Escape from Monkey Island

To begin with, Elaine and Guybrush Threepwood return from their honeymoon to Mêlée Island , where Elaine is governor. There the two have to find out that Elaine has been pronounced dead and her villa is to be demolished. In addition, new governor elections are to take place. Elaine's competitor is Charles L. Charles, who is actually LeChuck in a different guise. Meanwhile, Guybrush goes to Lucre Island to talk to Elaine's lawyers who are supposed to save the Marley's property. Guybrush meets Ozzie Mandrill, among others, who wants to build up the tourism industry in the Caribbean and use the ultimate insult to make the pirates of the Caribbean submissive to himself. Back on Mêlée Island , Guybrush learns that he can find the ultimate insult on Jambalaya Island , where he can find the pieces to put them together. On Mêlée Iceland 's LeChuck, who works for Ozzie, have now been elected governor. Together they deprive Guybrush of the ultimate insult and ban him to Monkey Island. Guybrush puts together an ultimate insult in the form of a giant monkey robot, activates it and travels back to Mêlée Island, where Ozzie has now also activated his ultimate insult. Ozzie controls LeChuck, who has transformed into a giant living statue. A fight ensues between the giant monkey robot and the equally large statue, in the course of which LeChuck destroys himself and Ozzie Mandrill.

Game principle and technology

Escape from Monkey Island is a so-called 2.5D adventure. From polygons composite, three-dimensional figures act against pre-rendered , also three-dimensional scenes which are partially supplemented by hand-drawn backgrounds. The game is controlled from a third person perspective . The player Guybrush Threepwood maneuvers through the game world using the keyboard, joystick or gamepad . If he passes interaction points, so-called hotspots, the player has the opportunity to interact with them. Guybrush can examine objects, pick them up and use them elsewhere or communicate with NPCs . Dialogues are based on a multiple choice procedure. By solving puzzles, the action progresses, and as the action progresses, more locations are unlocked. The aging SCUMM system was replaced by the GrimE engine from the LucasArts adventure Grim Fandango . In addition to 3D graphics, this uses the Lua scripting language .

synchronization

role	English dubbing voice	German dubbing voice
Guybrush Marley-Threepwood	Dominic Armato	Norman Matt
Elaine Marley-Threepwood	Charity James	Frauke Poolman
LeChuck	Earl Boen	Reinhard Schulat-Rademacher
Ozzie Mandrill	Nick Tate	Rolf Jülich
Admiral Ricardo Casaba	Daryl Kurylo	Achim Schülke
Tony, the catapult shooter	James Ward	Christian Rudolf
Castaneda	Rob Paulsen	Klaus-Peter Kaehler
Brittany, the bank clerk	Maria Bamford	Daniela Reidies
Carla, the sword master	Pamela Tyson	Anne Moll
Meathook	Cam Clarke	Holger Potzern
Otis	S. Scott Bullock	Michael Quiatkowski
Murray	Denny Delk	Karlheinz board
Marco de Pollo	Jeff Glen Bennett	Erik Schäffler
Simkins	Paul Eiding	Wolf Rahtjen
Harbor master	Lauri Johnson	Beate Hasenau
Herman Toothrot	Wally Wingert	Günter Lüdke
Inspector Canard	Peter Jessop	Bernd Stephan
Jojo Jr.	John Mariano	Matthias Klimsa
Jumbeaux LaFeet	Charles Adler	Helgo Liebig
Miss Rivers	Edie McClurg	Ursula Vogel

reception

From 32 aggregated ratings, Escape from Monkey Island on Metacritic achieved a score of 86. The German magazine GameStar praised the atmosphere, humor and puzzles of the game, but criticized the old-fashioned graphics and the cumbersome controls. Overall, the magazine rates Escape from Monkey Island as "fun fireworks". The German PC Player also assessed that Escape from Monkey Island contained “so many bizarre characters and accurate punch lines that LucasArts could also market it as an interactive sitcom ”. Editor Heinrich Lenhardt called the game “Adventure of the Year” despite a few incomprehensible puzzles.

Power Play : 85%
PC Games 01/01: 86%
PC Joker 12/00: 85%
PlayZone 06/06: # 58 of the 100 best PlayStation 2 games

Web links

Escape from Monkey Island at MobyGames (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b GameStar.de: Monkey Island 4: Escape from Monkey Island. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
^ ^A ^b Heinrich Lenhardt: Escape from Monkey Island . In: PC Player . , P. 126.
↑ ^a ^b Metacritic.com: Escape from Monkey Island. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .

[GS-1] GameStar.de: Monkey Island 4: Escape from Monkey Island. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .

[PCP-2] A ^b Heinrich Lenhardt: Escape from Monkey Island . In: PC Player . , P. 126.

[MC-3] Metacritic.com: Escape from Monkey Island. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .