some file structure differences, but it's super easy. Left details in an issue here: https://github.com/residualvm/residualvm/issues/1451


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Posted on: June 20, 2018

Gasivodo

Games: 265 Reviews: 1

Something was lost

YES! I DO like CIM. But making Monkey Island into a Grim F. now with mini-games - was a new low/nail in something dying! Sry' Lucasarts You died a few years before "Tes' one'! Me wonder lads" :-(


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Posted on: June 19, 2018

Timmy_

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Games: 74 Reviews: 1

Not the best but not the worst either

In my opinion the best game of the series was MI2, 1 and 3 was ok, and 4 is not bad. Back in the day it was widely criticized by the PC gaming community because of the art-style and keyboard controls. I guess the game was made that way because it was also released on PS2 and had to cater to the tastes of the console gamers. Personally I don't like the controls of the PC version, but they didn't ruin the experience for me. Believe me it's not a bad game and in my opinion every genre fan should try playing it. By the way, you can find the demo on the internet and try it before buying the game.


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Posted on: June 20, 2018

OzzieMonkey

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Games: 252 Reviews: 3

Underrated gem

Definitely the weakest in the series, but it's still a very well crafted game with its own sense of style; the 2d backdrops are gorgeous and yeah the 3d models aren't the best but they still have a wackiness that can be appreciated. The plot takes a daring risk with a new villain taking center stage and is arguably the most interesting in the series. Puzzles can be brutal but they still make sense in that zany Monkey Island fashion, plus GOG have kindly provided a hintbook with the game so you can't really complain there. As a follow up to the amazing epic that was The Curse of Monkey Island, it was never going to measure up, but it's still a worthy entry in the series and definitely memorable with plenty of funny moments.


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Posted on: June 8, 2025

aloni196_6511

Games: 2 Reviews: 2

the best game ever.

THE BEST GAME EVER, and I played them all.


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