Countdown to Ep 3 - "They Stole Max's Brain!"

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  • edited June 2010
    Chuck Jordan is (was?) the lead designer on The Devil's Playhouse.

    Where did you hear that he left? Or are you confusing him with Brendan Q. Ferguson, who recently left Telltale to pursue humanitarian work and who was one of the designers on the first two seasons of Sam and Max?

    Check this thread
  • edited June 2010
    I have two more questions:

    1: After we finish the Episode, do we get a new power like in The Penal Zone?

    2: Will we control Max like we do Sam, in this Episode?
  • edited June 2010
    I have two more questions:

    1: After we finish the Episode, do we get a new power like in The Penal Zone?

    2: Will we control Max like we do Sam, in this Episode?

    1: No, Jake has already clearly said that that was a one-off deal, and it would make PC users angry as well.

    2: If you mean walking around, probably not, no game has done it yet and, although we have made tiny steps by being able to control Max in some way, we probably won't be able to make him walk around until the fourth season.
  • edited June 2010
    1: No, Jake has already clearly said that that was a one-off deal, and it would make PC users angry as well.

    2: If you mean walking around, probably not, no game has done it yet and, although we have made tiny steps by being able to control Max in some way, we probably won't be able to make him walk around until the fourth season.

    1: I think he meant PS3 exclusives. And I meant for every available platform that it's on.

    2: We got to play Max (in a way) in 203, so it might not surprise me if we do get to control him.
  • edited June 2010
    1: I think he meant PS3 exclusives. And I meant for every available platform that it's on.

    2: We got to play Max (in a way) in 203, so it might not surprise me if we do get to control him.

    1: I was also talking about how many PC users are angry about PS3 exclusives

    2: You mean 302
  • edited June 2010
    Nope, 203 has it too. Remember
    the whole soul switching bodies thing?
  • edited June 2010
    No he means in the final fight in 203.

    Edit: Damn Cheri was too quick.
  • edited June 2010
    oh, right, i though he just hit the keys too fast, i didnt even think about night of the raving dead
  • edited June 2010
    I'm still intrigued by this "will there be two storyline" muddle.

    I get the impression the answers mean "storyline" as in the over arching plot of the episode; but the questions mean "storyline" as in the separately little stories that make up the over arching plot.
    Meaning will Sam and Max be split up and we will have to (for atleast some of the episode) play them independently of each other (thus giving them each their own storyline), despite the fact they presumably are reunited at some point and their two sets of actions both ultimately fuel the same overarching plot.
  • edited June 2010
    Probbably not, Max doesn't have a brain right now, remember?
  • edited June 2010
    Correction, Max does not have a brain in his body. There is a big difference between not having something and not having it at a specific location.
  • edited June 2010
    Has anyone considered Max's brain will end up like Gordon's (at least for a while) therefore he/we will be able to control various things other than his own arms and legs?
  • edited June 2010
    Probbably not, Max doesn't have a brain right now, remember?
    henke37 wrote: »
    Correction, Max does not have a brain in his body. There is a big difference between not having something and not having it at a specific location.

    To have something implies posession, who the brain belongs to implies ownership. Max does not have his brain, "They" have his brain. Even if the brain belongs to Max, he currently does not "have" it.

    Hey, if your going to get into semantics...
  • edited June 2010
    But if Max's consciousness resides in his brain (which it probably does in the S&M universe, as the alien brain's consciousness was pretty intact), you could fairly say he DOES have it. In fact that's all he has.

    Maybe the title of this episode should be "They Left Max's Body!"

    Anyway, we may get to use some Max-vision in Max's disembodied brain and make use of Max's brain powers while there, even though the brain is not in his head.
  • edited June 2010
    Actually, I don't think Max uses his brain that often. The episode will probably start with Max waking up, saying: "Oh, hi Sam. I guess, I must have nodded off. The ending of the movie was kinda boring. What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
    And then Sam and Max try to get Max' brain back. If I've understood Mike's hints correctly.
  • edited June 2010
    Maybe Max's brain is in the center of the universe, just where he left it!
  • edited June 2010
    Maybe Max's brain is in the center of the universe
    Give or take fifty feet.
    (If you don't get it, it's from Ratchet and Clank.)
  • edited June 2010
    1: I was also talking about how many PC users are angry about PS3 exclusives

    I never said exclusives, and I know how people were angry from it. But it was an accident; it won't happen again even if they do give us another power at the end.
  • edited June 2010
    mr_nutt wrote: »
    Give or take fifty feet.
    (If you don't get it, it's from Ratchet and Clank.)

