Escape from Monkey Island (MI4) - No Commentary Play Through

Escape from Monkey Island - No Commentary Play Though.
Or watch me torture myself with tank controls for 4 1/2 hours.

[@MasDouc]

I don't care what anyone says I love this game. The atmosphere is fantastic.

[@msoulforged]

If only they continued the awesome graphics of the third installment of the series. That would be perfect.

[@wiseguymotionpictures1416]

When CMI came out it was much harder to find than the others for some reason. The first and only time I ever saw a physical copy for sale in a store was in a video game store at a mall. I was like 9 or 10 years old. It was the same day I had an appointment with an optometrist so my eyes were dilated and I couldn’t even read the box. My dad said it was too expensive to buy then and maybe I’d get it for Christmas, since I couldn’t see the price on the box I have no idea to this day how much it was actually selling for. Well we couldn’t find it after that and buying things off of the internet wasn’t quite what it is now. It was a lot riskier I mean, my dad had numerous cards compromised from ordering things online. Didn’t matter how reputable the seller was it seemed like he was always having to get a new card because somehow someone got his card number. So we resorted to downloading it from a peer to peer program, which did lead to me playing the game briefly but with no cutscenes and no audio. That didn’t really work out because I had little to no idea what was going on, so I just went without playing it before moving onto Escape from Monkey Island. Weirdly enough EFMI on PC and the Lucasarts bundle that had the first two MI games were both available in our local Wal-Mart for a long time and EFMI on PS2 was at our local movie gallery. As an adult I bought a copy of CMI and after some canoodling with the scumm engine I finally played CMI. I was not disappointed. Totally random story.

[@StrangerHappened]

I like the graphics in the third instalment, but it is unnecessary cartoonish. The style of the original game was always perfectly fine and should have been never changed in any of the later games.

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

Stranger...they totally changed the animation style in every installment. I originally thought part two had the best animation, but now the original VGA version of part one seems to be the best. Part three had a nice storyline and the graphical style grew on me. MI4 looks horrible.

[@CripplingDuality]

And didn't change the voice of Elaine

[@selobee4831]

@@CripplingDuality YESSS!! That drove me nuts! XD

[@liamr194]

Just casually watching this on a Friday night as if it's a movie 😂 ahhhhh memories

[@LionAndroid]

Lol a year later and that's exactly what am doing now

[@arcanetrivia]

THIRTY EIGHT MINUTES of collecting Monkey Kombat moves, between the first fight and fighting Jojo. Man. I'm glad I can skim through a video the way I couldn't get around that when I played this game!

[@mehrank6880]

Monkey Island will always be one of my favorites. Besides full throttle - grim fandango - the dig - day of the tentacle, played these with my big brother. God, I never forget those times :(

Damn the nostalgia hits really hard, especially with the music

[@rahulbolar9647]

True that mate

[@Tech-geeky]

Curse this fangled internet...Arhhhg...

[@Ganters]

Everyone seems to be hating on the graphics, saying it's aged poorly. I look at this and think the exact opposite, this specific charming style keeps the early 3D nice to look at. I actually love the look and I'm relieved that it's still this beautiful!

[@macaroll]

Same! I suppose every game had their unique charms to it. I liked MI 4 for nostalgia and the nicely designed backgrounds since I would play it when I was still in grade school.

[@bobbydeazy]

Hmm nah

[@Jhare93]

I will never forget the birthday my dad had this game on CD-ROM waiting for me, I was so excited to come home from school and see it, I had to wait until that Friday to play it though! I grew up on his OG floppy disk Lucas Arts adventure game collection,popping in the disk, and loading up ms-dos! the 3rd and 4th were always my favorites, ahh The Dig was also an amazing one!

[@tobiashansen488]

4 hours.... only took me like 10 years no joke, i bought it when i was a kid, didn´t finish it untill i was 16...17 years old

[@lavonaffair]

Of course you can put a monkey and a dog in your pockets, that makes total sense...lol

[@deavonw]

I mean adventure games take a really long time if you don't know what to do.

