Episode 1 vs Episode 2?
Thoughts? Personally I liked Episode 2 better. The jokes made me laugh, rather than smirk. The villian had more personality and life, and the third party characters were hilarious (Bosco is by far the best, but Hugh Bliss was good). The whole episode was shorter it seemed, but I wouldn't say the difficulty level was any different. The trickiest part for me took 5 minutes to figure out instead of 4. What I like best is the scenery, the whole television studio set had this darker bizarre aura that gave the true feeling of a Sam and Max game, kinda like some of the locations in HTR. Maybe its just the nostalgia kicking in, but I felt like I was in Rubacava in Grim Fandango. Episode 1 has the outside of the creepy theater clinic, but you dont spend much time there and its all laughs and giggles and organs inside, not nearly wierd enough.
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I went through the whole game in one sitting, and never wanted to put the game down. Good thing I had the morning off
Looking forward to Episode 3.
lol, "i felt like" i dont think i would ever put another adventure game on the same playing field as grim fandango.
Sams expression at that moment simply made episode 2 for me, i loved it
Yes... they can.
I thought Episode 2 had better puzzles and way more humor.
I vote for Ep 2.
Episode 1 took my about two days to finish, whereas 2 took me a few hours, but I ran into similar trouble when I first started playing Hit The Road after a long long hiatus.
I think people saying that it's shorter or easier just don't realize the change in thinking that occurs when figuring out episodes 1.
Maybe I'm wrong, but regardless, The humor on the weak end is just as good as HTR and the comics and even excels beyond all of that on the high end. Whether it's toddler easy or not doesn't matter because it's still a riot to play through over and over again.
--Erwin
The negative point: it seemed shorter than episode 1. But we'll have another one in 1 month. Keep them coming, boys!
Really ? Monkey island was my first adventure game ever, and i've played it a lot... But i don't see how ep 2 feels the same way...
In comparison to episode 1, I think this was even more non-linear, almost totally so except for the first
Still great, though, of course! Loved both!
I totally agree with this, I solved the Midtown Cowboys sitcom before I did anything backstage, and it really wasnt necessary.
I admire the Telltale-gang for what they have managed to pull off! :cool:
My main complaint is that it was way too short. The first one took me about 3.5 hours. This one took about 2 hours. I don't think it should necessarily be way more difficult, I'd just like some extra content here and there. Maybe a little mini-game in each episode?
I just wanted to put that out there. Annoying as hell on paper, but his voice is really funny and the whole character made me smile. Hopefully he'll be back in later episodes! Bosco was also much funnier this ep, his "British" impression was pretty funny (speaking as a "Brit") - would be cool if he had a different disguise every episode, though that joke might get old.
Episode 2 seemed much shorter to me, but I think it was because there wasn't much to do around S&M's office, just a couple of puzzles and not a single thing to do in their actual office. To be honest, I'd like to see subsequent episodes move away from their neighbourhood rather than just re-use the same characters and locations at the start of every case. Especially when Telltale made such good new environments this episode, the TV studio was great and I laughed quite a few times when the shows were "on-air".
Episode 2 gets my vote, just a little longer and more difficult next time eh?
I, too agree which is why I like ep 1 better. Ep 2 is funnier, but it lacks structure and a solid storyline, imo. If you think about it, the overall plot is about 5 minutes long with the shows as fillers. Ep 1 had a more throught out plot. I was more absorbed into ep 1's storyline than ep 2's. It seems disorganized and unrealistic even for a fictional storyline.
I agree with Lysandus that they should have had Lyra's office first to start Sam and Max's goal in entering those game shows if telltalegames wanted to make the game non linear.
I think the midtown Cowboys part flowed well since they had to auditioned to meet Lyra to get into the studio. However, the other shows, imo, didn't flow as well and seemed to be added there at the last minute. Either that or Telltalegames might have removed the linear route because of the demands from fans?
I too like the shows part, but as Lysandus said, this episode needed a more sense of direction. Even though I like the skin bodies part, I felt that it was not in order. However, it could be me and not the storyline since you pretty much knew that you had to go searching for something to enter the studio and checking
The whole "going to show to show" reminds me of the last LSL adventure game made by Al Lowe where you have to do win all the events to do the nasty w/ Captain Thigh. However, at the start of the game it tells you what is the goal to the game. Ep 2 just put these shows in other rooms that you are intriged to play without knowing what purpose it serves till the very end.
Overall, humor, puzzles, and graphics improved(I realize the game can be selected to have higher res unlike the previous ep. Then again, I just upgraded my pc,) but the story is lacking when compared to ep 1.
Sorry, but when I think of episodic games, I want it to have a solid storyline and gameplay. Whenever I play an adventure game, I think story is important. I may be bashed for saying this, but imo, I think most of the King's Quest games(including the fan remake of kq2) are crap for having a lackluster storyline (fun puzzles, but very weak storyline with the exception of kq6).
I hate complaining, as I feel I'm proofreading a friend's paper, but honestly, I'm not that good at adventure games. I don't know what type of smarts they take, but oftentimes I just don't have them. I usually have to cheat to complete a game (including, [at risk of being ostracized from the S&M community at large] the first episode). I'm only now working on finishing Hit the Road, after which I'll move on to finishing up DOTT. My most frustrating moment with "Situation: Comedy", however, was realizing that I'd just beaten it. Again, I feel like I'm telling my sister that her flagline acrobatics were off beat. But damn it, they were! And I've seen her do better!
Please let me sit at the cool kids table when you make your way up to cheerleader.
Anyway, that's my $.02
Keep it goin' Telltale
Ahaa, that's good to hear. It only shows that the average quality of the episodes is quite decent then.
The first episode feeled so linear that I somehow instantly knew what to do...
I thougt that both episodes was pretty equally funny, maybe it was more really-funny lines in culture shock, but the best ones occurred in Ep2.
but what really make me choose Ep2 is probably the superb animations, eyebrows and all that. It somehow gave the game a totally new feel for me.
Ep2 also seems more crazy, wierd and disturbed (in a good way).
However, Episode 2 just seemed to sort of wander a little aimlessly. Sam & Max didn't seem very motivated for their cause, and nothing gave them a real reason to loathe and despise their adversary which, as we all know, is usually the only reason why they bother doing their job: For some form of satisfactory revenge against an unlikable opponent. The ending just felt sort of anti-climactic.
But no big deal. Every so often, we all have our off days, and the comedy business is no exception. You get a dull episode now and then, but then get a hysterical one later to make up for it!
- I thought it was funnier.
- I thought it was slightly longer.
- I liked the change of scenery.
That's all I have to say.
Also the plot was extremely vague in Ep2. I actually forgot what the heck I was doing anyway, so I was just solving puzzles to progress, not to actually reach any goal. The skinbody part kinda threw me off, since it didn't have any kind of relevance at all.
I am looking forward to episode 4 because the title of that one is pretty awesome.
As far as lenght and challenge go, I thought they were pretty much the same which is a good thing since it shows consistency.