Since opening in 2004, Telltale Games has made quite a name for itself in the episodic adventure arena. One of the main reasons for the company's success is the Sam & Max franchise, which has lately been revitalized by The Devil's Playhouse, an innovative five episode series that has Sam & Max chasing down a dangerous artifact called the Devil's Toybox.
PC Gamer: "This penultimate episode offers a fantastic opening and ending to Sam & Max Season 3, linked by an oddly unfulfilling middle. The action starts with psychopathic toy-hunting clones of Sam rampaging through the city, and the series’ main players holed up and defending themselves. As for the ending, it’s one of Telltale’s best set-pieces so far."
VGC writes: "Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls is the start of a very dark turn for the ending the Sam & Max: Devil’s Playhouse story arch. Events told in this chapter are truly shocking and nothing that I would have expected to take place in this story. Telltale Games has definitely surpassed the greatness of the past two seasons with this stunning piece of storytelling."
IB writes, "Phew, part 4 down, and the reviews get tougher: crazier shenanigans and ever more convoluted plot threads litter our latest chapter, with extra Cthulhu references and finally a feeling that all story elements are coming together. But I digress."
Being a completely biased old point and click adventure nut I have to say that i'm loving all the love the genre is getting at the moment :D between this and new/remake Monkey Islands there's a lot of fun to be had. Which is a bloody good thing because i'm also playing through Demons Souls so i need the humourous interludes ;P