Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3 - Lair of the Leviathan

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 15 expert reviews

Excellent:

7
Good:

6
Average:

2
Bad:

0

Pros:

Very well written, felt less rushed, The humor is very wellexecuted, Controls are a vast improvement.
Very fun and hilarious game play. You get to create a unique pirate face and explore the inside of a manatee (and the return of Murray).
Great puzzles, Great jokes, The inimitable Morgan LeFlay, The incomparable Murray.

Cons:

Story can be cheesy at times, Puzzle difficulty inconsitent, Why does Guybrush have to turn puke green??
No more Island exploring, possibly too much manatee exploring.

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Last revision on January 31, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Very well written, felt less rushed, The humor is very wellexecuted, Controls are a vast improvement
Very fun and hilarious game play. You get to create a unique pirate face and explore the inside of a manatee (and the return of Murray)
Great puzzles, Great jokes, The inimitable Morgan LeFlay, The incomparable Murray

Reviewers Didn't Like

Story can be cheesy at times, Puzzle difficulty inconsitent, Why does Guybrush have to turn puke green??
No more Island exploring, possibly too much manatee exploring
Those stupid reworked walking controls

Expert reviews and ratings

Following on from the previous episode Guybrush finds himself trapped inside a giant manatee. Without spoiling too much - this episode will see you in a quiz show type situation playing for your life, performing rites of passage for a secret...

By Yet Another Review Site on October 22, 2009

Lair of the Leviathan starts off with a succinct introduction, giving a brief overview of the past two chapters and refreshing the player on what exactly Guybrush, our hapless hero, is doing. And then you tossed into the belly of a giant fish, in dire...

By GamerWok on October 13, 2009

The game retains the sharp,...

By BrightHub on October 09, 2009

Previously, on Monkey Island: Voodoo pox! Human LeChuck! Magical sea-sponges! At this point in the series, it’s almost like reviewing a TV show rather than a game. The basic structure, the characters, the overall plot – you’re not...

By Games Radar on October 08, 2009

For anyone who’s been asleep since 1990 (you weren’t even born yet – Age Ed), Monkey Island is the now long, long, looooong running tale of Guybrush Threepwood and his adventures in a fictional Caribbean filled with voodoo, pirates and voodoo pirates....

By Gaming Daily on October 05, 2009

What do huge manatees, mutinous crews and voodoo curses all have in common? The third installment of Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of Leviathan.In the previous episode, our hero Guybrush Threepwood and his ship were swallowed whole by an...

By GamerTell on October 02, 2009

Another chapter in the Telltale Games' Tales of Monkey Island episodic series was released yesterday afternoon. Chapter 3, or the “Lair of the Leviathan” kicks off as a powerful whale swallows the whole of the Screaming Narwhal. Mighty...

By Destructoid on September 30, 2009

Tales of Monkey Island has been a departure from Telltale’s normal episodic adventures; rather than having five or six separate stories coming together toward the end of the ’season’, Guybrush’s adventure tells one consistent...

By Gamers Daily News on September 30, 2009

A fine return to form.After a mediocre second chapter, I am happy to report that "Lair of the Leviathan" is a fine return to form. To idiosyncratic bowel-exploring, ichor-guzzling, manatee-wooing form.A month ago, Guybrush and company were swallowed...

By ZTGamerDomain.com on September 29, 2009

"Praise the burning face of hell!" The third installment in the ongoing saga of mighty piratical antics found in Tales of Monkey Island has shoved off and set sail. This time the developers plotted a winding course through some of the most hilarious...

By Cheat Code Central on September 29, 2009

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