[@brucelee7782]

I had to buckle down and forced myself to finish this after I bought it on a whimp haha

[@CaminoAir]

At least you finished it. Take credit for that. Adventure games can be maddening in how much frustration they cause. I've never played one where all the puzzles seemed logical and could be anticipated.

[@xl000]

sometimes you can get stuck for some time on a part of the puzzle. I played MM: Day of the tentacle lately, and I could not find the "read the book to the horse" part ...

[@blackedburger]

That music in the prosthesis shop🔥🔥🔥

[@Gibla2077]

It’s amazing.

[@gabrielaschegg5323]

It’s one of my favs on MI4 🫶

[@gotivanmomak]

Curse of monkey island is best. !!! Best art style everything was so perfectly done.!!

[@mmr0221]

That was not a game, it was art. The graphics look amazing even after all these years

[@IDyce88]

@@mmr0221 Curse had way better art this is true...and the puzzles were a much better balance of dificult but not TOO hard. it didn't have frustrating ones like Monkey Kombat or the mists of Time marsh. i also love how Curse is the olny MI game that has given us two different difficulties.

[@GLVMR64]

Hey thank you for uploading this, I have such fond memories playing this game. It was one of my favorites growing up, and it helped me bond with my older brother. Lots of nostalgia watching this.

[@simplesimon4561]

Thanks for posting this so I didn't have to suffer through the games janky controls just to see the story

[@moviegameman5395]

2:58 - Act 1: Things to do on Mêlée When You're Dead 1:29:03 - Act 2: Enter the Manatee 2:51:08 - Act 3: Escape from Monkey Island 4:08:03 - Act 3+: Guybrush Kicks Unusually Large Butt

[@samdanmas]

I remember I never actually finished this game as a kid. Good times were had on the first two islands!

[@samuelfawell9159]

To be fair, this one had some serious leaps in the logic that really didn’t land, who would have thought to use the fake skin to make a trampoline out of a sewer drain.

[@hanskorn]

I remember renting this for PS2. I got to the Monkey Island, couldn’t win at Monkey Combat, got stuck, and had to return the game anyway. I bought it for Mac OS and it didn’t run smooth. I couldn’t get further in the game because I was limited by the arrow keys in that part of the game where you had to navigate a swamp using a raft. I didn’t get a controller because I was mostly playing console games at the time. But yeah, it was a great game and made great memories.

[@share865]

I never finished it either but I have such great memories of playing it so I just had to see how it finishes

[@EndyMX]

Never finished either. I think I had a real issue with the controllers. I'll watch this instead and then play TalesOMI that I didn't play because that episode strategy was weird to me and my pockets, lol.

[@v2occy809]

I got stuck eventually, maybe half way through, and it was the first time I figured out you can look up guides online. lol Think I was 10.

[@crimsontide1980]

I may be in the extreme minority but I absolutely loved this game!! Sure, I don't think that it's the best MI game in the series but I loved the puzzles, the music, and the humor. Only thing i hated about it was the whole Monkey Kombat section, absolutely despised it!! Other than that I really enjoyed this game

[@pablolopez2784]

Same here! But for me the monkey kombat wasn't so bad. Only wrote the movements in a paper hahaha

[@mannyc6649]

Me too! Wanna talk about the whole puzzle for finding the time swamps? That's quality Monkey Island stuff.

[@FrothingManiac]

When I was younger I had 2 and my mate had 4. We liked them both a lot and had no idea about any of the negative reception 4 had in the fanbase. That said I always struggled to play 4 when it was my turn because those controls were so bad.

[@samuelfawell9159]

@@FrothingManiac the controls of 4 where easily the worse of the entire series, you don’t so much control Guybrush as “aim” him

[@KT926]

I like playing Monkey combat, it's getting the milk bottle that I hate the most. I didn't realize before that the 3 word phrases are to change from one stance to another (eg; To change from Baboon to Monkey and vise versa, there's only one code). I was always getting it wrong and didn't understand the game but I know how to play now

[@AtlasBlizzard]

One of the funniest games I've ever played, and a solid adventure game to do the LucasArts brand proud. This might be the best voice acting in a game, ever.

