PC Longplay [073] Escape from Monkey Island (Part 1 of 2)

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Played by: RickyC
I was reading a guide to this at the same time as playing but tried to speak to other people too. I hate monkey kombat :( -
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[@docsavage4921]

Carla and Otis have a lot of nerve, considering they mutineered at the first opportunity and just laid about the ship. Serves them right getting stranded.

[@samuelfawell9159]

Couldn’t agree more, I remember that moment in the first MI game, and being as annoyed as Guybrush probably was.

[@proudtobleedblue]

I got this game for Christmas one year. One of the best gifts I ever got.

[@isaacwallace6783]

Such crazy nostalgia

[@BiblioRook]

I've been wishing the Monkey Island games get played on Game Grumps for quite a while but between Guybrush's 'sexy voice' and the evil Australian I would especially be interested to see what Danny and Ross would think of this one.

[@merlinyesreally]

They bought too many games...

[@professrsmokem4299]

I remember playing this 13 years ago with my brother nothing but good vibes man. From what I gather the possibility of making a new Monkey game is still viable, I just hope they don't kill off the franchise. We need more games like this.

[@redditreflections1976]

+Subject 27 you mean a new one after monkey island 5?

[@professrsmokem4299]

+Ryan Hanson Yeah, Ron Gilbert (The creator of Monkey Island) really wants to make another Monkey game but he can't do shit unless Disney sell him the rights to the game. (Disney acquired LucasArts in 2012, therefore they own the Monkey franchise). He's been trying to reach out to Disney but they don't seem too interested in doing anything with the Monkey franchise at the moment..

[@BureMagistrala]

omg why didn't you switch subtitles on??

[@Trev359]

@Fester Blats The music provides the atmosphere. You can't turn that off. It's not annoying and neither are subtitles. Some people are hard of hearing and need the subtitles.

[@speakeroftruth2897]

I grew up obsessed with The Curse of Monkey Island, but for some reason I love this game more! What I mostly love about it is the atmosphere of Lucre Island and Knuttin Atoll, the places felt more "there" and "alive" to me, talking to the different characters and solving the puzzles felt more like "events," and you have to give them credit for Lucre Town being one big connected area. I honestly don't know if this game beats the atmosphere of Blood Island/Skull Island for me, the Smuggler's Cave, the Cemetary, Hotel and Cannibal Village were awesome, but I love Escape currently. Perhaps I experienced more depth immersing into the unique graphics of the world. I also liked the end atmosphere of its Monkey Combat and the different music this game has like House of Sticks, Knuttin Atoll, Lucre Town theme. Very unique game imo.

[@kuntsnotsee4817]

Speaker of Truth whats the full title with skull island game i keep getting King Kong shit

[@pharenpillai2446]

The Curse of monkey island aged very well and still has very good animation....this game however due to shitty graphics aged horribly. I wish they kept it 2 D

[@LFGerm]

well classic case of "whooo everyone is doing XYZ (insert:3d; VR, and any kind of currently popular graphics that will look shitty like fuck in 5 years time) ! lets do it too to stay cool!"

[@anacondaboom6417]

half of the game is still in 2d.. all the backgrounds are beautiful art. just the animated things like guybrush or some objects look a little wonkey. I think it aged just fine

[@anthonyfatu2168]

I remember kicking the coal at the pirate and I got a sword thrown back at me lol

[@froztgamergamesreactionsan6298]

Haha funny, wise not to do that again.

[@Skorea77]

Thank you! I recently just replayed the first 3 Monkey Island games... I love them. I have never played Escape From Monkey Island, but I wanted to. I jumped through hoops to get it to work on my computer a few months ago... only to find that the controls on the computer were more infuriating than any other game I've played recently. I figured I'd watch the long play instead of actually playing it.

[@fiuttello]

Same here. Love the series except this one. Controlling GT It's SOOO infuriating.

[@classes5696]

I'm doing the same

[@CassioVA]

This 3D graffics destroied the old and good 2D carton.

[@fionladfinley281]

+Cassio VA SO TRUE!

