One of the best games of all time, if you have a PC get this game!
Synopsis: I'll try to not give away any of the story so I might miss out a few details in this short summary...Guybrush Threepwood, mighty pirate, asks the love of his life Elaine to marry him but the engagement ring Guybrush puts on her finger is cursed and turns her into solid gold. Meanwhile LeChuck, the evil pirate who wants to marry Elaine himself is building up a zombie army. Can Guybrush save Elaine and defeat LeChuck once more?
Positives: The best 2D graphics I have ever seen, wonderful hand painted backgrounds, unbeaten animation, in my opinion if the resolotion was higher (It looks slightly stretched on a resolotion of 1152x864) I'd say this would be the only movie-quailty game I have played. The music is brilliant, superbly written and is never seems out of place. The voice overs are also fantasic, definately some of LucasArts finest voice work. Humour is unbeaten in this game and it is one the funniest games I have played. What other game has pirate barbers who can sing ("every haircut is an adventure"), an evil demonic pirate called LeChuck and a main character with a name like Guybrush Threepwood? The Puzzles all seem relevant and logical until part 5...
Negatives: There are six parts in this game, but parts 5 and 6 seem extremely lackluster. Part 5 takes place in a carnival but it is only takes up one screen , and there is only one puzzle to solve before Part 6, where you have to destroy LeChuck, which is possibly one of the easiest puzzles in the game (for me, and I am terrible at adventure games). The ending is also meh.
Gameplay: The Curse of Monkey Island is a point and click graphic adventure game. In this game you click on an object or person and a number of choices appear. USE, LOOK or TALK. There are puzzles you have to solve to advance in the game like in all adventures.
Verdict: Buy this game or LeChuck will make you into one of skeleton pirates!