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Posted on: March 21, 2013
AntiTankDog
Games: 148 Reviews: 2
Only worth it if you LOVE it.
I have played through all these new adventures, and if you are a die-hard Monkey Island fan, then they really are something you don't want to miss. However, if you have a bit of patience about you, I would recommend waiting for the price to come down a little, you might get to the end and wonder where all your value for money went.
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Posted on: April 15, 2014
Glasswolf
Games: 162 Reviews: 1
A Decent Sequel...
And a great starter for what Telltale would eventually become (which, in 2014 is 'good' - incase they go down the drain after this review is made). I have fond memories of this series, and I'd say this captures the feeling of the originals perfectly with fluid, 3D Graphics. It is a bit...here and there difficulty wise. The main reason this gets only 2 Stars? The price. This is NOT a $34 game, not anymore. You can get the Tomb Raider Reboot cheaper than this, and that came out only two years back as opposed to six. Only worth your time on a price reduction, if only to bap Telltale on the head with this price strategy and say 'No'.
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Posted on: June 12, 2015
jpandthebooks
Games: 23 Reviews: 1
Not worth €32s
This clunky installment of the otherwise brilliant Monkey Island series isn't worth this asking price. It's the first time Guybrush has gone 3D, and as you can see from the awful graphics, the game seriously looses its charm, especially as Monkey Island III was so beautiful. Game play was ok as I recall, but since I've played everyone about three times except this one I wouldn't say it was amazing. I must have been about 14 when this came out, I'd been waiting excitedly for ages for the next release, only to be very dissapointed. On the plus side the next installment (V) was a greatly unexpected treat, certainly a return to former glory! Definitly buy that instead, I got it for about €12. Barely remembering the plot of ToMI didn't matter at all...
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Posted on: June 26, 2016
STEVONATRON
Games: 63 Reviews: 4
I need some Grogg...
I would assume the majority of people who bought Tales of Monkey Island were already fans of the franchise, and like myself were really looking forward to seeing a new adatation of the beloved almost faultless series. As it goes, this one heaped many faults into the series in one fell swoop. The episodic formula was pointless; the humour felt forced; the graphics are ugly and have already aged in a matter of a couple years; and the world which we see Guybrush inhabit is sorely lacking in interactive features. I do believe that Tales has scored well thanks to nostalgia and a faithful following of Telltale games as a developer. Persoanlly, I was left very disappointed and worry we may never see another Monkey Island game worthy of following the previous incarnations.
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Posted on: May 7, 2013
mlyndall
Verified ownerGames: 21 Reviews: 1
Unbiased-by-Monkey-Fanboyism Review
First off, the humor, overall, is PG-rated cheesy. The voice actor for Guybrush has a lame, wimpy, everyman intonation, which actually fits his lines pretty well, but yawn. The peripheral characters swim in a sea of average as well, ranging from mildly amusing to mostly boring. The shining exception to this is Murray, whose lines and voice acting make me smile now just thinking about him. Unfortunately, he doesn't show up until about halfway through the story. The game really earns its two stars with the puzzles. Many puzzles are unintuitive and rely on you to randomly mix items in your inventory in hope of a mixture. Worse, if you play without cheating via walk through, you will feel the desire to go back to every screen and carefully maneuver the mouse over everything in hopes of finding a missed item. Lastly, some puzzles require you to walk through a maze in exactly the right order, and if you mess up, you start from the beginning again. A special bonus: Guybrush walks nice and slow, and his gait is painful to watch. The storyline is the last nail in the coffin. Guybrush has some pox that at first is infecting him, but then is infecting the entire Caribbean. The plot seems reliant on you knowing and being emotionally involved in vague previous events that are poorly explained. If you're looking for an adventure series, I'd avoid this one unless trial and error gets you excited and think Nickelodeon is the pinnacle of humor.
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