[@almonigal]

+Cassio VA Agreed. But game is very good except for 3d graphics

[@RenatusChristoph]

It didn't destroy anything. They took it in a difference (and unfortunate) direction.

[@francescocaruso2647]

Au scem

[@OwGash]

Meh, was 2d better, ye, is this game just as good/funny, yes.

[@bloodrunsclear]

MEMORIES!

[@NeptunII]

man, this game is pure nostalgia. Melee Island, the Scumm Bar, the ship harbor, Meathook, Otis, Carla, the ability to freely explore Monkey Island... too bad the controls overshadowed this.

[@bayikutu]

Aw god, just watched the beginning of the second part... The voice of the boat figure statue is just hilarious.

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

Ah Escape from Monkey Island, the only Monkey Island game I haven't played through a million times, well that and Tales of Monkey Island. All the other ones I pretty much know exactly what to do and remember every scene. Maybe I need to play through this again. It's been so long it would be like playing a brand new game! I actually still own my original copy I pre-ordered complete in box with all the fixins. I can remember sitting in the ole Lincoln waiting for the UPS to come on a Friday. Hoping it would come so I could play it over the weekend off from school. Those were the days. It even game with a copy of Grim Fandango!

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

8 years later and you still haven't played it, but you're thinking about it lol.

[@Biopunked]

@PowerpopPrince Alexandra Boyd...she's the original voice of Elain from Curse of Monkey Island. So taking her back for Tales was a smart move. She sounds nothing like Keira though

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

Guy brush one of the smartest pirates of all time lol

[@iBurnCDs]

3D? Elaine speaking without the posh British accent? DAFUQ HAPPENED

[@ElWrobel]

After all those years, I'm glad to see I wasn't the only that had problems moving around, especially on the map, where he bounced off of every corner. That was so frustrating when played, but it's hilarious to see now.

[@poolkris]

Presumably those who chastise the controls are a bit spoilt, yeah sure it can be annoying and could've been done better but the game isn't about controls. It's about the storyline, and the puzzles. In the particular case of this game, it's also about the history and its trueness to previous instalments. Love it.

[@MattySadler]

Loved this game, fantastic "end" to the series. The plots on all the different islands were so good. I love the Lucre Island stuff with Pegnose Pete etc.

[@randoomrandoo1230]

it wasnt the end

[@Sr_Pirata]

I loved the 3 first monkey island games but this one ran so slow on my computer that I never got to finish it. Playing with that many stumbles was a nightmare.

[@Vorhoost]

This was the funniest and most enjoyable game of the series for me before TOMI came out

[@MiguelBaptista1981]

All people complaining wish they could play a game today as beautifully written as any Monkey Island games. Graphics didn't age that bad, they are still beautiflly 2d rendered from the paintings . Just get used to the gameplay, like in Griim Fandango, and you'll have a great time playing this I'm sure.

[@anthonyfatu2168]

First game I played on playstation 2 and I loved it

[@negima1276]

"Curse of" is good but "LeChucks Revenge" is the best in my opinion (Has the best puzzles at least)

[@pedrohenriquekuhnbraun2560]

Yep, this Masterpiece marked my Childhood, glad to Find on KZbin a Gameplay, thanks mate :D

[@littlerockchick21]

I wished they have this version of the game on Nintendo Wii, I love this game

[@Sonic6412]

They have escape from monkey island digitally for the Nintendo switch now just bought it at GameStop

[@Kaughper]

I just like how, at 4:56, with the ship less than 100 yards from the pier, and the mass of Melee Island(tm) literally sprawling on both side off to the horizons, THAT is when the Look-Out on duty shouts, "Land Ho!" lol, no kidding!!!

[@deweyreesemalcom]

Awesome game! One of the hardest puzzles I know of

[@RickTheScientist]

Thanks for these videos they were super helpful. I have to admit I didn't really care for this game. I am a HUGE fan of the broken sword franchise and I wanted to check this out because I heard it was from the same creative team but I wasn't really impressed. Maybe the original was better? but that one was only for the PC right?

