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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

The Secret of Monkey Island took the world by storm, it wasn't long before people's hearts was at Lucasart's (Lucasfilm then) begging for a sequel. Monkey Island 2 : LeChuck's Revenge was then born, The game was bigger than the first Monkey Island, and is quite possibly the biggest Monkey Island, Puzzle and Island wise. Monkey Island 2 : LeChuck's Revenge was a Graphical Wonder by then, but today, The screenshots are like brilliant art. I love this game for many reasons, One of them being part of the best series of all time, forget George Stobart and his sword which isn't even broken, and Rincewind who can't cast a useful spell, Guybrush Threepwood is back in his second game.

'My Name's Guybrush Threepwood, I'm selling these fine leather jackets!'

Guybrush Threepwood has returned for the starring role of Monkey Island 2, the main character who is (or is hiding) a dorkey character. Guybrush is still boasting on how he has killed the Ghost Pirate LeChuck, everyone he meets are not allowed to forget the story, or else they are forced to hear it again. Many Pirates tell Guybrush that once LeChuck wants you dead, 'YOU'RE DEAD!'. Luckily for Guybrush, he killed LeChuck, and is searching for the Greatest Power of all, Big Whoop, but LeChuck is close to resurrection, and has a powerful friend with him, Largo!

That is one brilliant storyline, It will definitely grip you to the very end! Guybrush Threepwood has grown himself a beard. Guybrush is still as goofy as he ever was, and still has the great quotes like ''I am selling these fine leather jackets!''. Many Character's return to Monkey Island 2 : LeChuck's Revenge, Plus there is many new characters. As you already know, Guybrush and LeChuck return, Governor Elaine Marley, Stan, Herman Toothrot and The Voodoo Lady, four other main characters return, and some unimportant characters like the men of low moral fiber. The new characters are just brilliant, A Selected few return in the newer Monkey Island's, like Wally, who you just can't help been sorry for.

Weird Thought: Can somebody tell me why in each Monkey Island game, about 4 extra islands appear on the Caribbean map?

In The Secret of Monkey Island, Guybrush visited Melee Island and Monkey Island in an epic storyline, In Monkey Island 2, Guybrush goes to Scabb, Booty, Phatt and Dinky Island, Each Island has it's own characters and locations, Puzzles and humor. Monkey Island 2 : LeChucks Revenge has an interesting feature, not used in any other Monkey Island game so far (Well, You can go from Jambalaya to Knuttin' Atoll on Monkey Island 4, and from Blood to Skull on Curse of Monkey Island, but I wouldn't say that would count much) you can go to any three islands at anyone time during the second act. You will have to warp islands many times, like getting an item from Scabb Island to use on something on Booty Island, allowing you to do something on Phatt Islands, That is another reason this game is a smash hit!

Sometimes when playing Monkey Island 2 : LeChuck's Revenge, I wonder why and how come it feels different from the other games, For example, In Monkey Island 1, 3 and 4 you have Insult Sword fighting, In LeChuck's revenge, you don't. However, LeChuck's Revenge does prove as the hardest Monkey Island, and One of the most funniest games made. The Tradition point and click returns (Why did Lucasarts scrap it during Escape from Monkey Island?) and uses the same panel from The Secret of Monkey Island, Like you click open a button at the bottom of the screen, the choices are ; Open and Close, which are for opening and closing doors, drawers etc, Giver, where you can give people items as part as puzzles, Pick Up, so you can pick up items, look at, you can have a look at everything interactive-able, Talk to, You can speak to just about anyone, Use, you can use items with another, and Push and Pull, which basically pull's and pushes items. Like other Monkey island games, it is nearly impossible to die, but you can once or twice, but you have another chance, and it is difficult to die.

The Music is just one of the many things which makes Monkey island so popular, Monkey Island 2 : LeChuck's Revenge helps in this, Everything from the all famous Monkey Island theme tune to Wally's theme tune, From Booty Island music to the ending music, Everything doesn't go a miss. There is no voice acting in Monkey Island 2, but remember, there is about a 5 year difference from Monkey island 2 and The Curse of Monkey Island.

