Platforms: | PC |
Publisher: | Lucas Arts |
Developer: | Lucas Arts |
Genres: | Adventure / Point and Click |
Release Date: | October 31, 1997 |
Game Modes: | Singleplayer |
After the first couple of acts you’ll come across some light arcade open-sea ship fighting and good old swashbuckling fun. The ship battles are quite easy, but feel oddly out of place, whilst the swashbuckling parts (basically a re-write of the insult mini-game from Monkey Island 1) feel hilariously right at home, raiding pirate ships and dueling it out with captains for treasure and glory.
Easily one of the greatest and most entertaining point-and-click adventures ever.
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Most people associate Lucas Arts with their legendary Star Wars games, but a great many fondly remember them for their pioneering animated adventures – Sam & Max, Full Throttle, The Dig, and, of course, the unmistakably funny Monkey Island series. The late nineties saw a return of the series after a prolonged hiatus, and the resulting product reviewed herein is not just a legitimate continuation of the series, but a game so funny, gorgeous and clever that it might be one of the best animated point and click adventures ever made.
High Simian Adventures on the Open Seas
This old hotel has its share of spooky secrets!
You play as lovably inept pirate-wannabe Guybrush Threepwood, who finds himself drifting aimlessly in the ocean in a gorgeously animated opening cutscene. The ending from the second Monkey Island is conveniently forgotten, and our bumbling hero now finds himself washed in the middle of a pitched battle between his arch nemesis, the evil-undead-zombie-pirate LeChuck, and the love of his life – Elaine Marley. The initial act serves to familiarize one with the gameplay, interface and setting, but the story really picks up when Guybrush unwittingly curses Elaine with a diamond ring that turns her into a solid gold statue. Your quest shifts to saving Elaine.
The game is superbly structured into six acts, but still allows for quite a lot of freedom between chapters as you progress through the many inventory-based puzzles that can mostly be solved in any order. The second act, where you must find a suitable crew, ship and map to sail to a remote island, serves as the best example. Gameplay is fairly straightforward, and people who are even marginally familiar with point and click adventures should feel right at home.
You enjoy quite a lot of interaction with the environment, as Guybrush can examine, talk or interact with numerous items of interest, regardless of whether they’re essential to the story or not. Although puzzles enjoy some internal logic, you will end up carrying all manner of silly and apparently useless junk with you, including, but not limited, to chicken grease, dandruff or smelly dog hair (hey, who doesn’t need smelly dog hair, right?). Even so, getting stuck isn’t a common a hazard as you might expect, as a little exploration and experimenting usually gets things going.
After the first couple of acts you’ll come across some light arcade open-sea ship fighting and good old swashbuckling fun. The ship battles are quite easy, but feel oddly out of place, whilst the swashbuckling parts (basically a re-write of the insult mini-game from Monkey Island 1) feel hilariously right at home, raiding pirate ships and dueling it out with captains for treasure and glory.
The actual swordplay requires you insult each other with witty remarks back and forth, but here you need to rhyme the comebacks for them to count. So if a scurvy dog says to you “Every enemy I have met, I’ve annihilated!” you could reply “With your breath, I’m sure they all suffocated”. With his ego destroyed, Guybrush bags the treasure equips his ship with better cannons from a seedy child merchant voiced by Gary Coleman. Awesome.
“Do ya have a reservation?”
Just about everything in this game is awesome. The painstakingly hand-drawn visuals look absolutely charming, and their computer-animated inhabitants fit in nicely as well. The voice work is both funny and clever, and the soundtrack’s a pleasure to listen to. The interface is effective. If there’s anything worthy of complaint, it would be the few kooky puzzles and the game’s odd tendency to keep puzzle items far beyond their intended purpose (I’ve found that about 50% of my inventory crossed over towards the end of the game for no reason). It’s a confusing oversight, but a tolerable one nonetheless.
If you want to experience a funny, witty and charming animated adventure, look no further. Even people that don’t normally play point-and-click adventures should enjoy a good laugh and plenty of mellow, well-thought-out gameplay here!
System Requirements: Windows 95/98, 16 MB RAM, 90 Mhz CPU
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The Curse of Monkey Island is a compelling, funny, and smart adventure from start to completion. You are once again Guybrush Threepwood and must assemble a crew of mighty pirates who are willing to venture off to the dreaded Blood Island in hopes of turning your true love, Elaine, a now golden statue, back to normal, while fending off LeChuck and whatever minions he decides to throw at you.
Like most other LucasArts games of the adventure genre, The Curse of Monkey Island uses a point-and-click interface. With it, you can look at objects and pick them up and speak to the many people you will find throughout the game.
Players will also have to solve many puzzles. Some are obvious, standard adventure game fare, and some are complexly difficult. All in all, the puzzles tend to be well-balanced and quite funny, such as turning yourself into Pollo Diablo (Devil Chicken) to scare people.
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The cast of characters in this game are very clever and quite humorous. Each of them are funny in their own ways and are all voice acted to perfection. There are even some star voice actors, such as Gary Coleman as the hilarious Lenny the Foulmouth.
At certain points in the game, players will have to battle it out using pirate ships. Like the other Monkey Island games, fights are done through insults. There are a multitude of insults to be made, and they are all funny (or stupid, depending on your sense of humor). Whoever comes up with the best or snappiest comeback, wins.
The graphics in Curse are wonderful. All locations and characters are hand drawn, very detailed, and colorful. It has a bit of a cartoonish look that fits in perfectly with the subject matter of the game. The voice acting, as stated earlier, is perfect. In fact it's so good, characters are actually given personalities because of the voice acting. The music is also topnotch, pirating adventure music.
The only downfall of Curse is that it seems to end abruptly. The game is 2 CD-ROMs; what seems like a very long game gets cut a bit short with an anticlimactic--and somewhat early--ending. This doesn't really affect the enjoyment of the game, but it could have been a little longer.
That aside, The Curse of Monkey Island is a magnificent game that almost any adventure game fan should be able to enjoy. Its great fun and humorous attitude should appeal to most gamers. Those who have been waiting for the third installment of the Monkey Island series are in for a real treat, as this is the best one. Those who aren't familiar with the series would be wise to purchase Curse and experience the magic that has been captivating fans for years.
Graphics: The hand drawn characters and backgrounds are lush, colorful and highly detailed. Every character features smooth animation and looks great.
Sound: All the characters' voice acting is terrific and funny. The music consists of a pirate/reggae soundtrack and fits in exceptionally well with the content of the game.
Enjoyment: With the humorous content, the game is extremely fun and enjoyable. Though it is possible to get stuck from time to time with a few very obscure and frustratingly hard puzzles, the majority of the game is nicely paced and not too difficult.
Replay Value: With an additional mode of play--the Mega-Monkey, featuring more puzzles--the game can be replayed a few times without being too boring.
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