Sam & Max: Season 1: Episodes 1 - 3

Awesome game will always play over and over

Detectives Sam the dog and Max the rabbit are, as Sam says, "freelance police," which I think is supposed to be a joke, since they are clearly private investigators. But this is one of the issues I have with the game. All of the dialogue is an attempt at a joke, and since there isn't anyone alive who is funny every time they speak, about 90-95% of the speech in this game is either a lame pun or a lamer non sequitur. When the jokes hit right, they are quite funny, but these are few and far between.As far as adventure games go, this game is quite easy, but the puzzles are rather creative. Wait until you have the "dream fight" in Sam's mind. When the dialogue falters, the goofy game play often picks up the slack.I like the jazzy music, but each scene has its own music, and since you must return to scenes over and over again, the music becomes repetitive. The voice acting isn't as good as I was expecting. Bosco is the funniest, and Sam and Max are tolerable, but the Soda Poppers are whiny little snits. After the fantastic Grim Fandango, game makers really need to get voice acting in adventure games up to snuff if they want to be taken seriously.This half of Sam & Max: Season 1 contains three short episodes, which, like most adventure games, have zero replay value. I enjoyed the game as a break from studying, not a serious and immersive experience. A few chuckles here and there are sometimes all a game needs to be endearing.

Good grief, I don't possibly know how anybody could give this game anything but the highest rating. It's hysterical, fun to play, and if you don't laugh and smile while playing this then there is surely something wrong with you. My 8 and 10 year old kids absolutely LOVE this game and we've since played every episode in Seasons 1 and 2. We are currently playing episode 1 of Season 3 and so far it is excellent.This is definitely the type of game that grows on you and I highly encourage you to at least play 3 episodes before making a final judgment. You won't be sorry. Bosco is freaking hilarious.