A well-liked classic character returning makes everything better.
As you might have expected, it's a tad pointless to review this game. It's a direct sequel to the previous chapter, and plays exactly the same way. As it is not recommended to play this before playing the previous two chapters, you should already know what you're getting into when you buy it!
At the end of chapter 2, Guybrush sailed off in search of La Esponja Grande, now with a clear idea of where to find it. It didn't take long before a giant manatee came up out of the sea and swallowed him along with his entire ship - Now, he has to find a way out and then also find La Esponja Grande, all in one chapter!
Inside the manatee, Guybrush quickly discovers DeCava, the explorer he has been looking for since the first chapter. He'll also find a band of pirates who used to be DeCava's crew, but have since split off in order to enjoy themselves a bit more. Most importantly though, Guybrush also finds a character from the previous two games in the Monkey Island series, who makes a very welcome return - Murray, the talking skull!
With the (Possibly forced) help of all of these characters, Guybrush must figure out why nobody can leave the manatee, and then find a way to get out anyhow. You should be done with this in about an hour and a half, but it's not over just yet. As luck would have it, Guybrush and the rest appear directly above the location of La Esponja Grande, which should take you about another hour to recover.
Murray easily makes this chapter the best yet - A talking skull with a booming voice who wants to take over the world just never gets old, especially considering he needs assistance to do pretty much anything.
In the previous chapters, the NPCs were very clearly slightly edited versions of each other, and they are once again here. However, Telltale has taken a bit more effort to disguise this fact this time, so it thankfully won't stick out as much as before.
Of course, the main thing everybody is wondering is whether the WiiWare version of this chapter still has issues. Both the first and second chapters lagged quite a bit and had very noticeably fuzzy audio, and sadly, the same must be said of this one. Once again it's plagued with the same issues as before. By this point, though, only two things can really be done. Shrug it off and just get the remaining games on WiiWare, or man up and get the whole series on PC.





1. Zaphod Beeblebrox
31 Oct 2009, 07:13 GMT
Morgan LeFlay is a pixelated hottie. There. I said it.
2. Zammy
31 Oct 2009, 09:56 GMT
The above comment deeply disturbed me. Congratulations. =P
Good review, I still need to pick up these games...
3. City Of Delusion
31 Oct 2009, 11:18 GMT
mans up and plots to buy the series on PC
4. pinta_vodki
31 Oct 2009, 11:43 GMT
Shame about the hiccups... Though by the middle of the first game I really stopped noticing them because all my attention was drawn to brilliant humour and everything.
5. Odnetnin
31 Oct 2009, 14:25 GMT
Nintendo Power says episodes 4 and 5 handle better technically.
6. JayArr
31 Oct 2009, 14:37 GMT
This was by far my favorite chapter so far. For me at least, it ran smooth as a babies toosh from start to finish.
7. vherub
31 Oct 2009, 16:37 GMT
too bad about running worse on the wii, still will wait to see how 4/5 turn out
8. Hardy83
31 Oct 2009, 17:12 GMT
Wish their games were for Macs. I don't want to get this one because of the technical issues, but I blame Nintendo for this, not Telltale.
9. Egg miester
31 Oct 2009, 17:55 GMT
how can this game get a 8 with all the problems people have with it
telltale is a useless programmer
10. Odnetnin
31 Oct 2009, 18:24 GMT
I can't even get the PC version of the first one to run smoothly on my computer.
11. LEGEND MARIOID
31 Oct 2009, 20:14 GMT
Insta-download.
12. warioswoods
31 Oct 2009, 22:46 GMT
@Hardy83
Using Crossover Games, you can install Steam on your Mac and run these episodes (along with many other nice things on Steam).
Personally I prefer to play these on the TV, even with occasional hiccups.
13. vonseux
01 Nov 2009, 03:25 GMT
you didnt mention Mongan LaFlay, shes soooo H... i mean, shes so funny ;D
a new character that makes the series
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