Matt Conant shows me the new Back to the Future game. Recently, I played episodes 2 through 4 on PS3. Very cool! Go try out the game at backtothefuturegames.com
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June 23, 2011 at 11:04 am
awesome!
June 23, 2011 at 11:21 am
now these are good bttf games:D
glad you played it[tough i heard the ps3 version got hickups]
ever played sam and max? has tons of nintendo and old-school references[as well as new ones]
June 23, 2011 at 11:26 am
These games are so awesome.
June 23, 2011 at 11:28 am
Swaaaaaaag me out Mcfly!
June 23, 2011 at 11:41 am
I played Maniac Mansion as a kid on my C64… absolutely great game, yea, it was kinda hard… but so rich, clever and funny. I did finished it though…
June 23, 2011 at 11:44 am
I played Telltale Puzzle Agent… great game too, if you like puzzles and brain teasers.
June 23, 2011 at 11:51 am
hey james u should do a video on some of the other video game accessories or like the little things u show for a sec in ur videos i always get innterested in some of those things u sho like the thing that plays full size sega game u kno stuff like that even if u talk about them for 20 seconds it would be very cool like how them little arcade things u got in the back or jus the things we cant see or touch .
June 23, 2011 at 11:54 am
i kno u did the sega 32x to tha power of shit and the sega cd and nintendo accessories but think about it bro.
June 23, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Heh, I keep my laptop on a TV tray too. Haven’t seen anyone else do that until now.
June 23, 2011 at 12:19 pm
I went to the game’s website and actually saw that Christopher Lloyd reprises his role as Doc Brown, and although MJF doesn’t play Marty, he DOES voice a character in the final episode. Far out!
June 23, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Never thought I’d hear Homestar Runner mentioned on a Cinemassacre video. If you haven’t seen that site yet, James, check it out. It’s pretty funny.
Also it’s a shame you didn’t mention Homestar Runner’s games during the discussion about game styles, because they parodied the whole thing in their game Peasant’s Quest.
June 23, 2011 at 12:43 pm
James, you have the same laptop as me!!!! Also great video.
June 23, 2011 at 12:44 pm
I like when James hears he is about to play a BTTF game and pretty much slips in to his Nerd persona.
June 23, 2011 at 12:46 pm
I love the TellTale Games. I have all of them, basically. The reason they changed the control style to click and drag is so iPad and iPhone users can play the games too. That way it’s easier to walk off screen without trying to interact every time you touch the screen. Monkey Island is where it’s at. And Sam n Max keeps getting funnier every season.
June 23, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Damn, you guys don’t mention an epic point & click game called BROKEN SWORD???????????
June 23, 2011 at 12:52 pm
I really like the telltale games. They are more logical than the older click and points where there were situations where tried to click everywhere and combine everything with everything to see if that would finally get you further into the game.
June 23, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I really liked this episode, Matt is a cool guy!
June 23, 2011 at 12:58 pm
Hahah… Nice Star Trek IV reference with the mouse.
June 23, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Nice review, guys!
I used to play a ridiculous amount of PC games in the same genre. I did like the ones by Sierra, but my favorites by far were the LucasArts games.
Hard to pick the one I loved the most, but it’s definitely between any of the first three Monkey Island games and Indy 4.
June 23, 2011 at 1:40 pm
He’s gonna take you to the present, to play the good games he hasn’t, he’s the happiest gaming nerd, he’s the PC and Ps3 nerd, he’s the 360 and Wii nerd, he’s the happy video game nerd.
June 23, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Love BTTF, love adventures, played all LucasArts games and everything Telltale did for PC that was any good
but this game arc is lame, unfunny plus kinda artificial (dropped it after 2 episodes)
they should have played Tales of Monkey Island. now that was worthwhile
June 23, 2011 at 1:49 pm
I love Point’n'click games. Actually I played this BTTF game with my brother a couple of weeks ago. I always loved the Kyrandia games and lucas Arts’ DIG
June 23, 2011 at 1:49 pm
I heard that in episode 3 of the series, Doc Brown becomes a villainous character inspired by Lloyd’s role of Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit!
June 23, 2011 at 1:54 pm
he reason they changed the control style to click and drag is so iPad and iPhone users can play the games too.
