Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual
Sam is a dog in a suit. Max is his naked rabbity partner. Together, they’re the Freelance Police. Jump into the not-quite-right world of Sam & Max via the wonder science of virtual reality, and join the…
Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual is an adventure developed by HappyGiant, released 8 July 2021 on PlayStation VR, Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest and Oculus VR.
What Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual is
Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual is an adventure game developed by HappyGiant and released in 2021. It was published by Big Sugar. It is available on PlayStation VR, Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, Oculus VR and SteamVR. It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sam is a dog in a suit. Max is his naked rabbity partner. Together, they’re the Freelance Police. Jump into the not-quite-right world of Sam & Max via the wonder science of virtual reality, and join the multimedia darlings in their never-ending quest to slap the stupid grin off the face of evil.
How it plays
It is played from a virtual reality perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Sam & Max series
Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual is the eighth of 12 entries we hold in the Sam & Max series. It arrived 7 months after Sam & Max: Save the World. The next entry was Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space in 2021. Its critic score of 70 is 9 points below the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Poker Night at the Inventory at 96.
How it was received
Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual launched on 8 July 2021, within three weeks of The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! and Final Fantasy. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, Final Fantasy.
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