Ep 4, much better.
Just finished it and I would say it's much better than the previous 2 episodes. The puzzles are more difficult, and the episode itself seems to be longer. However I still don't think the puzzles are quite twisted enough yet to be up to true S&M standards, a lot of them were still quite straightforward and required little though to solve.
Oh, this was by far the funniest episode yet, had me laughing all the way. Disapointed that Max wouldn't say the Red Square line again though. You guys couldn't come up with anything for April 13th? Thought there would have been a gag hiding in there somwhere....
Anyway, if you keep the comedy at that level and factor the difficulty up by that much again then Ep 5 should be a great release!
Oh, this was by far the funniest episode yet, had me laughing all the way. Disapointed that Max wouldn't say the Red Square line again though. You guys couldn't come up with anything for April 13th? Thought there would have been a gag hiding in there somwhere....
Anyway, if you keep the comedy at that level and factor the difficulty up by that much again then Ep 5 should be a great release!
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And some of the Puzzles are not that easy. But on the downside is imho that TT did some of the episodes length with the permanent location change.
eg.
But i can live with that. Great work!
ONE THING THOUGH: Bosco assumed the persona of a communist in order to avoid the attention of the US government. Am I the only one who sees the serious difficulty in this? A serious dip in verisimilitude!
that is one of the parts that makes this joke funny
P.S. for a game based on a comedic cartoon, some of you take this game way too seriously............. maybe you could use some "truth serum" to lighten your mood
http://telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=21787
but usually you cannot take anything i say seriously
isnt everyone else the same?
I got stumped at least twice, each time long enough to force some actual thinking but not long enough to make me quit playing in the meantime. This is quite good. There being a number of plausible red herrings is also nice, and it's good to know we no longer have to be afraid of spoiling ourselves in talking to Max.
All in all, you adressed the main shortcomings while retaining all the good things. By now I can't think of any downside that rises above the level of a nitpick. Excellent work!
Also, is it just me, or is the voice of sam & max getting better with each episode? in the beginning, I was having a bit of a problem buying max as max. Especially since I have only played hit the road before, and don't really have any emotional relationship to any other voices for max. Of course, sam was easy to buy as sam. Anyway, I think the voices just sound better and better in each episode. Everything from the pace to how things are put sounds more and more like how I remember sam & max in hit the road. Just the way they say something is enough to make me laugh.
"Well, it all started the day before today. I remember it just like it was yesterday."
--Moleman from Sam & Max Hit The Road
By the way, I love
i really enjoyed this one. the best episode so far
the only thing i still have to complain about is the bad voice-compression. i hope the guys (and gals ^^) at TT keep their promise and ship the season 1 dvd with high-quality audio-files
Plus the week-early release made me feel special as a subscriber. Thanks Telltale!
(i love especially the graphical style of each episode in the whole)
Btw TTG.
Hehe nice, that with the Swiss Poster, but i have to say:
It's a Fact that only the Best cheese gets exported, the "minder quality" Product stays here in our National Food Shops.(does not mean he is bad) *g*
But yep i had a little laugh after that i heard what max said.
Oh and TTG, and Please could you say me what the third line means? And the first Word of the second line, i can't read it clearly, because...you know Texture Sizes.(uhm they have always to fit.)
bte sry. for my bad english.
You've really outdone yourselves with 'Abe Lincoln Must Die!'... it'll be a tough cookie to top, but I can't wait to see what's in store for 'Reality 2.0'.
writing.. best yet! i laughed and laughed and laughed
music.. still brilliant how how jared merged presidential themes with jazz music and made it sound cool was genius
voice acting.. sensational.. the guy doing max did his best work
art style.. dave bogan did an awesome job of putting the whitehouse in this new sam and max world..the new locations looked great
difficulty.. great improvement..I had to think my way through the game and loved every minute of it
length.. it must have taken me about 5 hours..big improvement over episode 3
animation.. the big animiations with the villain looked great..max's expressions seemed greatly improved
storyline.. really hit a fine note..with some sam and max absurdity
great episode can't wait for number 5
Best episode so far!!
Thank you, again
The length was decent this time, it's more difficult than Culture Shock, and random political references
The puzzles weren't as straight forward as 2 & 3, both a blessing and curse:D , and the money puzzles went back to what I liked so much about HTR puzzles, and having Max as President is a particularly funny nightmare.
Can't wait for 5, particularly if it continues to build and improve like 4 has.
But the difficulty was just right, the dialog was somehow even better than before (I might even say this episode has twice as many laughs as any other, it's just that funny), the voice acting exceeded expectations, and the
Although it would've shortened the episode, I think they should've
(The aforementioned is an issue with many plot-driven games, and designers will probably be wrestling with it for ages to come.)
in the first 3 episodes, they can be devided into 3 seperate acts
- the first is an into with one or two puzzles to you get into somewhere
- the second is a long middle or "3 tasks" act
- the final act is a short finale with one long puzzle to take down the villan
however episode 4 can be devided into 4 seperate acts, each containing 2 main puzzles (or just one big one as in the finale)
Act 2 - The election issues, and create a scandal
Act 3 - take are of superball again, provoke a war
Act 4 - war room finale, lincon takedown
and i am sure that episode 5 will continue to yeild improvments in the series ............... either that or everyone will start saying "episode 4 was better"