Do you actually hate escape, or...?

[Marduk]

(Sorry for starting this thread twice; I made an error when adding the poll in the other one).

I know there's already been a lot of polls asking which is your favourite MI or which is your favourite out of a specific number of games... But I did notice from the replies to the poll that asked which was your preference out of all four titles many people said that while it wasn't their favourite they did enjoy the game.

So it doesn't have to be your favourite I just want to know if you liked it or not.

[Haggis]

I very much enjoyed playing it. Of course it wasn't perfect, and some of the puzzles were a bit crazy, but overall, I think it's a solid adventure game. It just had so much to live up to with the previous games, which were just legendary, all 3 of them. You'd have to come up with something pretty special to beat that.

(By the way, I like your avatar, Marduk.)

[gordy]

Escape is still a great game in my opinion. Even Monkey Kombat was bearable. It's just unfortante that MK went on for so long. I remember at the time simply being glad there was more Monkey Island for me to play and I still am.

[Marduk]

(OT); Everybody here seems to have avatars of the coolest things on this site, I thought that if anybody actually said anything about mine it would be mocked or scorned. Thanks

[serweet]

I loved it as a game, and that it was Monkey Island. It had great Jokes, hard puzzles and was enjoyable.
Thing is, it is just the weaklink of the MI franchise, it branched away from the normal trends of MI to appeal to more people, and it didn't quite pull off.
Great game though, just not the greatest.

[gordy]

(OT); Everybody here seems to have avatars of the coolest things on this site, I thought that if anybody actually said anything about mine it would be mocked or scorned. Thanks

But Donald Duck is awesome?
The best of the Disney characters.

[Gryffalio]

I really did like aspects of MI4, and while I didn't initially like the story as an MI game, it's really grown on me. I just think there were aspects which hurt it. The graphics were lazy (particularly talking about bg art here) and Jambalya/Knuttin Atol just felt to me like they'd cut a couple of stages of story development for them. That was just my preference, though. I think as a stand-alone game it was between 3 and 4 stars depending on my mood; as a Monkey Island game it was more like 2 stars because it just didn't feel like a MI game for whatever reason.

[threepcross]

I voted that I enjoyed it, but I didn't really enjoy it... I *loved* it.

[PimPamPet]

Escape is definitely the weakest in the series (so far... please don't let us down, Telltale!). I just couldn't get into it like the others. I enjoyed another Lucas game that came out around the same time (and used the same game engine, I believe) quite a bit more: Grim Fandango. Check that one out if you haven't, it's very awesome.

[onlyamonkey]

Lol, definetly no, I enjoyed it.

[doodo!]

If putting my rage at rest in defending this game were a puzzle you would have just solved it . I am surprised by all these people actually voting that they enjoyed the game. I'm simply glad.

[Marduk]

Originally Posted by ThunderPeel2001

You've got very limited poll responses!

What about... "It wasn't bad, but it wasn't as good as the others"?

because I just wanted to know if people liked it or not, not how much they liked it compared to other titles in the franchise. Other polls had already asked 'what was your favourite MI' and, as I said many people said that they enjoyed the 4th game but didn't vote for it.

I was being being specific in my vagueness.

Also, why did you put the word "hate" in your thread title when they isn't any option, either?

I don't know. I didn't really think about it. I'm a little surprised anybody cares. I used it in the title (and made the thread's title first) because there is a lot of animosity from fans towards the game. I put "didn't enjoy it" as an option because I wanted a blanket term for everybody who didn't like it. The field was there because if I ran a poll with only one field then the results would tell me nothing. I wanted to know if people didn't like it, and if somebody hates it then I'm quite certain they're included in that.

Although I disliked EMI, I'm also an adventure game fan and enjoyed playing the puzzles... So does that mean I "liked" it? Yeah, at times, definitely. Does that mean I liked it in terms of MI? No, I didn't really like those terms. So which is it?

As an adventure game: Not bad. As an MI game: Not good.

