Point and click adventure game, in the LucasArts tradition (the staff are ex-LucasArts refugees). The screen I posted was from a scene where The Internet tries to destroy the world and the graphics go out, leaving you with just a text adventure. It's a hilarious sequence.Originally Posted by FuryFox
Here's a normal screen:
They're not really chapters of a "whole" game like other episodic games. Each one is a standalone game with its own story, about 2-3 hours long. Like an episode of a TV show. There are callbacks in later episodes to earlier ones and a vague sort of story arc across all 6, but they're pretty self-contained for the most part.
So, yeah, all 6 games are on the disc if you pop it in your PC, and if you play it in a DVD player you get DVD-style bonus features.
Long story short: It's a fuckload of really good adventure game and more extras than you need for not a lot of money.
Last edited by Frogacuda; 27 Jun 2007 at 05:08 PM.
Oh shit. Even better news. The comic-book compilation Surfin' the Highway (long out of print and fetching $100+ prices on ebay) is being reprinted and expanded with new content:
http://www.telltalegames.com/company...releases/id-54
Also, it's been 20 years since the first Sam and Max book. Happy birthday!
OH SHIT.
That's big news. I'll be buying it.
You sir, are a hideous hermaphroditical character which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.
14-6
Btw, Bosco > all
What's everybody's favorite moments in season 1?
1. The song in Episode 4.
2. Nuking Bosco's in Episode 4.
3. Getting the Store in Episode 5.
4. Sybil(queen of canada) with Abe in 4/6.
Tally ho, fools.
Telltale is fucking awesome. My copy of Surfin' the Highway is absolutely trashed. I mean, still readable, but it's taken over a decade of abuse and I've wanted a new one for god knows how long. Also great: they have the S&M sketchbook in their online store currently. Ordered mine last night.
They were selling signed Steve Purcell prints a few months back, too. It makes me happy to see someone appreciate Sam & Max after Lucasarts pretty much just shit all over everything that wasn't Star Wars.
...maybe I should finally play the new games now.
Seeing how loyal the hardcore fans have been, maybe Lucas was right.
1. The climactic sequence of Episode 5
2. Debating Lincoln
3. Bosco
4. Sybil's job in Episode 6
5. Driving to the moon.
That one dude. You know, him.
I don't think I'll be able to play this on my computer, as my DVD drive no longer works, but I think I'll buy this.
If you buy it, you'll still be able to download the eps from Telltale's site, and watch the extras in a standard DVD player on your TV.
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You really need to be on Telltales PR team Frog. You sound like one of those old timey traveling Wonder products salesman. "It slices, it dices, it can core an apple in seconds! Flip it over and it'll give you a rib tickler to entertain your whole family!"
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