Countdown to Ep 3 - "They Stole Max's Brain!"

[GinnyN]

Originally Posted by mynoduesP

I feel really stupid coming to these forums and discovering that everyone else is loudly declaring "TOO EASY, TOO EASY."

I mean, I've gotten stuck on 303, 302, AND 301, which most others here seem to deride as a cake walk.

Happens. They have practice. Unlike us.

[Hassat Hunter]

Heh. I always get tingly whenever someone claims I am an adventure expert or something.

I am not, I need walkthroughs with SoMI:SE for example, or the earlier 2 seasons of Sam&Max, and pretty much all adventure games really (I really like the genre, despite sucking in it).

Yet S&M303 (and 301, 302 was more like it) still feels unbelievable easy to me. I can only imagine what a cakewalk it would be with someone actually having skills in adventure games.

[Power46]

Originally Posted by Hassat Hunter

Heh. I always get tingly whenever someone claims I am an adventure expert or something.

I am not, I need walkthroughs with SoMI:SE for example, or the earlier 2 seasons of Sam&Max, and pretty much all adventure games really (I really like the genre, despite sucking in it).

Yet S&M303 (and 301, 302 was more like it) still feels unbelievable easy to me. I can only imagine what a cakewalk it would be with someone actually having skills in adventure games.

I am sure that it would be harder than you think for a classically-trained adventure gamer, as they trained themselves to use odd solutions using what seem to be unrelated items.

That said, the season so far has been easier; if a classically-trained adventure gamer using their skill gained through all of those years, though, they would have some trouble adjusting, as these are less "use item on this to make a wacky result" puzzles and more logical puzzles.

So thus, in summary, adventure gamers nowadays have to use a bit of a different skill set than was needed for the classics, so it would not necessarily ridiculously easy for them.

[Hassat Hunter]

I would have agreed with such if 303 wasn't basically "smear rhinoplasty on everything" lacking any other objects for interaction (either power, inventory item or set piece affecting other set piece)...

Teleportation and the reel device worked much better for what you describe.

[The Highway]

Originally Posted by Hassat Hunter

I would have agreed with such if 303 wasn't basically "smear rhinoplasty on everything" lacking any other objects for interaction (either power, inventory item or set piece affecting other set piece)...

Teleportation and the reel device worked much better for what you describe.

i didn't feel very much for the use rhinoplasty on everything. i dont want the next two episodes to involve something like this.

[Strong Max]

I thought it was easy-ish. My adventure gaming career started with Telltale (although I did play Pajama Sam as a kid),though , so I don't consider myself an experienced adventure gamer.

[Sausy Gibbon]

So you're basically saying it needs to be harder so you can get off the game and read a walkthrough? To be honest that doesn't sound much fun.

[BoneFreak]

Well, I was playing season 2 around christmas-time, so the whole season was out, but I felt "stuck" most of the times, but I don't know whether that was because the season was already done or because I was really stuck, but I think these games in s3 are still good, because anyway, you want to beat these in one sitting, all in game, no walkthrough.

[NeatNit]

Personally I mostly play for the story and awesome cutscenes and dialog, jokes, stuff like that, so it doesn't bother me that much that it was so easy.
Still, I would like it if it were harder, if that is possible. Still we don't want to end up with another episode as buggy as 302, and having too many different puzzles is sure to get quite a few bugs.

[GinnyN]

Changing the theme guys, in which moment we can start to annoy for the "Countdown to Ep 4" Thread? After the release of Puzzle Agent?

[The Highway]

Originally Posted by GinnyN

Changing the theme guys, in which moment we can start to annoy for the "Countdown to Ep 4" Thread? After the release of Puzzle Agent?

no, we can start now!

[NeatNit]

I'd at least wait until it's July...

[The Highway]

Originally Posted by NeatNit

I'd at least wait until it's July...

no way!

[caeska]

Originally Posted by mynoduesP

I mean, I've gotten stuck on 303, 302, AND 301, which most others here seem to deride as a cake walk.

Consider yourself lucky. I would kill to be stuck in these games, that would mean they'd last longer! Like the old Sierra games I played as a kid, it was delightful to spend weeks, even months to beat those games.

[Hungryfreak]

The only puzzle I consulted a guide for was the end of 302 because I didn't know that the torches were clickable, haha. I got stuck in the middle of 303 for a similar reason, not knowing the corn dogs were clickable (I never approached them and they weren't clickable from a distance), but everything fell in place as soon as I realized that I could.

I actually like the difficulty level, though. It may be relatively easy, but it flows really well. There's nothing so completely frustrating that would make you want to put it down and take a break, nothing so incredibly easy that it becomes boring (I still feel that sensation of joy that you get when you finally put everything together), and no completely illogical puzzles that are difficult to figure out unless you're willing to use everything with everything. It would be nice to have some more difficult puzzles to greater challenge our not-so-psychically-gifted minds, but I'm content with how things work as they do currently.

[NeatNit]

Originally Posted by Hungryfreak

The only puzzle I consulted a guide for was the end of 302 because I didn't know that the torches were clickable, haha.

Same thing here, except I just checked a thread that I saw before I even got to download the game.
(Steam's late release)

[flesk]

Originally Posted by Mr Nutt

Is it me or Sal's voice sounds familiar.

I think he sounded a bit like Elaine's on-and-off boyfriend Puddy in the series Seinfeld.

[mathman77]

Originally Posted by caeska

Consider yourself lucky. I would kill to be stuck in these games, that would mean they'd last longer! Like the old Sierra games I played as a kid, it was delightful to spend weeks, even months to beat those games.

I agree, since I like a game to last a while. I took four days on this episode 'cause I didn't want to reach the end too soon!

[tabstis]

I only finished the episode yesterday - took my time over it and in the end, cliffhanger did not make me want the next episode as much as before.

[corruptbiggins]

I took my time with it too, nice to play it over a few days. Just finished it in fact a few minutes ago, now I can read the Sam & Max forum again! Still can't wait for episode 4 mind.