As any old-school adventure gamer will testify, The Secret Of Monkey Island had it all. A winning combination of swashbuckling exploits, romance and insult sword fighting, Ron Gilbert's masterpiece was the spark that ignited the point-and click-powder keg in the early '90s, securing LucasArts' position as trendsetter in a market saturated with these titles.
Cultured Vultures: We’ve taken into account every monkey, every eye patch and every undead pirate, so without further ado, here are the Monkey Island games across the franchise’s history ranked from worst to best.
The Humble Tales of Love & Adventure Game Bundle just launched today. It features Indivisible, Blacksad: Under the Skin, and Telltale Batman Shadows Edition, Tales of Monkey Island, and more. As usual, you pay what you want. A percentage goes to support charity.
HPP's I Coleman takes a good hard look at the Monkey Island series, and why the third, fourth, and fifth games in particular are so unfairly maligned.