Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep Image
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  • Summary: Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse is based on the indie comics by Steve Purcell. Sam is a six-foot dog in a baggy suit sporting a trombone-sized .44 hand-cannon. Max is three feet of pure unleashed id with a saw blade grin and the impulsive nature of the average piranha. Together they patatrol the sticky streets of a fantastical New York City, righting wrongs, pummeling perps, and ridding the urban landscape of the shifty legions of "self-propelled gutter trash" that litter their streets. Sam & Max is Telltale's longest running episodic game series to date. Expand
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  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. 100
    Comedy's a tricky thing to nail in any format, and episodic gaming remains just as elusive for most developers. Against all odds, Telltale gets both right with Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse.
  2. 85
    A great ending to Sam & Max's best season yet, and the final reason why any adventure gamer should check this series out.
  3. It's been an excellent year for the Freelance Police; it would be a shame for the series to end here, but it gives a fitting send-off. [Nov 2010, p.79]
  4. 40
    As it stands though, they're merely running good franchises through the dirt, like a Godfather III or a Sonic Adventure would.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. A great conclusion to the season. The plot is excellent and full of surprises. The graphics and music is excellent just like the other episodes. Its great to see most of the characters from Sam and Max since the first season but I was hoping to see how the office or Bosco's is like with the updated graphics since the office cannot be access in this season. Expand