[@spooni5843]

I remember when this came out, all the pc mags I read we're going absolutely nuts about it. I had no idea what monkey island was. I finally managed to download a demo of this which took an entire week to download aaaaaaand my computer couldn't even run it without 5 second buffers between every couple of frames lol

[@Tech-geeky]

.. at least you had plenty of time to get up and stretch..

[@JoeAyres]

I always found the keyboard controls for this game so awkward, and I was stuck on Lucre Island for AGES!

[@benjamintiley8724]

I absolutely love the monkey island saga! I was introduced it by my auntie in the late 90s as she owned the floppy disk version of the original 2. We played and played that for many hours and eventually completed them. In the early 2000s I then came across the 3rd at an electronics store. And again I played and played that. Got stuck though to the point I cried because I couldn’t work out how to get out of the snake that ends up eating you! In those days internet and KZbin weren’t around for walkthroughs!! However eventually my grandad told me about the use of ipecac. So I worked out what to do with the flower and syrup that you have in your inventory 😅 Then this came out and I purchased it on PS2 and me and my best friend at the time and still is we spent many many hours playing this. Watching this walkthrough is incredibly nostalgic purely because I had played this so much with my friend and it took us AGES to complete! I reckon a good 2 years... 😂

[@CaminoAir]

That's 4 floppies for 'Secret' and 11 for 'LeChuck's Revenge' on the Amiga. Largo LeGrande's spit animation in the Bloody Stump bar required a disc change of its own!

[@Imtiara7]

I also know it since then from my aunt 😊

[@macaroll]

I find myself bouncing back to MI sometimes! It's a great puzzle game! ✨💖

[@geeksoldier451]

Dude, I feel you. Those PC controls are murder. I was about 2.5 hours in, and my game crashed, and I'm unable to resume the game, so I'm watching the rest on your video haha

[@THESCUMMBAR]

At least the enhanced remaster of Grim Fandango fixed the controls! Still waiting for a EfMI remaster...

[@crimsontide1980]

@@THESCUMMBAR I'd buy it 100%

[@nedmurry7283]

Use Page up and Page down

[@riogetthebag226]

I literally had to use one of those walkthrough books to complete this game lmao it was complicated running around being lost 24 7 but at the same time I enjoyed it though..one for the memory books

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

9:35 Hey! That was my PC screen, you screwy pirate!

[@RedVGFox]

Nostalgia overhaul, I remember playing it on PS2 many many years ago, I'll have to re-play it one day. :)

[@TheManubarcafan]

this game is ahead of its times..by decades

[@EmaSkyeLover42]

I am so used to Stan's old voice in the last 3 games, was not expecting his new voice here

[@THESCUMMBAR]

Same with Elaine.

[@Dominian1]

They sadly didn't get the same voice over for LeChuck the new game they are making. That's gonna be a bigger blow than Elaine and Stan combined.

[@pendragonfan101]

Thanks for uploading - I really like the game (especially Jambalaya Island), and just finished it up until the Monkey Kombat. Then I remembered how much I hated Monkey Kombat the first time around, so I moped out and watched this video instead for the ending!

[@FlamingZelda3]

Word of the wise: be exceptionally careful how you do things in act 3 and make sure to save often. It's not foolproofed like the rest of the series and there are multiple potential softlocks so save multiple files ready and have them staggered.

[@blackidna]

