Sam & Max’s third season has been a bit of a roller coaster ride. If you’ll forgive the cliche, it’s had its ups and downs, its times at which the series seemed to push the envelope of what an adventure game could be, and the moments when everything felt a bit too recycled. However, as the season nears its finale with its fourth episode (out of five), does it seem like it’s been worth the price of admission?
PC Gamer: "This penultimate episode offers a fantastic opening and ending to Sam & Max Season 3, linked by an oddly unfulfilling middle. The action starts with psychopathic toy-hunting clones of Sam rampaging through the city, and the series’ main players holed up and defending themselves. As for the ending, it’s one of Telltale’s best set-pieces so far."
GameReveolution: Last we saw our friends Sam and Max, Sam managed to reclaim Max's brain and place it back into his head after the crazy, infant, tyrannic, and absolutely annoying-as-hell Pharaoh Sammun-Mak stole Max's shell and made the world in his image. Then, at the closer, an army of Sam clones invaded the scene.
VGC writes: "Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls is the start of a very dark turn for the ending the Sam & Max: Devil’s Playhouse story arch. Events told in this chapter are truly shocking and nothing that I would have expected to take place in this story. Telltale Games has definitely surpassed the greatness of the past two seasons with this stunning piece of storytelling."
Consistently good reviews, hm. I might actually be interested.
I do need some good new adventure games. Can't believe The Devil's Playhouse is already coming to a close. :o