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| 29 APR 2010 at 8:04am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | I got to admit, that although I am not among those who can't sleep until this game is released (not being a Jensen fanatic and all), I am very impressed by the sshots, and I will give it a try. Let's just hope that it won't be a City Interactive-like fiasco (i.e. fantastic visuals, awful game).
Oh, and 44 eur? You got to be joking.... (it's the price that comes up when you click on the game box)
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 3 MAY 2010 at 7:28pm |
JehaneSpace Cadet
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Status : Online | 44.- euro is indeed a rather high price for an adventure game but I thought it would cost something around that - at least 40.- euro which is fine with me if the game is really good.
By the way, what do you guys think of the cover? I must say it's one of the ugliest gamescovers I've seen so far... Sam looks like Mickey Mouse...
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| 3 MAY 2010 at 10:37pm |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya_Brea (29 APR 2010 8:03am)
Oh, and 44 eur? You got to be joking.... (it's the price that comes up when you click on the game box)
Where did youm spy a game box, Aya? I've yet to see a boxshot, so I'm curious.
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 3 MAY 2010 at 10:44pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Where did youm spy a game box, Aya? I've yet to see a boxshot, so I'm curious.
Lower left corner. And 44€ sounds like a standard price for a new game to me. Most new games are in the 40-50€ category, and if this is indeed a big budget game, then i'm not surprised to see that price tag.
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| 3 MAY 2010 at 11:57pm |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Ah, the box is only exposed in the German variant. It isn't very nice art.
I've hesitated to say anthing, but I was one of the testers Jane Jensen mentioned a couple of months ago, and while I can't really say anything much about it, I will say I'm not worried about the game's final quality.
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 4 MAY 2010 at 12:46am |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I know that there are action games that top out at $50-60 in the US, but I've never paid that much for an adventure game. Man, that's steep to find out (a) the game is sub-par and (b) there's not even anything to kill.
I've stopped being too emotionally involved with great graphic stills. That, to me, is a base requirement. So far, so good.
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| 4 MAY 2010 at 6:36am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Fnord (3 MAY 2010 10:43pm)
And 44€ sounds like a standard price for a new game to me. Most new games are in the 40-50€ category, and if this is indeed a big budget game, then i'm not surprised to see that price tag.
Not adventure games. If you check out play.com and amazon.uk you will see that all newer adventure titles range between 20-30€, 33€ max, and that is WITH shipping. There is absolutely no reason for Gray Matter to cost 44€, except for trying to cash in on the Jensen name.
To be fair though, the 44€ price tag is what you get when you go straight from the GM website. At play.com it goes for 33€ at the moment - still high, but at least within the range of other adventure prices.
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 5 MAY 2010 at 11:44am |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | While AGs are usually cheaper than other games these days, they also usually have a lower budget, and in order to compete with big budget action games, they are usually sold for less, much like most other small budget games. If an AG is given the big budget game treatment, then it is no surprise that it will be marketed and sold the same way as other big budget titles.
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| 5 MAY 2010 at 10:48pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | The big budgets are advertising and marketing budgets, not development budgets. AG's don't advertise.
They are in this for a profit, not to recoup their high salaries or having to replace a voice actor three times. The more they sell, the more they will make. A high price tag is not relative.
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| 7 MAY 2010 at 10:51am |
Tally HoSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | JKing - check your PM please.
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| 8 MAY 2010 at 1:00am |
GonchiSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | I haven't noticed much marketing online. Has Gray Matter been marketed much in Europe?
The price is a bit higher that I imaged, but I don't spend much on new games anyway, I'll probably end up buying it shortly after release.
But I'm not so complicated as to flee, &&or stand here in silence. &&But I'm not so simple as to not caution, &&that there aren't three minutes, or a hundred words, that could define me.&&&&[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlR-6Tw-5bE]Brief description of my person[/url] - Cuarteto de Nos
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| 8 MAY 2010 at 3:57pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Looks good to me though I have to agree the price is a bit steep.
I just wish AG's could get the proper marketing because I believe they would do so much better say, if there were an actual commercial for them on Television. I know, I know, costs a fortune but I believe it would change everything. I have to say probably 95% of the people I know that game really have no idea what an AG is. :-/
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| 8 MAY 2010 at 5:36pm |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
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Status : Online | I really want to play a JJ's game cause it's been ages since the last one.
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 11 MAY 2010 at 11:53pm |
JehaneSpace Cadet
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya_Brea (4 MAY 2010 6:36am)
Originally Posted By Fnord (3 MAY 2010 10:43pm)
And 44€ sounds like a standard price for a new game to me. Most new games are in the 40-50€ category, and if this is indeed a big budget game, then i'm not surprised to see that price tag.
