New to Monkey island, in which order to play them?

[Misa]

Or should I just skip the old ones and play this?

[GAMING_Alligator]

Origineel geplaatst door Dominian:

1,2,3,5.

Escape and Tales can be skipped.

Errr ... Tales is #5?

[Rocket Baby Dolls]

I'd highly recommend the first three games. Tales is good but starts off slow, it may take a couple of episodes to start getting into it but it's worth a full playthrough.

Escape is okay for the most part but it suffers with some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ puzzles and some dodgy writing. The final act is an absolute fallacy of gaming in general. I'd recommend playing through it once, with a guide, to experience the series in full. Be prepared to either have a massive exercise in patience with the final act or forego the frustration and just watch someone else play through it imstead to experience the ending.

Tl;dr Play through them 1-6 but be prepared for the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of Escape, no one will think less of you for abandoning it at any point.

[globefish23]

Origineel geplaatst door Misa:

Yeah, I've been thinking about skipping 3D ones, they don't look as appealing.

That's not the problem.
It's the lack of point-and-click mouse controls.
It exclusively works via relative directional controls with keyboard cursors (bad) or a controller (slightly less bad).

You basically "drive" Guybrush through the levels like an RC car.
Plenty of transition sections, where suddenly the camera changes, causing you to immediately go back to the previous area.

[Snake61AU]

The newer games reference events in older games but they don't depend on having played those games to understand them or their narratives so I would say play in the order you're comfortable with.

[boyisultra]

Origineel geplaatst door DJ Polocatfan:

Secret, Monkey Island II, Curse, Escape (if you want), Tales, Return

"If you want" 😂 shade!

I love Escape.

[boyisultra]

Origineel geplaatst door globefish23:

Origineel geplaatst door Misa:

Yeah, I've been thinking about skipping 3D ones, they don't look as appealing.

That's not the problem.
It's the lack of point-and-click mouse controls.
It exclusively works via relative directional controls with keyboard cursors (bad) or a controller (slightly less bad).

You basically "drive" Guybrush through the levels like an RC car.
Plenty of transition sections, where suddenly the camera changes, causing you to immediately go back to the previous area.

Why does Escape get so much hate, but Grim Fandango doesnt?

[sWEEDish]

escape it the only one worth looking in to.

[stevo]

People really disliked the 3D controls huh. I never saw an issue, even back when people complained about Broken Sword 3 + 4.

[Priest of Syrinx]

Origineel geplaatst door Misa:

Yeah, I've been thinking about skipping 3D ones, they don't look as appealing.

Tales are actually quite good story- and character-wise. First two chapters have some boring mazes (easy but tedious) but it gets better as the series goes on. Episode 4's ending is on my list of most memorable scenes in the franchise.
Escape is worth experiencing at least once (I actually replayed them all including Escape). Some retcons and ideas are a bit lame, Monkey Kombat is sttill dreadful (it's the worst kind of puzzle: you are given the solution at the start and then it's just boring busywork) but there are some good moments there.

Origineel geplaatst door boyisultra:

Why does Escape get so much hate, but Grim Fandango doesnt?

I think this early pseudo-3D works much better with Grim Fandango's artstyle. And the story doesn't fall apart in the last act. And there is no Monkey Kombat. And it was re-released with point and click controls.

[GAMING_Alligator]

Origineel geplaatst door boyisultra:

Origineel geplaatst door globefish23:

That's not the problem.
It's the lack of point-and-click mouse controls.
It exclusively works via relative directional controls with keyboard cursors (bad) or a controller (slightly less bad).

You basically "drive" Guybrush through the levels like an RC car.
Plenty of transition sections, where suddenly the camera changes, causing you to immediately go back to the previous area.

Why does Escape get so much hate, but Grim Fandango doesnt?

They remastered that one and fixed the controls.

[Ackerlight]

Origineel geplaatst door Misa:

Or should I just skip the old ones and play this?

Monkey 1 2 and after, MI III Curse of Monkey Island, and you´re done.
This game is a joke, a very bad one.

[Ares4X]

Monkey Island 1,2 and 3...i never finished the 4 part and played the later games...
I also recommend the Special Editions, cause of the voiceover.

[Jickets]

Origineel geplaatst door Sync Entity:

Origineel geplaatst door Misa:

Or should I just skip the old ones and play this?

Monkey 1 2 and after, MI III Curse of Monkey Island, and you´re done.
This game is a joke, a very bad one.

Agreed! And this is not an opinion, this are verifiable facts.

[GAMING_Alligator]

Origineel geplaatst door Jickets:

Origineel geplaatst door Sync Entity:

Monkey 1 2 and after, MI III Curse of Monkey Island, and you´re done.
This game is a joke, a very bad one.

Agreed! And this is not an opinion, this are verifiable facts.

ROTFL