Review - Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of the Leviathan (WiiWare)
October 15, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment
One of Guybrush's tasks include playing cupid.
The first two episodes of Tales of Monkey Island were good, but not great. They’re quite disappointing, especially when you consider the series’ impressive pedigree. However, don’t cross out Tales of Monkey Island just yet—there are still several more chapters to go. The next episode is Lair of the Leviathan, and it’s the best installment in the series so far. Just how good is chapter three? It’s good enough to make up for the shortcomings of the previous episode.
As the episode’s title suggests, Guybrush Threepwood is stuck in the stomach of a giant manatee, which swallowed his ship in the previous chapter. Your mission is to escape from the beast’s belly and find the magic sponge that can cure a nasty pox. Of course, it’s not going to be easy. The only guy who knows where the sponge can be found is missing, or is he?
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Review - Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay (WiiWare)
September 3, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment
Guybrush is reunited with Elaine.
It’s not easy to make people laugh. Doing so is even tougher when the medium is video games—just ask Harold Ramis. This is what makes Telltale Games’ pedigree more impressive: their forte is making funny games. Telltale has recently released the second episode for Tales of Monkey Island on the WiiWare. Is The Siege of Spinner Cay a suitable addition to the laugh-worthy annals of Monkey Island? We walk the plank to find out.
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Review - Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (WiiWare)
July 30, 2009 by Mike · 2 Comments
Guybrush is stuck in Flotsam Island.
Guybrush Threepwood has returned for more laughs in Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal for the WiiWare. In this pirate adventure, our inept hero fights his archenemy LeChuck, but somehow gets marooned on Flotsam Island. Threepwood must unravel the isle’s secrets; outwit a slightly mad, sexually-ambiguous doctor; and locate a magical, exfoliating sponge that can cure him of his cursed hand. Sounds like a Monkey Island game, alright.
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Reviews Surfing - Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (WiiWare)
July 28, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment
Welcome to Flotsam Island, Guybrush.
The Monkey Island games’ glory days may be far from over, but LucasArts still manages to come up with new installments to keep the series—and adventure gaming—alive. Yesterday, LucasArts and developer Telltale Games released Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, the first of five episodic chapters in Tales of Monkey Island for the WiiWare. Today, we find out what the critics think.
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