Actually it was so console gamers could play without a cursor. The control scheme is designed to work like a joystick. On the other hand, touch screens are essentially mouse input. Instead of “point and click”, you have “point and tap” which is why classic adventure games have been ported with no changes.
June 23, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Looks good, been waiting myself. On another note, are you and Mike going to do anymore free domain commentary?
June 23, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Thanks for the review! (although I do think you mean intonation instead of inflection because inflection has nothing to do with pitch of voice)
June 23, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Dude duuuddeeee… You got the exact same computer AND same mouse as me…
June 23, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Hey James, they have these games for Mac also. Don’t you have a MacBook?
June 23, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Gread vid, friendly video game nerd rules too. you two seem like good guys
June 23, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Excellent Review. Love the new Show concept. I’m looking forward to more.
Nice to see you getting into PC games now. If your a big RPG fan, I suggest World Of Warcraft. I was once a Console Gamer Only. Since Playing WoW, I’ve spent the last 4 years of my life Online.
June 23, 2011 at 3:00 pm
As usual, I enjoyed the video.
BTW, James used the word inflection correctly.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inflection
June 23, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Nice review !
June 23, 2011 at 3:11 pm
I actually loved these games I can’t wait for the 5th episode. Wait actually its out today! Awesome!
Anyways, I play these games with WASD to move :p I’m a PC gamer who plays lotsa genres and WASD is typically the movement controls in non-point ‘n click adventure games.
June 23, 2011 at 3:20 pm
so edna .tell me everything you know about, harry callahan…
To BE CONCLUDED.
June 23, 2011 at 3:34 pm
This was cool ^_^
James’ expressions when recalling the BTTF review made me laugh so much x]
June 23, 2011 at 3:45 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6jyjKOPpFU
“I will not rest until all the Tannens are DEAD!”
Biggest coincidence i have ever seen.
June 23, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Star Trek IV reference, FTW!!!! lol
June 23, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Thanks for that informative review. Man, this makes me want to play this game even more! I LOVE Back to the Future!
June 23, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Great review! Loved the AVGN reference
June 23, 2011 at 4:28 pm
lol at the Strar Treck reference!
June 23, 2011 at 4:28 pm
YAY!!! PC-Games!!!
June 23, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Lol at the look of horror accompanied with the NES music
June 23, 2011 at 4:37 pm
I like this new “Friendly Video Game Nerd” too. Want to see more of him. Would be a nice way to also do reviews of good video games, not just the bad ones. Having a friendly conversation with someone else while playing a game.
June 23, 2011 at 4:38 pm
There’s an old adventure game called “Flight of the Amazon Queen” that makes fun of the fact you can perform illogical actions on things
*Talk to doorknob* and the character would be like: “Hello! …… I don’t think it’s gonna talk to me”
Game is now freeware in case you want to give it a go, totally worth playing
June 23, 2011 at 5:10 pm
episode 5 comes out today!
June 23, 2011 at 5:25 pm
Playing episode 5 right now and theres a horrid glitch that gets you stuck, id wait before you play 5 till they patch the glitch, its unavoidable and you cant move on…
June 23, 2011 at 5:41 pm
nice review! do more pc reviews!
June 23, 2011 at 5:53 pm
I can’t believe no one questioned that Marty left the gas on in Edna Strickland’s home. If she dies of asphyxiation..
June 23, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Day of the Tentacle is one of my favorite games ever
June 23, 2011 at 6:16 pm
Very nice to see you playing a PC game finally, James!
I love adventure games, especially those highlighted by Matt – Monkey Island series (BTW Telltale also made a game for this series), Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, etc. I still haven’t played BttF yet, but as far as I know it’s far easier than other adventure games (even those made by Telltale), which is a bit disappointing for me – but I understand that they wanted to bring this game to a broader audience, who might not necesseraly love point’n'click games (just like you, James 
).
June 23, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Debating whether or not I should watch this video. I haven’t started to play the game myself yet and I’m worried their might be some unintentional spoilers or puzzle solving in the video.
June 23, 2011 at 7:07 pm
DUDE JAMES!! You said about a BTTF/Terminator cross-over, it instantly reminded me of this video I saw on YouTube!
