Replaying it for nostalgia and it really is an absolute banger of a season. It adds such a complexity to this solid but uncomplicated series. It ditches what didn't work about previous seasons and highlights what does.
What really works is just the thesis of the very story. The series has always been good at sticking with gags that you'd think would be one-offs. Season 3 escalates by just keeping the camera on these two goofballs as the jokes melt away and the real consequences they promised you start to set in. And when the jokes vanish you're just left with the real heart of it all: the two best friends who want to go adventuring together and how that bond refuses to break in spite of all the ways its bent. A perfect ending without an equal.
What really works is just the thesis of the very story. The series has always been good at sticking with gags that you'd think would be one-offs. Season 3 escalates by just keeping the camera on these two goofballs as the jokes melt away and the real consequences they promised you start to set in. And when the jokes vanish you're just left with the real heart of it all: the two best friends who want to go adventuring together and how that bond refuses to break in spite of all the ways its bent. A perfect ending without an equal.
Me always knew the final game in the trilogy would end up with Sam ending inside Max after milking him. It was the clear the foreshadowing was pointing at
odd game but a great ending to the telltale saga. kind of emotional for me ngl lol
I know somewhere else where the devil plays.
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god. cant wait to see max die in hd
As sad as it is that we may never get a new Sam and Max game at all, they at least went out with an absolute bang.
Jesus christ
Great story, funny characters, and a great conclusion to the trilogy. I cant wait for the remaster.
Another couple of years does wonders for Sam and Max's visuals in this third installment of the Sam and Max series, but it was actually my least favorite, contrary to popular belief it seems.
It's certainly one of the more consistent series I've played and The Devil's Playhouse is just more fun, crazy, zany, and an instant classic.
It's certainly one of the more consistent series I've played and The Devil's Playhouse is just more fun, crazy, zany, and an instant classic.
Open the box... IF YOU DARE!!!!
Is this the disco elysium everyone and their mom is creaming over?
CRIES THRASHES AROUND. bawls.
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LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS GAME!! The ending genuinely made me emotional. Shows how much Sam and Max really care for each other. The first game showed Max getting kidnapped and lacked Sam really caring that much. This game throws us into a perspective where Sam essentially turns into Max because he’s lost the half of him that keeps him calm and collected. We see him become violent and loud, something only Max was.
The best of the trilogy. And considering the history of Telltale, this feels like a final hurrah to the point and click era of adventure games. And what a great way to end it.
This game is an extremely well-made deconstruction of Sam and Max as a franchise. It constantly subverts and plays around with the two's relationship in extremely creative ways.
They managed to pull off a genuinely investable story in a series that usually refuses to ever drop the absurdity. It doesn't skim out on the humor either, it's still extremely funny.
Easily the best Sam and Max, and one of the best point and click games.
They managed to pull off a genuinely investable story in a series that usually refuses to ever drop the absurdity. It doesn't skim out on the humor either, it's still extremely funny.
Easily the best Sam and Max, and one of the best point and click games.
"Ah schweet, cosmic horrors beyond our mortal comprehension"
- Sam & Max (probably)
- Sam & Max (probably)
gay rights
funne
The ending is genuinely very endearing to me.
I'm devastated
The final Telltale season doesn't disappoint, either. The stakes are higher, the jokes are funnier.
peak of the series, although the ending is bittersweet, I loved playing through every episode, all of them incredibly memorable in their own way
The pinnacle of the Sam & Max games. This game is amazing, the vibes in this game are killer and the countless references and shoulder bumps the game does to the nerds in the crowd are so endearing and wonderful. This game was made with so much love and care.
Gay bunny sentenced to death
This game goes out to the LGBT community
i need them back so bad
matou minha familia
not at all what i really expected or wanted out of a sam and max game honestly. too lovecraftian horror-y and not as much fun wacky haha times-y. It seemed like the plot was trying to take itself more seriously than usual with this series, and that's not very fun I guess. Sure season 2 had some satanic shit goin down with it but it always felt like they were playing it for laughs whereas this felt more genuine with its lovecraftian nonsense. The new graphical engine looks great and the UI is not only more dynamic but also works well with a controller for those playing on console. Not my favorite, but sam & max is still sam & max at its core.
Almost almost perfect game. Has so much going on for it. The only real problem is that for it to be fully effective you need to have played the previous two entries, which I found very insufferable and unfunny. But if you did, this game makes up for it.
Comedically it's a bit less effective than the other two seasons. There's a big miss in the last episode -- Sam is weirdly misogynistic towards a recurring character. But it's still Sam & Max so it's hard to hate. Narratively and mechanically it's the most ambitious the franchise has gotten, and on those fronts it largely hits.