This is where it all ends, then. It seems only a brief flick of a clock hand since I sat down at this very PC earlier in the year and read that Telltale had snagged the Monkey Island series for their latest episodic effort, bringing all sorts of feelings of exultation mixed with trepidation. As I am sure you’re aware by now, such fears were quickly eased by a succession of entertaining portions, so rolling into the big finale the mood amongst us Guybrush fans was one of chipper enthusiasm.

The ending of the previous episode left plenty of questions to be answered, and Rise of the Pirate God wastes no time at all in throwing you straight back into the action as you try to sort out the rather sorry mess that’s befallen everyone’s favourite mighty pirate. I’ll leave it there to save spoiling the plot for you chaps, save to say that it’s still packed with all the humour and quick wit that the series is known for. Some of the banter is particularly amusing too, and once again Telltale have managed to get me clicking through pretty much every dialogue tree just to see what random twitter everyone throws at you.

They’ve also managed to focus quite a majority of the episode on new areas to explore, with latter proceedings seeing you skip between them and a clutch of older venues from throughout the series. The puzzling is rather complex this time around and features plenty of flitting between one state and another, leading to a series of what are probably the game’s most tricky posers to date. On a personal level I found they were all solvable via logic and a little lateral thinking, so at least you’re not left randomly combining items together in some desperate attempt to move forward.

Thus, it rounds off the series in pretty solid form, if not ever feeling like it quite reaches the heights that the previous couple of episodes managed. Taken as an entire game, Telltale have managed to pick up one of the most-loved gaming series around and not only tend to the fragile and fickle hopes of Monkey Island fans, but also cater for an entirely new audience along the way.

They’ve also learnt a lot from previous games, and the fans’ reactions to initial Sam and Max episodes. Although the first Monkey Island episode showed a bit of a tendency to focus on the main characters whilst having some pretty unremarkable filler for other characters, it picked up along the way and provided many a memorable newcomer to the series, such as Morgan the feisty pirate hunter and the rather hilarious Captain Winslow. It also shuffled around locations nicely and each episode felt fresh in comparison to the last, which was a major advantage.

Hence, we now find ourselves standing once again at the crossroads. Will Telltale bring Monkey Island back for more? Hopefully. For the moment though, if you have waited until now to dip your toes in the grog, go right on ahead with no fear. A game of the year candidate it might not be, but for a lot of us, Tales of Monkey Island has successfully plugged an empty space inside us that’s been nagging away for years.