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Guybrush is set adrift after failing to find the fabled treasure Big Whoop. Feeling the situation is hopeless, Guybrush eventually stumbles into a battle and is apprehended by his arch-nemesis the Zombie Pirate LeChuck. Right from the get-go the story is engaging and funny. The opening sequence is one of the more memorable in adventure gaming history, and immediately you feel for the pathetic Guybrush. After he is captured, Guybrush is rescued by his lady love Elaine. Using a ring he finds on LeChuck's ship, Guybrush proposes to Elaine, but no sooner is the ring on her finger than she turns into a gold statue.

Yes, that's right -- as if you couldn't guess, the ring is cursed. The rest of the game is centered around finding an antidote for the curse. On your way, you'll meet an innumerable cast of memorable characters -- including Murray the talking skull a running gag throughout the game , and Kenny, a fat little swindler who reminds me of a certain someone from South Park.

The story surrounding the game isn't ultra-complicated and it's not as sophisticated as others; however, it's engaging, funny and memorable, and when you finish, you'll wish you hadn't.

The interface in The Curse of Monkey Island is easy and intuitive, and takes all of two minutes to learn. It is almost identical to the interface used in LucasArts' Full Throttle. There aren't really any big innovations in gameplay here over the previous two episodes, which depending on your position you can view as good or bad.

I am all for pushing the envelope in gaming and I very much like to see new ideas put to good use, but it is nice to know that a good ol' conventional game can still be produced, and there is a refreshing tendency with the Monkey Island series not to mess with success. I've always been a fan of games like this, and they're not as common as they used to be. I'm very glad to see the masters remind us all how it is to be done, and I hope the success of this game will inspire them to make sequels to some of their other classic adventure games.

The puzzles in Monkey Island are well varied. Like any good adventure game, the puzzles can be frustrating, but if you persist the solution will ultimately present itself. The story and gameplay here were a pleasure from every aspect, and the puzzles were interwoven with the plot of the game in such a way as to not seem tacked on for the sake of appeasing the world's Myst fans.

It uses the same 3D engine that the far more original Grim Fandango inaugurated and features some great voice acting, but Escape suffers from being too uneven and too derivative. If you haven't played the first two titles you'll miss so many references that most of the game won't make sense, but on the flip side, you won't notice that almost every joke and situation is borrowed or recycled from those gems. To make up for it, Escape does have a lot of subversive, self-deprecating digs at both George Lucas and its own desperate attempts to be a commercial success.

And it's still a great game. The Curse of Monkey Island, a really nice adventure game sold in for Windows, is available and ready to be played again!

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