Review of Escape From Monkey Island by Nico2021

Lets start by saying this is not a point and click adventure. It doesnt even allow to use a mouse. So you either have to play with keyboard and move the character with the arrow keys or you could use a controller. I tried to connect my ps5 controller but i had problems with the sound. From what i read a lot of people had problems connecting their controllers. Anyway i played this on the pc using just the keyboard. There is a ps2 version that is supposed to play better but i cant speak about that.

So the controls are plain bad at keyboard. To give orders you need to push buttons all over the keyboard. Also half the times when i change screens i get back to previous one because of akward movement and camera. Trying to interact with items its annoying because you have to face the item, but controls make it hard to do so. Anyway controls for me was a major flaw of the game and i finished the game and didnt get used to them.

The game itself has some very hard puzzles, i think its the hardest of the series and i had to use a guide many times through my gametime. Having played the 3 previous games of the series before that there was some fatique with the humor of the game and the gameplay. In general gameplay and puzzles were ok but i wasnt excited.

I think this game hasnt aged well like the previous games of the series and if you add the akward controls i wouldnt suggest someone to play it unless you want to experience the whole series.

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Time Played: 10-20 hours
Difficulty: Very Hard