You just arrived home from a 3 month nautical honeymoon with your wife, who is the governor of Melee Island. Your home is about to be demolished by a catapult, and your wife is not in a re-election race with the evil undead pirate LeChuck. This will be the high point of your day.

To begin, the entire Monkey Island series has been an excellent stroll into the strange and quirky world of monkey gamers. In Monkey 4: Escape From Monkey Island, you will travel all over the tri-island area, which includes visits to Melee, Monkey, and Lucre Islands, as well as the pirate base Knuttin Atol. Every place to you go in the game you are guaranteed more silly jokes than you would normally see in a Monty Python skit. This game is wacky!

The characters are even more amusing than the tropical locales. Ranging from Murray the undead demonic skull of extreme evil to the mildly crazed hermit Herman Toothrot, each character has one insane thing to say after another. Some of the quotes include, "Porcelin... I HATE porcelin!", and "Where do REAL pirates go to enjoy wholesome family fun and inexpensive dining? Planet Threepwood!". Basically, take every oddball joke you could think of for every situation you've ever been in, then take them all and slam them into 50+ hours of game play and beautiful graphics. When that's done, add 3 or 4 rude grog wenches for content and you have, more or less, Monkey Island 4.

While this game has been out for a few months, it is still a good buy. It's probably cheaper now, too, than when it originally came out, which is an even better reason to go buy and play this game! If you aren't convinced yet, go have a look at one of the Unofficial Web sites to learn more.

BUY THIS GAME!

Name: Spider Monkey
Comments:
Oh Mother of Pearl! Is this the best you can come up with? You repay years of evolution from Monkeys with this?