God no, I'm sick to death of that place. It was great in the first game: mysterious, atmospheric, begging to be explored. But ever since then the games tend to go to hell whenever they reach Monkey Island. Curse, for instance, was almost perfect up to that point (Chapter 1-4 are bloody fantastic) but as soon as it shows up we're faced with annoying retcons, stupid explanations for the previous game's ending, and bad Disneyland parodies. And as for Escape, I rather liked Jambalaya, but damn if Monkey Island wasn't the most boring, soulless place in that game.
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