Those who never experienced the series in the 90s will find a lot to love, especially compared with the deluge of mediocre-or-worse adventure games in recent years. The problem is it's clearly one for the fans. Though Launch of the Screaming Narwhal marks the beginning of a new, self-contained story, it assumes a certain knowledge of the series' characters and what happened before. While newcomers are likely to find it exquisite adventuring fun, they're equally likely to be confused by certain plot elements; and series veterans may be troubled by those rose-tinted spectacles.
Cultured Vultures: We’ve taken into account every monkey, every eye patch and every undead pirate, so without further ado, here are the Monkey Island games across the franchise’s history ranked from worst to best.
The Humble Tales of Love & Adventure Game Bundle just launched today. It features Indivisible, Blacksad: Under the Skin, and Telltale Batman Shadows Edition, Tales of Monkey Island, and more. As usual, you pay what you want. A percentage goes to support charity.
HPP's I Coleman takes a good hard look at the Monkey Island series, and why the third, fourth, and fifth games in particular are so unfairly maligned.
