Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 [Download]

by Telltale

Product Features

• The Saga Continues In Chapter 2.
• Will Guybrush Eliminate The Voodoo Pox?
• The Plot Thickens And So Does The Humor.
• Don't Let LeChuck Win.
• All the humor, romance, and swashbuckling excitement that made the franchise famous.

Product Details

• Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
• Note: Gifting is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B002LE6ZLQ
• Release Date: August 21, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,027 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #60 in Video Games > Game Downloads > Casual Games > Action

Product Description

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A new game in the much-loved Monkey Island game series, Tales of Monkey Island is a download-only, single player adventure game for PC. Serialized into five monthly releases beginning in the middle of 2009, the second of these is Tales of Monkey Island: Siege of Spinner Cay, which follows the continuing adventures of the wannabe pirate, Guybrush Threepwood, his love interest Elaine Marley and their nemesis, LeChuck. Enjoy romance while it lasts. View larger. Survive the adventure. View larger. And make new friends. View larger. Story In Tales of Monkey Island: Siege of Spinner Cay, Guybrush's adventures continue on the high seas as pox-plagued pirates lay siege to the innocent Mer-People. In between defending the Mer-People and dodging the persistent pirate hunter hot on his trail, Guybrush manages to catch up to his beloved wife and despised arch-nemesis -- but their reunion is short-lived. Now Guybrush must focus on eradicating the Pox of LeChuck before more harm can be done. And as the Mighty Pirate draws closer to a cure, the waters will only grow murkier in this thrilling second chapter of the epic saga. Key Game Features The second of a five-part saga with an intriguing storyline that becomes deeper and more entangled as it unfolds. Series favorites Guybrush, LeChuck, Elaine, and the Voodoo Lady are joined by a new cast of characters. New episodes release monthly as the plot thickens. All the humor, romance, and swashbuckling excitement that made the franchise famous. Gameplay action consisting of puzzle-solving and exploration elements, as well as the ability to create unique items by combining certain item acquired in-game. System Requirements: Minimum OS: Windows XP / Vista Processor: 2.0 GHz + (3 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent rec.) RAM: 512 MB Win XP / 1GB Vista Sound: DirectX 8.1 sound device Video: 64MB DirectX 8.1-compliant video card (128MB rec.) DirectX: Version 9.0c or better Other: Internet connection required for game download; Mouse/Keyboard for gameplay

Product Description

Guybrush's adventures continue on the high seas in this thrilling new chapter as pox-plagued pirates lay siege to the innocent Mer-People. In between defending the Mer-People and dodging the pirate hunter on his trail, Guybrush catches up to his beloved wife, but their reunion is short-lived. Now Guybrush must eradicate the Pox of LeChuck before more harm is done!

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unsolvable without Chapter One, June 16, 2010

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Joe Roggenbeck "Elrod" (Mi) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 [Download] (Software Download)

Nowhere does Amazon mention Chapter One MUST be completed so a needed inventory item that appears again in Chapter 2 will allow you to complete the game. You need the Manatee Oracle sight glass to combine with the fish sight glass to read a paper to get the fish artifact. Never played Chapter One? Sorry! Game Over. Very poor design and shame on the designers for not posting this little tidbit. Yet another consumer rip off...sigh.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How do you solve a problem like Guybrush*?, August 24, 2009

By 

Christopher Choi (Los Angleles CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 [Download] (Software Download)

(*with Voodoo root beer apparently)
I have to hand it to Telltale: Chapter 1 was fun. I especially liked the Blade Runner reference at the end; it was well handled like the rest of the gags.
So, when rumors of Chapter 2 began emerging on the Steam forums(I bought the 5 chapter pack on Steam), I was very excited.
I wasn't disappointed.
Chapter 2 is even more fun than the first(although some of the fun in unintentional,to be discussed later in this review). The err..."mer-people" are hilarious; the androgyny is well played(vaguely reminds me of Omega of Mechanical Animals, an album by Marylin Manson).

Your items from Chapter One carry over(not sure what happens if you don't have a Chapter One savefile but I assume you start off with the same stuff), and they are still of use to you, from that lovely pyrite parrot (yes there are gags involving the "Mighty Pirate") to that mysterious locket.
The game is, dare I say, easier than the first chapter,with the first half being easier, while the second part left me scratching my head sometimes(yes I did go on the fourms after a couple of hours of being stuck in a part, afterwords facepalming :) ). Thankfully there isn't a "maze" sequence;in Chapter One the directions were a bit ambiguous(but admittedly not too different from Secret of Monkey Island). Oh, and no insult swordfighting; the newly introduced character mentions that its "only for farmboys now"("Well you fight like one"). Also, she is a huge fan of Guybrush and can hold her breath for 5 minutes :)

My one gripe? When you get to Spinner Cay the mast repair...er..."person" can swim down to meet you basically at your boat, but it forces you to come to its store for a repair every time. The store is not a long walk from the dock but when its the fourth time you broke your mast(assuming Winston's first hint doesn't help) it does get a bit annoying to make that walk.

The unintentional fun? In one part you sink a ship after insulting another captain and managing to get the fired cannonball to hit the attacking captain's ship;however, the game acts like he's still there and allows you talk to him like his ship was still there. In addition, the door to the lower deck of his ship is left floating. There is another part involving the parrot that has a similar bug(its right before the "invisible pirate captain" BTW, you can get another pyrite turtle and hang it up on...) that is even funnier.
However, there is one bug that does detract from the experience, compression or something like that has degraded the quality of the voice acting, so there are problems with "s" sounds especially. I thought it was a problem with my integrated sound but apparently even X-Fi sound cards have this problem.
Overall a fun game for almost all ages. However if you count Halo 3/CS/GoW/CoD as your favorite games and nothing else you will be disappointed; the action is of course, a bit slow.
I strongly recommend this game to almost all(and even if you like twitch FPSes you should still try the demo) and from what I hear the Wii version isn't too bad either, although they are a bit behind in releasing chapters for WiiWare.

Buying on Amazon means you can buy chapters individually,however try the demo and if you like it, buy the bundle. at the very least you get two good chapters out of 5.

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun but short, June 24, 2011

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MysterH (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2 [Download] (Software Download)

Fun to play and funny as well but much too short. I've palyed the first two games in the series but to continue gets costly.