Sam & Max: Episode 202 - Moai Better Blues

"Sam & Max: Season Two: Moai Better Blues" is the second Episode of the second Season of the fun satirical episode Point-and-click adventures. The overturns sadistic Bunny Max and the jovial Dog Sam form a congenial Team. They are freelance police Officers, investigative Detectives and solve every Case with their Firm, however absurd or outlandish. Mechanically, we are in classic Point-and-Click. We (almost) always control Sam, click on Things that all trigger a Comment, stuff some of them into our Inventory, use them with other Things or other Protagonists, and select from multiple conversational Options for the latter. As classic as the Gameplay, so twisted is the Humour. Everything is taken on the Rails here, whether Television Formats or American Presidents. The more abstruse the better. In doing so, the Series doesn't shy away from bad Puns and Calaus. But it is precisely this disrespectful approach to everything and everyone that opens up the Range from sharp Parody to Level-free flat wit. Everything else is subordinated to a good Punchline. And that's exactly what makes for the Wit and Charm of "Sam & Max." As usual, this Episode is not primarily about the Puzzles, but about the anarchist-ironic Humour that always isolates Elements of the Real And parodies them through Overdrawing. The Puzzle Structure is also often similar. In Terms Of content, there are the wildest and most surprising Ideas, but structurally many Puzzles run according to the Motto: Do three or four Tasks and then come back, off. In this Episode "Moai Better Blues," the able-bodied Bermuda Triangle looks past Our Heroes, sucks in our Protagonists and beams them on the Easter Islands, where they are supposed to prevent a Volcanic Eruption. Turned Off Mini-games such as a bagpipe crossing or a surfboard machine on which, like, a Tray on the Head, thrown baby bottles must dodge offer Variety. Well-known Figures such as the Head of the Lincoln statue are also there again. But There is also a Problem of the Series, which manifests itself particularly in this Episode. The main Players, like their Own Creeways, are all already known. The Constellations of figures No longer offer Really new things, the character-immanent Comedy has already been exhausted weuite-oriented. And so the Series does the only possible thing you have left. It is becoming more absurd, more peculiar, more shy. But this also unrelated, any and less funny. This does not mean that there are not still some good Gags that can entertain, that is, only that one clearly notices here that the Series is running out of air so slowly. In any Case, you should play the English-language Version if you don't want to miss Gags. The German Synchro makes an effort, but often-due to numerous Puns that can hardly be translated-has no Chance. The Playing Time of the individual Episodes is neat, because you are busy with each of the five episodes about two Hours. (On Steam, however, you can only buy the whole Season 2 consisting of 5 Episodes anyway). Rating: 6/10 Atmosphere 5/10 Story 7/10 Graphic 7/10 Sound 7/10 Game Mechanics 6/10 Balancing 6/10 Game Pass Conclusion: It gets thinner. 6/10 Overall Rating