Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season

In my opinion it really is one of the best MIs. It rocks. First episode is a bit slow with humour and all but then it really starts taking off in the second episode! The characters are so colourful, back grounds are interesting and the voice acting is superb. Most puzzles are pretty simple, however, so if you are looking for real obscure or crazy puzzles I don't think you will find many of them here. But the storyline is fun.

Growing up on point-and-click (and parser before that) adventure games, I was a big fan of the of the original Monkey Island series. When Tales of Monkey Island came out, I was curious but skeptical. I gave it a chance though and really enjoyed playing it. The game felt very true to the style and spirit of the early games. But the narrative that plays out over these 5 episodes felt more like a summer blockbuster to me, with a lot of production value as well as cinematic cut scenes and musical score. I highly recommend this game. This was the first Telltale game I played and the first episodic-release game as well. And while the episodic release initially struck me as a finance-as-you-develop and a release-as-you-develop thing, I have to say I actually really like playing games structured this way. Each episode is long enough to be satisfying but short enough to play through in one sitting.

The original Secret of Monkey Island was made great by interesting characters, funny dialogue, a whimsical world, and challenging puzzles or situations. It was NOT known for its graphics. Tales of Monkey Island succeeds in all the ways it should; new and memorable characters, hilarious conversations, a series of whacky and creative places, and challenging puzzles. Where it excels is in its puzzle structure which seems more streamlined and intuitive, which may disappoint hardcore puzzle addicts, but what it adds are more frequent "Aha!" moments than accidentally stumbling across an obscure "solution". Where it lacks is in it's plasticy textures and copy-pasted character models. But with TTGs Sam & Max, and Walking Dead series, I'm sure they can do better! I hope they secure the license for more Monkey Island!

The game is ok. Much better than Escape from Monkey Island. Still I don't like the controls, I like full Point & Click better. Many old jokes were missing. But at least it fell like Monkey Island again. The reason for 3 stars is that it came to a point where it would crash (apparently very common) and couldn't finish the game.

Morgan LeFlay. She and Guybrush play off each other marvelously. You rarely get to see more than a glimpse of Elaine in the Monkey island series. But Morgan is someone you will come to know and care about --- and her fate comes as a shock. To see her entangled at the very end in the Voodoo Lady's increasingly strange and unfathomable machinations will have you longing for a sequel.