Tales of Monkey Island: Rise of the Pirate God
The fifth and final chapter of the Tales of Monkey Island series ends it with a relative bang. The true plot finally takes shape as the actual villain is finally out in the open, and all sorts of plot threads that have been strewn about are tied together to bring the saga to fitting and relatively tidy close, while still leaving a hook for further adventures with Guybrush. It's pretty well done, and very fun considering you spend most of the game dead. Not only do you have to return to the land of the living, you have to reunite with your corpse as well, and the whole process is clever and a solid resolution to a lot of what they built up over the last few games. This is where the episodic stuff really comes into play - you can play them out of order if you really want, but to fully understand everything and have it make sense you have to start at the beginning and end up here. It is isn't perfect - I could swear the game ignored me when I found the correct solution to something the first time, and a few bits of the plot are tired, and the controls for moving around are still bad. But it's a good conclusion to another strong series by Telltale. I'll be starting the third season of Sam and Max soon, and I have high hopes for that.
