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| 6 AUG 2007 at 11:10am |
SharonBSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | I like having a points system. Makes me feel I'm making progress
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| 31 OCT 2007 at 1:22pm |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | *BIG REVIVAL*
Yay! I'm reviving this long dead thread. I wasn't sure wehther I should just open a new thread or not, so I just dug up the old one, mainly because I see that GM is not being discussed much around here.
This also happens to be my personal return to the boards, I would really like to see them more alive and vital.
So, the first thing I'm going to recommend is this website: http://cort-x.fwheel.net/
It's a very well made fan site (yes, a fan site already!) that was actually created a few months ago, and I recall already linking to it before. Just click on "LINKS" in the site's menu and you'll know the rest of the informative sites you should know of. It even lists JustAdventure btw! (and two other Polish and Czech fan made sites, wish I could read either language so if anyone finds something of interest on one of those do share!).
Basically since the last time I posted on this thread a few new screens have been released, also some concept art on the way.
As for info, I'm not so sure what's new so I'll recommend reading the FAQ and the 'ABOUT' on Cort-X, as it provides the latest leaked inforamtion regarding gameplay and characters (I'm kind of swamped right now so you'll have forgive me), and the interviews with Jane.
Also, they launched an official web site (if you followed my link you'll find it 8-)) and a trailer. From the trailer I observed a few things people may find annoying but I'm not sure I'll be really bothered by them. Basically I'm reffering to the seemingly mechanical "walk", gait, of the characters (at least the main playable character Sam). Now I don't particularly mind how realistic the walk of the characters may or may not be so I'm not complaining just yet. Also remember this is a trailer things might change.
Right now my mind is flooded so I'm not providing you with everything on this post, but that's what the useful link above is for. Aside from that, as you'll see on Cort-x's news page, Jane gave two interviews to two different web sites, the one on the Escapist being a bit more comprehensive and contains a remark by Jane I think many of you (me included) will disagree with but I'm not holding it against her. Who knows, she's been in this business for a longer time than most of us (not to mention the fact I'm not even actually 'in' the business ) so I'm reserving judgement.
On a personal note, tomorrow I have the who knows what number driving test (sigh...) so I'm quite nervous and that's what I meant when I said I'm swamped. Not to mention in about a month I'm saying bye bye to civil life (those who remember me will know what I'm talking about).
So I hope to hear from you guys!
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| 31 OCT 2007 at 1:32pm |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | And of course I forgot to remind some of you the approach of the official release date! though I read somewhere that the game still has a lot of work to be done on it, and there's a possibility of delaying the current date to improve game's quality.. :-/ Not that there's anything wrong with wanting to improve the game of course... (but still I want NOW!).
For those wondering, the game is slated to be released early 2008 (a few months from now).
EDIT: How could I have forgetten! All you really need to do in order to see what's in store in the music department is listen to the music of the trailer and hear the familiar but loved Robert Holmes tunes and melodies. Yup, he's coming back!
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| 2 NOV 2007 at 12:05am |
auroraIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Ahhhhh, I can't wait for it to come out already.
I'm sorry, but I have HUGE expectations
There's definitely, definitely definitely no logic to humen behaviour.
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| 2 NOV 2007 at 9:44am |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By aurora (2 NOV 2007 12:05am)
Ahhhhh, I can't wait for it to come out already.
I'm sorry, but I have HUGE expectations
Nice to hear that! Finally some feedback on the thread. Needless to say, I have too have great expectations.
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| 3 NOV 2007 at 4:35pm |
jalexSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | When is the game comming out? I havn't seen very much one it here.
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| 3 NOV 2007 at 6:05pm |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By jalex (3 NOV 2007 4:35pm)
When is the game comming out? I havn't seen very much one it here.
Jalex, the game is due to be released early 2008, more specifically the first quarter of 08'. So basically we're talking a few months wait unless the date gets *shudders* postponed. (which is actually both a good and a bad thing).
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| 4 NOV 2007 at 4:41pm |
jalexSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Thanks TC , I remember reading that hear somewhere now.
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| 4 NOV 2007 at 8:17pm |
auroraIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | As much as I can't wait to lay mmy hands on it, I truly wish they (the creators/developers) would take all their time perfecting it.
