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Home : Games : Reviews : PC / Windows : Sam & Max - Season 1 Episode #2: Situation: Comedy
It's as brief and easy as the previous episode, but overall it's more palatable.
Sam & Max are back at it (again), and this time around they have to figure out why TV talk show host Myra is holding her audience captive. It’s been a while since Culture Shock was released, and the thrill of seeing Sam & Max on our computer screens again has worn off. This time around Telltale Games really needed to deliver the goods. Did they? Sometimes less can be more, but in the case of Situation: Comedy less is just that; less. Specifically, there are fewer puzzles, items, and dialogs, and the puzzles themselves are easier. That’s how it felt to me, at any rate, especially with a measly running length of 2.5 hours.
Much of what was said in our review of Episode 1 applies here as well, but Situation: Comedy did improve things in a few ways. For one, there are more characters this time around. Making a second appearance are favourites Sybil and Bosco, as well as the Soda Poppers (much to my dismay). New characters include the ruthless Skinbody gang, a TV show director, two (other) animal actors, albino magician Hugh Bliss, and of course talk show host Myra. I particularly enjoyed Hugh Bliss (a lot more so than Brady Culture); without giving anything away, it seems that the writers at Telltale have a fascination with oddball TV personalities hocking dubious lifestyle aids.
The new characters are all voiced very well, especially due to the inclusion of a comedy staple; British Accents. There are at least one and a half British accents in the game, enough to warrant the addition of a British Advisor to the team (look for it in the credits). Unfortunately there are less overall conversation options than last time around, and some of them (especially the banter between Sam & Max) sound recycled. Instead the focus seems to have been placed on the visual aspects of the game.
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