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Sam & Max return with a virtual reality caper next yearJoin the force.
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Fuzzy freelance coppers-for-hire Sam & Max are back from their ten-year hiatus. They’re getting a new game, see - and for this case, you’ll need a big plastic headset strapped to your noggin. Announced during tonight’s Gamescom festivities,Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtualwill let you join the duo as a nameless third wheel sometime next year.
Teased during the Opening Night Live showcase earlier tonight, This Time It’s Virtual’s full trailer aired later with a fuller picture of the crime-fighting duo’s VR capers.
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With roots as a comic strip back in the 80s, Sam & Max have a fond place in point n' click fans' hearts thanks to LucasArts' stellar 1993 adventureSam & Max Hit The Road. A pre-The Walking DeadTelltale Games took a shot at following up the series in the late-00s, but from what I can gather, they never quite lived up to that 90s gem.
This Time It’s Virtual, then, will be the pair’s first case in over a decade - one that flings your headset-wearing self into the mix as an unnamed Freelance Police Cadet. While the writing in the trailer seems fine enough, the play looks a little uninspiring right now, your standard VR sandbox affair of messing around with props in a virtual space. Maybe that novelty would fly five years ago, but I finally got around toHalf-Life: Alyxlast week and my standards have been set through the roof.
Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual will hit unannounced VR platforms sometime next year.
