Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space

Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space
Developer(s) Telltale Games
Publisher(s) Telltale Games
Designer(s) Brendan Q. Ferguson
Dave Grossman
Heather Logas
Chuck Jordan
Ian Dallas
Jeff Lester
Steve Purcell
Composer(s) Jared Emerson-Johnson
Series Sam & Max
Engine Telltale Tool
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360
Wii
OS X
PlayStation 3
iOS
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Graphic adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, originally released as Sam & Max: Season Two, is an episodic graphic adventure by Telltale Games based around the characters of the Sam & Max comic series created by Steve Purcell and follows from Sam & Max Save the World.

Season Two builds on Season One with more dynamic NPCs, an updated engine, a hint system, support for widescreen monitors, more realistic animations, and more mini-games within each episode. Season Two features a calibration assistant when first run, which allows the player to set their graphics and difficulty settings before playing.

Unlike Save the World, where GameTap users were able to access each episode two weeks before it was available through Telltale's website, Beyond Time and Space reduced this period down to one day.[2] The first episode, "Ice Station Santa", was released on November 8 on GameTap, followed by a worldwide release on November 9. However, the second episode was delayed until January 11, 2008. New episodes were thereafter released on the second Thursday and Friday of each month.[3]

As with Save the World in 2007, Beyond Time and Space was released on Steam on May 16, 2008.

On December 2, 2008. a press event in London, Atari announced a new partnership with Telltale to bring Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space to retail worldwide in 2009. It will be for both Microsoft Windows and Wii. There will also be fully localized releases in French and German, as well as Italian and Spanish subtitles for the foreign language versions of Beyond Time and Space.[4]

On February 26, 2009, Telltale officially announced Sam & Max Season One and Two for Xbox Live Arcade.[5] Telltale also officially named Season Two Beyond Time and Space.[6]

On April 18, 2009, Telltale's official Twitter page tweeted out gift codes for the downloadable version of Sam & Max Season 2.

Recurring characters

In addition to the characters already introduced through Sam & Max Season One, Season Two introduces some additional recurring characters.

Episodes

Episode Release date
GameTap release General release
"Ice Station Santa" November 8, 2007 November 9, 2007
Notes:
  • An ancient and bloated pagan god sends a bloodthirsty war robot to destroy Sam & Max.
"Moai Better Blues" January 10, 2008 January 11, 2008
Notes:
  • Sam & Max travel to the tropics where they try to stop a volcanic eruption.
"Night of the Raving Dead" February 12, 2008 February 13, 2008
Notes:
  • Sam & Max crash an emo European vampire's nightclub to stop a zombie apocalypse.
"Chariots of the Dogs" March 13, 2008 March 14, 2008
Notes:
  • Sam & Max team up with Flint Paper to discover what happened to a missing Bosco.
"What's New, Beelzebub?" April 10, 2008 April 11, 2008
Notes:
  • Sam & Max travel to hell to confront Satan and retrieve Bosco's lost soul.

Reception

Aggregate review scores
Game GameRankings Metacritic
Episode 1: Ice Station Santa 82.25%[7] 82[8]
Episode 2: Maoi Better Blues 80.63%[9] 80[10]
Episode 3: Night of the Raving Dead 79.79%[11] 79[12]
Episode 4: Chariots of the Dogs 85.37%[13] 85[14]
Episode 5: What's New, Beelzebub? 85.09%[15] 85[16]

Episode 1: Ice Station Santa

Episode 1: Ice Station Santa received positive reviews. It received an aggregated score of 82.25% on GameRankings based on 32 reviews[7] and 82/100 on Metacritic based on 32 reviews.[8]

Episode 2: Maoi Better Blues

Episode 2: Maoi Better Blues received positive reviews. It received an aggregated score of 80.63% on GameRankings based on 32 reviews[9] and 80/100 on Metacritic based on 30 reviews.[10]

Episode 3: Night of the Raving Dead

Episode 3: Night of the Raving Dead received positive reviews. It received an aggregated score of 79.79% on GameRankings based on 28 reviews[11] and 79/100 on Metacritic based on 26 reviews.[12]

Episode 4: Chariots of the Dogs

Episode 4: Chariots of the Dogs received positive reviews. It received an aggregated score of 85.37% on GameRankings based on 27 reviews[13] and 85/100 on Metacritic based on 23 reviews.[14]

Episode 5: What's New, Beelzebub?

Episode 5: What's New, Beelzebub? received positive reviews. It received an aggregated score of 85.09% on GameRankings based on 22 reviews[15] and 85/100 on Metacritic based on 20 reviews.[16]

References

  1. "Sam & Max: Season 2 On Steam Now". Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  2. Faylor, Chris (2007-07-25). "Sam & Max Return To GameTap For Season Two". Shacknews. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
  3. "Season Two premiere release date and title revealed!". Telltale Games. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  4. "Sam & Max Season Two coming to retail, Wii". Telltale Games. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
  5. "Sam & Max Confirmed for XboxLIVE! Arcade". 2008-02-26.
  6. "Sam & Max Hit The Xbox Live Arcade". 2009-02-26.
  7. 1 2 "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - Episode 1: Ice Station Santa Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - Episode 1: Ice Station Santa Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - Episode 2: Maoi Better Blues Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - Episode 2: Maoi Better Blues Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - Episode 3: Night of the Raving Dead Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - Episode 3: Night of the Raving Dead Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - Episode 4: Chariots of the Dogs Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  14. 1 2 "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - Episode 4: Chariots of the Dogs Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  15. 1 2 "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - Episode 5: What's New, Beelzebub? Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - Episode 5: What's New, Beelzebub? Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

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