Rating: 
Summary: Fun or all in the anachronic Caribbean
Review: While I was a relative newbie to the Monkey Island series (I had only played the 'Curse' demo and a little bit of 'Secret'), I found Escape from Monkey Island to be very enjoyable. I was able to run the game on a generic 3d card with minimal trouble(the only glitch I encountered was being unable to see which action I had selected from the list without hitting 'enter'). Otherwise, the game runs in beautiful 3d graphics, with fluid animation. The keyboard controls are a little strange at first, and a mouse option would have been nice. The game is filled with memorable humor, as many characters return from previous Monkey games(such as Murray the evil skull) and new, equally funny ones(such as Marco de Pollo) are introduced. The game is filled with in-jokes, however, and you may want to save this one until you've played at least Secret of Monkey Island(which seemed to contain the source of many). The humor is clean, so you won't have to worry if you let your kids play. The puzzles are cleverly made(although some can be slightly obscure; Lucre Island comes to mind), and shouldn't be too much of a problem for anyone. The gameplay is varied by the use of minigames, such as Insult Arm Wrestling, and Monkey Kombat. Strangely, LucasArts ships a small walkthrough booklet in each box, which can be often too tempting after racking your brain on a puzzle for an hour. If you want a mind-testing, humorous game you can play in your spare time, you may want to give EFMI a serious look.
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