What do you love about Monkey Island?
i dedicate this topic to the MI fans.
tell us, what do you like MI for? and what is Monkey Island to you?
to me it’s a lot more than 'adventure game'... it brings back the memories of my childhood...
it arouses dreams...
and on some dark, rainy evening... replaying the Secret of The Monkey Island, while sipping hot cocoa drink, brings about the enchanting sense of magic...
tell us, what do you like MI for? and what is Monkey Island to you?
to me it’s a lot more than 'adventure game'... it brings back the memories of my childhood...
it arouses dreams...
and on some dark, rainy evening... replaying the Secret of The Monkey Island, while sipping hot cocoa drink, brings about the enchanting sense of magic...
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Yes, my favourite part out of the entire series is "Part III: Under Monkey Island" from the first game.
And the three-headed monkey.
I do love the humor as well though, and the characters.
The graphical styles the game has had has also endeared it quite a bit.
The first three games had them all balanced perfectly, with events moving along at the proper pacing. The greatest feature of the game is it's puzzles though. It's puzzles really shone, while being incredibly tedious and tough. But beating them without a walkthrough always gives a great sense of accomplishment.
If it weren't for Escape, Monkey Island would be a flawless series of video games.
I love it because it's an adventure game, and it's a funny one, to boot. I see it like this: Take a really great adventure atmosphere (like one of the indie movies), add a richly varied setting, add intelligent humour, add pirates... mix well!
I loved Fate of Atlantis, but I loved Lechuck's Revenge so much more, that was partly because of the humour and partly because of the setting. It did a great job of capturing a piratey feel, and the essence of adventure, more than games like Sid Meier's Pirates! (sorry fans) ever did.
It was one of those odd little Worlds where it seemed like anything was possible, and you never knew what you'd find on the next island. This is actually what I'm fond of about the One Piece anime, but that's a topic for another day.
And I remember Guybrush Threepwood being an epic hero, because regardless of his natural ineptitude, he was always brave (to an unrealistic degree), and he could crack wise in any situation. This is a characteristic that a lot of heroes in the best adventure movies have shared.
I feel that the trailer captures that well too, in the ToMI trailer, Guybrush strolls along the deck cracking wise about glowing swords and his tied up girlfriend. That, for me, is classic Guybrush. He's no longer the naive kid (that took away from everything a bit for me), he's grown, and he's out there, and he's as much a pirate as the rest of them. I daresay he's probably The Pirate.
In fact, I notice correlations between that Guybrush and another hero I like; The Doctor (and it's funny that I brought this up recently elsewhere, too). As that's another man that can be crazy, amusing, and just a little bizarre in even the most dangerous scenarios. I think both the MI 2 and the ToMI versions of Guybrush capture that essence really well.
And it's Guybrush that makes the series memorable for me, just like it's the Doctor that makes that series memorable. Guybrush is the quintessential pirate, the most iconic, and the most memorable. If I think of pirates, I think of that Guybrush, and the image really fits.
Combine a varied World filled with adventure and imagination with a hero like that? It's one of the most potent commbinations I've ever encountered. And that's why I love Monkey Island.
whips n quips
wimps and chimps
dames in distress, puzzles leaving you such a mess
chains and pains and troubles to boot
and a mean skeleton man in a pirate captain suit
sorry lol just a lil grogged out on .. grog...arrrgghh
everything about MI is great minus maybe that thing on the new guys face.. what is that thing!
The dialogue has always been brilliant, and with so much to explore and uncover outside of what is essentially necessary to complete the game, there's usually something funny to find that you didn't notice the first time around.
I replay the original Monkey Islands all the time and no modern games can compare, nothing can continually entertain and amuse such as the MI series
But even when it seemed hopeless, the game kept me enthralled for hours on end, trying new ways to further the storyline. At one point my older brother and sister had me convinced (having long since given up on the games themselves) that reading Herman's diary to the monkey might just be a good idea...thinking that he was Herman's "banana picker." I read it literally over 1000 times before giving up hope.
So maybe I'm completely, hopelessly, and relentlessly persistent. In the end I beat the game!
And part of me thinks if it weren't for that the game might not have meant so much to me as it always has...
But back on topic...the whole idea of the game...becoming a pirate...sailing the seas, looting, plundering, drinking swag...the air of adventure is so thick in this game you practically need a pick axe to cut through it. That's fine with me though!
So basically I love MI for pretty much all the same reasons I love The Goonies. :cool:
Yes . I love this too, the beautiful relationship from the first game that is corny but believeable in a comical and yet fun way . The beautiful Elaine , the adventrous guybrush threepwood. That photo sums up the two characters almost perfectly and it speaks the heart of the games.
Actually, I always found it entertaining when Elaine punches Guybrush out. Now that's an interesting romance.
Reminds me that I need to check out the EGA version...
My perspective is somewhat coloured by the fact that MI2 was the first (graphical) adventure game I ever played, and the hilarious scene where Largo holds Guybrush upside-down over the bridge was pretty much the moment I fell in love with the genre...
Guybrush: "HEEELP! Police!"
Largo: "HA! Scream all you want, there are no police on Scabb Island"
Guybrush: "Then who eats all the donuts and roughs-up the transients?"
Haha same, including that response.
'Nuff said.
I like the characters and the art in the games
I like the music
I like the story, and the humor.
The "Turn off your computer and go to sleep" was great ! Because, in my case (and many others I guess), it was so true. I finished the game at 2 or 3am !
I tried to one-up you (one-down?) by posting a screenshot to the same scene in CGA, but my eyes couldn't handle the playthrough, I broke down into tears. Cyan and magenta should be removed from the color spectrum, in my opinion.
@Armakuni
Dito. The music of MI 2 is the best. But the LeChuck theme of MI 1 is the best of all Lechuck themes! Especially from the FM-Towns version.
I love MI and the other LA-adventures. I can play them everytime. Very often actually.