Here, check it out! It is AWESOME! And would totally make a GREAT cross-over!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBBw9E2Q_aY&feature=BFa&list=FLD4KV9_UDqIY&index=24
*I DO NOT OWN THIS VIDEO* It was posted by “HISHEdotcom”.
June 23, 2011 at 7:35 pm
I like the ending of the video, how it insinuates that there’ll be more about this game. That is, the episodes..
June 23, 2011 at 7:46 pm
I WANT A NEW SERIES!
ANGRY PC VIDEOGAMES NERD!!
June 23, 2011 at 7:47 pm
The final episode (number 5) is out now. I haven’t played it yet, but I thought episodes 1-4 were very cool. Both as a BTTF fan and an old-school adventure game fan (I know every game mentioned by Matt in this video by heart). They made the game easy to learn and control for newcomers to the genre, for which I applaud Telltale’s efforts (I know all about how frustrating it can be to get stuck in a game without having any clue about what you’re supposed to do next).
If you’re a fan of Back to the Future, you owe it to yourself to check this one out. Telltale’s other episodic games are worth a look as well, especially the Sam & Max series and Tales of Monkey Island.
June 23, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Mike you played lame ass PC games, it was all about: Duke Nukem 3D, Unreal Tournament, Warcraft 2, Diablo 2 & Half-Life 2
June 23, 2011 at 7:59 pm
i HATE the move my school won’t shut the hell up about it being film in the school i go to
June 23, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Nice video guys, I’d love to see more. Maybe after you play all of the episodes?
June 23, 2011 at 8:01 pm
I grew up on the old school adventure games… Like Space Quest and Sam and Max. I am so grateful that TellTale is making these games.. So far I have bought all of their Sam and Max, Monkey Island, and Back to the Future episodes. Granted they aren’t as challenging as an old school game.. but sure are far less frustrating! That mall section in Space Quest 4 was a killer (in the skating rink)
The best part of those games are the humor and the boost of accomplishment when you solve a difficult problem.. I really would dig if TellTale started doing Sierra games… I would die for a Space Quest.. With all of the gruesome death scenes and taunting when you die!
June 23, 2011 at 8:05 pm
Not an AVGN, but I’ll take it. Very cool
June 23, 2011 at 8:15 pm
I love Maniac Mansion. Great game…
Great video James! And no hula hoop girls or bee’s! Happy Day!
June 23, 2011 at 8:37 pm
@David Barnette: They’re actually doing a Sierra game. More precisely, a new King’s Quest game.
June 23, 2011 at 8:42 pm
why does everyone keep calling him mike?!?!?!?!?! his name is matt, other than that i liked the review a lot. also not sure if many of you may know this but one really fun point n click adventure everyone should check out is stupid invaders, i played it on dreamcast, but i believe that it is also available for PC, its a really funny game with rich humor, originally based on a french game, but its still great.
June 23, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Very good video. I had hoped that I could buy a physical game disc of BTTF, but was disappointed to hear it was DLC only. When reviews from other sites started rolling in, they were generally negative. I think at one point the game was discounted to FREE, & I remember my younger brother saying to me, “You know why?…’cause it sucks!”
Still, I like the look of the game, the voice acting, and the idea that it is BTTF pt.4.
James, I don’t know if it’s coincidence or not, but I requested you review Maniac Mansion & Turtles: Tournament Fighter. You mentioned them in two seperate videos, & I think that’ s really cool.
June 23, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Warcraft 2…. Comand and conquer…. This guy ROCKS.
June 23, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Plus, Marty’s great-great-grandfather, Seamus looked just like Marty, so it could probably be assumed that his great grandfather, William did too. I think the McFlys must alternate between Martys and Georges every second generation.
I’m a big fan of both point-and-click adventure games and of BTTF, so I’m very much looking forward to playing this eventually. You’re not the only one that’s behind, James!
June 23, 2011 at 10:10 pm
I been waiting for you to review this game since you’re reviews on those horrible games.
I was wondering if you are planning to review the other episodes or just this one due to a busy work schedule you have?
I won’t be mad since I do like this video a lot thanks man.
June 23, 2011 at 10:12 pm
Find it funny that I just beat Under a Killing Moon a few hours ago for the first time in years, & then it’s the first game to pop up when Matt starts talking about point n click games. I prefer the sequel, The Pandora Directive, with it’s more in depth story & cleaner cutscenes, and also the option to be an asshole throughout the game, changing the story in some places.
