Tales of Monkey Island: Rise of the Pirate God
Verdict: Didn’t I order a side of epic?
In a Nutshell: Rise of the Pirate God is the fifth and final chapter in the Tales of Monkey Island adventure game series.
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Our piratey heroes meet their ultimate match with the Rise of the Pirate God. Can the world of Monkey Island be saved? Find out as the Tales of Monkey Island saga comes to its thrilling conclusion.”
- Fun Rating: Fun
- ESRB: E10+
- Players/Mode: single-player / campaign
- Game Duration: 3-7 hours
- System: PC, Wii
- Developer: Telltale Games
- Website: http://www.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland
- Cost: $34.95 from Telltale (Wii version is 1000 through WiiWare)
- Demo: from Telltale
| Would I play this again? | probably |
| Would I recommend this game? | yes |
| Was the story good? | yes |
| Was the music good? | yes |
| Were the graphics good? | yes |
| Was this game difficult? | no |
| Was this game frustrating? | no |
| Was this game offensive? | no |
| Was this game worth your time/money? | yes |
Playing the game
You are Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate. To move around use the W-A-S-D keys or hold down the left mouse button while dragging the mouse. If you don’t want to waste time looking around at the scenery, hold the Shift key or the right mouse button while walking to start running.
Clicking on objects or people will allow you to interact with them by starting a conversation or picking them up (respectively, as Guybrush isn’t charming enough to pick up anything but objects). Items collected go into your inventory which is accessed by mousing over to the right hand side of the screen, the Tab or I keys, or the middle button on your mouse.
Sum it up
Maybe I expected too much, and I blame TellTale for setting me up with the previous episodes, but I was actually a little disappointed in the grand finale to this latest book of the Monkey Island series. The script and story were pretty good and the characters you care about are wrapped up in a mostly satisfying way, but the delivery left me wanting, I don’t know, a game. There were a lot of cutscenes which, to a certain extent, I understand their use as a tool to wrap up the plot. But the quantity of them made this episode feel more like an animated movie than a game. Then there’s the certain item retrieval task that requires the use of two items multiple times which feels like the dev was just running out of ideas at this point. And, finally, the final battle between Guybrush and LeChuck was frustratingly tedious if you didn’t figure it out the first three times around the loop.
But, maybe my disappointment has more to do with my impatience with lots of dialogue in an adventure game than it does with this particular episode. Either way, I’m glad to finally be introduced to the world of the Monkey Island series and am looking forward to the next installment, whenever that may be.
Other games you might like to read about:
- Tales of Monkey Island: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood
- Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay
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