I loved it It actually felt longer to me than the other episodes, but maybe it was because it took me forever to figure out how to get the glove from Jimmy.
It already has my favourite line in the entire series thus far, "God *censored* us, every one!" That had me rolling. I commend telltale for making the only funny 'A Christmas Carol' spoof in the history of ever [I hate 'A Christmas Carol' and I hate it when TV cartons make fun of it. And considering every carton from the Flinstones to the Simpsons have done one, it grows old, though I am fond of the old 50's film 'Scrooge'. I like old movies]
The only thing that I didn't like is that
they were too obvious on who the villain *really* was. I knew from the second I saw the snow devil, I knew that Satan would be a villain later in the series, if not the villain of the entire season. It was a little harder to guess in Season 1, even though I knew Hugh Bliss was gonna be the bad guy by Episode 4. I loved the fact they used 'Roy G. Biv' in Ep 5. Very clever, I wonder how many people got it.
But that's off track, this is season 2 we're supposed to be talking about.
Theres one other comment I have: Flint Paper's voice was perfect :cool: The sound design overall is great in this series.
(The soda poppers are 100% optional to talk to in 201, you know)
Yeah but not 100% optional to listen to during the end scene.
I second Max's opinion, why don't they just die?
I think that'd make for a very popular episode - where the soda poppers suddenly tragically spontaneously combust, or explode in a gory and graphic display of various shades of red... too stong?
that max wants to bomb auckland (my city of residence) with the santa sleigh!
just take it as a compliment...;)
anyway, i think the first episode is great. so many hilarious lines of dialogue and everything runs a lot smoother and looks better than last season.
i was really surprised by the setup screen and the tutorial was also well done. at first i was a bit dissapointed that it uses old story from 101, but since it was meant to be for new players and the others should not miss anything if they don't want to play it, it's okay. it just lacks a mention of the doubleclick-to-run feature. there might also a slight improvment to the running itself in the future. if you want to run long distances sam always stops between clicks and the animation looks a bit strange. no big deal though.
about the ending:
i just love that half-assed solution to pack possessed santa in the box. you just can't safe them all..:D
Just finished it. Took just a bit over 3 hours, but I've forgone a number of dialog options and there are still a couple of things I'm going back to try out; I'd say the length feels perfect. The difficulty level is great, too - I actually like the hint system.
And speaking about nifty features, the "Telltale login" and "register through Telltale login" features were very nice, especially with that paranoid firewall I'm using. I did miss a "retry internet connection" option, but no biggie. Oh and that autosave-on-F5 is great, you should have pointed that out somewhere.
I'm also pleased with the performance boost. It runs as well on 1024x768 as Season One did on 800x600. This does seem to come at the price of noticeably longer loading times, but so long as the music keeps playing I can handle it.
I'd list some particularly hilarious things, but there's just too many of them (plus I'd have to spoiler-tag them). I do want to express my wow at seeing a
time-travel
-(sub)plot already, and a very well-delivered and -exploited one at that. You've even managed to keep the number of
paradoxes
down (I counted only one) by strategic
portal placement
- though
paradoxes
can also add to the fun, of course.
All in all, it's every bit as good as I hoped and expected, which is saying a lot.
SPOILER....kinda and I don't know how to use the tags...
What I found funny was the random mexican guy in the trailer that I kept thinking was a big part of it all...but all he do was go "happy birthday!" lol XD
SPOILER....kinda and I don't know how to use the tags...
What I found funny was the random mexican guy in the trailer that I kept thinking was a big part of it all...but all he do was go "happy birthday!" lol XD
That doesn't mean he isn't going to be a big part in the future...
...or perhaps just a red herring?
By the way, I think spoiler tags/warnings are pretty useless in this thread, since we've all flooded it with spoilers anyway. People with any sense would probably realise this from the thread title!
there might also a slight improvment to the running itself in the future. if you want to run long distances sam always stops between clicks and the animation looks a bit strange. no big deal though.
You can just double-click, and hold the mouse-button pressed, so Sam KEEPS running. Works for walking as well.