June 23, 2011 at 10:13 pm
I thought it was a pie pan in back to the future 3.
June 23, 2011 at 11:12 pm
Day of the Tentacle = my favorite PC game/ most underrated PC game of all time !!! I’m glad that finally got into one of your videos
June 24, 2011 at 12:05 am
>> Play with a Xbox controller to move in left hand.. and mouse in right hand to interact with objects !!!
June 24, 2011 at 12:08 am
Awesome video! The 5th chapter was just released today. Also very nice mentioning Grim Fandango! I’m a fan of that game as you might have been able to tell from my screen name
June 24, 2011 at 12:12 am
Nice. I’m gonna go ahead and buy these episdoes like I’ve been planning on. And I like your new “sidekick” you’ve been using.
June 24, 2011 at 12:39 am
Point & click adventure gamers unite!! I played every one of the games mentioned in this review when I was growing up. I always thought it was such a shame that Sierra stopped producing these kind of games when the company was sold and that Lucas Arts began to focus on only making Star Wars related games. I always loved all the Police/Space/King’s Quests, Quest for Glory and Monkey Island games. The Fate of Atlantis was amazing too (would have loved to see that as a basis for another Indy movie rather than Crystal Skull).
June 24, 2011 at 1:12 am
This was awesome. Totally nostalgic for me, I grew up playing Monkey Island, Space Quest, Kings Quest, Legend of Kyrandia and all that good shit. These kids don’t know shit about solving puzzles these days.
June 24, 2011 at 1:24 am
I love the way you just play the Back the the Future NES music instead of showing anything. Us fans that have been with you since the beginning recognize it immediately.
June 24, 2011 at 1:27 am
Matt is such a n00b though. I feel like I’m having adventure games explained to me by a Best Buy worker who’s never actually played any. The only Sierra series he knows is King’s Quest, and he thinks Sam and Max was Telltale’s first game. Ugh.
June 24, 2011 at 3:34 am
Day of the tentacle. What a great game.
Oh and Civilization, and Sierra’s Pharaoh are my favourite strategy games
June 24, 2011 at 4:25 am
So will you play more PC games now?
June 24, 2011 at 5:48 am
points for the star trek joke!funny
June 24, 2011 at 6:33 am
Matt is not so bad in these non-OA videos.
June 24, 2011 at 7:33 am
good video, i’m jonesing for more avgn but these are pretty good. the tmnt one was pretty funny, i can’t believe that’s what the turtles descended into! but thanks for this review, i have now played through the first of these games and liked it alot. i wouldn’t have even touched the game if not for this video, so thanks!
June 24, 2011 at 7:35 am
Wow an interesting game for me and it is on the pc!
Great review, I got goosebumps at the excellent Back To The Future theme and was also impressed at the voice acting.
Although you can probably tell while playing the game that it isn’t the original actors doing all the dialogue, it is really close by what I heard? Well Doc Brown’s was for sure…
“Your kids Marty, something has to be done about you’re kids!”
I wasn’t too interested in playing this before now but after watching this review, I now will be very likely in buying it to play for myself next week…
Any other reviews planned in this style for future? I for one was liking this a lot!
June 24, 2011 at 7:39 am
Ha. I just think to message to James is he ever play this game. I am glad that he finally make a review and comments. I play the first EP of the game. Is great. Very close to Back To The Future series. Great voice acting and scenes. I never find time to play the rest of the episodes. Great video.
June 24, 2011 at 7:39 am
@svengoolie: Don’t you think he just mentioned one of their most popular game series…? I’m sure he knows of more.
June 24, 2011 at 7:56 am
The series doesn’t get much more difficult in the later episodes and at the moment, the last episode has a bug that can prevent you from finishing it (PC & Mac Version), but the story is totally great. Especially the third part has a really great twist to it.
June 24, 2011 at 8:12 am
I didn’t play that many games in this genre, but they did have a certain charm. I do think, however, that they are best left to nostalgic memories.
