Which is your favourite Monkey Island game?

Now that Tales of Monkey Island has been completed, which is your favourite?
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  • edited January 2010
    The Secret of Monkey Island, for nostalgic reasons mainly (and because Monkey Island itself looked best back then).
  • edited January 2010
    Tales, because that is the only one I have played. :p But seriously, i have read about previous mi games sometimes having illogical solutions and that it had a really hard dificulty which i wouldn't lilke.
  • edited January 2010
    My favorite is Tales, though objectively either 2 or 3 is the best.
  • edited January 2010
    LeChuck's Revenge, minus that Monkey-wrench part.
  • edited January 2010
    Lechuck's revenge all the way!
    Closely followed by Secret :)
  • edited January 2010
    Monkey 2 forever!
    My kudos to Telltale anyway, 'cause Tales quickly became my favorite post-Gilbert MI.
  • edited January 2010
    [sarcasm]Never seen this thread before...[/sarcasm]

    No, but in all seriousness, Curse and Tales were my equal favourites. Both were excellent adventure games!
  • edited January 2010
    I vacillate between Curse and Tales as my favorites. I voted "Curse" in this thread, but I know I voted "Tales" in the last one so it all comes down to how I'm feeling I guess...
  • edited January 2010
    What? No votes for Escape? Eek!
    anyway, voted for tales :P
  • edited January 2010
    Curse of Monkey Island all the way. I think they should definitely go back to 2D at some point. It just looked awesome and had such a special charm about it.

    goodbye!
  • edited January 2010
    Tales all the way
  • edited January 2010
    I think I have voted differently in all these polls. I recently played through all five of them, and - to my surprise, actually - it was The Secret of Monkey Island that I thought stood out as the best one. They're all great games, but SoMI is almost flawless - especially The Three Trials.

    I think I picked Curse the last time because Escape didn't top it, and for that reason I regarded it as the best Monkey Island for many years. Now that I've played Tales, I'm not so sure anymore.

    So, for the moment, Secret of Monkey Island. They're all brilliant games and I wouldn't want to try ranking the others, they all share second place. :)
  • edited January 2010
    Curse was my first Monkey Island, the game I loved for years before I learned that it was the third in a series (which explained so much regarding the opening and LeChuck's exposition chapter), and the adventure game that I've played more and know better than any other, so it's a sentimental favorite for me. I love them all for different reasons, though. Except Escape, maybe. Hard to think of anything about that game that I love instead of just tolerating...
  • edited January 2010
    harald wrote: »
    I think I have voted differently in all these polls. I recently played through all five of them, and - to my surprise, actually - it was The Secret of Monkey Island that I thought stood out as the best one. They're all great games, but SoMI is almost flawless - especially The Three Trials.

    I think I picked Curse the last time because Escape didn't top it, and for that reason I regarded it as the best Monkey Island for many years. Now that I've played Tales, I'm not so sure anymore.

    So, for the moment, Secret of Monkey Island. They're all brilliant games and I wouldn't want to try ranking the others, they all share second place. :)

    Finally someone who understands me. :D
  • edited January 2010
    Tales, CMI, MI2 and MI1 come in joint first. EMI is second.
  • edited January 2010
    I see what you did thar
  • edited January 2010
    My list goes something like this:
    Shared first place: Curse and Tales. Can't really choose between them.
    3rd: Revenge
    4th: Secret
    5th: Escape
  • edited January 2010
    apenpaap wrote: »
    My list goes something like this:
    Shared first place: Curse and Tales. Can't really choose between them.
    3rd: Revenge
    4th: Secret
    5th: Escape
    I think I'm the same as this actually.

    Though to be fair I haven't played Escape much yet. So far it's actually a lot better than I thought it'd be after all the bad reviews it got but I still think the other MI games are quite a lot better.

    That said, I haven't got up to the Monkey Kombat yet that I've heard sooo much about.
  • edited January 2010
    Scrawffler wrote: »
    I think I'm the same as this actually.

    Though to be fair I haven't played Escape much yet. So far it's actually a lot better than I thought it'd be after all the bad reviews it got but I still think the other MI games are quite a lot better.

    That said, I haven't got up to the Monkey Kombat yet that I've heard sooo much about.

    The first two chapters are OK. They have some good parts. But once Guybrush gets to Monkey Island again, it goes downhill rapidly.
  • edited January 2010
    LeChuck's Revenge. I can play it over and over every day if I choose, and won't get tired of it. I absolutely adore it. I can play it faster than any other MI game too, as I learned in the Great MI Race.
  • edited January 2010
    I was going to say we all did, but looking back at it, I pulled off a faster time for Curse and IcedHope and OzzieMonkey finished Secret faster.

    Also, I don't know if you saw, but you got the "Most Absent" special award in the second race. We missed you!
  • edited January 2010
    LeChuck's Revenge, But the ending was weird. Still Mi2 Rules all.
  • edited January 2010
    Scrawffler wrote: »
    Though to be fair I haven't played Escape much yet. (...)

    That said, I haven't got up to the Monkey Kombat yet that I've heard sooo much about.

    Don't worry about Monkey Kombat, it's not that bad. The lava puzzle, however... (I'm the proud winner of the "Best Lava Puzzle Stuckness" award from the MI speedrun.)
    apenpaap wrote:
    The first two chapters are OK. They have some good parts. But once Guybrush gets to Monkey Island again, it goes downhill rapidly.