I believe that the more accurately the manifestation of the game will fit Jane's vision, the better the game will be.
Somehow, almost in all games, the player can notice "holes" in the plot - holes which tend to increase as you progress.
Almost every excellent game out there has them, and it is very unfortunate. However, the reason is clear - the game is being pushed to shippment, trying to satisfy hungry fans and choking deadlines.
So, I for one, would rather wait another couple of months to recieve something that is closer to what the admirable creator wanted it to be.
Oh, how I wish Myst 4 was given a little more time... Could've been my favorite, easily :-\
There's definitely, definitely definitely no logic to humen behaviour.
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| 5 NOV 2007 at 1:46am |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | I completely agree aurora, but you have to realise - this game was announced back in late 2003, IIRC! And if not 03' then early 04'! That's a LONG waiting time for fans. Of course there have been many mishaps like TAC cancelling the project if I'm not mistaken (don't remember why really :).
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| 14 NOV 2007 at 6:18am |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Yay! Cort-X has a translated early gameplay preview of GM! I would not advise people who are scared of spoilers to read it though, since some people may find the information given too revealing, but trust me it seems like the details exposed are miniscule on the bigger scale of things (we're talking merely about the tutorial :), so don't be afraid! You have been warned though!
http://cort-x.fwheel.net/ (Just read the latest news item).
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| 5 JUL 2008 at 10:06am |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | AN CORP! Resurrected...
Wow, reading this thread again after all this time sure gives a weird feeling.
As most of you know, a lot has changed since I last posted on this thread. It started as my own personal thoughts on the (then) upcoming GM, and finally became a kind of official thread about the game (IIRC, I also opened a frustration soapbox thread about the obscureness surrounding the game's [then upcoming] release).
But anyway, I've decided to revive this one a few months after the game was officially pushed back for over a year (Q1 2009...*SIGH*). While I'm in no way happy about this, I'm also still hopeful, just as long as it doesn't become a pattern (God forbid us! ).
With that positive note, however, and with the game (AGAIN!) approaching its release closer and closer ( ), I'm still baffled with the lack of any info. Once a week I do a "GM Day", browsing and combing the web for anything on all plausible sites (especially Cort-X).
I just wish the above situation will change in the coming months.
Cheers,
TC
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| 5 JUL 2008 at 12:11pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Ahh to be young again and able to maintain such passionate obsession.
Hello TC, hope army life is okay now. I think you'll have to play some other games as distraction instead of waiting..... waiting.... waiting.... for Grey Matter.
You know, when this much anticipation builds up the end result is always disappointment. Come and say hello to us in the off topic forum.
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| 5 JUL 2008 at 12:53pm |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Oh Caroline I feel so ashamed! Seriously, I left a few months ago without so much as a goodbye or even a cya... And now I come back like nothing. Hmmmm....Then again I was pretty much lurking the whole time, so I guess at least to me it didn't seem like I was absent at all (well duh! : ).
It's nice posting here again after all this time. These boards are extremely addictive, and I'll always come back here in the end.
As for games, just finished an old LA "forgotten" classic, The Dig (not really forgotten, just not nearly as popular as other LA games and series). It's a nice little game and I'm proud to say I finished it with no help whatsoever (the difficulty level I would say is medium to mildly hard/challenging).
About the army - well, I'd really rather not talk about it too much. :-/
Let's just say I'm really disillusioned and reverted back to the belief I had prior to being conscripted. To think I have about 2.5 more years to spend there makes me sad... Not to mention reserve duty later (regular reserve duty for men is supposed to be until you're 45 yo! I sure hope I won't do reserve even once in my post army life > by then I hope to leave this country).
Again, thank you for the warm welcome back Caroline, it's always good to be back! Yeah I should probably curb my enthusiasm a tiny notch, and play other games waiting for GM. I sure hope not to be disappointed in the end (though if the game is released after all, I doubt that'll happen!)
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| 5 JUL 2008 at 1:05pm |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TC (5 JUL 2008 12:52pm)
About the army - well, I'd really rather not talk about it too much. :-/
Let's just say I'm really disillusioned and reverted back to the belief I had prior to being conscripted.
If you don't mind my asking: Which army?