I fondly remember the Kyrandia series, but I probably won’t ever play it again… think I’ll just get impatient with it now
June 24, 2011 at 8:15 am
Loved this. I like point and click adventures but never played a ton because I really, really suck at them. My attention to detail is just… lacking, to be nice. My fiance made me play The Longest Journey and anyone who says they didn’t use a guide for the majority of the game is either cheating or has too much time on their hands…haha.
Would like to see more like this, and friend is dorky/cute/good addition.
June 24, 2011 at 8:34 am
I was really hyped for this game but when I played it I was so disappointed. The graphics sucks and the animation sucks… There’s just no feelinf in the game. Too bad they didn’t let a bigger developer make the game because it sure aas hell deserves so much more than what it got.
June 24, 2011 at 8:53 am
I want to see you review the Ghostbusters game…aka the 3rd movie
June 24, 2011 at 8:53 am
hey matt, did you ever play any of the police quest games? 1 and 2 were some of my favorites.
June 24, 2011 at 9:58 am
@punksterdaddy
Doc Brown’s voice was done by the original actor of the movies.
MIchael J. Fox didn’t, but he makes a cameo at the last episode
June 24, 2011 at 10:16 am
Nice Star Trek – Scotty reference, “Hello computer”. Made me laugh
June 24, 2011 at 10:37 am
@polarbearted Agreed : )
June 24, 2011 at 11:28 am
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET
I FUCKEN LOVE POINT AND CLICKS!
June 24, 2011 at 11:34 am
i could make a review of a bunch of point and clicks
June 24, 2011 at 12:05 pm
That was awesome! I gotta have it!
June 24, 2011 at 12:09 pm
0:47 James is like “Oh shit.”
June 24, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Yay! 100th comment !!! I played episodes 1-4 already and I’m waiting for the 5th one, Outtatime! It’s really a great game. I was missing the old school point & click style games!
June 24, 2011 at 5:05 pm
@Cappy Larou
He has reviewed that Ghostbusters game… He didn’t do it as the nerd but he made an appearance before being told to leave.
Go check it out? It is worth a look.
June 24, 2011 at 8:12 pm
I hope James and Matt make more videos like that, i’m a huge fan of classic point & click adventures and it will be great see some reviews just to remember it again.
Very nice video!
June 24, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Svengoolie everybody
He’s just an all around jerk using old artifact words from years ago. He comes off as a the stereotype of that internet kid trying to come off as cool. Look at him getting angry because someone doesn’t know something he learned about not too long ago. Maybe some day he’ll learn to communicate and that not everybody is trying to be a poser who poses as an expert.
Telltale was founded in 2004 and did nothing of note until they got the Sam and Max license.
June 24, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Interesting game, thanks for sharing. One observation though – are any of the actors from the movie doing any voice acting for this game? It sounded like they were not but you hardly shared any of the voices so it was kind of hard to tell. I did like the video, but I kept hoping you’d let the characters talk a bit more so we could hear their voices and compare it to how they used to sound. Maybe you couldn’t do it for legal reasons and I understand if that’s the case, but I kept getting pissed since I really wanted to hear what Marty and Doc sound like and it felt like you guys were talking a bit too much. The few seconds I heard felt like a tease and it was really frustrating!
Again, if you couldn’t share more for legal reasons I understand – I’m not trying to come across like a dick or anything – just some honest feedback! So if there was no specific reason not to allow us to hear more voices – next time, please LET US HEAR THEM!
June 24, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Lol I just beat episode 4 Today.
June 24, 2011 at 11:48 pm
@ scronan
They did indeed get Christopher Lloyd to do the voice of Doc. But I think the rest of them are all sound alikes. I know James did an interview with the guy who voiced Marty for this series some time back and put up the audio for that. He is actually pretty good at doing the voice.
June 25, 2011 at 5:09 am
These adventure games took a long way from Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders throught the Sierra games. In the early games you could die or waste a key item and you wouldn’t be able to finish the game. Good thing Monkey Island came up with good puzzles you can’t mess up and no dying. Guybrush even put away a dog in his coat in MI 2
June 25, 2011 at 8:01 am
Hope to see more videos like this. It’s cool to see James’s first impressions and stuff.
June 25, 2011 at 8:47 am
i played under a killing moon, myst, and 7th guest!
