By John Walker on September 16th, 2008 at 3:07 pm.
Monthly releases come around so quickly. There’s another demo for the freshly available second episode of Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People. Definitely worth checking out.
Episode 1, out last month, is reviewed in the next PC Gamer, so I can’t possibly say anything about it. (It’s great! People at PC Gamer can’t read things in parentheses. They all suck!) This second episode (isn’t quite as strong, but is still a good time). So, in summary, better than Sam & Max and if you disagree, frankly you’re embarrassing yourself.
Just because I’m holiday, at home, in my pants, doesn’t mean I can’t fire you, John.
report
Completed it in a couple of hours last night; it’s a lot more structured than the first, but the puzzles are much simpler. However, in-jokes are abound (much moreso than in the first), and I was laughing out loud consistently throughout.
report
Ooh. Hooray! I quite enjoyed the first one, it was a fun way to wile away an hour. I’m downloading this one to give it a spin now, too. Thanks for the heads up, RPS! You worthy newshounds, you.
report
btw I haven’t seen a word on Grimm, the episodic game by American McGee… Is it that bad? From what i’ve seen, its said to be fine if a bit lacking in interactivity in the first episodes…
report
Unless you’re tied up. But then it’s less a ‘holiday’ and more a ‘hostage situation’.
report
But Sam N Max Episode 2: Situation Comedy was released nearly 2 years ago!!!
report
Unless you’re tied up. But then it’s less a ‘holiday’ and more a ‘hostage situation’.
That entire depends on the holiday.
report
And if I know Tim, which I don’t, that’s the sort of holiday he’d enjoy.
report
Tim, as he says, literally IS holiday.
As for Grimm, it was. See the next (current?) PC Format for my astute review.
report
Walker tells lies.
Episode 2 is better than Episode 1, by a narrow margin, but they’re both pretty nifty.
Walker’s just upset that he got all confuzzled by the board game puzzle at the end.
report
They’re both hovering around the same level of goodness, I found. I preferred the central conceit this time around, but being forced to sweep all areas with the metal detector was not exactly my idea of a fun time.
Edit: For grammar, and also to note that the ticking edit clock is very disconcerting.
report
You didn’t think the pacing was all messed up this time? It’s still good, but it doesn’t flow well.
report
So far I’m enjoying Episode 2 significantly more than Episode 1 but I haven’t played very much of it.
I think the writing’s far tighter this time.
report