Period coverage and modern retrospectives across all six games.
Computer Gaming World
5 / 5
"LucasFilm has released what may be the best graphic adventure of the year... The writing is superb, the humour consistent and genuinely funny, and the puzzle design is exactly what the genre has needed."
1991
Amiga Power
92%
"Funny, brilliantly designed, and with a musical system that puts every other Amiga game to shame. The iMUSE engine is an achievement that deserves to be talked about for years."
1990
PC Gamer UK
94%
"The sequel improves on the original in virtually every measurable way — larger, richer, funnier, and with a score that is among the finest in computer gaming. The ending will be talked about for a generation."
1992
PC Gamer
93%
"A triumphant return to form. The hand-painted art is gorgeous, Dominic Armato's voice performance is pitch-perfect, and the comedy has lost none of the series' irreverent wit. Murray is a star."
1997
GameSpot
8.0 / 10
"The 3D engine is a step sideways rather than forward, and Monkey Kombat outstays its welcome. But the writing remains sharp and the voice cast excellent. A flawed but affectionate entry."
2000
IGN
8.5 / 10
"Telltale has done the impossible: made a new Monkey Island game that feels authentic. The episodic format suits the series' chapter-like structure and the voice cast is in fine form."
2009
Eurogamer
Essential
"Ron Gilbert has made the Monkey Island game he always wanted to make, and it is extraordinary — funny, bittersweet, self-aware, and culminating in an ending that earns its emotional weight after thirty years."
2022
PC Gamer
88 / 100
"A game about nostalgia that refuses to be merely nostalgic. The art style is divisive but deliberate. The writing is the sharpest Gilbert has produced since 1991. The ending is exactly what it needed to be."
2022
The Guardian
★★★★★
"A remarkable achievement — a sequel that justifies its existence and then some. Gilbert has thought deeply about what it means to return to something you loved, and the result is moving as well as funny."
2022