June 25, 2011 at 11:17 am
My brother really liked the Journeyman Project Turbo series of point and click games.
And he liked Shadowcaster a lot too. Anybody remember those?
We played these games on our 75MHz Pentium processor with 8 MB of RAM and a 750MB hard drive! The computer was a Packard Bell. Man we were high tech when we got that!
June 25, 2011 at 11:59 am
Matt Conant try The Neverhood its veeery funny P & C adventure game
June 25, 2011 at 12:56 pm
I’ve been playing thru the BttF games on my PS3. They come out a little later than the PC ones. I really like it so far! I wonder tho — will we see a follow up video when you finish them?!!?!?
June 25, 2011 at 2:57 pm
That guy looks like he’s related to Motherfucker Mike. Is it Motherfucker Ike perhaps?
June 26, 2011 at 12:26 am
@ scronan: Christopher Llyod performed the voice of Doc Brown. All the other voice actors are indeed sound-alikes, but (spoiler?) Michael J. Fox does make a cameo appearance (sort of) as another character you’ve seen in the movies near the end of the game.
June 26, 2011 at 1:09 am
Matt, I don’t know which game Telltale made first (although a quick google-search would do the trick), but Sam & Max are definitely not the first games. I played the episodic game(s) “Bone” back in the day before they got the licenses to these Lucasarts games and what-have you. So Sam & Max definitely wasn’t the first.
PS: Now Telltale are making a game based on The Walking Dead. I wonder how that will turn out. Certainly a new twist for the zombie-genre! They’re also currently making a Jurassic Park game.
June 26, 2011 at 2:25 am
I lol’d hard when James briefly turned into the Nerd for a second at the beginning. It’s like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One mention of a bad game and he goes from nice James to pissed off Nerd. lol
June 26, 2011 at 2:26 am
I love the old Point and Click Games, but I’m not so fond of the transition to 3D since I always have the feeling it got way easier in those games. Especially the early 3D games were way too easy.
And I’m not so fond of the episode thing telltale keeps doing, I didn’t like it with Sam and Max and it was basically the reason why I didn’t buy BTTF. Now that they’re all out I may give it a try.
So how does this one hold up, is it a challenge or one of those “One thing to interact in the room” kind of 3D games?
June 26, 2011 at 4:59 pm
I’ve just finished the 1st episode, and man, love this game <3
June 26, 2011 at 9:11 pm
James, if you want a console-like experience with this game, plug in an Xbox 360 USB controller on the computer. The game supports it, and it actually is easier that way (holding the left trigger will display all the items you can interact with in the game, and you can use the left and right shoulder buttons to move between them).
June 26, 2011 at 11:01 pm
I love Back to the Future. Good job with the TMNT stuff
June 27, 2011 at 12:52 am
funny that James says the thing about the McFly generations looking identical every two generations since Marty’s great grandfather Willie looks just like him as does his great-great grandfather Seamus
June 27, 2011 at 3:23 am
I love these types of games. I grew up playing Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. I still play it today, even though I’ve completed it and everything. It’s just too awesome! Definitely one of my favorite games.
Oh, but about this…thanks for the review! I’m downloading the 1st episode of this now to play for myself. You can download it FREE from the Telltale Games BTTF website. You just need to register, but that only takes a few seconds.
June 27, 2011 at 10:01 am
It’s rather suprising that James haven’t played the Lucas Arts classics. Afterall they are really important games in gaming history. Although it’s understandable as James apparently haven’t had gaming PC back in the days, I assume? But anyways it’s never too late to “educate” yourself with these classics. They are even not that hard, excluding few exceptions, like the Indiana Jones series.
The best part in Lucas Arts classics is the wacky humour. What it lacks in action it takes back in story and dialogue. They are like interactive slapstick insanities, which transforms into chaotic surrealism in Sam & Max Hit the Road – which is really faithful in that aspect to the original Sam & Max comics from the 80′s. Tons and tons of hilarious one-liners and (positive) obscurities.
June 27, 2011 at 11:27 am
James,
I know you mentioned “Maniac Mansion” as a point-in-click console game, but I was hoping you might mention the other NES games that are a similiar style. There were 3 MacVenture games for the NES: Uninvited (1986), Shadowgate (1987), and Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True (1990). These games are definitely worth trying out…