. there might also a slight improvment to the running itself in the future. if you want to run long distances sam always stops between clicks and the animation looks a bit strange. no big deal though.
A ha! This is where the second already-included improvement to walking/running comes into play. Did you notice that if you just hold down the mouse button, Sam will follow the cursor around as you drag it across the screen? Try double clicking, but holding down the second click. Sam will run around chasing your cursor, so you can Double click and hold it down and just drag it to the edge of the screen, and Sam will run down the length of the entire street until you let go of the mouse button.
just finished it and loved playing every second of it. I loved the way the episode started up. I liked the whole past/present/future concept in the story, the soundtrack was one of the best yet i think, nice one for keeping leonard tied up in the cupboard..hehe.The mini games were a nice addition and some of the puzzles were not as straightforward as season one. I got stuck at various points before i figured out what i had to do. So thankyou for a great episode and cant wait to play episode 2.
maybe a little bit off topic but is there any planning to how many seasons of sam and max you are going to do?
I must say that Im a bit dissapointed. I thought episode 1, 4 and 5 were awesome, episode 2 and 3 quite good, but was really dissapointed with episode 6. So I really go my hopes up with the awesome beginning of this episode with the robot. But after while in Santas shop, it really became.......well it just wasn´t that funny. I suppose its mainly because I thought Stinky was quite dull, as we´re the puzzles in the diner (which with its decorations was to much like Sybils place), and please.......drop the Sybil-Abe thing.
And Insane Santa should have been used much more.
The episode was ok, with a great beginning. But at the end, it was nowhere near the quality of episode 4 and 5.
It just dawned on me after playing the game for the fifth time in a row.
Does anyone else think the location and events that happen in Christmas Future are going to end up being part of the final cut scene in the last episode for the season?
It just dawned on me after playing the game for the fifth time in a row.
Does anyone else think the location and events that happen in Christmas Future are going to end up being part of the final cut scene in the last episode for the season?
It just dawned on me after playing the game for the fifth time in a row.
Does anyone else think the location and events that happen in Christmas Future are going to end up being part of the final cut scene in the last episode for the season?
Ooh, good thinking!
...wait... fifth time in a row? :eek:
Actually, episode five comes out in April and since that was a Christmas future, I don't think so.
Actually, episode five comes out in April and since that was a Christmas future, I don't think so.
Weren't Past, Present und Future just the points in time where Sam & Max RUINED christmas for Jimmy, The Bug and S&M themselves (or probably Satan, because it looked like they were in hell)? After all Christmas Present wasn't/isn't christmas either, but mid-November (as the duo also states before the end credits... and my calende proves ).
My thoughts:
I loved the intro cutscene. Had me laughing throughout.
I also liked the boxing minigame, even though I realized how to beat it right off the bat I still had to give it a couple of tries.
The decal thing was a pretty fun diversion, too.
I thought the difficulty was pretty good as well. I was consistently entertained trying to solve the puzzles, and only got stuck once or twice, but even then I had a pretty good general idea of what to do.
The
plot twist with the possessed elves
was sheer genius.
On the downside, I didn't like Stinky much. She came off as too much of a pretentious, self-absorbed liar. And not in a good way, either. Also, Sybil and Abe were pretty pointless- they could have been pretty much anyone and it would have worked out the same.
Also, where's the Mexican guy? I didn't find him...
I loved all the Christmas Carol references, especially Jimmy's kid in the Tiny Tim role I wonder if we'll get to see Jimmy's wife and kid again. And the boxing mini game was a really nice touch.
I really hope we get to see the Christmas Future rescue from the other side, preferably in episode 4 or 5.
The puzzles seemed a lot harder than the first season. Some parts really had me stumped for a while.
