Sam & Max Episode 6: Bright Side of the Moon

"When all's said and done, Episode 6 (like its predecessors) doesn't stretch much past the two-hour mark, but it's all just as well, since the assorted puzzles never get tough enough to become frustrating, nor easy enough to insult you. Telltale's all but inherited Sierra and LucasArts' adventure game crown with this well-crafted series, and if you're still holding out, now's the perfect time to play all six episodes back-to-back -- like Lost or Heroes, Sam & Max: Season 1 is best enjoyed in a marathon sitting."

"Episode 6: Bright Side of the Moon brings a complete closure and a satisfactory conclusion to the season, clearing the way for the return of our favorite dynamic duo, which I am sure they will sometime soon."

"You can find faults without too much effort, but I can still say the same thing about this one I said about the first: it's a blast of pure fun, and provides the proper conclusion to a truly enjoyable series of adventures."

"When it comes to the graphics and gameplay, Bright Side of the Moon doesn't differ at all from the previous five episodes."

"In terms of gameplay, that's easy: Telltale's simple, refined interface is a vast improvement on the horrendous icon system LucasArts employed, but you can't help but feel that Telltale needed to be a little more ambitious with the gameplay mechanics in Sam & Max than it was this time. It's one thing staying true to the beloved gameplay that we all still cherish, but that heady whiff of nostalgia only gets you so far - especially when the limiting episodic structure itself makes the actual puzzle solving such a horribly basic part of the game. Let's face it - things have moved on, and it's a massive contradiction to be talking about a forward thinking, digitally delivered, episodic game that's held back by its reverence to the past. But there you are."