It's great to finally have these two characters back where they belong - on my PC and full of crazy cheese humour!

User Rating: 8.2 | Sam and Max PC
By DiscoJoy | Review Date:
Having been a fan of Sam & Max since the early 1990s when I first read the comics (in those days, in the back of a Lucasfilm Games newsletter and later in the Comico Freelance Police Special), it was with great joy that I was finally able to see them move and HEAR them speak in the original LucasArts 'Hit the Road' game in 1993. With only the short-lived animated series to keep me going in the meantime, it has been 13 years since the dynamic duo have grace my PC screen, and both my computer and the games have gone through many changes since.

This new adventure, the first chapter in a six-part story, may be a little jarring to old fans at first. Having seen the characters in glorious 2D for years, the textured three-dimensional rendering of an anthropomorphic dog and a "hyperkinetic rabbity thing" may not look quite right. In fact, I'm still not sure they look quite right, but it ceases to be an issue after a few gags. For all the changes that have been made to the look of the characters, the fact remains that this is still one of the funniest duos to grace the PC screen ever, and it is a testament to the strength of the characters that they can still deliver random quips with side-splitting results in an era that has seen more non sequitur driven animated comedies than you could poke a fried buffalo at. The voices are spot-on, especially Max who has always had a very definite vocal style in my mind.

Those familiar with adventure gaming in the 'old school way', and we are a dying breed given the number of hybrid adventure/RPG/first person shooters that have now fashionably replaced tradtional puzzle solving, wil find the game reasonably challenging. Some puzzles, usually involving cheese in some way, will require you to think slightly outside the box. However, most of them have a kind of twisted logic to them, and if you have an odd sensibility - which is really the only kind of sensibility to have these days - then you will find them quite enjoyable, rather than frustrating.

While some may balk at having to download this episodically, and others may question having to download it at all, there is something refreshing about having to wait in drooling anticipation for the next installment of a favourite set of characters, especially when there is so much instant gratification these days... what, with the internet and all!

Can't wait for Episode 2 to come out, and it is nice to know there are several more months of hyperkenetic rabbity goodness on the horizon.

More fun than a tuna fish sandwich in your coat-pocket.

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