Not adventure games. If you check out play.com and amazon.uk you will see that all newer adventure titles range between 20-30€, 33€ max, and that is WITH shipping. There is absolutely no reason for Gray Matter to cost 44€, except for trying to cash in on the Jensen name.
To be fair though, the 44€ price tag is what you get when you go straight from the GM website. At play.com it goes for 33€ at the moment - still high, but at least within the range of other adventure prices.
It depends on where you buy the games. Online, they are, as you pointed out, a lot cheaper than in stores. In stores, you'll pay 40 € for an adventure at any time - at least in Austrian stores, and depending on the game. There are new titles you can get at 20 € but some, like Black Mirror 2 or Memento Mori, are sold in stores at 40 €. I know. I paid that price for either game *g*
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| 12 MAY 2010 at 12:20am |
| Deleted User | [size=16]I WOULD NEVER BUY THIS GAME.
There is no such game called Gray Matter by Jane Jensen, and for that matter the whole project has been nothing other than a hoax since the get-go.
No no, that’s not what I’m saying but read on with amusement as this other particular person pathetically attempts to plead this case on the Gray Matter site forum and gets shut down.
http://forum.dtp-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=120&t=16060 [img]http://justadventure.com/yabb/Smilies/shaking_head.gif[/img]
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| 12 MAY 2010 at 3:29am |
GonchiSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | Quite a character.
But I'm not so complicated as to flee, &&or stand here in silence. &&But I'm not so simple as to not caution, &&that there aren't three minutes, or a hundred words, that could define me.&&&&[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlR-6Tw-5bE]Brief description of my person[/url] - Cuarteto de Nos
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| 12 MAY 2010 at 11:22am |
Simo Sakari AaltonenSpace Cadet
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Status : Offline | Goodness, Camaroboy. You had me going for just a moment. [smiley=lol.gif]
[url=http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/album.php?u=57439][i]King's Quest[/i] & [i]Space Quest[/i] galleries (Telltale Forums)[/url]&&&&[url=http://www.adventurecompanion.com]The Adventure Companion[/url]
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| 12 MAY 2010 at 4:34pm |
| Deleted User | It’s amazing the extent someone will go to for getting some unnecessary attention. [img]http://justadventure.com/yabb/Smilies/shudder.gif[/img]
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| 12 MAY 2010 at 10:52pm |
Simo Sakari AaltonenSpace Cadet
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Status : Offline | Maybe it was a strange guerrilla marketing ploy.
[url=http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/album.php?u=57439][i]King's Quest[/i] & [i]Space Quest[/i] galleries (Telltale Forums)[/url]&&&&[url=http://www.adventurecompanion.com]The Adventure Companion[/url]
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| 16 MAY 2010 at 4:44am |
EricHG23Space Cadet
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Status : Online | It's great but I see no release date... o we have one?
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| 16 MAY 2010 at 7:30am |
| Deleted User | I think the last time I looked they were aiming for September?
..but let's not rush them, we want a nicely polished off game, don't we?
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| 16 MAY 2010 at 11:55am |
Simo Sakari AaltonenSpace Cadet
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Status : Offline | You can find the current release dates by clicking on the covers in the bottom left corner. The PC date is now October 29 and the Xbox 360 date is December 15.
(Both 2010, I hasten to add.)
[url=http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/album.php?u=57439][i]King's Quest[/i] & [i]Space Quest[/i] galleries (Telltale Forums)[/url]&&&&[url=http://www.adventurecompanion.com]The Adventure Companion[/url]
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| 17 MAY 2010 at 7:27am |
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Status : Offline | i am afraid to guess that there may be too much sinister and darkness for me..but the site is nice..and so are some of the settings.
couldnt someone do a game with equal quality of something nice, happy and LIght?
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| 17 MAY 2010 at 9:06am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By CrisGer (17 MAY 2010 7:27am)
i am afraid to guess that there may be too much sinister and darkness for me..but the site is nice..and so are some of the settings.
couldnt someone do a game with equal quality of something nice, happy and LIght?
The bit of sadness in the story is the very thing that makes it powerful, poignant and touching. There are touches of light and happiness, self-discovery and hope in there as well. The amount of mystery makes it interesting - nothing like mystery to make something more intrigueing, don't you think?
Life itself is not all happiness and light, but a balance of happiness and sadness, good and bad. If we keep turning our faces away from what life is in its fullness, we only experience half of what life has to offer; and sadness and loss is part of life and has to be faced if we are to embrace life fully. It's the yin and the yang; the two sides of the coin. Light also brings shadow. Love and happiness intrinsically carries within it the thorn of the possibility of losing it, which would cause pain and darkness... so what I am saying is that you cannot have the one without the other. To choose neither the light and the shadow that goes with it, is to choose to live a life-experience that is just a gray flat line.
I can of course not say too much, but I believe that the story is very good. :-*
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