The best adventure game of all time...?
The Monkey Island series is considered by many people, including myself, as being the best adventure games (or games, for that matter) of all time. That's a big title to hold and if you've played the two previous games in the Monkey Island series, you should pretty much understand why these LucasArts classics got this title. But does the third game, The Curse of Monkey Island, live up to these high expectations?
Of course it does! The Curse of Monkey Island sees our hero Guybrush Threepwood proposing to Elaine Marley with a big, diamond ring he found in LeChuck's treasure hold at the start of the game. Unluckily for Guybrush, the ring is cursed and it turns Elaine into a gold statue. Guybrush's aim is now to find a way to lift the curse (bring on the Voodoo lady!) and once again try and defeat LeChuck who is after the same women as he is!
Returning characters include Stan and his crazy arms, Wally who is now a member of LeChuck's undead army (can Guybrush convert him back?) and where would a Monkey Island game be without the infamous Voodoo Lady?
The artwork in this game (Bill Tiller, Maria Bowen, Kathy Hsieh) is an absoloute treat. The backgrounds are superb and have so many little details included in them, you could spend hours just staring at them and admiring it all.
The sound and voicing is amazingly good and the difficulty of the game, although hard, is not impossible and will challenge you without getting you frustrated and shouting at the game!
To round up, if you've played the first two Monkey Island games you can't rest until you've played this and if you've never played any Monkey Island game you can still play this and enjoy it, but you may not understand a couple of things unless you play the previous games.
