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===Critical reviews=== {{Video game reviews | MC = 89/100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-curse-of-monkey-island/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=The Cure of Monkey Island Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2014-11-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122200918/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-curse-of-monkey-island |archive-date=2015-01-22}}</ref> | AdvGamers = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="ag review"/> | Allgame = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=5432&tab=review|title=The Curse of Monkey Island - Review|website=[[AllGame]]|author=House, Michael L.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115033614/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=5432&tab=review|archive-date=2014-11-15|access-date=2014-11-15}}</ref> | CGW = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=cgw>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_164.pdf |title=Monkey Shines (The Curse of Monkey Island Review) |author=Green, Jeff |author-link=Jeff Green (writer) |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=164 |date=March 1998 |pages=152β153 |access-date=September 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816005005/http://www.gamespot.com/adventure/monkey3/review_cgw.html |archive-date=August 16, 2000 |url-status=live}}</ref> | Edge = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Curse of Monkey Island|author=Edge staff|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|issue=53|date=December 25, 1997}}</ref> | GSpot = 9/10<ref name="gamespot review"/> | NGen = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="NG"/> | PCGUS = 95%<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/289.html|title=Curse of Monkey Island, The|journal=[[PC Gamer]]|author=Trotter, William R.|date=February 1998|page=95|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991206173715/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/289.html|archive-date=1999-12-06|url-status=dead|access-date=2014-11-15}}</ref> | PCZone = 92%<ref name="pczone review"/> | rev5 = ''[[GamePro#PC Games|PC Games]]'' | rev5Score = A<ref name=pcgamesrev>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990828060811/http://www.games.net/pcgames/articles/0,1034,1211,00.html?CHANNEL=pcgames&AD_SECTION=review | url=http://www.games.net:80/pcgames/articles/0,1034,1211,00.html?CHANNEL=pcgames&AD_SECTION=review | title=''The Curse of Monkey Island'' | date=January 5, 1998 | author=Brenesal, Barry | work=[[GamePro#PC Games|PC Games]] | archive-date=August 28, 1999 | url-status=dead}}</ref> }} ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' said that ''The Curse of the Monkey Island'' is a worthy addition in LucasArts's pantheon of the adventure games.<ref name=cgw /> [[GameSpot]] praised the cartoonish graphical style, the music, the pop culture witticisms, the characters, and the challenging but not frustrating puzzles.<ref name="gamespot review">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/the-curse-of-monkey-island-review/1900-2542629/|title=The Curse of Monkey Island Review|website=[[GameSpot]]|author=Ryan, Michael E.|date=1997-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412163227/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/curseofmonkeyisland/review.html|archive-date=2006-04-12|url-status=live|access-date=2014-11-15}}</ref> ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' remarked that the game is superficially attractive, with LucasArts's usual superlative production values showing in the music, artwork, voice acting, and animation, but suffers from uninspired puzzle design, a lack of a strong narrative pull, an absence of genuine innovation over the first two ''Monkey Island'' games, and a number of pop culture references that serve only to jerk the player out of the atmosphere. They concluded that the game is just barely fun enough to satisfy fans of the series.<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=39|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=March 1998|page=113}}</ref> Just Adventure praised the game's music as enjoyable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/CMI/CMI_Review.shtm|title=Review: The Curse of Monkey Island|publisher=Just Adventure|author=Rollo, Peter|date=1997-11-25|access-date=2006-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610140248/http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/CMI/CMI_Review.shtm |archive-date=2011-06-10}}</ref> Adventure Classic Gaming addressed plot criticism, saying "Some gamers may criticize the numerous farfetched plot twists in this game", while "some may just call it creative writing!",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/51/ |title=The Curse of Monkey Island Review |publisher=Adventure Classic Gaming |author=Linkola, Joonas |date=1998-01-10 |access-date=2006-01-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060321123414/http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/51 |archive-date=2006-03-21}}</ref> and Adrenaline Vault likened ''The Curse of Monkey Island'' to the adventure genre as a whole: "The twin vitals of an adventure game are a good plot coupled with strong dialogue. This game has both, in spades".{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} Although [[Adventure Gamers]] cited the graphic style's "refusal to take itself seriously" was adding "immensely to the game's charm", they found the [[Minor characters in Monkey Island|secondary characters]] "criminally underdeveloped" and the ending as anticlimactic.<ref name="ag review">{{cite web|url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17499|title=The Curse of Monkey Island Review|publisher=[[Adventure Gamers]]|author=Schembri, Tamara|date=2002-05-20|access-date=2013-11-13}}</ref> The abrupt ending of the game received criticism from GameSpot, Just Adventure and ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'', the last of which called it "the game's only real disappointment".<ref name=cgw /> ''[[PC Zone]]'' described that due to the introduction of cartoonish graphics "for ''Monkey'' devotees of the first two titles something tiny and almost intangible has been lost", while still scoring the game a 92/100, praising the voice over work and humor of the game.<ref name="pczone review">{{cite journal|url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3210|title=PC Review: Monkey Island 3: The Curse Of Monkey Island|journal=[[PC Zone]]|author=Lopez, Amaya|year=1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407171909/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3210|archive-date=2008-04-07|url-status=dead|access-date=2014-11-15}}</ref> In a retrospective review, RPGFan commented that the additions of detailed graphics and the spoken dialogue managed to take the story to a whole new level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/monkeyisland3/Monkey_Island_3.html |title=The Curse of Monkey Island Review |author=Slime |publisher=RPGFan |date=2001 |access-date=2006-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521072828/http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/monkeyisland3/Monkey_Island_3.html |archive-date=2006-05-21}}</ref>
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