Telling tall Telltale tales.
Has it really been fifteen years since Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space was originally released? It still feels so contemporary. The new Sam & Max. Which is now older than Sam & Max Hit the Road was when Beyond Time and Space first launched. Aargh, skeleton, etc. Never mind, grandad!
It’s back now with improved visuals, re-recorded music and dialogue, and all your favourite baffling moon logic puzzles that require the use of thinking so divorced from rationality that it’s really the acquired taste of acquired tastes. A lot of people aren’t going to get it, and it’s pretty difficult to fault them for that. It’s an issue more or less endemic to the point-and-click adventure genre, with surprisingly few exceptions. We think it’s fair to say that it’s the personality and humour that draws people to these games – and Sam & Max certainly has plenty of personality. As for the humour? That can be a little harder to swallow.
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