curse of monkey island be a treasure while in my opinion the series a a whole be the holy grail of adventure gaming and not to mention lucasarts . but to return to curse and whats beautiful about cmi be that it not afraid to be itself . it do deviate from the first two but still remain faithful to the ron gilbert production ( if only the same could be say about the 4th installment of the series . ) . the voice work be impeccable and with dominic armato play our favorite protagonist guybrush threepwood . the animation and while quite different than the classic pixelated character and be do beautifully . it really be just absolutely gorgeous . and the music be fantastic . it never annoying and you never have the urge to turn it off . although i be not too big a fan of romance and the romantic scene and theme be not at all overpower . they also have the rare ability to come off a sweet instead of cheesy . that say a lot from a girl who routinely fall asleep during chick flick . then and of course and be the classic mi element of humor . cmi be quite adept at deliver deadpan line and altogether absurdist humor and and simply good fun . gary coleman make a cameo a a budding young entrepreneur and and world event be discreetly jab at without step out of the bound of the game . it not entirely fair to compare cmi to mi and mi2 because it truly be in a realm of it own . personally i can never find a favorite between the 3 a they all be quite different from each other . however and if you want a swashbuckling good time with the flair of the classic series and i insist you give this game a shot . you will not be disappoint . positive star and hand down . emily n .