You'll need to upgrade your Flash Player to version 8 or higher. Sam & Max: Season 1
"One of the best PC games of the year. Nominated for Best Action-Adventure Game of the Year"
– Yahoo! Games
“Finalist for Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development”
– The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
“One of the 10 best games of 2006.”
– New York Times
“Culture Shock” Funniest Game of the Year”
– GameSpot.com
“One of the Top
Ten Games of 2006. Best PC Adventure Game of
the Year”
– IGN.com
"Best Adventure Game of the Year Runner-Up"
– PC Gamer
“Nominee for Best Writing of the Year”
– Game Developers Choice Awards
"Here's a title that's done the seemingly impossible: faithfully updating a beloved franchise
while creating something that feels entirely fresh and original. The whole game is full of jokes and ideas that you're bound to
laugh at.”
– IGN.com
“With sardonic humor, a cool jazz score, and engaging 3-D graphics, Culture Shock has even
more style and wit than the original game.”
– The New York Times
“You don't even have to go to a store to pick up one of the year's most hotly anticipated
games”
– Associated Press
“Sam and Max return to the PC adventure game scene with the same great sense of humor and
solid production values. If you've been looking for a good, funny game, you should definitely check this out. The story is compelling
and fun to follow.”
– GameSpot.com
“The operative question with our canine/lagomorph duo is always: is the game fun? And the
answer is a decisive yes. Culture Shock in every way looks, sounds, and feels like a true Sam & Max sequel. It is nothing less
than a complete blast of fun.”
– Adventuregamers.com
“It's impressive just how many fully fleshed-out, gleefully deranged characters are packed
into just the first episode. They are off to an excellent start. I can't wait for episode two.”
– Wired.com
“Must see PC!”
– 1up.com
“The script is perfect. The story line is what Sam & Max fans have been hoping for and
the dialog is true to the characters. “A” to the writers for nailing it. I loved playing this game. I heartily recommend
it to all Adventure Gamers as money well spent.”
– Justadventure.com
“We’ve played with Mario and Luigi, Sonic and Tails and even Stix ‘N Bubba. But none
of these famous video game duos can stack up against the crime fighting powers of Sam & Max.”
– Gaming Nexus
“We can’t wait”
– GameSpy.com
"We weep tears of joy at the very prospect of watching our favorite canine shamus and hyperkinetic
rabbity thing punish more dastardly evildoers."
– Computer Gaming World
“Sam & Max: Episode One: Culture Shock is a wonderful piece of entertainment, and easily
the best adventure game since the days of Grim Fandango. It's not only the most 'fun' game we've played all year, but also the
funniest. It's without doubt the best advert we've seen for the merits of episodic gaming and the gaming scene is going to be brightened
up no end over the next six months by a regular dose of Sam & Max if this is anything to go by. Go and party like it's 1993.”
– Eurogamer
“One of Next Generation's top 10 picks for the ‘most innovative or exciting PC games
of the year ahead."
– Next Generation
“With seemingly impossibly high expectations to meet, this first episode has managed to
nail the unique brand of dialogue and deranged humor that are the heart of what makes Sam & Max work. It feels like a self-contained
story, while still setting up a broader arc (leaving me all too hungry for more).”
– GotNext
“A welcome breath of fresh air in a stale locker room of all-too-macho protagonists. While
the story is fairly basic, it is in the execution that makes this such a welcome duo in the videogame landscape. Where many videogames
often rely on slapstick humor and a few jokes, Sam & Max rely not just on those, but on environmental humor and plenty of actual
humorous dialogue to make the player laugh. And laugh you will unless you’re dead on the inside. There are several times
throughout the game where you will laugh out loud.”
– Digital Entertainment News
“I have joined Sam & Max on their next great adventure, and it is everything you've
been waiting for. The interaction that made the first game so much fun is very much present in this title. Sam & Max: Culture
Shock is a must-buy.”
– Gamingtrend
“I was pleased to find that Sam & Max Episode 1 contains all of the humor, atmosphere,
and genuine fun of the previous game. The writing is up to the standards of the Sam and Max faithful, filled with humor that is
by turns slapstick and subtle, and chock-full of pop culture references that will entertain the entertainment-savvy gamers out
there.”
– 2404.org
“Stop reading and get this game. (It’s) an adventure game that makes you smile and
giggle like a fool as you play and play and play right through to the ending credits. There are not a lot of these babies around
anymore. If you have a glimmer of an iota of adventure love left in that congealed lump you call a heart, you owe it to yourself
to check this one out.”
– FourFatChicks.com
“Culture Shock delivers in spades. Sam deals his trademark deadpan expressions, Max engages
in sociopathic behaviour, and hilarity ensues.”
