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| The Entertainment Review |
| Genre: Adventure Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: The Adventure Company |
Over the years, Telltale Games has offered gamers a variety of great adventure games on the PC, but lately the developer has moved a
lot of their games to the Wii, starting with “Strong Bad’s Coll Game for Attractive People.” However, before the developer started
working with the Strong Bad universe, it took a popular LucasArts franchise, “Sam & Max,” and resurrected the episodic adventures for
the Wii. “Sam & Man: Season One” offers players new adventures was well received on the PC, now these six episodes have been
packaged together on a single disc for the Nintendo Wii. Although these episodes aren’t as funny as the storylines in “Strong Bad’s
Cool Game for Attractive People,” they do provide players will a large helping of old school adventure gaming for a low price tag of only
$30.
When it comes to the genre of graphic adventure games, Sam 7 Max are the superstars that have moved the genre forward. The
original game in the series, “Sam & Max Hit the Road” is a beloved classic for those who gave the two unlikely heroes a chance when
they first made their way to the PC. The dog and rabbit-like creature are two freelance police that spend their days investigating a
number of bizarre crimes and trading funny one liners through the course of the mystery. These episodes share some recurring
characters and locations between them, but each of the episodes has its very own story arc, keeping it feeling fresh from the past
episodes. All of the episodes are available from the start, so if players ever get stuck on one of the episodes and become too frustrated
to continue, they are able to move onto the next episode. They are then able to move back to a previous episode if they so choose.
This time around players will use the Wii Remote as a pointer in place of the typical mouse used for the PC version of the game. Most
of the puzzles involve the player using the correct items on the right people of objects in order to advance through the episode. Like
many games in this genre, the solutions can often be very cryptic and difficult to find and solve. Completing each adventure will take a
lot of experimentation on the player’s part because of the fact that many different combinations don’t make much sense and this type of
puzzle solving doesn’t appeal to many gamers. This is the one flaw that will keep a lot of players from buying the game, or those who
do from continuing to play the game for an extended period of time. For those who like a challenge that requires a lot of time, this will be
a good game to try out.
When it comes to graphic adventures, the game is just as much about the writing of the overall story as they are about the game play,
and in the case of “Sam & Max: Season One,” the story is stuffed full of crazy characters and one line jokes that may miss a large
amount of the audience playing the game. The problem is that many of the jokes aren’t as funny as they may have been back when the
game was first released years ago. The back and forth banter between the two unlikely heroes starts to get old before they even leave
their office in the very beginning of the first episode. This will make the game very frustrating to the players because of the fact that the
game that many of them may have grown up with hasn’t changed much, and there are a lot of changes in humor from then to know that
could have been used in this latest release. Another disappointment to the game this time around is that it doesn’t run very smoothly,
at least not as smoothly as one would expect a game to run on a next generation console such as the Nintendo Wii. Interacting with
just about any object in the environment will cause a small hiccup, and anything that is going on in the background of the environment
will stutter occasionally.
For those types of gamers that crave these types of games can probably look past the jokes that are trying too hard to get a laugh and
the frame rate in order to soak up some classic point and click style gaming. Although Telltale Games is one of the few developers still
making these point and click style games anymore, they do it very well. When the Wii console and controller were first revealed to
gamers, many thought that they would lead to the resurrection of the graphics adventure. The slow pace of these games isn’t for every
player, but for those who have grown up with and been fans of the “Sam & Max” series, they will probably be able to get their fill with
“Sam & Max: Season One.” Each episode will take players a few hours to work their way through, offering a total of around 20 to 25
hours of total game play for only $30. This is a good deal for those who have the patience to work through these types of games. It is
unfortunate that the audience for this type of game is so small because this is a great game that everyone should try out.
lot of their games to the Wii, starting with “Strong Bad’s Coll Game for Attractive People.” However, before the developer started
working with the Strong Bad universe, it took a popular LucasArts franchise, “Sam & Max,” and resurrected the episodic adventures for
the Wii. “Sam & Man: Season One” offers players new adventures was well received on the PC, now these six episodes have been
packaged together on a single disc for the Nintendo Wii. Although these episodes aren’t as funny as the storylines in “Strong Bad’s
Cool Game for Attractive People,” they do provide players will a large helping of old school adventure gaming for a low price tag of only
$30.
When it comes to the genre of graphic adventure games, Sam 7 Max are the superstars that have moved the genre forward. The
original game in the series, “Sam & Max Hit the Road” is a beloved classic for those who gave the two unlikely heroes a chance when
they first made their way to the PC. The dog and rabbit-like creature are two freelance police that spend their days investigating a
number of bizarre crimes and trading funny one liners through the course of the mystery. These episodes share some recurring
characters and locations between them, but each of the episodes has its very own story arc, keeping it feeling fresh from the past
episodes. All of the episodes are available from the start, so if players ever get stuck on one of the episodes and become too frustrated
to continue, they are able to move onto the next episode. They are then able to move back to a previous episode if they so choose.
This time around players will use the Wii Remote as a pointer in place of the typical mouse used for the PC version of the game. Most
of the puzzles involve the player using the correct items on the right people of objects in order to advance through the episode. Like
many games in this genre, the solutions can often be very cryptic and difficult to find and solve. Completing each adventure will take a
lot of experimentation on the player’s part because of the fact that many different combinations don’t make much sense and this type of
puzzle solving doesn’t appeal to many gamers. This is the one flaw that will keep a lot of players from buying the game, or those who
do from continuing to play the game for an extended period of time. For those who like a challenge that requires a lot of time, this will be
a good game to try out.
When it comes to graphic adventures, the game is just as much about the writing of the overall story as they are about the game play,
and in the case of “Sam & Max: Season One,” the story is stuffed full of crazy characters and one line jokes that may miss a large
amount of the audience playing the game. The problem is that many of the jokes aren’t as funny as they may have been back when the
game was first released years ago. The back and forth banter between the two unlikely heroes starts to get old before they even leave
their office in the very beginning of the first episode. This will make the game very frustrating to the players because of the fact that the
game that many of them may have grown up with hasn’t changed much, and there are a lot of changes in humor from then to know that
could have been used in this latest release. Another disappointment to the game this time around is that it doesn’t run very smoothly,
at least not as smoothly as one would expect a game to run on a next generation console such as the Nintendo Wii. Interacting with
just about any object in the environment will cause a small hiccup, and anything that is going on in the background of the environment
will stutter occasionally.
For those types of gamers that crave these types of games can probably look past the jokes that are trying too hard to get a laugh and
the frame rate in order to soak up some classic point and click style gaming. Although Telltale Games is one of the few developers still
making these point and click style games anymore, they do it very well. When the Wii console and controller were first revealed to
gamers, many thought that they would lead to the resurrection of the graphics adventure. The slow pace of these games isn’t for every
player, but for those who have grown up with and been fans of the “Sam & Max” series, they will probably be able to get their fill with
“Sam & Max: Season One.” Each episode will take players a few hours to work their way through, offering a total of around 20 to 25
hours of total game play for only $30. This is a good deal for those who have the patience to work through these types of games. It is
unfortunate that the audience for this type of game is so small because this is a great game that everyone should try out.
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