Escape From Monkey Island - PC

The Monkey Island franchise has shown to be one of the most popular video game franchises around. While not recognised greatly for its appearances on console formats, among the likes of the old Amiga formats and PC, Monkey Island is of great importance. New for 2000, the fourth instalment of the series, Escape from Monkey Island, looks set to be its greatest outing yet.

Escape from Monkey Island has a very cinematic feel, since you initially get the impression you are watching the game more than you are playing it. Once you gain control of the game proper, you must navigate around the world that is Monkey Island on a mission to solve yet another mystery. Visually, MI4 consists of hundreds of highly detailed, pre-rendered backdrops instead of the alternative, real-time 3D. A valuable choice when you consider the excessive amount of dialogue within the game. Active, on-screen play is completed through navigating your main character and solving puzzles. Other than this, MI4 is essentially a text-based game, in which you must ask the right questions to achieve your goals, or obtain the correct information for you to progress.

Escape from Monkey Island is an involved game, and will take quite some time to work through. However, the game’s gripping story line will ensure that your spent time is not wasted.
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