So you like it from one point of view but not from another. I actually considered letting people choose multiple answers but I didn't think anybody would really need to. It it possible you liked it more as an adventure game than you did as an MI game, or visa versa? If not then you can always vote indifference or refrain from voting.

I think that this is entirely a conflict on your end and this poll won't be able to help you. Sorry about that.

[Olaus Petrus]

Like I have said in more than five EfMI threads, I didn't hate the game. It's good adventure, but weakest of the series.

My issues with the game were keyboard controls, monkey kombat, LeChuck as Ozzie's servant, Jambalaya Island (I didn't like the commerical look) and part of the story which was in conflict with the earlier games. But otherwise it was enjoyable game with good puzzles. Those issues however aren't major ones, except the claim that Governor Marley disappeared 20 years ago.

[Marduk]

Originally Posted by Olaus Petrus

Like I have said in more than five EfMI threads, I didn't hate the game. It's good adventure, but weakest of the series...... LeChuck as Ozzie's servant,

Ozzie was the guy who hatched the plan in the first place and he hated ALL pirates. He might have been in a partnership with LeChuck but doesn't mean he's going to have any love for the guy.

Jambalaya Island (I didn't like the commercial look)

I quite liked the social commentaries made in this, and in the way Melee island had changed on Guybrush's return. Plus the irony that the lives of the pirates of the Caribbean were being ruined by commercialism and tourism cracked me up at every turn.

and part of the story which was in conflict with the earlier games.

Mind if I ask which part you're referring too? I don't have a copy of MI4 anymore. (My version was for PS2 and I think the disk was scratched up and thrown out long, long ago).

Those issues however aren't major ones, except the claim that Governor Marley disappeared 20 years ago.

didn't he? (I don't have copies of either of the first 2 games laying around, either).

[Rather Dashing]

Hate it? I don't even dislike it.

[glenfx]

I "liked" it since it was Monkey Island, but just hated the controls and i have a strong-special hate towards the Monkey Kombat parts, not to say the end was terrible and would like to forget there are "robots" in a pirate game, everything was "fine" until that lame point.

MI4 and Grim Fandango are two games that I havent played more than one time, which is bad.
I play MI1,2&3 at least once or twice a year.

[VagrantWulf]

I liked it, and I actually liked it a lot more than CMI as I felt it was a touch closer to the Guybrush I knew and loved, a step in the right direction then.

As for your avatar, Marduk, I wouldn't worry and I rather like it. There's a big number of us around here who have very odd things for our avatars. In my case, it's the eye from a bit of werewolf art I commissioned.

[Irishmile]

Uh? Its all because of a voodoo spell.... The events of MI4 are just a mind altering trance performed by LeChuck... See the game is brilliant.

[KB57]

Originally Posted by Olaus Petrus

Like I have said in more than five EfMI threads, I didn't hate the game. It's good adventure, but weakest of the series.

My issues with the game were keyboard controls, monkey kombat, LeChuck as Ozzie's servant, Jambalaya Island (I didn't like the commerical look) and part of the story which was in conflict with the earlier games. But otherwise it was enjoyable game with good puzzles. Those issues however aren't major ones, except the claim that Governor Marley disappeared 20 years ago.

What he said. Exactly. With the addition that I didn't mind Monkey Kombat all that much (as long as I played with a second party who could note down the correct answers) because it felt so bloody great when I finally beat the game.

[Jexxer]

Apart from the Major Canon Issues, my main problem with it was Jambalaya Island. Yes, I understand and appreciate the social commentaries, but...the island itself is just too repellent. The moment I step foot on it I want that part of the game to be over as soon as possible. The whole atmosphere of the place just rubs me the wrong way. And Planet Threepwood? God, not even Murray makes me want to stick around...

Knuttin' I liked, though. Especially the music change when you cross over past Admiral Casaba’s ship. I just wish there had been more to explore on it.

Overall I liked the game, but...it's just my least favorite of the series.