[agent008t]

Is Monkey Island 2 even possible to beat without a hintbook?

I enjoyed Monkey Island 1 a lot, but with 2 there was a combinatorial explosion of items/locations, and it just seemed too difficult/unfair. I got the impression they wanted you to have to call the hint phoneline.

[gausswho]

I am going through the Monkey Island games the last week and I can confirm that in the second game there are several puzzles that I would never have deduced without looking up solutions. It's a sequel that explores what is possible in a way that considerably deviates from the glow of the original.

That said, it executes at times considerably better and you can see the seeds of what would become some of the legendary Lucasarts games to follow.

I am not even sure I can finish it due to some timing sensitive buggy quirks towards the end, It would be rage inducing but it's not, just awww. It's obvious the game is reveling in its own unraveling. In a really special way.