THIS is the game that made me register on Steam, way back in 2010
Although, back then I didn't really like it, because tbh, 3rd season of Sam & Max was clearly rushed
Weird lighting, broken animations, bugs, cut content, poor optimisation and so on and so forth
Also, being a teen and a fan of first two seasons, I liked some of the more mature theming of tDPH's story, but not all of it
"no S&M OFFICE, are you serious..????"
-13 y.o. me
And only with time it really grew on me and now I see it as one of my favourite games and maybe best Point-and-Click game of all time..?
This time gag-machine of S&M is tightly entangled in a very interesting plot, themes of episodes are great and use a bunch of cool narrative mechanics and genre cliches in interesting ways. And gags are great again! Some of my favourite ones from whole franchise are here (wedding ring jingle lives in my head rent free)!
And what a shame it was that whole season stuck in that weird state for ages. And then... Skunkape came. And finally, from 14th of August, 2024, Devil's Playhouse is not broken anymore, like it was for more than half of my life. THANK YOU!
"43162" is a secret number you might need in your new journey (Thanks, SuperMarioFan Studios for finding it!)
P.S. After completing. Idc what anyone says, it is the best point-and-click adventure game ever made! Dream came true, holy hell
P.P.S. My GOTY