IGN - The 21st century has not been kind to the point-and-click adventure genre. After a parade of hits in the '90s, the party abruptly ended. I never really understood why either. You might be able to write it off to the breathless pace at which the industry began to grow at the turn of the century or perhaps simply to the changing tastes of the player base. Regardless, I have always believed in the unique power of the adventure game. As a big fan of Day of the Tentacle, Shadowgate and Terry Pratchett's Discworld, I was really excited to have the chance to review Sam and Max: Beyond Time and Space. However, it gives me absolutely no pleasure to say that this console port does everything it can to make both the franchise and the genre look bad.
"Two classic Sam & Max games coming to PlayStation on September 29! Sam is a six-foot canine detective with a love of justice. Max is a hyperkinetic rabbity-thing with a taste for mayhem. Together, they’re the Freelance Police—an irreverent comedy duo whose esoteric crime-fighting style has been entertaining comic book and video game fans for more than thirty years.
In Sam & Max Save the World (aka Season One), a mind-control scheme involving washed-up child stars spirals to encompass the media, the mafia, the United States government, and the internet, building up to an out-of-this-world finale. In Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space (aka Season Two), Sam & Max are back on the crime beat in a showdown with Santa Claus, a race to subdue a giant volcano, and a face-off with a Eurotrash vampire... and then things get really weird. "
Skunkape Games has announced that Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space Remastered, their latest Sam & Max game, is now available on the GOG store.
Some frustration caused by obtuse puzzle solutions is unavoidable due to the source material, but everything else has been polished to a fine shine. Skunkape Games has done an incredible job of bringing this classic collection of Sam & Max adventures bang up to date and they’ve never looked or sounded better.
Ouch that's brutal. And to think that at one point I really did enjoy this series and games. Well I guess I'll look at this as saving money.
I love the games I played these ones on the PC and the devils playhouse on the PS3.
The controls are off but everything is what you expect in a downloadable game.