Sam And Max games - New to Steam... Worthy purchase?

Hedge · 17 Jun 2007 at 19:24

Another one of my threads regarding cheap games lol.

I enjoyed games like Broken sword, and Monkey island etc. So is sam and max the same kinda thing?

comedy point and click stuff?

Think i might buy 3 episodes for $20

Can anyone comment on how good these games are?

Cyber-Mav · 17 Jun 2007 at 19:31

only sam and max game i ever played was called: sam and max hit the road. and that was good.

not sure on the new ones, never played any.

DailyGeek · 17 Jun 2007 at 19:45

I'm curious to know whether this is worth bothering with too?

MoLt3h · 17 Jun 2007 at 19:49

PC Gamer rates them pretty bad, apparently have a devoid lack of the old skool funnies.

Not tried them myself however.

fastwunz · 17 Jun 2007 at 19:51

they have been rated very badly - and im not surprised - they simply arent as funny as the yused to be - which is the whole point of a game like this!

Hedge · 17 Jun 2007 at 19:51

Hmm, they seem cheap, but i dont wanna buy something too crappy lol.

Steam is proving to be pretty good for me, because sometimes i get urges to play games and within an hour im playing them. Although admittedly not all of their offerings are good

Pumpkinstew · 17 Jun 2007 at 20:49

I've only played the first (of six) episodes and it was quite amusing in places. Some of the puzzles are a bit illogical and it will only take about 3 hours to complete.

Sounds like downloading direct from the developer is a little cheaper than steam.
http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax

Metalface Mark · 17 Jun 2007 at 20:51

Strange that people are saying they have been rated poorly, the first one got about 65-70% in pc gamer, all the others were late 70's or 80's, the series gets better as it goes on.

Baka^Ni · 17 Jun 2007 at 21:01

Not as amusing as the original and the puzzles can be a little easy at times. However I enjoyed them, good kill of a few hours each episode (lazy playing).

Episode 4 is probably the best.