Escape from Monkey Island
Escape from Monkey Island | |||
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Original title | Escape from Monkey Island | ||
Studio | LucasArts | ||
Publisher | Electronic Arts | ||
Erstveröffent- lichung |
November 6, 2000 | ||
platform | Mac OS , PlayStation 2 , Windows | ||
genre | Adventure | ||
Subject | Pirate adventure | ||
Game mode | Single player | ||
control | Keyboard , joystick, gamepad | ||
medium | CD-ROM | ||
language | German, English, Spanish | ||
Age rating |
Escape from Monkey Iceland (English title Escape from Monkey Iceland ) is the fourth part of the Monkey Iceland - computer game series .
action
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 |
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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
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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 .