• Publisher: GameTap
  • Release Date: Oct 18, 2006
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 47 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

  • Summary: Culture Shock begins as Sam and Max discover that a group of former child stars have become involved in nefarious deeds. Only the six foot dog and his cunning rabbit companion can unravel the mystery! [Telltale Games]
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 47
  2. Negative: 0 out of 47
  1. One way or the other, if you have a glimmer of an iota of a flicker of adventure love left in that congealed lump of moldering paté you call a heart, you owe it to yourself to check this one out. This game only slightly suffers from being too short and otherwise easily bunny hops into gold star adventure game territory.
  2. I was pleased to find that SME1 contains all of the humor, atmosphere, and genuine fun of the previous game.
  3. The game is designed to be the opening episode in a collection of related games, but its story is still self-contained and there’s no cliffhanger designed to compel you to buy the next episode in the series.
  4. Inevitably anticlimactic. But there are a few smiles within. [Dec 2006, p.115]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. JacobP.
    10
    Excellent game, it lives up to the expectations fans have had since the original game in '93. A must have.
  2. PhilP.
    9
    Could have been a little longer but it took me about as long to beat as Half-Life 2 episode 1 took, and at like half the price, I say it is well worth it. I missed this kind of adventure puzzle game play, I am glad tell tale picked it up - I have already paid for the entire "season" and am eagerly awaiting the next episode. Expand
  3. NickG.
    9
    This is a great puzzle-type adventure game. The puzzles are amusing and can be logically worked out, the humor is entertaining, and the graphics are pretty decent. My only complaint is short the game is even for just being a single episode in the series. It can easily be beat in a day. Expand