EFMI wasn't a bad title. It was an interesting addition to the series with a story that, despite some flaws, could still stand on its own two feet. The Good: -they reused the GrimE. That engine gives me weird nostalgia Alone In the Dark-ish vibes and the fact that some animations look choppy and stiff (the plummeting of Guybrush in the water before entering Pegnose Pete's secret cave, for example) just adds to its charm. -it was the return of Guybrush and the crazy crew of the Tri-Island Area. At the time, LucasArts was about to give up on the whole adventure genre, but thanks to Grim Fandango and the popularity it gained, the developers manages to give us a new chapter of the saga. -it gives some sort of closure to events that happened in the previous games. We get to know how Guybrush and Elaine cope with each other as a married couple, what happened to the first crew, who's Grandpa Marley and the reason why Monkey Island is the host to the second biggest monkey head (according to Guybrush). -it was the last "official" MI game. Most of the developers behind this game left Lucasarts to found Telltale Games and show that the adventure genre wasn't so dead after all...although we had to wait for that and we all know TTGs' destiny. The Bad: -MI wasn't meant for the GrimE. As much as I adore the engine, I can't help but find it out of place for a MI title. That series was born to be point 'n' click and tank controls are more of a hindrance than a benefit. Sure, it streamlined the interaction, but I prefer to control it the old way...or at least with the "logo" interface, pioneered by Full Throttle and reused on COMI and, funnily enough, on the Remastered Edition of Grim Fandango. And let's not talk about some glitches and bugs that didn't get fixed since GF, like the fact that sometimes running through a door can make you turn 180° and back in the place you tried to exit from. -it was a bit of a "white lie". After Grim Fandango, Lucasarts hinted at the fact that they would concentrate more on their SW franchise. Grim Fandango was meant to be a parting love letter to all the Lucas adventurers out there, an experimental title to say goodbye to a dying genre. EFMI was not a necessary entry in the series and feels so forced sometimes, it's like that letter was written on toilet paper. I'll let you people guess what they used as ink. -the plotholes. Where do I even start? The fact that some of the info doesn't add up with the previous titles? Like "how come that in SOMI the captain's log of the Sea Monkey talks specifically about Herman Toothrot and now we find out that he's Elaine's estranged grandfather?" or "why, after three games and three times defeating LeChuck, Guybrush still remains a disrespected goof, even after marrying the Tri-Island governor?" or even "if Carla, Otis and Meathook hate him so much for stranding them on Monkey Island, how come they still act friendly toward him? And since they know their most hated captain lives in Melee Island, why would you go and live back there, especially since they blatantly mutinied and threatened him with a keelhaul?" and so on. EFMI twists and turns to give an explanation to everything, stepping on the toes of the previous titles. And no: "comedic effect" is no excuse. -the whole damn Monkey Kombat mechanics. Of all the things that peeved me the most, Monkey Kombat was the most tiring and useless exercise in repetition and note-taking. I can remember old passwords and codes from even older games, I remember step by step how to finish several adventure games, I even managed to finish King's Quest V without smashing the keyboard to the monitor, but I swear I can barely remember the moves for Monkey Kombat. And for added replay value (or a stinging laugh behind your back from the developers) the moves are randomized at each new game. Basically you need to take notes and then throw them away for the next game. Thanks, but no thanks. Also, the final battle? Crap. -the heavy-handed satire. Yeah yeah, I get it, "wealthy australian man buying everything he sees because he can and he's a soulless monster about it". It's stupid and boring, just like the person they mock with Ozzie Mandrill. Probably, if the character was italian, they would have named him "Italo Fettuccini". Stale, unoriginal. The fact that the guys behind this game are the same who came up with "Sam & Max: Hit The Road" really feels like an offence, like paying for an art commission from an artist known for how detailed and life-like his style is, only to get two crude stick figures standing still. How could you, Stemmle and Clark, how could you? EFMI, as I said, is not the worst adventure game and, despite the flaws, it can still be fun. Not the kind of fun that might incite a second play, in my opinion, but there are still some valid parts that makes it worth playing. YMMV.

[@benbrad0433]

I remember playing this game when I was like 3 and I spent an hour just shimmying around that pillar because I had no idea what I was doing. But damn this brings back some nostalgia

[@jamesgorman5692]

The animation was by far the better medium for these stories.

[@Tech-geeky]

The 4th wall always catches me off-guard.

[@IvanGarcia-ke3lo]

Tales did a decent job with 3D. I don't see MI 4 as canon anyway

[@johnnymx3]

Arthur F Jomama! I can't believe I missed that joke on my playthrough all those years ago! 😆 Thanks for the upload. When I first played this, I decided to crack the code of the Pirate names. Hahahaha. I never looked for the clues. I just ran through one at a time. I think it took 3 hours. My sister feel asleep from sitting up with me too long. 😜

[@ModestlyAmazing]

Man, after 3 this was a bit of a let down. But nevertheless I will always love them all, Guybrush Threepwood is the best protagonist of all time.

