escape from monkey island choppy cutscenes

It's like if the original Alone in the Dark was on fast-forward. The instant Guybrush bumps into an object, he turns direction and suddenly you're on the wrong side of the screen. The 3D engine used here just doesn't work like it should. I remember liking it when I played it 20 years ago but it's pretty telling that I remembered the big box art more than the game itself. I went in hoping that this was better than its reputation. If you're into the Monkey Island series and you want to continue with Guybrush's story, then I think you'll be glad you got through it, but be prepared to endure some early 3d growing pains. It's not terrible honestly, but the legacy of the first three games makes this one's sins more painful to bear.

I would recommend this game to anyone interested in completing the Monkey Island saga for completion.

Heavy puzzle areas rewarded by extended cutscenes.Fun, interesting new locations mixed with visiting old ones.It's Monkey Island humor but doesn't seem as top notch.In for tediously learning an arbitrary set of fighting game moves in a Mortal Kombat parody. Here are some other complaints about this entry. Holding forward to walk places is incredibly frustrating because often Guybrush just gets caught on some invisible barrier and you need to turn around and try again. Once 3d hit the scene, 'pixel hunting' for items involves walking to every nook and cranny in the room seeing if a prompt appears.

I get that video games had to evolve, but early 3d from the 2000's just looks and plays so terribly when compared to how far these games had come making amazing 2d environments. It looks and plays very similarly to Grim Fandango in fact, and I don't think that 3d did the series any favors. After 3 gorgeously made 2d point and click adventures this game was made in a 3d engine, the same one Grim Fandango uses if you're familiar with that. *Edit: From a quick test, the Steam version is also pre-patched to 1.1 and won't crash for me in the video cutscenes (tested the full intro).Įdit 2: Also, maybe it's worth checking and disabling 'background' ScummVM features like autosaving and Cloud synching, if they are enabled, at least for making sure that they're not responsible for the freezes.Escape from Monkey Island, the fourth installment in the series, was the last adventure game LucasArts ever released. Maybe you're missing the official patch? Maybe it's some localized version other than English which we haven't tested enough? Since I can only test with the GOG* English version, which is pre-patched to version 1.1 of the game, and I don't get the crashes, I can only point you to our wiki page which has specific instructions for how to set up the CD version. I have the original discs so the files are from them and had them on for years even when ResidualVM was around and PC is Windows 10 Home. The version I used is the same as yours (2.6.0git)

Escape from monkey island choppy cutscenes