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

Why can't I find the Jambalaya Island and Nuttin' Atoll part in this longplay?

[@magnusm4]

The 3d cutscenes lighting reminds me of the cutscenes in psychonauts. They looks the same in light and shadows.

[@Jezzabri]

I've still never played Curse of Monkey Island. I played 1 & 2 years ago then suddenly got this as a birthday present. I thought this was bloody brilliant :-D especially in the swamp with all the paradoxes etc

[@rachelchunter6180]

I've got the game on PS2. I loved all the different gags. For example, I LOLed when I tried the action "pick up" on the moon outside Meathook's house and Guybrush said, "Pick up the moon?! Are you nuts?!". LOL. xD

[@MiguelBaptista1981]

Without comparing to the previous 3, I enjoyed playing this one alot. I had no expectation, nor did I know of it, when at a flea market, without knowing, I turned around, and there it was, a three headed monkey. I mean, the new Monkey Island game. It was weird at first, but the story and puzzles were good. The finale.... a bit deja vu. Many of the places seemed more genuine than any telltale effort.

[@edusuntrebor]

Hands to kiss, babies to shake, sounds like he took a page from the campaigning handbook of Phil Ken Sebben.

[@Peppecrisaf]

Is there a way to play this game on Mac?

[@CaptEoNinja83]

I wish there was an Monkey Island soundtrack.

[@I967]

:D I have to find this somewhere and finally complete it after nearly 20 years. I got stuck at the bar, I couldn't win the hand-wrestling match with the old pirate. My English at that time wasn't very good, but I remember jerky pretzels and jump off the cliff joke very well :D

[@TeamNerdTV]

Carlo and Otis said they escaped from monkey island I have been binge watching your play throughs on these games and from what I seen from the first game they had a super easy time on monkey island come on game designers get with it haha

[@Dracomut]

This game is actually really freaking good, it just pales in comparison to the other games in the series (though I do like it more than 2)

[@pop5678eye]

Least favorite of the MI (TM) games I played. Still enjoyed the challenge to get through one time as frustrating and unfunny as it was.

[@EarFarce4]

1:06:21 I like how he just picks up that duck and moves along.The duck has no comments on it either.

[@Muhammedthemaverick]

I remember playing this when I was a kid it was a PC game

[@murple1537]

i wish they'd remaster this, in fact, the backgrounds and structures and everything look pretty good, just need some 4k textures and redo the characters so they aren't so pixel-y. looking back i know it's not awesome but it isn't bad either. i like the colors, not too story book but also bright and colorful like curse of monkey island.

[@epsilonlivs732]

I remember when I first got this game, I never even got past the pirate ship cause I couldn't figure the controls out

[@Bad888Max]

they need to remaster this as grim fandango damn

[@cooltjh4]

all i can say is. this was my first monkey island game so i loved it alot. i wish i could play the previous ones tho.

[@mizzar2797]

how come Carla and Ottis were abandoned on Monkey Island? Back in MI1, they dragged Guybrush back on a ship after he returned to hell

[@fredvdp5029]

Escape from Monkey Island assumes that Guybrush destroyed the ship with a boulder.

[@MrKeolee]

Hold on. Why is LeChuck jumping around in different outfits (ghost, zombie, and daemon)?

[@Regalskillz]

I still have this game and The curse of Monkey island too

[@TheMusic209]

I wish they put this out for ps4 just for nostalgia

[@Sonic6412]

They just did escape from monkey island digitally I got it for my Nintendo switch at GameStop for $24.99

[@Thomas_Fan2024]

September 8th 2020 Ah Memories I really want to get this Game back on PS2 like Dr Muto

[@huseyinerguven958]

"this is door to our bedroom...ohh yeaah"

[@benturner9805]

Hüseyin Ergüven best part 😂😂😂😂

[@huseyinerguven958]

I spent hours to find this line. Totally worth :)

[@ThePodPeople]

i love this game. the reason for their decline is because it involves too much brain power and you don't kill anything. some people are so shallow. i hope they do grim fandango soon.