[@macaroll]

I agree! I suppose his gray morality sells it! I mean he may be wanting to end the greater evil, but he himself has done petty crimes.

[@aprylshowers22]

OMG!!! This was my favorite game back in the day!!! I wish it could be made again for Playstation or Xbox now a days..😫

[@Maviiih]

Ron Gilbert (creator of the game) announced a new MI for 2022. It was announced literally a few days ago. You can watch the trailer. Return to Monkey Island.

[@aprylshowers22]

@@Maviiih omg!!!! R U 4Real????!!!??? Where is it!!!!????

[@Maviiih]

@@aprylshowers22 This is the trailer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZLLpJ6Bdt2Gebs

[@zerlichr426]

The main problem of Monkey Island 4 is not that it's 3D, it's just how much they sacrifice just to make for those 3D graphic. All models look so stiff, they bearly go off model (aka those stretchy animations) making it less funny as it supose to be. Audio sometimes is also all over the place. They could use this extra space for that rather that graphics. I know this was made when "3d was the new cool kid in the block" and "2D is the past" but yeah they should wait like 6 years befoe making Advanture game in 3D. Another sacrifice of the mass mind on something.

[@homerthompson8730]

I've played this game twice. All the other Monkey Islands I've played multiple times. This one was just hard to get into. The controls stunk. Monkey Kombat was just a chore.

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

I'm the same way. I haven't played this one in about 20 years. With the others I remember most all of the puzzles but Escape would almost be like playing a new game. Since it has been so long I've forgotten most of the puzzles. However I did enjoy it went it first came out. I didn't even mind the monkey kombat part all that much. I can remember having a piece of paper and writing down all the moves and which moves beat what. While typing this I realized that Tales of Monkey Island would actually be the one I played the least because I never finished it. I played through the first three chapters then started the fourth but never played past the beginning so I've never even played chapter five.

[@ULTRAWIDE.]

Same I’ve only done this one twice. It’s my second least favourite. Tales being the first. They’re just not that great compared to the first 3.

[@Deathfromabove5]

Escape from Monkey island suffered coming out in that weird early 3D graphics era of 2000. It's tank controls and uncanny graphics have aged extremely poorly. Also Monkey Combat is just straight up bad. With all that being said I think it's still a fun time. It's a solid 6.5 out of 10 game

[@friedpicklezzz]

What a terrible followup turd to a truly amazing third installment

[@IvanGarcia-ke3lo]

Tales did a far better job succeeding curse

[@Deathfromabove5]

I think they really did try but it just came out mediocre as all hell

[@nicksterlouw8647]

54:49 Arthur F Jo Mama....wow that's brilliant 🤣🤣

[@barbadoskado2769]

thank you for playing this so I dont have to! big fan of the series, but always thought the 4th installment was the weakest! with this video I can have the experience without going through it myself, ty!

[@KingDaveth]

The figurehead I swear is the greatest thing ever.

[@daffers2345]

The figurehead IS funny, she's probably one of the best things about this game. I think they overdid the "but it's PINK!" joke in this one, but the figurehead makes me laugh when she herself yells "Hey! Who painted me pink?!" XD

[@tyranitararmaldo]

Arthur F. Jomama...wow that's well hidden xD

[@AsparagusVideo]

Loved Curse of Monkey Island and when this came out I was... pretty disappointed. I remember nothing about it. It was generic and the graphics didn't sit well w/ me. I missed the art style of Curse. And the whole LeChuck versions was just weird and odd. And the Monkey Combat stuff was NOT fun at all. I literally had no idea what I was doing.

[@Trev359]

The graphics were excellent in their day. Brilliant to see Monkey Island in 3D. Shame about the controls though.

[@Tech-geeky]

lol.. thats about as far back as you can get..... I never even played it... so i guess i win :)

[@lameowizard]

Thank you for uploading. I never did finish this game as a kid, nice to see how it ended

[@AreYouNormalBass]

totally just realised that the reason Pongo (the prosthetics shopkeeper’s monkey) and the bouncer monkey from Planet Threepwood have both run away was probably because all the monkeys were gathering at monkey island... i’m so dumb

[@tahjwelch3393]

Hi, I just wanted to say thank you for all the help with 5 of the monkey island games I recently bought the monkey island pack for my birthday a month ago and I used your walkthroughs for each game to help me through parts where I was stuck or hard puzzles and I wanted to thank you for all your help with your videos during my adventures with Guybrush in all 5 of these games

[@THESCUMMBAR]

I'm very glad I could help. Thank you for letting me know you found them helpful!

