Most Difficult Episode

[Jwab]

Apologies if this has been discussed before but I was wondering which episode people found the most challenging? For me I think I'd have to say Chariot Of The Dogs - really enjoyed it overall but did find some of the puzzles pretty difficult

[crfh]

Tomb for me. I completely missed several visual cues, like the holes in the shape of the golden bust. I had no idea sam and max could move while two dimensional on the wall. Some of the things were terribly misleading: you never needed the vampire-curse scroll yet everything indicated you needed to get it to either get past Jurgen or past the vampire elf.

As novel as the gameplay was and as fun as Sameth and Maximus were with all the ambience and stuff, it was the most frustrating episode for me. At some point I considered simply abandoning it, and I didn't feel the impulse to keep on playing. At some points I'd even say it was something of a chore. It didn't help that a lot of the npcs had LOOOOONG boring dialogues, the bit about the comic strips with the cucumber cut lenghtwise come to mind.

[Falanca]

It was 202 for me. Just in favor of the snail-on-gong puzzle.

[mathman77]

For me it was 203 because I didn't know Max was actually considered holy and could make holy water. Even for a Sam and Max game, that made too little sense

[Sausy Gibbon]

202, it was the only game I had to find an answer twice.

[Hayley the Hedgie]

Almost all of Season Two... *forshame*

[The Gentleman]

202. The surfing minigame uaaaaagh.

[BrakMan2005]

Abe Lincoln Must Die for me. The whole using the bug on the phone, 'interpreting' Wizzer to the Pres., tricking Abe with the right cue cards, tring to get into the war room. Also, when I first played, I was stuck for about 2 hours, going in circles trying to find what I missed...then I finally saw the flyers next to Abe's podieum...Oh man, I can't believe I missed that.

[Edgy Grimdark]

I got properly stumped in 302, I didn't realize you had to switch between reels to solve puzzles. (O yeah and did solving the reel #1 require learning about the cucumber joke? It didn't seem to, that would be a major chance for a dead-end). The flyer bundle in 104 was a tough one too.

However, I think the most difficult thing was to watch credits roll on 305.

[RAnthonyMahan]

Originally Posted by Edgy Grimdark

I got properly stumped in 302, I didn't realize you had to switch between reels to solve puzzles. (O yeah and did solving the reel #1 require learning about the cucumber joke? It didn't seem to, that would be a major chance for a dead-end). The flyer bundle in 104 was a tough one too.

However, I think the most difficult thing was to watch credits roll on 305.

I believe beating Reel 1 without hearing the cucumber joke will make the game unwinnable.

[mathman77]

Originally Posted by Edgy Grimdark

However, I think the most difficult thing was to watch credits roll on 305.

Too true, too true.

[Hayden]

'Reality 2.0', actually. I was stuck for quite a long time; I struggled to get all of the coins and was really unsure as to where I could find one. I actually resorted to watching a commentary video in the hope of finding out what the heck I had to do (I try to avoid walkthroughs; they're an absolute last resort). I mean, if it was a game I really enjoyed, I might have worked up the motivation or had the encouragement to try every possible action in the game, but I can't say that 'Reality 2.0' was the most enjoyable episode of Sam & Max I've played (actually, I wasn't all that fond of Season 1 overall).

[SunnyGuy]

I did almost all of Reality 2.0 by myself, but until my last replay of it I couldn't even imagine why the puzzle with the car was solved the way it was, then I actually paid attention to the letters on the cars and I felt stupid...

Honestly, I had to resort to a walkthrough for at least one thing in all of Season 1 and 2 though to be honest >__>

Hmm, I think the most difficult episode for me was 202 too, which made me dislike it more than the rest of the episodes, when I replayed it knowing what to do I actually enjoyed it more.

[der_ketzer]

Originally Posted by Hayden

'Reality 2.0', actually. I was stuck for quite a long time; I struggled to get all of the coins and was really unsure as to where I could find one. I actually resorted to watching a commentary video in the hope of finding out what the heck I had to do (I try to avoid walkthroughs; they're an absolute last resort). I mean, if it was a game I really enjoyed, I might have worked up the motivation or had the encouragement to try every possible action in the game, but I can't say that 'Reality 2.0' was the most enjoyable episode of Sam & Max I've played (actually, I wasn't all that fond of Season 1 overall).

heretic!
But I have to agree on Reality 2.0 being quite hard.
Still my favourite Sam & Max episode of all time.

[Alcoremortis]

Originally Posted by RAnthonyMahan

I believe beating Reel 1 without hearing the cucumber joke will make the game unwinnable.

I've tried this. I'm pretty sure that even if you beat Reel #1 you can still keep going back to it if you haven't heard the cucumber joke yet. Once you've heard it, then it closes off.

[leon101]

Originally Posted by RAnthonyMahan

I believe beating Reel 1 without hearing the cucumber joke will make the game unwinnable.

You couldn't return to a previous reel, when it was finished? I don't know myself, since I never tried. I examine and listen to everything (and still get stumped,do'h!) so I never had any misfortune to possibly run across an unwinnable situation. But seriously, there isn't any are there?

[jeeno0142]

Reality 2.0 for me. Even though it was quite tricky at times, I thought the puzzles were very cleverly done. For example how something in the real world would change into something else in the virtual world (such as the insect bug becomes a computer bug).

It's a lot easier to think of an episode which was the easiest. (Which, by the way, would have to be the Mole, the Mob and the Meatball).

[Pantagruel's Friend]

Well, for fear of being beaten up by angry TTG employees, I'm NOT going to say that Hit the Road was the hardest Sam and Max game

Out of the 16 episodes, I had the most trouble with Moai Better Blues and Bright Side of the Moon. Season 3 was altogether two easy to pick a hardest episode.

[Vyse220]

Originally Posted by mathman77

For me it was 203 because I didn't know Max was actually considered holy and could make holy water. Even for a Sam and Max game, that made too little sense

thissss

[Gogeta504]

i would say episode 302 and 105 it took me hours to figure out what im doing wrong and the puzzles i missed out on??? ... i love season 1 and 2 .. season 3 didnt have enough Tougher puzzles like S1 and 2 did ... i liked S3 302 puzzle it felt like im playing S1 and S2 again =)