monkeydelarge: ...
And WHY THE FUCK are there no games with a monkey companion? A monkey companion is the best companion you can have. Much better than a dog or a cat. Can a dog climb a tree and pelt the eyes of your enemies with poo(blinding them and allowing you to have a huge advantage over your enemies)? No. Can a dog, attack from above? No. Can a dog help you make money on a street corner with an organ grinder?
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Runaway 2, you can drug a lemur with booze and put him in your inventory. In the Monkey Island series, you could use real monkeys but lemurs are good, too. The lemur in Runaway 2 even has an epic name, "Demon Dog" and it's largely thanks to him that this game is a lot funnier than Runaway 1 and 3.
Technically, Runaway 1 and 3 aren't funny at all, I had to laugh out loud zero times whereas in Runaway 2 I had to laugh several times. It's also much longer than part 1 and 3 and it makes no sense that Runaway 2 gets only 3,5 stars and Runaway 1 gets 4 stars and Runaway 3 gets 4,5 stars. They're all 3,5 star games and the 2nd one is by far the most entertaining. One or two puzzles make little to no sense even with adventure game logic but overall the first game was more aggravating, and the 3rd one is too tame.