In the second part of the game, the insult games are replaced by 'Monkey Kombat', the name being a parody of Mortal Kombat with a symbol to match.

One of the hallmark aspects of the Monkey Island games, the insult swordfighting - the sword duels which were won by knowing the appropriate insults and responses - is briefly touched upon in the game as 'insult armwrestling', and in an unwinnable insult duel against Ozzie Mandrill. The game is controlled entirely with the keyboard or alternatively with a joystick, making it the only non- point-and-click game in the Monkey Island series.Ī feature of the game are action-lines: Guybrush will glance at any items that can be interacted with the player can use 'Page Up' or 'Page Down' to select the item that he wants Guybrush to look at. The game was followed by Tales of Monkey Island, released by Telltale Games in 2009.Įscape from Monkey Island is an adventure game that consists of dialogue with characters and solving puzzles. It was ultimately the last LucasArts adventure game to be released, as the company's later projects Full Throttle: Hell on Wheels and Sam & Max: Freelance Police were canceled in 20, respectively. Guybrush must find a way to restore Elaine to office, while uncovering a plot to turn the Caribbean into a tourist trap, headed by his nemesis LeChuck and an Australian conspirator Ozzie Mandrill.Įscape from Monkey Island won positive reviews and was a moderate commercial success. The game centers on the pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who returns home with his wife Elaine Marley after their honeymoon, to find her erroneously declared dead, and her office of governor up for election. It is the first game in the series to use 3D graphics and the second game to use the GrimE engine, which was upgraded from its first use in Grim Fandango. It is the fourth game in the Monkey Island series, and the sequel to the 1997 videogame The Curse of Monkey Island. Escape from Monkey Island is an adventure game developed and released by LucasArts in 2000.

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