Throughout most of the game, you'll be exploring locations, such as Melee Island and Monkey Island, often with a clear goal in mind that must be achieved in the most ludicrous manner. Your actions in the game are propelled by a vast amount of dialogue and cinematic storytelling techniques, such as cross-cutting. Your character, the nerdy pirate wannabe Guybrush Threepwood, can move around, talk to characters, pick up items, and manipulate certain objects in the environment.
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In this type of adventure game, you use a series of commands to navigate your way through the world. Sword fighting is a highlight, but it's not the whole game. One character will throw out an insult, like "You fight like a dairy farmer!" and your job is to match it with an appropriate retort, like "How appropriate.
One standout experience typical of the humor in The Secret of Monkey Island is the classic "insult sword fighting," which is not based on skillful timing, but rather, on witty put-downs. So once you accept it and play along, you can appreciate the humor for what it is-hilarious. They speak with ironic awareness that they are, in fact, video game characters and can do ridiculous things. Not only are the settings and puzzles in Monkey Island amusing, but the characters are also witty in a way that we haven't seen in a long time. Generally, games have gotten bigger and more aggressive, or smaller and more accessible, but they have not developed a better sense of humor. The scurvy (and hilarious) pirates of Monkey Island return on your iDevice. And this nearly flawless iPhone version of The Secret of Monkey Island is just as clever as we remember.
Every new game offered considerable advancements, from voice-over "talkie" versions on CD-ROM to 3D graphics…and they were all riotously funny. Video game publisher LucasArts ruled the world of 1990s graphical adventure games with an iron fist.
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