The new Sam and Max thread

[Disco]

Hey there Sam and Max fans,

As the title states, Telltale has released the Sam and Max trailer. It's purpose is to show off the graphics and voices, as none of it seems to belong to any gameplay environment. You can view it at the new S&M (:) site here. Sam talks about Gametap (Telltales collaborators) and Sam speaks about the series being episodic. The dialogue is hilarious and does not betray the franchise.

Though the voices are not the same as the game or cartoons, they are still true to the duo. I must say I am relieved now, and can't wait to start playing this "season"  .

[Afflict]

Man it keeps on jerking it doesnt preload grrrrr no download yet either  :'(

[Disco]

Yeah, the first time I watched it it played in second-long bursts, but when it concluded I hit "Play agian!" and it went on uninterupted.

[scotch]

You can download it: http://files.telltalegames.com/samandmax/videos/samandmax_e3trailer.flv
Play it in VLC.

[Mr Flibble]

The voices...
They're alright, but I can hear where it could be better, most strikingly for me when Sam says, "Can't think of a reason not to."
Sounds as if he's reading.
EDIT: He should inflect up at the end, not down. At least, that would sound better to me.

And Max sounds like a girl...
EDIT: No he doesn't, but he lacks vitality.

Still, I have hopes for a good game. Although I'm afraid to say it doesn't quite match the LEC trailer of old....

[Disco]

The voices...
when Sam says, "Can't think of a reason not to."
Sounds as if he's reading.

He probably is reading  :

[HillBilly]

But that doesn't mean it should sound like it.

[lo_res_man]

ya. that's why its called voice ACTING not, "reading LINES" :o

[m0ds]

Awesome!!! That was a really fun trailer! Heaps better than the new Indiana Jones e3 trailer I thought! I can't wait to play

[lo_res_man]

You know, I have never seen the cartoon or played the game (except the demo) so Max sounded differant then I! imagined. I always thought he would sound like the some kind of hyper mexican-cliche. but thats just me.

[big brother]

Kill me now.

The voices, the lines, the measly polygons -- like it's all part of some bad dream, or perhaps it's just virtual reality from "Hit the Road".

I wish they could have Sam say something without giving a parody-like soliloquy.

I'm positive this is just a late April Fool's joke.

Keep it away from my hard drive.

[MrColossal]

It's just a trailer... Jeez. And besides, shouldn't people have learned not to take games personally anymore?

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

I'm surprised they got voice actors that closely matched those from the game when they didn't actively pursue the original actors for the roles.  Sam's delivery could be more deadpan though.  I don't mind the 3d but the episodic nature makes me doubt that it's a 'please the fans model' of game design they're after at 15-20 bucks a pop.  Seems like just another business model to me, especially if they are as short as Bone ep 1 was.  I'll try the first and if it feels rushed and short I won't bother with the rest.

[Scummbuddy]

they said they would tend to be about as long as Bone 2, not 1.

I was dissapointed with the voices, but perhaps I just want either the cartoons actors or the game actors, or one from each. I doubt its that much of a timing issue. Getting consistent work like this is a great job to get. I bet its a money issue, which I understand and wish TellTale the best. It'll take me awhile to get used to the voices but that won't stop me from getting the games.

The idea that in LucasArts version of Sam and Max 2, the voiced characters, being done by their original game voices, were going to meet parrallel universe versions of themselves, and those were going to be voiced by the cartoon counterparts...ohhhhÃ,  made me giddy! But now thats a dream... unless someone accidentally released some sound footage from that.

[voh]

Yeah, and if they're as well-coded as Bone 1 and 2, they'll also crash at socially inappropriate moments.

I don't like the idea of "episodes". Wtf happened to just making games? With episodes, you run less risk of spending loads of money on a huge game, which bombs. Sure. I dig that. But will all the episodes be seperate stories? If so, fuck that. If they're one big story, in "episodes", then what happens if the first 2-3 don't sell well enough? Will they just stop and leave it hanging?

I don't like it either way.

Release a game or don't. Don't release a bunch of games, tie them together and pretend it's one thing, though every seperate game has 2-3 hours of gameplay, maybe even 5 if you're lucky.

Fuck, I don't even sit down anymore for games with less than 5 hours of gameplay. If I can finish the game faster than I can finish a bottle of coke (and that takes me awhile...) then it's too short!

[Adamski]

With the original Sam & Max so deeply rooted in the nostalgia-happy part of my psyche, I can't look past the fact that the voices sound so wrong (and boringly acted). Sorry Telltale

Edit: Not that I don't feel terrible for writing the game off purely on the trailer, but it just doesn't seem to stimulate anything other than an 'oh' out of me. It feels like it's going to be a poor cliche of what they achived in the original game over a decade ago, and that makes me sad. I do hope to be proven wrong!

[Krazy]

http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/comics/5219939  I did quite like the animation and the look of the thing though.

[magintz]

I am very very impressed with the trailer and it's making me look forward to the game a lot. I do agree that the voice acting is poorley done for such a highly rated game, but I still have high hopes.

Voh - I definatly agree I HATE the idea of episodic releases and it's about the only reason I haven't touched bone yet, *sigh*.

[big brother]

http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/comics/5229950

[Krysis]

This is what this trailer wanted to say.