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Sam And Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues
Published by: Telltale Games |
Sam and Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues - Game Review (PC)
By Flaviu Volosciuc
Published: January 11, 2008
Print With the baby-guardian of the Ancient Hidden
Cave and with the tiny reincarnation of Glenn Miller, the island is
full of little inhabitants. The reason is the fountain of youth from
which each inhabitant had drunk. Some of the references in the game
are to understand if you are under 40 years old. Let's take Glenn
Miller for example. He was included in the story cause he is the king
of swing era and died in a plane accident under weird circumstances
while his body was never found. Perfect match for the story!
Besides the inhabitants of the island, you will talk also with Sybil, Lincoln, Bosco, Stinky, and C.O.P.S.. Detective Flint makes another short appearance at Stinky's restaurant spying on Bosco, and Jimmy Two-Teeth finds his new home in the Maimtron 9000 body.
Yes, that stupid robot still covers the pavement. Unfortunately the old friends of Sam and Max will have a low importance in this episode. Most of the time you will talk with the island inhabitants especially with the three Moai heads and the ocean chimps.
The length of the game depends on every gamer.
If you are a newbie you will spend more than four hours, getting
stucked several times and being distracted by many interactive items.
Almost any object can cause funny dialogs between Sam and Max, and
cause false impressions of puzzle solutions.
Based on a hilarious thinking, every puzzle has weird solutions. Take for example how you get rid of the little guardian, or what you have to do to enter the waitresses' union. But in Sam and Max's universe everything makes sense. To get into the union you have to ride a mechanical surf without spilling drinks (mini-game).
Make the little guardian
disappear by giving him a lot of water from the youth fountain to
drink. But what mission do Sam and Max have? To stop a massive
volcano eruption on this island. But first they have to win the gods
trust. Of course they will succeed, but much more important for you
is how. For a newbie, this title will be a challenge to complete. You
have to pay attention to the whole story and every events in it.
Seems that the game is not so casual anymore. But for someone who is
not new to the series, with a little bit of thinking he/she will
manage to complete it in 2-3 hours.
Sam and Max Episode 202 - Moai Better Blues is a
non-classical adventure game. For a newbie this game is not a
friendly one and for a veteran is a problem if he didn't play the
other episodes. Personally I think that for a better experience
everyone should definitely play the first season to understand the
original humor of this series and its characters.
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