86
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.1
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

The Press Says

MobyRanks are listed below. You can read here for more information about MobyRank.
100
High Score
Suverän dialog och underbar grafik. Lucasarts är bäst på den här typen av galen humor.
100
Adventure Classic Gaming
Lucasfilm Games has long been considered as among the elite developers of adventure games, a title it has secured since the early 1990s with game series like Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, and Indiana Jones. In 1993 the company publishes a title that undoubtedly has become its most critically acclaimed adventure game of all time—Sam & Max Hit the Road. Based on Steve Purcell’s surreal cult comic about the psychopathic little fur ball of a rabbit named Max and the more sensible canine shamus dressed in a suit named Sam, the game is a bizarre but amusing adventure across America in which the odd couple must solve the mystery of a runaway carnival bigfoot. Even today, this instant classic still stands as an enduring testament to adventure gaming’s finest hours.
100
Electronic Entertainment
Yeah, it's a great country, America. Fruited plains and all that. Yours for the taking. All you need is a car, man.
95
Absolute Games (AG.ru)
Существуй среди множества жанровых определений сочетание «феерический квест», Sam ‘n’ Max оказался бы его лучшим и непревзойденным представителем. Впрочем, к черту сослагательное наклонение! Sam ‘n’ Max — великолепный феерический квест, он же — безбашенный автопробег по психоделической Америке, невероятной мощности драйв, сборник уморительных шуток, сияющая вершина творчества LucasArts и угроза вашему нормальному существованию на как минимум пару вечеров.
95
Just Games Retro
Sam & Max Hit the Road is a standard setting game in every way. It was crafted by writers, artists, and actors at the top of their game. It represents the perfect use of a licensed property. It has stood the test of time for more than a decade and continues to top videogame lists around the world. It is, in my opinion, the best game LucasArts ever released and my favorite adventure game of all time.
93
MikroBitti
Sam & Max Hit the Road on mahtava jatko LucasArtsin seikkailupeleille. Se on juuri sopivan vaikea seikkailupelejä pelanneille, mutta ei silti mahdoton aloittelijoillekaan. Peli antaa mahdollisuuden vaikuttaa piirretyn elokuvan tapahtumiin; tätä kai tarkoitettaan, kun puhutaan interaktiivisesta elokuvasta. Kunhan vain saan näppeihini pelin CD-ROM-version!
93
PC Games (Germany)
Sam 'n' Max ist jedem Comicfan dringend ans Herz zu legen. Die witzigen Bildschirmtexte wurden in der deutschen Version komplett übersetzt und sogar die englische Sprachausgabe wurde diesmal brücksichtigt und neu eingesprochen. Der Aufwand hat sich gelohnt, denn selten hat ein so perfektes, lustiges und zugleich packendes das Licht der Spiele-Welt erblickt. Wer auf derben und sarkastischen Humor steht, darf sich dieses Spiel auf keinen Fall entgehen lassen.
90
Kingdom of Desire
Sam & Max ist wohl zu Recht ein Kultklassiker und wäre wohl noch wesentlich genialer, wenn die Rätsel etwas herausfordernder und das Spiel insgesamt etwas länger gewesen wäre. Sicher kann man nun sagen „Lieber kurz und gut als lang und nervig“, aber da Lucas Arts damals nur geniales Material ablieferte, wäre mehr sicher drin gewesen. Nichts desto trotz ist Sam & Max ein weiteres, sehr empfehlenswertes Spiel.
90
Quandary
This game does a lot of things right: solid adventure, no timed puzzles, no mazes, fantastic soundtrack, great animation, all dialogue is spoken with optional subtitles, and it takes the piss out of country & western music. If only the humour appealed to a broader audience, I'd recommend it without reservation. Manage to play this before your 15th birthday and you're onto a real winner; otherwise, it will depend on the way your sense of humour is leaning.
89
PC Player (Germany)
Das Spielen von Sam & Max unterscheidet sich von einem Zeichentrickfilm nur noch dadurch, daß man selbst die Hauptfiguren steuert (und natürlich durch die Dauerironie Marke "bösartig hoch 2"). Wer die Diskettenversion noch nicht besitzt oder ein erklärter Fan der beiden Chaoten ist, sollte zugreifen.
83
The Good Old Days
On the whole, Sam & Max really is a logical evolution of the Lucas Arts line. The negative trends concerning interface and general easiness found in DOTT are spun further. However, they do what they did best here: Tell a really, really funny story and embed it into a fair and relaxing game. So, really, a highly enjoyable Adventure!
80
Aventura y Cía
Sam and Max podía haber sido mucho más de lo que fue. Se les fue la mano con los chascarrillos y se dejó para luego el tema del diseño, lo cual hace desmerecer mucho a una aventura que podía hacerse colocado entre el podio de las grandes de haber estado mejor hilada, diseñada y estructurada.
70
Playback
Już dziś można powiedzieć, że Sam i Max przetrwali próbę czasu. Po dziś dzień słyszy się o legendarnych wielkanocnych jajach weń poukrywanych, gra przytaczana jest przy okazji wielu artykułów, zaś wieści o sequelu sprawiły, że wspomnienia odżyły na dobre. Fakt- tytuł się zestarzał i nie powala już dziś tak, jak robiło ponad 10 lat temu, ale… są rzeczy, które się nie zmieniają…
70
JeuxVideoPC.com
Bien que j’avais déjà entendu parler de ce jeu, je n’y avais jamais joué. C’est en voyant l’immense désarroi des fans suite à l’annulation du second épisode que m’est venue l’envie de jouer au premier et (à moins d’un miracle) unique Sam & Max, qu’on peut encore trouver dans une compil Lucasarts.
67
Svenska Hemdatornytt
Lucas Arts spel har alltid någonting visst och detta har några överraskningar som jag inte vill förstöra för er. Så det finns inget mer att säga än att: bli detektiv och ha kul!
65
NZGamer
It’s well presented with great voice acting and oodles of style. Just don’t expect to be wowed by the gameplay if you just stopped playing Gears of War, and if you’ve gotten used to the current standard of game interface, make sure you’re in the right frame of mind before attempting to tackle this. It gets tough but don’t fret if you have to refer to a walk through – the real genius is in the dialogue. If you do decide to buy it, make sure you see and hear it all.


