Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Celebrates Remaster With Launch Trailer

Yes. YES. Save The World and Beyond Time & Space were fine and dandy but they were merely the amuse bouche to what is not only one of the best points and clicks ever made but also the best Sam & Max game ever made.

I'm not the biggest fan of most remakes, but Skunkape's remasters have been an exception, being developed with a level of care and detail most other re-whatevers often fail to consider and recognize. Can't wait to sink my teeth into this one.

Well now what?

@Zeebor15 all that's left to do now is to wait for the soundtrack to release, I suppose.

@N00BiSH Ted E Bear's got oddles of fun.

Slots and Sandwiches and poker and guns.

And look? No mobsters! Nary a one!

Just you and me and Ted E Beaaaaaar

@Zeebor15 War!
Oh, what is it good for? (What is it good for?)
It's good for you! (Doo waka doo waka doo waka doo waka doo!) It's good for me!
Oh, war! Oh, what is it good for? (What is it good for?)
Ohhh, it strengthens the economy!

Leap-skippin' lagamorphs!

Finally. The power of the Sam and Max remaster trilogy, all in my hands.

Oh, excellent! I'm picking this up for PS4 just because I have the other two there as well, but all three are now on my eShop wish list for a sale! Maybe they'll have a trilogy pack down the road.

Now we just need Sam and Max Hit The Road to make a return appearance...still love that game to death.

This is the one I was most excited for considering it's the only one that didn't get a physical release and sort of fell through the cracks. Looking forward to playing through the entire trilogy again.

I never played this series, but I read the first game got censored. Is that still true?

@Overzeal

A) Yes, they cut and altered dialogue, but that only applies to 10 minor lines in the first season(which is about .01% of the overall script).

B) From the second season onwards, none of the dialogue was altered or cut in any way. In fact, The Devil's Playhouse remaster actually adds lines that were lost from the original due to some bugs.

C) Skunkape Games offers the original versions(on PC at least) for free, so you can see that as a compromise if for whatever reason you're opposed to any changes.

I was excited for these when the first remastered got announced but after it got revealed that they not only censored some jokes but also BLATANTLY lied about it (saying nothing would be cut or censored prior to the release), I'm not touching any of these games.

@ottoecamn it's been four years, man. Yes, they changed the dialog, yes they weren't upfront about it initially and that wasn't great, but they have been since then and they made good on their word to not do the same with the other two. 10 lines of dialog is not worth being this obsessively bitter and miserable about it.

You don't have to like the remasters, but you don't have to be like this either. It can't help you. You won't be happier.

@N00BiSH I'm not bitter nor miserable, I never played Sam and Max before, but always had a passing interest. After all they did, they guaranteed they wouldn't get my business. I got more than enough to play anyway.

I don't tolerate censorship, specially not when it's made in secret, I just felt like commenting because I saw the headline in case someone else who doesnt like censorship has an interest in these games but isnt aware (then they can make that decision for themselves), before going back to not thinking about this game again.

And no. "They censored it but only a little bit" isn't an excuse that's gonna fly".

@ottoecamn Look, I won't try to excuse the dialogue changes - there was probably a better way to go at it that the remaster team didn't consider - but choosing to take it so personally as you've been doing is, whether you like or not, inherently bitter. I understand not caring for changes made by remakes, it's a big reason I'm not a fan of most of them, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna dig my heels in deep and get angry. It's just not worth the time and effort.

Thing about remakes is, you're not going to get everything you want out of them, but if you actually want to get something you have to be open to compromise, and Skunkape has been more than willing to compromise than you may think through their decision to offer the originals and not changing any dialogue from the second season onward. It might not seem like a lot, but it is SOMETHING. You can either acknowledge that and respectfully disagree - that's fine - or you can continue to seethe about something you're never going to play anyway.

And if you settle on the latter choice, then this is all the time I'm willing to spend on this discussion. You do you.

@N00BiSH mate, your ascribing emotions to the me that simple don't have.
It's just a matter of principle for me: you censor a re-release of a game, I don't buy it. Simple as that.

Had they actually gone back and restored the removed dialogue in a patch, I would've given them the credit for it and even consider picking it up. But they chose not to, so they're not getting my money. I'm not going to compromise on my principles.

Rewarding behavior you support with while punishing behavior you condemn is a basic thing to do, specially when it comes to products.

I do respect them for not censoring the following games, but as the saying goes, trust is hard earned and easily lost. And a developer that responds to the backlash by saying, and I quote directly, “we forgot all about them when we first posted this FAQ! (Refering to the FAQ where they said nothing would be cut)” isn't doing a lot to earn back that trust.

And if spreading that information so people who may not have been aware of their actions eith the previous game can have that information and do with it as they please, then sorry, but I'm not sorry.

I'd be fine with that if it weren't for one thing: your original comment is a half-lie in and of itself. If it were just the "the devs censored some of the dialogue in Season 1" that'd be fine. That FAQ you mentioned has since been edited to point out that yes, they did alter dialogue and even point out the specifics of said alterations so anyone curious can find out more. They've told the truth about their changes, but your comment leaves out some crucial information about how much was changed that makes it look like you're trying to vilify the developers rather than inform players. Complaining about someone else's "lies" and then twisting the truth yourself is well...you know what it is.

But I probably won't change your mind on this, so whatever, you do you. I've got a remaster to play.