It might seem as if all I've done is slate Siege of Spinner Cay, but there's still a lot of goodness here. The same problems that plagued the first episode are still present here, just diluted a little bit Character models have still been reused a lot, but at least there are few new ones in there. Teeth might be gnashing about his (surely temporary) transformation, but he's easily the best of the non-Guybrush characters. There's also the question of whether the new race - the Merfojk - work or not They certainly don't add anything to the comedy side of things - apart from a book devoted to fish jokes - although this is almost entirely made up for by the return of LeChuck. In some ways Spinner Cay feels smaller than Screaming Narwhal, strangely. Guybrush isn't stuck on one island either, though only two of them have more than one area to explore. And the ending suggests there's no chance of another cropping in the third episode. Well, there is a boring jungle bit, but it's smaller than before. It's also a little bit better, with no porcelain power pirates to embarrass us, or vast swathes of time spent navigating dull jungle terrain. Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal is just the beginning of an excellent graphic adventure series that, while it may not be at the same heights as the original trilogy, is still worthy of the comparison.For Those Who haven't taken the simian plunge, Spinner Cay is basically exactly the same as the series' first episode, Launch of the Screaming Narwhal. The game's graphics aren't all that impressive, but its caricature-like character styles fit perfectly with the storyline. The adventure, which has traditional gameplay, continues with the great sense of humor that made the saga famous, including the same crazy situations and touch of romance with the ever-charming Governor Elaine. Of course, he does it all with the 'help' of LeChuck, his eternal foe. In this episode, Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (the first of five parts), Guybrush inadvertently ends up infecting almost the whole Caribbean pirate population with a voodoo sickness that transforms them into monsters. Guybrush Threepwood, the spacey but intrepid pirate created by Ron Gilbert, returns in this series of graphic adventures that have managed to revive one of the best video game sagas in history.
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