Game Details

Title: Sam and Max Season 2: Beyond Time and Space
Cost: 1600 MS Points
Developer: TellTale Games
Publisher: XBLA
Website: Xbox.com Page
Game Type: Point and Click Graphic Adventure
Multi-player: None
Length: Medium – 10 – 15 hour campaign (if not using walk through)

My Impressions

While I am not that big of a Sam and Max fan, I do enjoy Point and Click Graphic Adventure games (aside when stuck on a puzzle), and after playing through and completing Sam and Max Season 2, I am pleased to report that it is every bit as good as the first installment (reviewed here), with the main problem with the game being that as with the first installment it has been available for the PC for some time.

While the game is at first glance expensive costing 1600 MS points, it should be noted that the game includes 5 individual “episodes” which makes the cost per episode only 320 MS points each, the price is also cheaper than the typical price for the game on other formats. This means that overall it is quite good value for money. I only wish EA had done the same sort of pricing for their Hasbro Family Game Night XBLA game.

The game itself is fairly standard point and click fare with the “standard” Sam and Max humour which means that for most people the decision whether or not to purchase will depend on if they enjoy Sam and Max point and click games or not. In terms of the plot, it is an indirect continuation of the events of Season 1 (Spoilers ahead) with Max still President of the World and this time around, the adventures take you to places as vaired as The North Pole where you meet Santa, and Hell where you also meet Santa or was that Satan I keep on getting them mixed up as they both wear Red.

One of my favourite aspects of this “season” of games is that there is a Time Travel element occuring in a few of the episodes that works in a way similar to some of the puzzles in Day of the Tentacle (one of the first point and click adventure games I ever played and still one of my favourites) with you having to alter elements in the past to “save” the future.

Overall if you enjoy insane point and click adventure games, have the MS points to spare and havent already bought the game, then you can do far worse than buying Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space.

My Recommendation

Buy

An enjoyable adventure with Sam and Max, whose only major flaw is that you may have already bought it for the Wii or PC.