- gameplay wise i thought this was the best game telltale has produced.. it took me over 5 hours..didn't use the hint system.. it was fairly difficult and a great length
- i love flint paper's voice..perfect
- loved santas voice, the way he looked..just great character
- music, once again brilliant
- i officially cant stand the soda poppers..may they die a horrible death
- not as funny as 104..but still lots of laughs in this 1
- loved the multiple endings..storywise plotted out beautifully
- environments looked better and seemed bigger than season 1
- heaps of stuff to click on! thanks for listening telltale..great jokes with all posters and items etc
- minigames? boxing 1 was soo easy not sure it was worth it..the car game still runs horribly for me..not sure if its my system or what? but both added nothing to the game i thought
- young rat with tourettes = comedy gold
had lots of fun..well done telltale and bring on 202
- gameplay wise i thought this was the best game telltale has produced.. it took me over 5 hours..didn't use the hint system.. it was fairly difficult and a great length
- i love flint paper's voice..perfect
- loved santas voice, the way he looked..just great character
- music, once again brilliant
- i officially cant stand the soda poppers..may they die a horrible death
- not as funny as 104..but still lots of laughs in this 1
- loved the multiple endings..storywise plotted out beautifully
- environments looked better and seemed bigger than season 1
- heaps of stuff to click on! thanks for listening telltale..great jokes with all posters and items etc
- minigames? boxing 1 was soo easy not sure it was worth it..the car game still runs horribly for me..not sure if its my system or what? but both added nothing to the game i thought
- young rat with tourettes = comedy gold
had lots of fun..well done telltale and bring on 202
I think he meant the false endings where you thought the episode was going to wrap up, and then something got twisted up and revealed another act or another scene (though this might not be the exact thing Hero1 is referring to, the largest instance of this is after
exorcising the demon and then realizing that that wasn't actually what you needed to do at all, opening another act of the game where you meet the spirits of Christmas
Just wanted to drop in and say that I loved the game too... Probably Telltale's best effort thus far, imo. The gameplay, the story, and the humor was just perfectly balanced, and like everyone's saying, the graphics look better than ever. And the music was as impressive as ever too... Never let that Emerson-Johnson go because he's amazing!
I'm gonna have to throw in a minor complain about the sound compression too, though... It's not awful, but it's still annoying, and at this point, it's just about the only thing keeping these games from being perfect. It's understandable if you guys can't do anything about it, but if the increase in download size is the only problem, I'll personally vote that the change is worth to make the game more professional.
By the way, is episode 2 already coming next month, or will there be a two-month wait like last season?
Comments
It already has my favourite line in the entire series thus far, "God *censored* us, every one!" That had me rolling. I commend telltale for making the only funny 'A Christmas Carol' spoof in the history of ever [I hate 'A Christmas Carol' and I hate it when TV cartons make fun of it. And considering every carton from the Flinstones to the Simpsons have done one, it grows old, though I am fond of the old 50's film 'Scrooge'. I like old movies]
The only thing that I didn't like is that
Theres one other comment I have: Flint Paper's voice was perfect :cool: The sound design overall is great in this series.
Yeah but not 100% optional to listen to during the end scene.
I second Max's opinion, why don't they just die?
I think that'd make for a very popular episode - where the soda poppers suddenly tragically spontaneously combust, or explode in a gory and graphic display of various shades of red... too stong?
But at the same time I'm quite freaked out
just take it as a compliment...;)
anyway, i think the first episode is great. so many hilarious lines of dialogue and everything runs a lot smoother and looks better than last season.
i was really surprised by the setup screen and the tutorial was also well done. at first i was a bit dissapointed that it uses old story from 101, but since it was meant to be for new players and the others should not miss anything if they don't want to play it, it's okay. it just lacks a mention of the doubleclick-to-run feature. there might also a slight improvment to the running itself in the future. if you want to run long distances sam always stops between clicks and the animation looks a bit strange. no big deal though.
about the ending:
And speaking about nifty features, the "Telltale login" and "register through Telltale login" features were very nice, especially with that paranoid firewall I'm using. I did miss a "retry internet connection" option, but no biggie. Oh and that autosave-on-F5 is great, you should have pointed that out somewhere.
