Sam & Max 2 vs Sam & Max: Hit The Road

The first thing I noticed when I saw some in-game footage of Sam & Max "2" was the voice acting. No emotion, which in turn makes the jokes and dialogues really dry.
I made this little mix of videos from both games, from the very beginning of the games for comparison.
There's really no coherence between the clips but I tried to put them in a order so it would seem like a consistent scene.

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[KewDrew]

Agreed. It's sad that the '93 game has superior voice acting. Oh well, good thing for ScummVM! :)

[McKack]

That reminds me, need to get ahold of the Indiana Jones games and finish them.

[AlienMage]

I think the voices from both "Hit the Road" and the episodic games are great in their own way, but in the end, the so called "best voices" comes down to one's personal opinion. For example, I personally perfer the newer voices over the older ones because I think it fits the characters more. But I could be biased since I was not fortunate enough to have played "Hit the Road" in my childhood.

[doppleganger4827]

Like the others said, they changed the voice of Max after the second episode, due to a medical emergency with the first actor. Feel kinda bad for saying, but I'm glad it changed because the new guy does a awesome job in my opinion. Sam's voice took some getting use to, but I can accept the idea of Sam having the melow detective tone w/ a fondness for banjo playing. Can't wait to play the new episodes.

[drunkendan]

the old one sounds like they are literally reading lines and that is not what you want when voicing a character.

[Amarynthos]

@jamesminnow New Max, old Sam indeed :)

[Fastbikkel]

I still like the old one better.

[ivaNfender]

I love sam&max hit the road, shall i play sam&max 1 and 2 for wii or will it destroy my childhood?

[burrorojo19]

Can someone please explain to me what is the big difference between the voice of the 'new' and 'old' Max? Apart from obviously being done by different voice actors, the feeling of the voice seems identical to me. Is there really that big a difference? What is it? I can't tell, can someone enlighten me?

[jamesminnow]

I prefer new Max, I prefer old Sam.

[Videogammer69]

When Telltale first started out they had a few horrific voice talent for bone and partailly S&M season 1. Though now voices they hire for the games are superb, and I'Ive grown to like, if not, perfer Kasten/Nowlin over Farmer/Jameson.

[NamelessRedWolf]

I agree that they started out meh. But, they've gotten way better. I prefer David Nowlin and William Kasten(Andrew Chaiken is a good actor, but he isn't Max).

[rmysterio80]

I like the new voice actors 

[theretard666]

I don't get the hate of the new actors. I really like them. First episode I agree they felt a little off, but that's getting a new character, it's going to be. By the third episode especially, and often before on lines, I would say the new actors (well, max has a different actor in episode one) are just as good, if not better (although I admit familiarity with the newer voices adds a large bias).

And as Telltale were pretty much the guys working on the cancelled game...