4 reviews for:

The Mysteries of Monkey Island: All Aboard to Take on the Pirates!

Nicolas Deneschau, Nicolas Deneschau

3.3 AVERAGE

kielewyote's review against another edition

2.5

informative reflective slow-paced

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I wanted to like this book, but as you can see from when I started to finish, it took me a year. It wasn’t a big enough page turner for me to keep reading. As a fellow fan, I am greatly appreciative of his effort in writing this book. I think a big “miss” was a lack of any artwork. I think fans would’ve really enjoyed photos of the designers, stills from the game, etc. Maybe there was a legit reason not to have these things (copyright permissions), but it definitely would’ve made the book more enjoyable.

rocketwave's review against another edition

3.0

informative fast-paced

wouter_dhondt's review against another edition

3.0

informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

weyensl's review against another edition

4.0

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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I'm a big fan of the Monkey Island series and when I first saw the Kickstarter for this book, I knew I had to back it. I had already read a bit about the team behind the Monkey Island games in The Art of Point and Click Adventure Games by Bitmap Books, but this was on another level. I loved every bit of information and every anecdote that was presented in the book. Going through the games chronologically and providing the reviews for the games at the time was really enlightening.
For a series of games that are new universally seen as timeless masterpieces, which at the time might have been well received but didn't always reflect in sales is baffling. I guess like wine, some games mature with age.
Once I get through the Broken Sword games I am definitely revisiting the Monkey Island series (again)