To top it all off, everyone seems to be looking for a voodoo artifact called the Ultimate Insult. What adds to the political intrigue is that the pirate hangouts in the Tri-Island area are being bought up and made into tourist-friendly venues like StarBuccaneer's and Planet Threepwood, thanks to an Australian land developer named Ozzie Mandrill. Charles, a foppish glad-hander with a dark secret. This incorrect declaration has ended her lifetime term as governor, so she must now run against Charles L. In this chapter of Guybrush Threepwood's adventures, the self-proclaimed mighty pirate and his new bride, Governor Elaine Marley, have returned from their honeymoon only to find that Elaine has been declared dead. But the game's missteps do detract from the overall experience. When it's good, Escape from Monkey Island is very, very good. This inconsistency winds through the whole game, from the puzzles to the interface. Much of it is funny, although a lot of it isn't. This is true of Escape from Monkey Island, the fourth game in the series. Whereas games like Full Throttle and Grim Fandango emphasized character and story, the Monkey Island games have increasingly leaned toward trying to make you laugh by means of an endless barrage of puns and pop-culture references. In contrast to most LucasArts adventures, the Monkey Island games have always been really over the top.

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