LeChuck's Revenge isn't getting any younger, and it is getting difficult to find. Lucasart's have just recently released a bounty pack, featuring the first three Monkey Island games, and a software called White Label have released Monkey Island 1 and 2, which I got for £4.99, and is worth every penny, but LeChuck's Revenge only has one version on that game, the Hard Version. The one on the bounty pack has the easy version as well, But I recommend buying the Bounty Pack, it runs smoother and has the easy mode (Easy mode is a must for new gamers and magazine reviewers)

So is it any better? In my honest opinion, yes, it is much longer, so much to explore, great puzzles, excellent story and is worth every penny. It is indeed darker than the first game as the game is set around vengance, still it has the Monkey island feel and humour.

Good
- The second installment of the best game series of all time!
- Brilliant characters!
- Four different Islands.
- A Brilliant storyline.
- Two modes.
- Difficult and great storylines.
- More Voodoo then you can shake!
- Well over 30 hours of gameplay.
- Hilarious

Bad

- No Insult Sword-fighting.
- Sometimes LeChuck gets a bit carried away with his evilness!
- That damn string is so hard to find! I kicked myself when I finally found it!

Summary

Graphics - 10/10
Sound - 9/10
Music - 10/10
Gameplay - 10/10
Enjoyment - 10/10
Challenge - 9/10
Lifespan - 10/10
Overall - 10/10

Alternatives: I can recommend the first game or the ones after this one, but for a change try Loom, Sam and Max, Day of the Tentacle, Maniac Mansion and even Indiana Jones.

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 01/25/03, Updated 01/25/03

Title The Secret Of Monkey Island II (LeChuck's Revenge)
Game Type Adventure
Company LucasFilm
Players 1
HD Installable Yes
Compatibility Disable AGA
Submission top_cat@post8.tele.dk (Jens Vang Petersen)

Review
Guybrush Threepwood is back, and so are many of the other characters from the
first game. Stan is now selling coffins and Woodoo-mama provides dolls for
everyone to play with. LeChuck is also back, now in a cool 3/4 invisible
mode, and he's quite pissed with Guybush (We wonder why, don't we)..
Guybush has a big problem, everybody is sick of hearing about his adventure
with LeChuck (except himselve of course). So he decides to go after the big
treasure 'The Big Whoop' that's said to be hidden on a remote island, to
get some new stories to tell. Everything starts with a little man by the name
of Largo, he is stealing all your money, that calls for some revenge. So you
go and visit Woodoo-mama from the first game, and she gives you a shopping
list so she can make a doll of Largo (And you can put pins in it)..
Another problem to face is how to get some money for a ship so you can go
after the treasure, but perhaps you could get a job as a chef. To do that
you have to get the current chef fired, and a dead rat in the soup is just
one way to do that.. Among other cute things is that you have to win a
spitting competition (!), and to get to Woodoo-mama in the first place you
have to use a coffin as a boat... Sometimes into the game you'll need a
hammer, so you have to steal one. But to do that you'll have to get the
owner away, maybe damaging a wooden-leg could be the answer to that.. One
of the other many highlights in this funny thing is nailing a coffin shut
with Stan INSIDE (YES !!), or how about a dream with two skeletons dancing
boogie...
The game contains some 'wild' long-shots, if you go into a market on one
of the islands you can find a poster of 'Elvis' (Yes, him). There's several
references to movies like 'Star Wars' (Help me take this mask off), and
there's (as usual in Lucas-games) loads of things to do that has nothing at
all to do with the problems, but it's great fun..
The game is as high a standard as the first one, the sound is not so nice,
but what the hell, games like this are based on gameplay and great problems,
rather than fancy graphics or good sound.. The only real downer in this
game is the ending, that's realy lame..