I didn't want to use a hint, but I was on the final puzzle and I was just reading through the walkthrough (don't know why) and I accidently read too far, so I knew that I had to
Heh, Hero1, I'm glad that you're being hit by the puzzles, as you was a chief proponent of more weirdness and brain bending last year.
For what it's worth, I think that 202 is, at least structurally, one of the most Sam & Max-comic-like stories we've done in the games so far. There's a marauding triangle which Sam & Max try to defeat but eventually decide to jump through instead, landing them, apparently, to a vaguely tropical island inhabited by ancient stone heads in fear of an even more ancient prophecy, and baby versions of famous missing people who could go home, but prefer hanging out at the tiki bar, downing drinks.
Somehow the leads to a cavern full of sea chimps who worship the feet of the stone heads, which poke through the ceiling, but are all under the sway of Sam & Max's old pet goldfish
, who is defeated
by tipping over his tank, resulting in Max being high priest of the undersea kingdom
.
The volcano explodes, but the day is saved by diverting the lava flow to a completely unknown, possibly inhabited, location
. It's a lot of seemingly disconnected madness piling on top of itself, but no questions are asked, Sam & Max just roll with it. I like that a lot.
the only bit i had to cheat on was the snail goo as well.
SPOILER..
Im still not quite sure why making the gong red made the red portal appear, i presume it was something to do with ti being attracted to shapes that i didn't remember ... can anyone enlighten me?
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Oh and the plot of this one is definately is the best episode yet for being pure sam and max madness! May it continue throught the series!
the only bit i had to cheat on was the snail goo as well.
SPOILER..
Im still not quite sure why making the gong red made the red portal appear, i presume it was something to do with ti being attracted to shapes that i didn't remember ... can anyone enlighten me?
END SPOILER
Oh and the plot of this one is definately is the best episode yet for being pure sam and max madness! May it continue throught the series!
If you ring a gold gong, it summons a gold portal. Same with silver... same with red.
See, that's where I was completely stumped. I thought the red triangle was of an entirely different nature than the other ones, so I didn't think it would work with a gong. Looking back though, it does make sense.
Oh, and I just want to say that episode 202 was very enjoyable, I can't wait to see what happens next!
Just finished the episode and I agree this was the most Sam & Max(comic-form) story we've had. Also loved the references to the Philippines and then
the cute adorable baby versions of sam & max from that hilarious one-page comic..sam wearing a max shirt included!
There was so much to like about the episode really, I'll post about it later.. and also that IGN guy who said he completed it in 2 hours must have had the hints on! and you lose the right to complain about an episode being short if you use the hints :cool:
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A weird story, I know.
For what it's worth, I think that 202 is, at least structurally, one of the most Sam & Max-comic-like stories we've done in the games so far. There's a marauding triangle which Sam & Max try to defeat but eventually decide to jump through instead, landing them, apparently, to a vaguely tropical island inhabited by ancient stone heads in fear of an even more ancient prophecy, and baby versions of famous missing people who could go home, but prefer hanging out at the tiki bar, downing drinks.
SPOILER..
Im still not quite sure why making the gong red made the red portal appear, i presume it was something to do with ti being attracted to shapes that i didn't remember ... can anyone enlighten me?
END SPOILER
Oh and the plot of this one is definately is the best episode yet for being pure sam and max madness! May it continue throught the series!
Hey how do i make spoiler tags work?
I wish the (end of game spoiler coming up, beware)
Oh, and I just want to say that episode 202 was very enjoyable, I can't wait to see what happens next!