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Sam & Max Episode 205: What's New, Beelzebub?
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Telltale Games / GameTap
Developer: Telltale Games
Genre(s): Adventure
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: April 10, 2008
Summary
Judgment day is at hand, and it's time for a showdown with the guy downstairs to bargain for Bosco's soul. But in the corporate wasteland known as Hell, not even the Freelance Police are safe from eternal damnation. Can Sam & Max fight free from Satan's grasp, or have they reached the end of the line? [Telltale Games]
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Cheat Codes & Hints: Cheat Code Central
Also On The Web: Official Website
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Just Adventure
The plot this time is loaded with not so surprising reversals and twists. As Sam & Max veterans we have learned by now to expect the unexpected. Perhaps we have become jaded. Like Max, we like it that way.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
A great ending to an amazing season, and it ties a lot of things from both seasons up nicely.
Read Full Review >GameTap
This episode is a carefully orchestrated symphony that ends story threads, revisiting each episode and all the characters in them with sharp wit, elegance, and great story-telling craft.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
What's New, Beelzebub? is Telltale's development team at the top of its game and is a perfect way to end Season Two.
Read Full Review >Jolt Online Gaming UK
As a finale, it’s far superior to last year’s effort. As an adventure game, it’s quite simply one of the best you’ll find on the PC today.
Read Full Review >GameZone
I enjoyed this last episode more so than any of the others. The humor hit my funny bone dead on, and I enjoyed seeing all the stuff littered around the locations from the previous episodes.
Read Full Review >Games Radar (in-house)
Proves that they had planned out this season’s overarching story line with an unassumingly meticulous style. Even the smallest throwaway from previous episodes makes sense in the end.
Read Full Review >Armchair Empire
A perfectly enjoyable and satisfying finale, that seems to eliminate the aggravatingly grating Soda Poppers once and for all, along with a grand wrap-up of all of the season's storylines, make "What's New, Beelzebub?" a must-play for all Sam & Max fans until the as-of-yet-unannounced-but-highly-likely-coming-soon Season Three makes its debut soon.
Read Full Review >PC Gamer
Though not quite as genre-pushing as "Chariots" is, Beelzebub masterfully ties up every single loose end left dangling in the first and second seasons. [July 2008, p.69]
Pelit (Finland)
After a great fourth episode I was expecting a little drop in the season finale, but for my surprise the Telltale team played with unholy magic and season finale is almost as good as Chariots of the Dogs. I know it's kind of weird just keep praising the game episode after episode, but what else can you do if the story, humor, gameplay, characters and music just charm you? Nothing. So, if you don't own it, go get your Season two right away. [June 2008]
Strategy Informer
The price tag for these games feels about right for the number of hours that come out of them, and I find myself going back and replaying earlier episodes, which helps me to feel that I got the bang I want for my buck.
Read Full Review >My Gamer
While it is rather hard to call this episode out as being the best in the season without pointing directly at every other episode and explaining that they are firmly the reasons it is like that, this is simply the best of the bunch.
Read Full Review >The New York Times
The second season has increased the difficulty with each episode, and Beelzebub has some really tricky puzzles.
Read Full Review >PC Zone UK
Occasionally weak puzzles and infrequent dud jokes aside, if you mark a game on how joyfully sad you feel at the end, season 2 of "Sam & Max" is second only to "Portal." [July 2008, p.86]
Destructoid
It's funny, its puzzles are satisfying, and, as Anthony mentioned, is a fine example of episodic gaming's potential.
Read Full Review >IGN
The overall corporate atmosphere of Hell and the characterization of Satan are hilarious and, better still, the actual content of the episode ties up the first two seasons very nicely.
Read Full Review >Gamervision
What’s New, Beezlebub? is a fantastic ending to the series with few faults worth mentioning. Everything fans of the series love are here in ample supply, and there is really no excuse, barring not owning a computer, for not picking up the entire season if you haven’t done so already.
Read Full Review >Adventure Gamers
Ultimately, What's New Beelzebub? is an overwhelmingly ambitious game that never stops for a breath, and by the end of the strange journey it nearly collapses under its own comedic weight and the strain of throwing every bizarre scenario and creative re-use of supporting characters at the wall.
Read Full Review >1UP
Sure, it doesn't do anything new with the gameplay (do any of the episodes?), but What's New, Beelzebub? is a fitting wrap-up to Season 2, and it's arguably the most enjoyable episode since season-starter "Ice Station Santa."
Read Full Review >PC Gamer UK
The artists are on form, even if the writers are coasting. [June 2008, p.89]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
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