    If Max's brain is The Great Clock, does that make Orvus Yog-Soggoth?

    I'll shut up now.
  • edited June 2010
    Will Sam craft a hand puppet using the top of Max's skull?

    maxbdmoon.png
  • edited June 2010
    Pale Man wrote: »
    Will Sam craft a hand puppet using the top of Max's skull?

    maxbdmoon.png

    He better, now that you've mentioned it, or I'm going to be disappointed!
  • edited June 2010
    I have a few questions:

    1 Obviously everyone suspects that Sal is going to be Stinky's real boyfriend - is he another red herring like Skunkape?

    2 Will we be actually controlling Max's brain from the location of whoever has stolen it?

    3 Will we see Flint Paper predominately in this episode if he's investigating Stinky?

    4 Will there be many new locations or will it be mainly set around areas similiar to those of the Penal Zone?

    5 If Sam is partnering up with Skunkape (as has been hinted), will we finally see more of Skunkape's more emotional side?

    6 Will we see more of my personal favourite character - Paperwaite in the next episode or will we have to wait?
  • edited June 2010
    Sorry for double post but I've just had a thought-

    We're probably gonna control Max through rhinoplasty so he'll probably be in a room filled with a lot of pictures. We use his brain to assume those forms and then control Max as he moves about in a different shape/body!

    Is that about right?
  • edited June 2010
    Well, The Tomb was done in April (including all bugfixes, if the last modified date is to be believed), still it was only released 25 May. So it being done now doesn't say anything about the release date.

    My question; I recall one of the animators working on a possible "where Max hides his gun" cutscene for 303. Did it make it in?
  • edited June 2010
    tabstis wrote: »
    If Sam is partnering up with Skunkape (as has been hinted), will we finally see more of Skunkape's more emotional side?
    There are other apes, you know ;)
  • edited June 2010
    NeatNit wrote: »
    There are other apes, you know ;)

    True but it seems more likely that it's Skunkape. Season 2 saw the return of every villain from the earlier episodes eventually.
  • edited June 2010
    tabstis wrote: »
    True but it seems more likely that it's Skunkape. Season 2 saw the return of every villain from the earlier episodes eventually.

    Telltale had a bad time back then with recycled locations and characters, I doubt the same will happen this time.
  • edited June 2010
    Dude, clone pirates.
  • edited June 2010
    Okay, they're still doing that. But maybe not with Sam & Max, right?
  • edited June 2010
    Dude, clone dogs

    ...

    ...

    Oh wait, still one more episode to come...
  • edited June 2010
    tabstis wrote: »
    Sorry for double post but I've just had a thought-

    We're probably gonna control Max through rhinoplasty so he'll probably be in a room filled with a lot of pictures. We use his brain to assume those forms and then control Max as he moves about in a different shape/body!

    Is that about right?

    How does he change his shape without a brain?
  • edited June 2010
    It's obvious to me that the 'they' as in 'They Stole Max's Brains', must be 'them'... T.H.E.M.

    New job for the
    Mariachis
    :P
  • edited June 2010
    It's obvious to me that the 'they' as in 'They Stole Max's Brains', must be 'them'... T.H.E.M.

    New job for the
    Mariachis
    :P

    i liked how T.H.E.M was in 302. i forget when
  • edited June 2010
    i liked how T.H.E.M was in 302. i forget when

    Please remember I have no memory of that at all.
  • edited June 2010
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    Please remember I have no memory of that at all.

    I think one of the moles says something like "Don't talk to T.H.E.M", obviously meaning them, but referencing an old telltale gag!
  • edited June 2010
    How does he change his shape without a brain?

    What if he could shapeshift as a brain?
  • edited June 2010
    Mr Nutt wrote: »
    What if he could shapeshift as a brain?

    My thoughts exactly - this would mean that we would still be able to control Max in the episode and would explain the familiar voice from an unfamiliar body.
  • edited June 2010
    i like this thread and all the speculation going on
  • edited June 2010
    Mr Nutt wrote: »
    What if he could shapeshift as a brain?
    How would he see the pictures? How would he hold the rhynoplasty? (spelling?)


    Max is not going to be able to shapeshift as a brain.
  • edited June 2010
    NeatNit wrote: »
    How would he see the pictures? How would he hold the rhynoplasty? (spelling?)


    Max is not going to be able to shapeshift as a brain.

    How did Gordon see stuff? How come Max isn't dead anyways with his brain and his body separated? Come on, Sam & Max isn't about realism.
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