During Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020, a teaser trailer for a brand new Sam and Max game was revealed. The trailer supplied little or no info, however host Geoff Keighley confirmed on Twitter that the brand new title will probably be a VR game, versus the point-and-click adventures the duo are most carefully related to. It additionally appears that gamers won’t management Sam or Max, however slightly a brand new character, as an alternative. Given the VR format, this does make a little bit of sense as gamers will probably be higher capable of see the manic escapades of the titular freelance police. The game is being developed by Happy Giant.
Yep VR
— Geoff Keighley 🔜 Opening Night Live (@geoffkeighley) August 27, 2020
For the uninitiated, Sam and Max first made their debut in a collection of comics created by Steve Purcell in 1987. The characters are a pair of personal investigators that tackle a lot of weird circumstances. In 1993, LucasArts revealed Sam and Max: Hit the Road, a point-and-click journey on PC that’s typically thought-about one of many best games of all-time. Following the success of Hit the Road, Sam and Max briefly starred in a cartoon on Fox Kids within the 90s, in addition to a collection of journey games revealed by Telltale within the 2000s. The final of these launched again in 2010; after greater than a decade, the characters will lastly return!
It will probably be fascinating to see how followers react to Sam and Max’s return. While the characters have maintained a trustworthy following since their debut, VR gaming tends to be slightly area of interest. The prices related are typically pretty prohibitive, and lots of avid gamers discover the tools to be nausea-inducing. Since this new game additionally appears to be in a really totally different model from Hit the Road, longtime followers may be much less enthused. Of course, VR does provide extra immersive experiences, and a Sam and Max game may take nice benefit of that.
Either means, developer Happy Giant appears to have its work reduce out for it! As of this writing, particular platforms have but to be revealed. Until extra info is revealed, followers will simply must be proud of the transient teaser that was launched.
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