[@woody5476]

Better facial animations than Skyrim

[@mmsL125]

I love the “hit that guy over there” dart gag, this one wasn’t perfect by any means but it had some moments

[@silverdamascus2023]

This is the worst game of the Monkey Island series, but Monkey Island is like a pizza, even when it's bad, it's good.

[@proverbialloaf]

There’s so much debate about things like this among the MI fans. Which game was the best, which graphics suited the genre best, which was the worst and should be considered a crime against all humanity. Your take is simpler and one I can get behind!

[@cl1694]

Lol reason why this 30 yr old is watching this like a movie.. after decades since quitting @ Monkey Kombat

[@KT926]

Wow, I didn't know you could get the monkey meal ticket from Stan too! I always get it by putting glue on the manatee and winning it at the pub. I use the grogocchino on one of the parrots

[@THESCUMMBAR]

It's always struck me as odd that there's two ways to solve that one.

[@MarkAddeGornik]

I remember playing this when I was a child. Not knowing english. Made the game pretty hard I must say..

[@Psyrok-ik1lc]

I remember controlling guybrush in this game was a nightmare

[@pedazodeboludo]

I hit the bug where Herman does not remember anything no matter what you throw at him, so I came here to watch the ending.

[@KT926]

You have to throw them in a certain order: He remembers a coconut (throw the coconut once), he remembers a milk bottle (throw the milk bottle once) and he remembers an Accordion (throw the Accordion once)

[@francovers22]

I loved this game so much as a kid!

[@Lysimachus]

In retrospect, I can see the problems this game had, but it's what introduced me to the series and I loved playing them all.

[@BilisiFunfun]

1:44:02 Damn it, Bobby! I told you I didn't want a cursed figurehead!

[@MrCaerbannog]

I actually don't think this is too bad of a game overall once you get past the controls and interface, but Monkey Kombat really is a clusterf*ck of the highest order. I actually quit playing it at that stage when I first bought it, because I just couldn't learn any of the combinations, and was continually getting my backside whipped as soon as the fights started.

[@danjalwaziri1657]

I love this game and was thrilled when it was re-released on gog. I loved replaying this after all these years. Trouble is, Monkey Combat still prevented me from finishing the game :(. I hope I'll persevere next time.

[@itsaguinness]

Enjoy your voyages on the Dainty Lady... yeah buddy

[@lordadorable1140]

Fun fact: LeChuck ruined their honeymoon, but Guybrush doesn’t remember it much

[@itsaguinness]

46:19 I'm just looking at my stuff😂😂

[@egginess2022]

This is giving me Alundra 2 vibes. I love these games!

[@ElCaptainAustralia]

This game came out when I was 7; the nostalgia hits real hard.

[@mmr0221]

The graphics of Curse of Monkey Island aged so much better even though they’re older than this.

[@linkXness]

Haha, i actually needed to watch this in order to complete a "speedrun" of this game because I lost track of what i had to do :D

[@THESCUMMBAR]

Good luck with your speedrun. :)

[@linkXness]

After looking the route up here i got the WR, so yeah. :D Thanks

[@THESCUMMBAR]

Nice! What was your time? Maybe I'll take a shot at it some day...

[@KT926]

I've done it as a speedrun and the best time I did it in is 1hr 33 mins

[@Tech-geeky]

now there are walkthoughs online, no needs to *see* a video.. ALthough it helps.

[@ArronP]

Been a fan of monkey Island since the mid 90s how did guybrush know pegnose petes name without someone telling him it??? Never understood him talking to himself in the swamp monkey combat was stupid

[@KT926]

There was a wanted poster on the wall in the bank, maybe he saw that when he first entered. The handkerchief had his initials P.P on it too

[@nedmurry7283]

54:48 -That's so rude. I had no idea Monkey Island was this crude.