    I agree. The events on Monkey Island almost ruined the game for me, and I did consider giving it third place instead of shared second.
  • edited January 2010
    harald wrote: »
    Don't worry about Monkey Kombat, it's not that bad. The lava puzzle, however... (I'm the proud winner of the "Best Lava Puzzle Stuckness" award from the MI speedrun.)

    What was so bad/difficult about it? I got past it in two or three tries.
  • edited January 2010
    Having completed Tales, I must say, although it's a very good game, it can't really compare to the first 3, simply because the writing, funny and smart though it may be, is far off from the masterwork that was monkey island before the 4th chapter.

    the 4th and 5th games are completely cut off from the atmosphere and character of monkey island. The jokes and the story go all over the place and there's no real concistency in the whole Tales series. It all seems a bit too much. voodoo sponges, pyrite parrots, feast of the senses, those and many more would not have a place in the original MI games...

    Don't get me wrong, I love Tales, especially Leviathan was great, but maybe I'm an old fart missing the old days when the story and the humor were much more direct...
  • edited January 2010
    A pirate i was meant to be, trim the sails and roam the sea!
  • edited January 2010
    Its really quite interesting the split between people liking LeChuck's Revenge and Curse... personally Curse will always be my favourite as it introduced me to the series, saying that MI2 is not very far behind... it would be interesting to see a poll of when people started playing MI games and which is their favourite...
  • edited January 2010
    shovell wrote: »
    Its really quite interesting the split between people liking LeChuck's Revenge and Curse... personally Curse will always be my favourite as it introduced me to the series, saying that MI2 is not very far behind... it would be interesting to see a poll of when people started playing MI games and which is their favourite...

    Done.
  • edited January 2010

    Haha awesome... :D
  • edited January 2010
    apenpaap wrote: »
    What was so bad/difficult about it? I got past it in two or three tries.

    I meant that as a joke. I realise that it was too internal, sorry about that. As you and some others recall, I stayed up all night, and then some, to finish Escape. The lava maze just turned into a blur in my sleep-deprived brain. Monkey Kombat, however, never posed a problem even though that was after the lava ride.
    Having completed Tales, I must say, although it's a very good game, it can't really compare to the first 3, simply because the writing, funny and smart though it may be, is far off from the masterwork that was monkey island before the 4th chapter.

    (...)

    Don't get me wrong, I love Tales, especially Leviathan was great, but maybe I'm an old fart missing the old days when the story and the humor were much more direct...

    I will probably get bashed for this, but I think the writing is what has evolved the most as the series has continued. In a way I agree with you, but I'm not sure I prefer the direct story and humour. I think the game design process has changed since the first two games. I believe they used to have much more room to make up dialogue and jokes as they went along and implemented the game, whereas the newer instalments of the series had to be more carefully planned.

    I'm not saying one method is always superiour, but I do think that the writing in Tales and Escape is more elaborate, in a good way. Also, Tales probably has the best story and character development of the series. On the other hand, I prefer the puzzle design and atmosphere of the earlier games, although the latter could be due to nostalgia on my part.

    Rats, it's really difficult to pick a favourite. I should never have voted for Secret. All the games have their pros and cons and all of them are worth playing for their good sides.
  • edited February 2010
    I can't decide tbh. It's a draw between MI2 and Tales. I love the direction the crew went with both of them. I would love it if Tales went back to a grittier setting, like the ones in MI2 for future episodes.

    That's not to say that I don't love Curse and Secret. I just love MI2 and Tales for the theme the games have all around and the way they differ from the other games.

    I played Escape a lot as a kid so playing it always takes me back, even though the game isn't all that good.
  • edited March 2010
    LeChuck's Revenge will always be the ultimate Monkey Island, until Gilbert unveils the "real" Secret of Monkey Island® with a game of himself.
  • edited March 2010
    Mermaid wrote: »
    The Secret of Monkey Island, for nostalgic reasons mainly (and because Monkey Island itself looked best back then).

    May I say your video's are amazing, I have just watched them all :eek:

    What movie maker did you use?

    I loved the one about Rise of the Pirate god, it was like I was watching a movie.

    I love your style of movie making.

    Hire for party's of all kinds, weddings etc..... :guybrush:
    (Guybrush does no stripping of any kind, only if he has too much grog and Elaine is out of town :eek::D)
  • edited May 2010
    First and only Monkey Island I have played is ToMI, so for now it's my favorite.
    But the game has gotten my interest up, so now I am going to get them all. So hopefully I might get more, or a new favorite. Only time will tell :p
  • edited May 2010
    First and only Monkey Island I have played is ToMI, so for now it's my favorite.
    But the game has gotten my interest up, so now I am going to get them all. So hopefully I might get more, or a new favorite. Only time will tell :p
    You can get the first game in the series right here on the TellTale site. It's the best place to start :)
  • edited May 2010
    Well I thought at first it was going to be sold physically, but I just found out recently that is not the case :p

    So I was going to buy SoMI:SE together with LR:SE, but as it stands maybe I should just buy it now, I don't know if I can wait all the way till summer :p
  • edited May 2010
    Tossing up between Curse and Tales. (Not that I don't love the others. Yes, even Escape.)
    Chose Curse because of (albiet recent)nostalgia.
  • edited May 2010
    Well I thought at first it was going to be sold physically, but I just found out recently that is not the case :p
    Yeah, it's sad.

    On-topic: Curse, incase I haven't said so yet...
  • edited May 2010
    Escape
  • edited May 2010
    thin029 wrote: »
    Escape
    Would you mind explaining that opinion? I don't mean that in a hostile way, I just wonder why you like the game best that other people seem to hate so much.
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