Monkey Island II is my favorite game from when i was kid, so i think i could give some honest opinion here. If you're a fan of old school games, and you played with them back in the days then this game is better avoided as all the others "remakes" ( or "special edition" "enhanced edition" and so on and so on) First I think having the characters speaking breaks most of the original vibe, but then, voices are even quite well chosen, but they act terrible. Second: the cartoonish graphic i think it's not fitting, if you look the original games the design was realistic, and that was the point, it was a parody, so it had to look like a real pirate game. But after all the various abominations that came after (monkey 3, tales from MI and so on) i guess we shouldn't be surprised. Still, in THIS one it's not even so bad. And Third: yeah, as other stated already, the 'brilliant' new inventory/command system is pretty useless. The original one was ok, and there was actually no need for this new version, which most of the cases makes quick things harder instead easier. In the end, if you're a guy of the late generations and play with an old adventure game feels like play with something from the paleolithic, but you still want to try these old classics, then this is surely a good choice. Otherwise, wasted money. On side note, some musics have been remade pretty well, if i must say, too bad many times they got stuck if you change areas too fast so...
First, to all the noobs who said "Best RPG" learn first what an rpg is. This game is labeled as "action rpg" and basically becouse nowadays even my sockets could be labeled as RPG. This is mostly an action (or adventure) game. Now, i think that technically this game is undoubtely a masterpiece. Graphics, animations, musics, and combat system are probably unsurpassed, at least so far. BUT, an rpg means you create a character, or at least chose one, decide how act according to your whim. In this game you're playing as Geralt, and in most of the times he decides for himself. Your opinion doesn't really count, except for some specific plot points, and even there, you mostly have two choices, and usually that fits Geralt's character. That being said there could be many other things that can be objected, like the mmorpg leveling style for equipment and npcs/monsters, that doesn't fit this game (luckily for some things like this one there's plenty of mods on that regard) or the fact that you can actually attack only the npcs and monsters the devs decided. But i suppose many of these things could be considered a matter of tastes...