[@macaroll]

Yeah, there's that. I was even more surprised when I paid attention to the credits that Deadeye Dave was actually voiced by Tom Kenny!

[@takis76]

The 2D graphics are much better. In fact, the graphics of Monkey Island 1 special edition had the best 2D graphics. A classic adventure should have 2D graphics and be more retro. Their 3D engine and game interface reminds me of the Alone in the Dark.

[@sebbef]

In a way it feels like as if Grim Fandango 2 found a way

[@Sorrowsong0]

I regret that I have but one upvote to give. But you deserve it.

[@Ayoutubeaccount3]

Played this as a kid and got stuck very early on, looks like I didn’t miss out on much

[@MikeLambMusic]

So much nostalgia! I always remember the parrots/rock part giving me such a hard time. These puzzles would take HOURS to solve as a kid. I didn't know if it the difficulty was just because I was young, but watching this makes me realize the crazy jumps in logic didn't help with that difficulty lol. The characters are so funny to me. Catching so many things I didn't 20 some years ago. Also the time share guy's shirt at 1:52:00 seems like just negative space, the background to whatever program was used to make the game or something lol.

[@zenlord9852]

Tbh i still remember this game from the first time i played it when i was 4 on my ps2 or original xbox can't remember which one but i know i could have never beaten that guy at arm wrestling and because i didn't know how to speak english it made it so much harder but now when i was watching a top video and i was like wait a second i remember those graphics and then i searched it up found your videos the same thumbnail as the game case photo and i was like holy s**t this is the game and i saw you beating that guy and i was like why is it so easy now

[@wwfhasbro1]

Love this and curse, straight after high school I would play these games lol - need new monkey island games - tales was ok too

[@askewopal]

This was my first monkey island game and I loved it so much, I'm only now finding out most people hated it lol I couldn't care less, it's still one of the most fun and funniest games I've ever played.

[@austinmorrison6953]

Wait a minute. Ozzy is the one who sent Captain Marley into that whirlpool? But in Monkey Island 3 LeChuck says he’s the one who sent Marley into that whirlpool! Was he just blowing smoke to discourage Guybrush and Elain?

[@THESCUMMBAR]

No, it's just a plot hole...

[@henrik747]

Så, the Monkey Combat part takes about 45 minutes for a person who probably has played the game many times over. Imagine my frustration as a teenager newbie. What a turd segment in an otherwise decent game!

[@THESCUMMBAR]

Even 45 minutes is way too long.

[@mmsL125]

Maybe a randomly generated puzzle that changes every time wasn’t a good idea

[@cl1694]

I remember quitting the game because of that

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

My favorite franchise of all time.

[@Tech-geeky]

2:20:00 ...Okay haha,...for some reason this always cracks me up

[@alangriffith1006]

I had to use this for the cutscenes, it seems modern computers don’t want to run this game correctly. Thanks for uploading this!

[@maverick2009ish]

the GOG version has a updated launcher which makes it compatible with windows 10-64 bit, and if you have the old Original you can google 'updated launcher for Escape of Monkey Island' and download it from the net

[@maverick2009ish]

I am playing this right now as a matter of fact on my i5-pc with 16gb and windows 10 64-bit and have no issues with it (see my other message) :-)

[@ibreatheair6313]

Well, at least the soundtrack is nice. :P (And your gameplay, of course. 😊)

[@THESCUMMBAR]

Thank you!

[@daffers2345]

Thanks for posting this. I think this may be the most disappointing of the Monkey Island series, and would prefer not to play it myself, again. But I don't mind watching someone else. :)

[@THESCUMMBAR]

I agree, it's definitely the most disappointing on multiple fronts: Graphics, Music, Story and Controls. The only thing that wasn't too disappointing was the puzzles. But it's part of Monkey Island history, so gotta cover it. :) Thanks for watching.

[@bilazaurus2759]

Yes, but it STILL was good.

[@indigo.s]

This kind of thinking makes you a hero mate. Thanks for uploading!

[@nikolazugic1300]

This was the first I played as a kid and it was awesome. For me the graphics where amazing back then. :D

[@jinpanfeather1585]

This is the first time I've seen someone criticise the music. Whats wrong with it? I think it's great.