[@jayamilapersson4030]

ThePodPeople YEAH heaven forbid the games that require using your brains rather then fast reflexes man I miss this kind of games.

[@oscarzxn4067]

Mh? it's not like there haven't been a lot of Adventure and puzzles games recently, especially from indie developers.......

[@TheLupin3222]

is there any sites we're i can download this game from?

[@froztgamergamesreactionsan6298]

Wonder what you can do if you beat this mandrel guy in insult sword fighting.

[@Biopunked]

@edusuntrebor I would say Elizabeth(Keira's character) is more based on Elaine (from the original trilogy and then curse) than the other way around :) Check how Elizabeth evolves from a governors daughter to a pirate lass between the films..But I would have to argue that Knightley couldn't pull it off for the life of her...

[@Reikis645]

2:30:39 Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan!

[@123crafter123]

Ui juma. Suomi perkele

[@MTTT19]

1:51:00 I wonder if that line is also a jab at Broken Sword?

[@EnergyCuddles]

Now THIS is a game.

[@ANTIcoFilms]

@Lorendor yes and also the n64-like graphics

[@lcgshogun]

This is really longplay :D

[@saralong5196]

1:55:10 after getting a prosthetic skin guybrush says : see u later. and Dave replies: "that makes one of us." what does he mean ?

[@starswonder99]

Well he's blind isn't he! He won't be seeing anything at all, let alone ''seeing Guybrush later''

[@crimsontide1980]

Hey I have this game on PS2 and I can't get it to save to a memory card, tried like 4 different ones. I can only get it to save once on each card and it won't load the game save if I turn the system on and put the disc in. It says "No memory card in slot 1, would you like to play without saving" when in start up the game, but if I go to Memory Card browser on my PS2 it shows my Monkey Island save on each card. This is the only game that does this to me.....any suggestions?!?! PLEASE help me someone !!

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

I'd suggest getting the PC version, it is superior to the PS2

[@4you7reviews]

+Classic80sStuff PS2 and PC versions are the same game. The only difference are the graphics. PC version is better, but not superior.

[@fatslug]

they replaced the cartooney appeal with 3d ugly. It seems harder to animate silly events, such as guybrush stuffing three bags of booty and a treasure chest into his pants. In the third installment, he would open a pocket and stuff it in while his pantaloons got bigger until finally the items settled and he looked normal. However, in the 3d ugly, he awkwardly picks up objects and holds them near his pants until the function told it to disappear. not conducive the visual art style of MI3

[@gaymothaunt]

I dunno, I think Tales did a decent job overall if it had its slow moments. Things change over time. If it was just the same thing every time there'd not be a lot of point in following it.

[@xxxx15us]

Agree with the others. I really love the voices, characters, music, etc. but the controls are just a huge barrier to actually enjoying playing. I did play it all the way through when I got it but I've played all the other MI games multiple times, I'd rather just watch this one now.

[@marblefan500]

I wish they would remake this game on the ScummVM . . . It feels too different for me :(.

[@sinine1100]

I kind of wish they had stuck with the artistic style of the first two games to begin with ... modernize the graphics as hardware improved and possibilities grew, but keep the general style. Rather than jump from to the original style to whole another type of cartoony for the third part and then suddenly jump to some odd 3D next up (some of those camera angles ... why?).

[@VolcanoTheBat]

i wish they'd make a curse of monkey island special edition by disney so they can make an escape from monkey island special edition

[@Hentarded]

Singit500 ScummVM is a, for lack of a better word, emulator for games that ran on the Scumm game engine. Since Escape From Monkey Island used GrimE, it's impossible to use ScummVM. This annoys me too -.- Heads up- ResidualVM, made by the same people, i believe, and they have made a similar program to ScummVM that runs GrimE games, including Grim Fandango and Escape From Monkey Island. Abit more complex to do (moving files and stuff...) But can be used none the less. Hope this makes you feel better...