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 5 JUL 2008 at 1:33pm |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By JKing (5 JUL 2008 1:04pm)
Originally Posted By TC (5 JUL 2008 12:52pm)
About the army - well, I'd really rather not talk about it too much. :-/
Let's just say I'm really disillusioned and reverted back to the belief I had prior to being conscripted.
If you don't mind my asking: Which army?
Well this is the main on-topic forum, but I'll answer you anyway -
I currently (forcibly) serve in Israel's army, officially the IDF, specifically in its Air Force Corps.
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| 5 JUL 2008 at 6:06pm |
KsandraSchattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Caroline (5 JUL 2008 12:11pm)
You know, when this much anticipation builds up the end result is always disappointment. Come and say hello to us in the off topic forum.
I have to agree with this. No matter how good it turns out to be, there is no way this game can possibly live up to the insane amounts of hype it's been generating - and that's if it ever gets released at all, which is looking increasingly uncertain. At this point I'm honestly inclined to treat it as vapourware until I see some actual evidence that it's still in development.
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| 3 AUG 2008 at 12:14am |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Look, I can't say I'm not disappointed with the fact that the latest released batch of screenshots is from exactly a whole year ago (Aug. '07... >), but that I only have DTP/ANACONDA to blame. It's been several good months since the announcement on change of developers (Tonuzuba ----> Wizarbox), and more than that since the actual change itself took place, and yet they don't seem to care at all about their PR and advertising, or lack thereof truly. But again, I can hardly blame JJ for this, and the only thing I can do really is wait, and read the official site's English boards, and visit Cort-X (whose creators are also disappointed as can been seen in the above mentioned forums) once in a while.
There's nothing that'll make me happier if the game does get released eventually, and trust me, I'll pay every last penny for it gladly.
(Oh and I hope conversation sequences will have changing POVs during the dialogue like in GK2 and GK3 )
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| 3 AUG 2008 at 8:44pm |
pollodiabloSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | Both the developers and the publisher will be in Leipzig for the Games Convention later this month, so it's a rather safe bet we'll see more of the game then.
Beta-tester of 'The Path', 'Rhiannon', 'Scratches', 'Hope Springs Eternal', 'Time Stand Still', 'Frasse and the Peas of Kejick', '1893: A World's Fair Mystery', 'Carte Blanche' and 'Oakhaven Plantation' a.o.&&
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| 5 AUG 2008 at 4:19pm |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By pollodiablo (3 AUG 2008 8:44pm)
Both the developers and the publisher will be in Leipzig for the Games Convention later this month, so it's a rather safe bet we'll see more of the game then.
I do hope so! When's the GC?
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| 6 AUG 2008 at 4:58am |
pollodiabloSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | August 20-24, with the 20th press/trade only and the other days open to general public.
Beta-tester of 'The Path', 'Rhiannon', 'Scratches', 'Hope Springs Eternal', 'Time Stand Still', 'Frasse and the Peas of Kejick', '1893: A World's Fair Mystery', 'Carte Blanche' and 'Oakhaven Plantation' a.o.&&
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| 7 AUG 2008 at 9:19pm |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Awsome, pollodiablo!
By the way, I really do hope that the dialogues in GM will be conducted the same way as in GK3 and GK2 (and a few other AGs), meaning with changing perspectives during the conversations. I've reached the conclusion I really don't like static conversation sessions, and a dynamic approach is way more interesting!
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| 16 AUG 2008 at 9:18pm |
Murphy2042Intergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Personally i didn´t look forward to any game in a comparable way like in this case,since Gabriel Knight 3 and Tex Murphy Overseer, so I´m really curious about the games convention next week.
I´ll let you know what I´ll see in Leipzig next week, i´m sure it´ll be awesome and hopefully with the GM presentation at the Games Convention, the time for regular news and updates has finally come for Gray Matter.
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| 16 AUG 2008 at 11:51pm |
TCPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Murphy2042 (16 AUG 2008 9:17pm)
Personally i didn´t look forward to any game in a comparable way like in this case,since Gabriel Knight 3 and Tex Murphy Overseer, so I´m really curious about the games convention next week.
I´ll let you know what I´ll see in Leipzig next week, i´m sure it´ll be awesome and hopefully with the GM presentation at the Games Convention, the time for regular news and updates has finally come for Gray Matter.
Can I envy you?
Be sure to do just that!
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