Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Steam Charts & Stats

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Now THAT'S how you end with a bang!

Right in the feels ;( Love this series ever since hit the road in 1993 <3

Excellent way to end the series.

The game is certainly the best mechanically, but the remaster leaves something to be desired, particularly as it seems to introduce some bugs and it looks a bit worse. The plot is more coherent, but ironically it seems that the writing suffered for it. AUDIOVISUAL The lighting has downgraded somewhat, not in its technical aspects but just in how it is used. The old version had a gritty look that fit its tone and what it was parodying better, and you can see some elements of that retained in the remaster, such as the font. The previous games' "comic" font is used for highlighted objects, however, which doesn't work too well with the rest of the style. There is also a new font used for highlighted "Max vision" objects, which actually fits quite well. The most notable thing about the visuals is that Max is much more expressive than the prior two games, which is jarring, but certainly an improvement. TECHNICAL The game has a flaw I have never seen in any game prior: your computer can enter sleep mode while a cutscene is playing. This would not be such an issue if it were not for the fact that when the computer wakes up, the cutscene is frozen for a considerable amount of time. The game also seems to have trouble going from lengthy cutscenes to gameplay, again freezing when this occurs. I don't recall any other bugs. GAMEPLAY What chiefly distinguishes this game from the prior ones is the "Max vision" with the psychic abilities. That's interesting and implemented well; switching is quite seamless, though the first-person controls are a bit disorienting, and the psychic puzzles are decently challenging, though most of the ones that involve mind reading or "future vision" are very easy, especially since if you are like me and use the two on literally everything to see the gags. The more subtle improvement to the structure of the game is that each episode features a unique puzzle gimmick. Episode 1 revolves around the usage of "future vision," 2 features a pseudo-time-travel mechanic, 3 focuses on shapeshifting, 4 mainly uses teleportation, and 5 is something else, to put it plainly and without spoilers. It's a far more coherent structure than the previous two games without being repetitive. The game is also good at focusing on a particular kind of puzzle for a period of time, such as episode 3, which has a special puzzle involving the dialogue wheel. PLOT The game, in sharp contrast to the prior two installments, has an actual coherent plot. It even has a narrator. The plot is mostly a pastiche of Lovecraft, the Twilight Zone, and other bits and bobs of horror. This means that much of the writing is narrowly tailored around that, so punchlines are less free-flowing. It feels at times, though, that the game does not take full advantage of the humor in the scenarios it presents and uses cliches too much. There were, by my memory, multiple jokes with the general format "[X] is crazy, but [Y that exists in the game] is normal." There was also a bit more gross-out humor. It sticks out that the game presents at least two scenarios involving human-nonhuman intimate relations.

A damn good remaster for a damn good final season to a great series of games. The gameplay may cause headache but that doesnt matter cause the comedy and the story makes up for it. Also the soundtrack is amazing you can listen to it on spotify so if you cant buy the game you can at least enjoy the music.

Great game, I liked all the 3 remasters but this alone was the best.

I have been told by friends and others that this is the sad one,but I mean its Sam and Max how sad can it can get? edit:If that end credits cutscene didnt exist apart of my soul would have been locked away and i dont think i would be be able to usse it again.

these gay freaks infused me with joy and laughter only for them to suck all of it right back out of my soul. absolutely awful. now do it again!