[@FooPanda]

Moon You can run it on residualvm :3

[@coolcattigger]

Remember this for PS2 - never got anywhere though...

[@edusuntrebor]

@Biopunked She doesn't sound like her, but I think Prince is saying they have similar attitudes.

[@Soopytwist]

How did you even get off the raft at Pegnose Pete's house? That shit is bugged to fuckery. I can't continue - everything I've tried doesn't work.

[@Minyadagniriel]

Next time you play this game offer the Harbor Master woman the bowl of pretzels XD!!!!!

[@Apokhao]

18:15 'Offer bowl of jerky pretzels to catapult controls' Lol wut.

[@cerevor]

This looks like torture. The playstyle of the video also doesn't appeal to me. "Oh look, there's a bar! Let's walk pointlessly round in circles and then walk straight past it. Bars in MI games are never good places to go to."

[@BootyFlexin]

Did Carla and Otis really get left on Monkey Island I thought they came with in the first one.

[@itsaguinness]

I know the ultimate insult... removing Monkey Island 1& 2 from the iphone after Lucasarts put in all that work...

[@kon007nic]

this game i used to play it and its like the betst game , i will start it again

[@PowerpopPrince]

I think Elaine sounds better as an American, she was a bit to Keira Nightley for me in the Tales of xoxo

[@IconDevco]

long live cubex the king!

[@NotMikeStoklasa]

Still better than Telltale

[@cannon9009]

Well, at least Elaine and Guybrush look OK. But LeChuck just looks scary as FUK.

[@cannon9009]

Which number is this one? I hope it is 4

[@therealconniefrancis]

its 3

[@adcashmo]

Matina TheArtOfRolling no it's not its 4

[@kimballwhiting]

hahaha the voodoo lady looks like a rastafarian grimace

[@LawsFiveTwo]

dude 1 & 2 where the best period.

[@edusuntrebor]

TK-421 XD subtle reference

[@JQ377]

More back rubs and foot massages? ....Maybe later.

[@tsunas12]

This game reminded me of my old pc years ago. It was too old and weak to play this game,.

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

Lol yep the first Monkey Island game that required a 3D Acceleration Card. I really think it should have had a software rendering mode like Grim Fandango. I was lucky enough to have a high end 1GHZ 384MB ram Gateway with a Geforce 2 GTS and VX1120 22" CRT Monitor. That thing was a beast in it's day. Those were the days

[@saralong5196]

10 55 10 after guybrush gets the prosthetic skin he says see u later. then Dave replies that makes one of us what does Dave mean by that makes one of us

[@TheStealthX]

+sara long Because Dave is blind, and Guybrush says 'see you later'... 'SEE you later'. Dave is joking about how he's blind, so only one person will be seeing anything, hence 'that makes one of us'.

[@DaMultiPurpose]

Am i da only one who thinks the figurehead sounds like bobby from king of the hill

[@Gretchluver1]

+Ricky Adams Same voice actress: Pamela Segall Adlon

[@Shendu1010]

That look like a fun game.

[@isod33]

Now I know why it's a longplay.. He doesn't know how to use menus and control the character and it's actions :D Despite that, nostalgic game. I will own this again, one day!

[@samuelfawell9159]

To be fair, you don’t so much “control” guybrush in this, as “aim” him in this

[@isod33]

@@samuelfawell9159 Fair enough. Also, I now own the game again as I rued in my last comment :D

[@mrd9080]

This game... fun

[@ivorodrigues9789]

good times and free grog!

[@42jas325]

Yeah Curse of monkey island is great. it´s cool too that they made special edition of the 1st and 2nd game. they should make a special edition or something like that of escape from monkey island cuz i can´t find the game download or the grimE emulator for mac os x.

[@cooltjh4]

without the subs on you dont get some of the jokes, like in the lawyers office.

[@BiggusDickusTheFourth]

so many haters lol, I actually really liked this one, but it's true, nothing can beat Curse of Monkey Island

[@TheResidentBadass]

Don't let it happen again, private.

[@MisHapMusic]

MI2 = masterpiece