Our Users Say

Category Description MobyScore
Acting The quality of the actors' performances in the game (including voice acting). 4.2
Gameplay How well the game mechanics work (player controls, game action, interface, etc.) 4.0
Graphics The quality of the art, or the quality/speed of the drawing routines 4.1
Personal Slant How much you personally like the game, regardless of other attributes 4.1
Sound / Music The quality of the sound effects and/or music composition 4.0
Story / Presentation The main creative ideas in the game and how well they're executed 4.1
Overall MobyScore (243 votes) 4.1


User Reviews

Holy jumping mother o'God in a side-car with chocolate jimmies and a lobster bib! THIS GAME ROCKS! Kadath Bird (126) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
So funny I nearly blew my head off! pottyboy (67) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
The game that was followed by a stupid cartoon show Black Wolf (37241) unrated
Holy jumpin mother o' God!!! What a game this is!!! Zovni (9138) 4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars
LucasArts at their most bizarre humoured; LucasArts at there very best Jayson Firestorm (150) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
WARNING! NAKED BUNNY WITH ATTITUDE!!! wampyrii (9) unrated
When your Bigfoot disappears, who you gonna call? Sam & Max! Colonel Olrik (8) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
Another great adventure from the creators of Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island! Rensch (165) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
Sam, should I confront or subdue in front of the suspected perpetrator? Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (65295) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
The best adventure game ever !!!! Daniel Albu (255) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars

 

Errors and omissions on this page may be reported to the MobyGames approvers.

MobyGames™ Copyright © 1999-2009, MobyGames.
All rights reserved. Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form.
moby sites | about us | advertise | disclaimer | privacy statement | become an approver | RSS