Sam & Max: Season 2 - Episode 2 - Moai Better Blues

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 11 expert reviews

Excellent:

5
Good:

4
Average:

1
Bad:

1

Pros:

Hilarious script; better mini-games; excellent puzzles; great new characters.

Cons:

A bit short; older characters and settings feel underutilized.

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Last revision on January 31, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Hilarious script; better mini-games; excellent puzzles; great new characters

Reviewers Didn't Like

A bit short; older characters and settings feel underutilized

Expert reviews and ratings

It's quite possible Telltale Games may have tapped into a potentially endless comedic goldmine with its anthropomorphic detective series starring the fedora and trench coat toting canine Sam and his frenetic rabbit partner Max. Now moving deeper...

By Cheat Code Central on October 08, 2009

Episodic gaming is one of those ideas that seems to have been around for an age without ever really catching on. Despite the emergence of digital downloads as a viable game distribution platform, and the increasing acceptance of downloadable content...

By Play TM on June 07, 2008

If you’re looking for a traditional and humorous point-and-click adventure, you could do a lot worse give the new Sam & Max series from Telltale Games a try. This game is the second part of a new season, but each part is only tangentially related...

By Game Chronicles Magazine on February 20, 2008

Just in time to save us from the WGA writer's strike, Sam & Max are back for their first new adventure of the new year. That's right, Sam & Max are back and they've decided to trade in the chilly temperatures of their last outing (Ice...

By Gaming Nexus on January 31, 2008

del.icio.us | Digg This | Glink It Sam & Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues is the second episode of Season 2, and picks up immediately after Sam and Max have taken care of Santa back in Episode 1. They’ve just arrived back at their street...

By GameZone on January 23, 2008

By now everyone should be familiar with the concept of the Sam & Max episodic adventure games, and for those who aren't, read any of my other reviews from the series any educate yourself!Now I've got that out of the way, we come to the second...

By Yet Another Review Site on January 17, 2008

Name: Sam and Max Episode 202: Moai Better BluesGenre: Point and Click AdventurePlatform: Windows PCThe point and click revival is in full swing, as more companies fall back to the old ways of interesting storytelling through interactivity and...

By Gamervision on January 16, 2008

You cant help but feel for poor Sam and Max. The laid-back dog detective and his hyper-violent rabbity-thing sidekick have a pretty full schedule, what with the whole saving the world, running for President and battling a gun-crazy Saint Nicholas at...

By GameSpy on January 11, 2008

When last we left our dynamic duo they had just shipped Santa off to Hell with the hopes that the big man will make it back out for next Christmas. After a leisurely trip back the two arrive to their battered and beloved street where the body of the...

By Strategy Informer on January 10, 2008

Jan 10, 2008Two episodes in, the second "season" of Sam & Max is already blowing the first six-game series out of the water. In fact, it's not a stretch to say that Episode 202: Moai Better Blues is the best game so far in the demented...

By Games Radar on January 10, 2008

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