[@guyb6665]

I played the PS2 version and didn't realise the analogue stick made Guy run until nearly halfway through the game. Extremely slow walking pace too -_-

[@Withoutalicense-gk5xx]

I remember not finishing the game

[@mondoprime]

The graphics have aged horribly. I can remember not liking them back in the day. The writing, humour, music and voice cast are top notch though!

[@Tech-geeky]

8-bit pirates eyes don't do a thing for me. These are probably the same type who like to point out every single flaw in a movie, ruins it for the rest.

[@mmsL125]

I think it’s a nice time capsule of the 3d graphics of the time

[@VideoBaseie]

This entry in the series was great up until the last quarter of the game. It really became annoying with the monkey combat. Was a shame

[@mattyjohnsson257]

3:10:48 Ron Gilbert is turning in his.. bed.

[@Deadpool-ODST]

I miss the Graphics of the first 2. The Special edition just felt more like it should. The 3rd one was already too "Nice" for me. Still a great game series.

[@acynia989]

Dang, I've never completed this game as a kid, I was blocked with the pirate who wants to learn new insults, I think I was too pure for this part ^^'

[@jennifermckay5585]

Played this on PS2. I printed out a walk through

[@epsilonlivs732]

Escape was the first Monkey Island game I played. Took me forever to even get past the first level cause i didn't understand the controls. Then I got stuck on Melee for months until I finally made it to Lucre. Damn that swamp puzzle🤬😅

[@ChibiTheFloof]

I think my biggest problem with this game is (I can forgive the proportions of the characters because it fits well with the 3d art style) the very fast paced dialogue. It’s way too fast and it really doesn’t give you enough time to just enjoy all the gags and fun dialogue that they do say. It takes away from the experience in my opinion

[@rihansa199]

Nostalgia

[@ohdaystar5565]

Disney owns this now, I hope they do something with it

[@guybrush3318]

Day Star Disney didn’t. The maker of Monkey Island, Ron Gilbert tweeted Disney back in 2016 asking for the intellectual property rights back since Disney wasn’t using it and he was ignored ever since. So the future of Monkey island is pretty much over now...thanks Disney.

[@ohdaystar5565]

Alexandra Parker but even if they’re ignoring the creator they still own it right?

[@boomerix]

Well they were gonna make a movie.....but then renamed and rewrote it to make Pirates of the Caribbean..... (Don't get me wrong it was still a good movie, just a shame that they put the IP into storage and threw the key away)

[@redshirtveteran5688]

@@boomerix Will Turner makes for an... interesting Guybrush.

[@cl1694]

their stock is dropping because they own this garbage

[@wedgeantilles4712]

Where's Alexandra Boyd as Elaine. Mandatory rule number 1: Never do these games without the three lead voices and they broke it.

[@Thelionpaladin]

I really don’t mind this one’s elaine. I think she does a good job. What do people not like about her other than she’s not the original?

[@THESCUMMBAR]

I agree that Charity James did a fine job as Elaine in this game. A lot of people didn't like the move from a British voice actor to an American (doing an american accent.) And to be fair, it was an odd choice. Almost like the character of Elaine changed nationality.

[@DeeCross]

@@THESCUMMBAR She has a lovely voice and definitely tricks you with the first "GUYBRUSH!!!", but I do want to hear Boyd read some of the flirting in this game…

[@thommekm]

Thanks for uploading! I tried the game when it came out but the controls drove me crazy that I uninstalled it after the first puzzle.. Gonna watch your walkthrough now to see what happens in the game ;)

[@Qabra-]

I'm going through the whole monkey island saga in preparation for the new one, but this is the one I won't replay. So I thank you for the gameplay.

[@matvor1920]

Wonderful! Thank you for uploading!

[@KT926]

Does anyone else think that Herman Toothrot sounds like the beaver in Lady and the tramp?

[@coolsomeXD]

I love this game so much.

[@darconious524]

Anyone else actually looked into if a duck could bite a person’s nose off after this game besides myself??

[@redshirtveteran5688]

So that's how Voldemort lost his!