Oct 25, 2006

Sam & Max: Culture Shock Review Part I




Sam & Max are back, this time, with vengeance.

Eager fans can finally have some joy after the devastating result of double cancellation. This time, Tell Tale Games promises to be the one that can revive the series, not only with one episode, but six! And after finishing episode one, nobody has to worry about Sam & Max being in the wrong hands anymore.

"Culture Shock" begins with Sam & Max sitting in their hectic office. The phone is stolen by a rat who is living in their office, and demands Swiss cheese for the exchange of the phone. So Sam finds regular cheese and shoots it with his gun to make holes, and Swiss cheese is made! These kind of whacky puzzles are just the tip of the iceberg!

As the story unfolds, we know that former child stars from the 70's hit TV show "The Soda Poppers" are being hypnotized by an actor called Brady Culture. His goal is to promote himself as the lovable former child star, that never was, and to regain his popularity back.

The characters are very, very well written. Each character has his own personality, from the highly insane to the tattoo artist/psychotherapist to the overly protected of his own clothes! You can tell how much time Tell Tale spent on creating those characters.

Part two will be posted shortly with the final verdict!

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