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Sam and Max Revival?
Though we've mentioned the possibility before, the rumour is again circulating that Sam and Max may ride again. Adventure Gamers has the story in the form of an interview with the owner of the studio supposedly angling for the franchise. From the article: Q: Rumor has it that Bad Brain is attempting to acquire the rights to Sam & Max: Freelance Police. What can you say about that? A: No comment (I signed an NDA). All I can say is: yes, we are talking to LucasArts about a game that might involve animals, but that's all folks!"
So long as they do a good job with the game I'm all for it. It was one of my most loved games, but it wouldn't be worth it if they ruin it.
That style of adventure game has been dying. The last really good adventure game I can remember playing was Grim Fandango.
The key elements of the genre seem to have been absorbed by other genres (adventure like puzzles in RPGs, FPS) or morphed into survival horror type games.
I really do want to see Sam & Max make a comeback!
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Sam and Max's delay may prove to be a boon. Adventure games have been declared officially "dead," with the poor sales of Grim Fandango, but I can't help but believe that its essence will return in some form. The first Sam and Max adventure was one of my all-time favorites, but I think that a sequel whose play is true to the original will do poorly. While production values are higher these days, and aesthetics have improved, adventure gameplay has not evolved as much as gamers demand.
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that action gameplay has evolved much further; the gameplay differences between Wolfenstien 3D and Half Life 2 are greater than those between Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango.
Sam and Max deserve something that's different, and I'm willing to wait.
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I bought "Grim Fandango," and while I have enjoyed the game, I have hated the control scheme with a level of hatred I normally reserve for Jehovah's Witness evangelical door-to-door vacuum cleaner/insurance salesmen.
LucasArts' choice of controls for "Grim Fandango" were the killing choice. Abandoning the point/click interface for what was essentially a keyboard version of the "Resident Evil" control scheme was atrocious.
Any time a person has to spend 10-15 minutes rotating their character, slightly moving forward and back, etc. in a futile effort to get into position to hit a button...well,
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I don't really know... when the sequels for Full throttle and S&M were announced, it generated quite a stir in the gaming comunity. There is a market out there for quality adventure games, but Lucasarts decided to go for the quick buck stapling Star Wars decals in every game they could get their hands on. Shame on them.
The best Max cameo is in the original Jedi Knight. There's a house you can sneak into on one of the levels and find Max carrying a blaster. If you hit the spacebar on him, you can control him and run around. If he gets shot, he goes ballistic and starts blasting everything in sight with psychopathic bunny glee.
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I remember the giddy feeling i'm sure all of us got when playing those origional LucasArts games of Monkey Island, Sam & Max, etc. Really, All I ask of them is great story. While graphics and sound updates would be nice, I really can't see doing the game in 3D or anything. I think one of the monkey islands had a joke about a 3rd dimension? Anyone else think that the games should be left in 2D? or are there some merits for 3D?