Review of The Curse of Monkey Island by Antrax

I’ve played every game in the series more than once. CoMI is, IMO, the best one.While Lechuck’s Revenge (the most common choice for “best in the series”) was brilliant on every front, this game is even better. The graphic style is better, voice acting is awesome and the game is hilarious. They even brought insult swordfighting back!
The tactical ship battles mentioned in the AG review can be skipped if you don’t feel like deviating from pure adventures, turning that segment of the game to a repeat of picking up fights in MI1. And the game is only “too short” because it’s so much fun you don’t want it to end. Maybe if you rush through it to “beat the game” then it doesn’t take long, I don’t know - I always exhaust all the dialogue and hotspot descriptions before even trying to progress, so I have no clue what the minimal time to completion is. And honestly, I don’t think it’s a very interesting metric.

If you like comedic point and click games, you’re guaranteed to love this one. There is just nothing bad to say about it.

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Time Played: Over 20 hours
Difficulty: Just Right