Sam & Max: Save the World: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Sam & Max: Save the World (2007) is a point-and-click, adventure video game developed by Telltale Games, available on Wii, PC, X360. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 79/100 on IGDB.

What is Sam & Max: Save the World about?

The characters can travel between a variety of locations in the game using their black and white 1960 DeSoto Adventurer, which, when selected, will present the player with a list of available destinations. The DeSoto is also used for several driving sequences, usually involving pursuing or fleeing criminals in other vehicles. In these driving sequences, the player can use Sam's gun, the car's horn, or have Max attempt to communicate with other vehicles via a megaphone. In addition, special inventory items may be used to complete specific puzzles within these sequences. Driving sequences are also used for several minigames, such as pulling innocent drivers over for fabricated felonies.

In keeping with the developer's heritage from the LucasArts adventure games, Sam & Max Save the World is designed so that the player characters cannot die or reach a complete dead-end.

Key details

Sam & Max: Save the World was released in 2007 and supports single player. Platforms: Wii, PC, X360. Developer: Telltale Games.

Should you play Sam & Max: Save the World?

A solid 79/100 aggregate score makes Sam & Max: Save the World a safe pick for fans of point-and-click, adventure.