Telltale Games

Yeah, always season one and two to me. Good announcement for XBOX owners. :)

Actually, I don't think they sound ENOUGH like joke names. If they were more hilarious, they'd be fine. But instead, they're just kind of "there", mostly to differentiate while hiding the fact that they have any sort of sequential order.

Yeah, I agree the new names are a bit tame. But then "Sam & Max Hit the Road" (as a name) isn't all that funny or arresting either. The new names seem to be more or less in the HtR spirit -- nothing fancy, but they give you a vague idea of what happens in each season. It'll take some getting used to for me, but so long as the season numbers remain on the packaging (can't forget that these are episodic games, new names or not!), I don't have a problem with it.

Oh! And a quick question for the Sam & Max Wiki: How are these new titles officially, er, formatted? "Season One: Sam & Max Save the World" and "Season Two: Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space" would be my guesses based on the cover art, but I don't want to assume anything. ^^;

Uh oh. The wii version of season 2 is still coming...right?

Personally, I think you should have waited until wallace and gromit were on there to see if it worked, but hey, it's your company.

How are they going to be priced? XBLA hasn't seen game in 1600 point ($20) territory since Penny Arcade Episode 1, but $15 almost seems like too little considering what it costs on everything else. Though $20 might be hard to sell to people on Xbox Live who aren't that aware of Sam & Max.

Oh, snap. Telltale just pulled a "George Lucas."

Actually, I sort of prefer the new titles. It's certainly more descriptive than simply Season One or Season Two. TV shows should do the same thing for reruns, for example:

Lost: Boars, Polar Bears, and Smoke Monsters
Lost: Push the Button!
Lost: Meet the Others
Lost: Widmore Sends a Boat
Lost: Beyond Time and Space

Caving to requests from fans for XBLA?
Quickly! Everyone bombard them with requests for PSN!

its official, telltale HATES me. The one thing i've been dreaming of is the one thing they're not doing. instead they're doing it for everyone else. i couldn't have console versions because it was a pc game, and i excepted that. i excepted the wii version because i figured "hey, its because of the wii's point and click interface. its not like it's a REAL system." now theres an xbox version....... i'm sad. REALLY sad. the only thing that could cheer me up is an announcement for season 3, but since we probably won't see that til after walace and gromit is done i guess i'll just sulk *SIIIIIIIIGH*

oh man, i feel your pain D.A.F. , like EXACTLY! i'm totaly heartbroken that the ps3 isn't seeing any versions of this game.

As a ps3 owner I'm going to cry myself to sleep in the corner of this blog *cries*

Hopefully you are crying into your copies of Flower, Little Big Planet, and Noby Noby Boy.

How would that work though?!? is it like, the joystick moves sam while the other one alternated between objects/characters

No, this change will not be made on our DVDs.

I've never been wild about directly swapping a mouse for an analog stick, but I support Telltale in expanding however they can. You guys are doing a fantastic job of bringing back the adventure genre, and I'm amazed by how much of an audience you've uncovered. By stripping out the nonsense of the old classics (and not-so-classics), you've made a product that's enjoyable for a much larger audience. Adventure games were great for their story, humor, and clever puzzles, not the "try using X with Y, repeat" mechanism. Telltale's games manage to avoid that nonsense and get straight to the heart of what made the classics so great. I have the utmost respect for you guys, and I'm very much looking forward to Wallace and Gromit!

On a side note, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have some sort of hint at the order of the seasons. Season 2 makes a lot of references back to Season 1, so it'd be nice to have a simple numbering scheme in the titles, even if it's not overly prominent.

Oh, scratch that. I just noticed the "Season One" and "Season Two" above the titles on the box art. Well played, Telltale.

The titles are kind of lame, but that probably just means you have bigger things to work on than re-titling your already published games. There's a happy thought.

Make a usb mouse work on this version!!!! That way It is just like the P.C. version but on my T.V ,just like SBCG4AP.

Well, I have been arguing over whether I should get a PS3 or an Xbox.... and now Xbox takes it.

Actually, I do kind of like the Season Two title, but Season One's should have made some reference to the season's theme. Then again, as has been pointed out, Hit the Road isn't exactly the most exciting informative title, either.

It wasn't for lack of trying. The more we tried to out-clever ourselves, the more terrible the titles became. Plus the goal was something that would be inviting to a new customer, not so in-jokey it was a turn-off, so we erred on the side of more general.

It does play into the season's theme, though. Think about it... what's the last thing Max says in the final episode? ;)

"lets save the world by knocking people out!"?

Yeah, I remembered. ;P I was just seeing if everyone else did.

COOL

I like the titles, but I find it funny that the art for Season One (them going through a vortex) seems to fit "Beyond Time and Space", while the art for Season Two (the planet attacked by aliens) seems to fit "Save the World."

Your titles are backwards! Dammit, TT, can't you get anything right? ;)

When is Season 3 coming out?

I am going to be really angry if they don't release these on PSN as well. Too many companies are just jumping on the Microshit Crap-box bandwagon. Also I hope Season three comes out this year episodically on Steam, instead of just releasing one season package at the end.

I think the names are nice, they're to the point, and remind of Hit The Road.

Does that mean season 2 on the wii shall be renamed?

I commented on this above.


Yep! It'll be Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space on the Wii.

Telltale, a heart-felt thank you!

As a 36 year old gamer, I've seen some changes in the games industry. Some for the better, some for the worse.

Having spent hours spent playing Beneath a Steel Sky, Monkey Island, Indy, Simon the Sorcerer, Longest Journey, Feeble Files, Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle (the best adventure of all time!), The Dig and of course Sam and Max… indeed pretty much every main-stream adventure game made.

From the initial ‘Text only’ release of Monkey 1, through my first CD based ‘Talkie’ release (which was Simon 1 – voice by Mr A.J.Rimmer himself, Chris Barrie)… it all ended with ‘Stupid Invaders’, which was ok but not great and actually is the only adventure I started but did not finish. It still sit’s in my drawer, nagging me to play again…. But with the demise of the ‘adventure genre’ (stand up and hang your head in shame Lucas Arts, you broke my heart in the name of ‘generic Star Wars action game #39’…. such SCUMM ) my heart just wasn’t in it.

Of course, I’m more than aware that Sam and max were resurrected by you guys some time back, and have been more than tempted a few times to ‘dip-a-toe-in’. The problem is now that I have a family and home to look after, the PC is simply too anti-social of a platform for me to consider using. Indeed, it simply stands now as my gateway to the Internet… nothing more).

So I can not express more strongly my absolute delight that you are bringing Sam and Max to XBLA. At last not only am I going to be able to dust of those brain cells (perhaps even bumping into the ‘largest ball of twine in the world’), but I’m going to be able to introduce a whole new generation to the delights of the ‘Adventure’ genre… and our little furry friends!

One thing you can do for me though…. please. I have spent far too much time this past week, during work, scouring the net for a date for the XBLA release. Please, for the sake of my job (and families security) can you at least ‘hint’ at an approx date. Are we talking days, weeks months?

I’m serious… please! :o)