I'm also pleased with the performance boost. It runs as well on 1024x768 as Season One did on 800x600. This does seem to come at the price of noticeably longer loading times, but so long as the music keeps playing I can handle it.
I'd list some particularly hilarious things, but there's just too many of them (plus I'd have to spoiler-tag them). I do want to express my wow at seeing a
All in all, it's every bit as good as I hoped and expected, which is saying a lot.
You can throw snowballs at the Soda Poppers?! I've gotta go do that...!
Keep up the good work.
What I found funny was the random mexican guy in the trailer that I kept thinking was a big part of it all...but all he do was go "happy birthday!" lol XD
That doesn't mean he isn't going to be a big part in the future...
...or perhaps just a red herring?
By the way, I think spoiler tags/warnings are pretty useless in this thread, since we've all flooded it with spoilers anyway.
You can just double-click, and hold the mouse-button pressed, so Sam KEEPS running. Works for walking as well.
A ha! This is where the second already-included improvement to walking/running comes into play. Did you notice that if you just hold down the mouse button, Sam will follow the cursor around as you drag it across the screen? Try double clicking, but holding down the second click. Sam will run around chasing your cursor, so you can Double click and hold it down and just drag it to the edge of the screen, and Sam will run down the length of the entire street until you let go of the mouse button.
maybe a little bit off topic but is there any planning to how many seasons of sam and max you are going to do?
And Insane Santa should have been used much more.
The episode was ok, with a great beginning. But at the end, it was nowhere near the quality of episode 4 and 5.
YEP 8D
Ooh, good thinking!
...wait... fifth time in a row? :eek:
Actually, episode five comes out in April and since that was a Christmas future, I don't think so.
I loved the intro cutscene. Had me laughing throughout.
I also liked the boxing minigame, even though I realized how to beat it right off the bat I still had to give it a couple of tries.
The decal thing was a pretty fun diversion, too.
I thought the difficulty was pretty good as well. I was consistently entertained trying to solve the puzzles, and only got stuck once or twice, but even then I had a pretty good general idea of what to do.
The
On the downside, I didn't like Stinky much. She came off as too much of a pretentious, self-absorbed liar. And not in a good way, either. Also, Sybil and Abe were pretty pointless- they could have been pretty much anyone and it would have worked out the same.
Also, where's the Mexican guy? I didn't find him...
I'm doubtful. Sam says "a long time ago" not "a few months ago".
I really hope we get to see the Christmas Future rescue from the other side, preferably in episode 4 or 5.
The puzzles seemed a lot harder than the first season. Some parts really had me stumped for a while.
- gameplay wise i thought this was the best game telltale has produced.. it took me over 5 hours..didn't use the hint system.. it was fairly difficult and a great length
- i love flint paper's voice..perfect
- loved santas voice, the way he looked..just great character
- music, once again brilliant
- i officially cant stand the soda poppers..may they die a horrible death
- not as funny as 104..but still lots of laughs in this 1
- loved the multiple endings..storywise plotted out beautifully
- environments looked better and seemed bigger than season 1
- heaps of stuff to click on! thanks for listening telltale..great jokes with all posters and items etc
- minigames? boxing 1 was soo easy not sure it was worth it..the car game still runs horribly for me..not sure if its my system or what? but both added nothing to the game i thought
- young rat with tourettes = comedy gold
had lots of fun..well done telltale and bring on 202
Is there something I'm missing?
there are multiple endings?
I think he meant the false endings where you thought the episode was going to wrap up, and then something got twisted up and revealed another act or another scene (though this might not be the exact thing Hero1 is referring to, the largest instance of this is after
I'm gonna have to throw in a minor complain about the sound compression too, though... It's not awful, but it's still annoying, and at this point, it's just about the only thing keeping these games from being perfect. It's understandable if you guys can't do anything about it, but if the increase in download size is the only problem, I'll personally vote that the change is worth to make the game more professional.
By the way, is episode 2 already coming next month, or will there be a two-month wait like last season?
But it is required you throw at least 1 snowball at them.
Required.
Yeah the next one is out in January.